Prasanna Sujit | |
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 8 July 1976
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Dance choreographer |
Years active | 2001- present |
Prasanna Sujit (also known as Prasanna Master) is an Indian dance choreographer who primarily works in South Indian cinemas. He has choreographed dance sequences for various south Indian films. He has won Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography, three times. [1]
Prasanna was born to K Chandramohan and Hemalatha in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Dance choreographers Kala Master, Brinda Master and Girija Master are his aunts.
He did his schooling from Holy Angels and Adarsh Senior secondary school in Tamil Nadu.
He was in a relationship with Monal Naval who died by suicide in 2002, only a few days after their breakup. He is now married to Sudha Rao.
He started his career in 1992 assisting his relatives K.S.Raghuram, Kala Master and Brinda Master by assisting them for 7 years as a choreographer. [2] [3]
Program | Language | Channel | Role |
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D4 Dance | Malayalam | Mazhavil Manorama | Judge |
Super Dancer Junior | Malayalam | Amrita TV | Judge |
Super Dancer 3 | Malayalam | Amrita TV | Judge |
Lets Dance 1 | Malayalam | Amrita TV | Judge |
DKD Season 2 | Malayalam | Zee Keralam | Judge |
Aattam Paattam | Tamil | Kalaignar TV | Judge |
Oadi Vilayaadu Pappa -1/7/8 | Tamil | Kalaignar TV | Judge |
Comedy Stars | Malayalam | Mazhavil Manorama | Judge |
Super Jodi | Malayalam | Surya TV | Judge |
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