Nagendra Prasad (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian dance choreographer, actor and director who works in Tamil and Kannada films. He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine artistes Prabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram.
Career and personal life He was most noted for his appearance in the song "Humma Humma", from the film Bombay. He made his lead debut with the Kannada movie Chitra, opposite Rekha Vedavyas and subsequently acted in the movie Manasella Neene, which was directed by his father – choreographer Mugur Sundaram. He starred in several Tamil films as the hero's friend such as Kushi (2000), Ghilli (2004) and Master (2021). He has also acted in a tele-serial called "Maya Machindra" on STAR Vijay. He took part in Jodi number 1 season 7. He was eliminated in the semi-finals. He has a dance school, MSM dance school named after his father.
Similar to his brother Prabhu Deva, he aspired to be a director and worked as an assistant director for the Hindi film Rowdy Rathore (2012).https://web.archive.org/web/20150320203908/https://www.chitraloka.com/news/11594-nagendra-prasad-back-to-kannada-cinema.html He made his directorial debut with the film Lucky Man (2022).
His mother tongue is Kannada. He is married to Hemalatha.
Filmography Choreographer All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. Year Film Notes 1998 Jeans 1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai 2001 Chocklet Minnale 2002 Mutham 2003 Parasuram 2004 Y2K Kannada films 2010 Bisile 2013 Udhayam NH4 2017 Paambhu Sattai 2021 Laabam Thalaivii Simultaneously shot in Hindi 2023 Kuttram Nadanthathu Enna?
Actor Year Film Role Language Notes 1995 Thotta Chinungi Prasad Tamil 2000 Kushi Babu 2001 Chitra Ramu Kannada Lead debutcredited as Prasad Chocklet Guru Tamil 2002 123 Chidambaram Tamil Manasella Neene Venu / Chintu Kannada Mutham Anand Tamil 2003 Love Passagali Prasad Kannada 2004 Y2K Yuvaraj Ghilli Velu's sidekick Tamil Srusti Sandesh Kannada 2017 Bogan Prasad Tamil 2018 Koothan Krishna 2021 Master JD's friend 2022 Battery Arjun
Director + List of film directing credits Year Title Language Notes 2022 Lucky Man Kannada
Dancer Year Film SongNotes1995 Bombay "Humma Humma" Coolie "Hey Rammu Rammu" 2000 Rhythm "Thaniye"2001 Minnale "Azhagiya Theeye" Majunu "Hari Gori" 2003 Ramachandra "Paarappa" Kadhal Kirukkan "Poththu" 2004 Vajram "Varnamayil Peeli Pole" Malayalam film 2017 Paambhu Sattai "Ichukkattaa"2018 Gulaebaghavali "Guleba"2020 Pattas "Morattu Thamizhan Da"2021 Laabam "Yaamili Yaamiliyaa"
Television Year Film Role Channel Language Notes Maya Machindra Star VijayTamil 2014 Jodi No.1 Contestant 2019 Thiravam Zee5 2022 Five Six Seven Eight Prasath 2023 Weekend with Ramesh Guest Zee Kannada Kannada on episode with Prabhu Deva
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