Raghava Lawrence
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| Born | 9 January 1976 Chennai, India |
| Occupation | Film actor, Film Director, Dancer, Choreographer, Music Composer and Philanthropist |
| Years active | Choreographer (1993 – present) Actor (1998 – present) Director (2004 – present) |
Raghava Lawrence (born 29 October 1976)[1] is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Lawrence" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won 4 awards too Filmfare Awards and 3 Nandi Awards for best choreography. In 2015, after the death of former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lawrence set up a charity trust in his name and donated 1 crore to it.[2][3]
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Career
Lawrence had brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school.[4][5][6] He got cured after his mother went to a temple of Raghavendra Swami[7] and Lawrence strongly believes that it was Raghavendra Swami who cured him of his tumour.[8] He became an ardent devotee of the deity and added its name to his name.[5] He built the Raghavendra Swamy Brindavanam Temple at Thirumullaivayal on the Avadi-Ambattur route, which opened from 1 January 2010.[9]
He was working as a car cleaner for fight master Super Subbarayan.[5] Rajinikanth saw him dancing and helped him to join the Dancers Union.[5][10] Chiranjeevi offered him the job of choreographing the dances for Hitler. Pleased with Lawrence's work, Chiranjeevi asked him to choreograph dances for Master, his next film too.[5]
Lawrence first appeared in a song in Donga Police in 1991, also doing some dances with Prabhu Deva. He was a background dancer in the song Chikku Bukku Chikku Bukku Railey in Gentleman.[5] He also appeared in dance sequences in Muta Mesthri, Rakshana and Allari Priyudu.[5] Producer T V D Prasad offered him the role of a hero in his venture Speed Dancer.[5] That film was a flop.[4] After that he acted in 2 Tamil films as hero and those films also flopped.[4] Director K. Balachander invited him to act in his 100th film Parthale Paravasam.[10] He got his breakthrough with the Muni film series.
Social service
He did many social service activities in which he has aided many heart surgeries for babies.[11][12][13]
Filmography
As Actor
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 1993 | Gentleman | Tamil | Background dancer in song Chikku Bukku Chikku Bukku | |
| 1993 | Uzhaippali | Tamil | Background Dancer in many songs | |
| 1993 | Mutha Mestri | Telugu | Background dancer in song Ee Pettakku | |
| 1994 | Chinna Madam | Tamil | Main dancer in one song | |
| 1999 | Amarkalam | Tamil | Special Appearance in song Maha Ganapathi | |
| 1999 | Speed Dancer | Telugu | Lead Role | |
| 2000 | Parthen Rasithen | Tamil | ||
| 2000 | Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | Tamil | Special appearance in song Sollu Thalaiva | |
| 2000 | Kshemanga Velli Labham Ga Randi | Telugu | Special Appearance | |
| 2000 | Chala Bagundi | Telugu | Special Appearance | |
| 2000 | Thirunelveli | Tamil | ||
| 2001 | Parthale Paravasam | Azhagu | Tamil | |
| 2001 | Asura | Kannada | Special appearance | |
| 2002 | Varushamellam Vasantham | Tamil | Special appearance in song "Naan Ready" | |
| 2002 | Roja Kootam | Tamil | special appearance in song "Subbamma" | |
| 2002 | Arpudham | Ashok Kumar | Tamil | |
| 2002 | Baba | Tamil | Special Appearance | |
| 2002 | Style | Rishaanth | Tamil | |
| 2003 | Ninne Istapaddanu | Telugu | ||
| 2003 | Tagore | Telugu | ||
| 2003 | Satyam | Telugu | Special Appearance | |
| 2004 | Thendral | Tamil | Special Appearance in song "Ungappanukkum" | |
| 2004 | Thirumalai | Tamil | Special Appearance in song "Thaamthakka" | |
| 2004 | Mass | Telugu | Special Appearance | |
| 2006 | Style | Raghava | Telugu | |
| 2007 | Muni | Ganesh | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Don | Raghava | Telugu | |
| 2008 | Pandi | Pandi | Tamil | |
| 2009 | Rajadhi Raja | Raja | Tamil | |
| 2010 | Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam | Singam / Singaram | Tamil | |
| 2011 | Muni 2: Kanchana | Raghava | Tamil | |
| 2014 | Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| 2015 | Muni 3: Kanchana 2 | Raghava, Shiva | Tamil | |
| 2016 | Motta Siva Ketta Siva | Tamil | Filming | |
| 2016 | Muni 4: Naaga | Tamil | Pre-production | |
| 2016 | Oru Ticketla Rendu Cinema | Tamil | Pre-production |
As Director
| Year | Film | Cast | Language | Notes |
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| 2004 | Mass | Nagarjuna, Jyothika, Charmy Kaur | Telugu | |
| 2006 | Style | Prabhu Deva, Charmy Kaur, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Lawrence | Telugu | Screenplay, story |
| 2007 | Muni | Lawrence, Vedhika, Rajkiran, Kovai Sarala | Tamil / Dubbed in Telugu | |
| 2007 | Don | Nagarjuna, Anushka, Kelly Dorji, Nikita Thukral, Lawrence | Telugu | Screenplay, story, composer |
| 2011 | Muni 2: Kanchana | Lawrence, Sarathkumar, Lakshmi Rai, Kovai Sarala | Tamil / Dubbed in Telugu | |
| 2012 | Rebel | Prabhas, Tamannaah, Deeksha Seth | Telugu | Screenplay, Story, composer |
| 2015 | Muni 3: Kanchana 2 | Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menon | Tamil / Dubbed in Telugu |
Television
- Masthaana Masthaana Part 2 (2009)
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South – Annayya – Telugu (2000)
- Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South – Paarthale Paravasam – Tamil (2001)
- Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South – Indra – Telugu (2002)
- Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South – Style – Telugu (2006)
- Nandi Award for Best Choreographer – Annayya (2000)
- Nandi Award for Best Choreographer – Indra – Telugu (2002)
- Nandi Award for Best Choreographer – Style – Telugu (2006)
- Manidha Neyam Award – (2015)
- Extraordinary Performance (Male) – Kanchana 2 (2015)
References
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- ↑ TeluguCinema.Com – TC Exclusive: Interview with choreographer-director Lawrence. telugucinema.com. 11 February 2005
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- ↑ http://www.cinibytes.com/tamil/raghava-lawrence-helped-a-child-in-heart-surgery-607.html
- ↑ http://movies.sulekha.com/lawrence_actor-event-photo_raghava-lawrence-helped-128th-heart-surgery_picture_1
- ↑ http://kollyzone.org/2016/03/raghava-lawrence-helped-a-child-in-heart-surgery-128th-heart-surgery-done-by-raghava-lawrence
External links
- EngvarB from September 2014
- Use dmy dates from April 2015
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- Living people
- Indian film directors
- Indian film choreographers
- Tamil people
- Tamil male actors
- Tamil film directors
- Telugu film directors
- Filmfare Awards South winners
- Male actors in Telugu cinema
- Male actors in Tamil cinema
- 1971 births
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- 21st-century Indian film directors
