Mugur Sundar

In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Mugur. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sundar.

Mugur Sundar
Born
Mugur Sundara[1]

(1935-10-31) 31 October 1935 (age 89)
Muguru, Mysore, Mysore State, India
Other namesSundaram
Occupation(s)Choreographer, Film director, Actor
Children

Mugur Sundar (born 31 October 1935) is a dance choreographer, film director and actor in South Indian cinema.[2][3]

Early life

Sundar was born in Muguru, a village located in Mysore district, Karnataka. He has three sons, Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad, who are established dance masters and have also worked in Kollywood films. All the three are distinct actors also and Prabhudeva is currently a successful Director as well.

Career

He worked in Chandamama Press in Chennai for a salary of Rs.40 per month. He learnt dancing by paying Rs.10. In 1962 he got a chance to be a group dancer in the movie Konjum Salangai. He worked as assistant to Thangappan master for four years.[4] He has worked in Tamil cinema in his over four decade long career. He joined the film industry in the late 1970s and is quite active since the early 1980s. He was a busy choreographer in the 1980s and has worked with almost all leading actors since the early 1980s. Aarada Gaaya released in 1980 is one of his earliest credited works. It was followed by Preethisi Nodu, Prachanda Putanigalu, Anupama, Nee Nanna Gellalare, Keralida Simha are some of his early works. He was active in the film industry till the mid-2000s. He choreographed for about 1000 movies, in a career spanning to about three decades.

Other roles

In 2001, he directed his first Kannada film Manasella Neene, a remake of Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve. his son Nagendra Prasad played a lead role in the film.[3][5]

Sundar played a guest role in a Kannada film Thabbali (2009) and also later in Jani (2017) and he choreographed a song for the former film.[6] He portrayed lead role in a Tamil film called Pa. Ra. Palanisamy (2010).

Television

He was One of the judges in the famous Dance show AATA 4 which is telecast on Zee Telugu, a Telugu channel. Sundaram donned the role of a judge on Vijay TV's popular show Jodi No.1, Jodi No.1 Season Two where the participants are television artistes. His fellow judges were Silambarasan and Sangeetha.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2007 Shankar Dada Zindabad Old man in old age home Telugu
2009 Thabbali Himself Kannada guest appearance
2010 Pa. Ra. Palanisamy Pa. Ra. Palanisamy Tamil
2012 Genius Himself Telugu guest appearance in Chirigina Notu song
2017 Jani Himself Kannada guest appearance

Awards

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards[7]
Vijay Awards

References

  1. ^ "Alitho Saradaga | 3rd December 2018 | Sundaram Master | ETV Telugu". 3 December 2018 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Prabhu Deva's father in 'Thabbali' - Sandalwood News & Gossips". www.bharatstudent.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Prabhu Deva's dad turns director. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2001-12-13). Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  4. ^ "Alitho Saradaga | 3rd December 2018 | Sundaram Master | ETV Telugu". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Manesella Neene" team in Malaysia. indiainfo.com
  6. ^ Prabhu Deva's father in 'Thabbali' – Sandalwood News & Gossips Archived 28 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Bharatstudent.com (2008-02-16). Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  7. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)