Brinda (choreographer)

Brinda is an Indian dance choreographer who primarily works in South Indian cinema. She has choreographed dance sequences for various Indian films.She has won one National Film Award for Best Choreography,[1] Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer, twice and Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography, four times.[2]

Brindha
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
  • choreographer
  • director
Years active1987–present
RelativesChoreographer Jayanthi (Sister)
Choreographer Girija (Sister)
Choreographer Kala (Sister)
Choreographer Raghuram (Brother-in-law)
Actor/Choreographer Gayathri Raghuram(niece)
Choreographer Prasanna Sujit (Nephew)
Actress Suja Raghuram (Niece)
Anchor Keerthi (Niece)

Personal life

Brindha was born into a family of seven girls.[3] An elder sister Jayanthi, first started dancing and acted as heroine in two films – Uthiripookkal and Poottatha Pookkal. Brindha's second sister Girija, learned Bharatanatyam at Kalakshetra; and went to work with choreographers Thangam and later Raghuram Master, whom she married later, and also become an independent choreographer. Kala, a leading choreographer, is her youngest sister.[4][5]

One of her nephews, Prasanna Sujit, is also a film choreographer. One of her niece Gayathri Raghuram, daughter of late Raghuram Master and her sister Girija is also a choreographer and an actress. She has also introduced her another niece Keerthi, daughter of Jayanthi Master and wife of actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj, as an anchor in her dance reality show Maanada Mayilada.[6]

Career

Through the Bollywood film Insaf Ki Pukar she started her career as an assistant choreographer in 1987.She became independent choreographer with the 2000 Tamil film Mugavaree which features Ajith Kumar and Jyothika in lead roles.She was awarded Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer by the state government at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in 2000 for her work for that film.

Selected Partial filmography
Work role Ref.
Insaf Ki PukarAssistant choreographer (1987)
Aakhari PoratamAssistant choreographer (1988)
Janaki RamuduAssistant choreographer (1988)
Prem PratigyaaAssistant choreographer (1989)
Phool Aur KaanteAssistant choreographer (1991)
JaagrutiAssistant choreographer (1993)
Kaakha KaakhaChoreographer (2003)
MadureyChoreographer (One Song) (2004)
Vaaranam AayiramChoreographer (2010)
Maan KarateChoreographer (Maanja Song) (2014)
KadalChoreographer (Adiye Song) (2013)
Bullett RajaChoreographer (2013)
PKChoreographer (2014)
TheriChoreographer (2016)
Nammavar(Actress) (1995)
Hey SinamikaFilm director (2021)[7] [8]

Awards and honours
Year Award Category Winner Ref.
1998National Film Award for Best ChoreographyDaya[1]
1997Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – SouthPreminchukundam Raa[9]
2003Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – SouthKaaka Kaaka[10]
2000Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best ChoreographerMugavaree[11]
2007Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best ChoreographerDeepavali[2]
2005Kerala State Film Award for Best ChoreographyUdayananu Tharam
2007Kerala State Film Award for Best ChoreographyVinodayathra
2008Kerala State Film Award for Best ChoreographyCalcutta News
2017Vijay Award for Best ChoreographerKaatru Veliyidai
2019Kerala State Film Award for Best ChoreographyMarakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham[12]

See also

References
  1. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. "amilnadu State Awards 2007 & 2008". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2005/10/29/stories/2005102900080400.htm
  4. Ethiraj, Gopal. (2009-09-21) Sunday celebrity:Kala Master: she is 'sagala Kala vallavi'. Asian Tribune. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  5. Tamil movies : Dancing sisters' war dance against Sneha. Behindwoods.com (2006-07-07). Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  6. Metro Plus Kochi / People : She makes them dance to her tunes. The Hindu (2008-10-27). Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  7. "Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal's Hey Sinamika goes on floors". Indian Express. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. "Choreographer Brindha turns director, casts Dulquer Salmaan, Kajal Aggarwal and Aditi Rao Hydari".
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/19991110064329/http://www.filmfare.com/site/august98/south2a.htm
  10. "Pithamagan sweeps FilmFare Awards – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 5 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  11. "Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  12. "50th Kerala State Film Awards: Winners list". The Indian Express. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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