Raghava Lawrence Biodata

Raghavan Murugaiyan (born January 9, 1976) 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 westernized dance moves and has won 4 Filmfare Awards South for best choreography.

Contents

    1 Career
    2 Filmography
    3 Awards
    4 References
    5 External links

Career

Lawrence had brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school. He got cured after his mother went to a temple of Raghavendra Swami  and Lawrence strongly believes that it was Raghavendra Swami who cured him of his tumour. He became an ardent devotee of the deity and added its name to his name.He built the Raghavendra Swamy Brindavanam Temple at Thirumullaivayal on the Avadi-Ambattur route, which opened from January 1, 2010.
He was working as a car cleaner for fight master Super Subbarayan. Rajinikanth saw him dancing and helped him to join the Dancers Union. 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.
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.He also appeared in dance sequences in Muta Mesthri, Rakshana and Allari Priyudu. Producer T V D Prasad offered him the role of a hero in his venture Speed Dancer. That film was a flop. After that he acted in 2 Tamil films as hero and those films also flopped. Director K. Balachander invited him to act in his 100th film Parthale Paravasam.
Filmography
As Choreographer
As Choreographer
Year     Film     Language
1995     Aunty     Telugu
1997     Hitler     Telugu
Master     Telugu
1999     Amarkalam     Tamil
2000     Annayya     Telugu
Mrigaraju     Telugu
2001     Orey Thammudu     Telugu
Hanuman Junction     Telugu
2002     Indra     Telugu
Baba     Tamil
2003     Okkadu     Telugu
Simhadri     Telugu
Tagore     Telugu
Satyam     Telugu
2004     Varsham     Telugu
Nenunnanu     Telugu
Samba     Telugu
Thirumalai     Tamil
Adavi Ramudu     Telugu
Mass     Telugu
2005     Naa Alludu     Telugu
Bunny     Telugu
Andarivaadu     Telugu
Chatrapati     Telugu
Jai Chiranjeeva     Telugu
2006     Style     Telugu
Ashok     Telugu
Stalin     Telugu
2007     Muni     Tamil
Sivaji: The Boss     Tamil
Chirutha     Telugu
Don     Telugu
2011     Muni 2: Kanchana     Tamil
As Actor
As Actor
Year     Film     Role     Language     Notes
1993     Gentleman         Tamil     Background dancer in song Chikku Bukku
1994     Chinna Madam         Tamil     Main dancer in one song
1999     Amarkalam         Tamil     Special Appearance
1999     Speed Dancer         Telugu     Lead Role
2000     Parthen Rasithen         Tamil   
2000     Chala Bagundi         Telugu     Special Appearance
2001     Parthale Paravasam     Azhagu     Tamil   
2002     Varushamellam Vasantham         Tamil   
Arpudham     Ashok Kumar     Tamil   
Baba         Tamil     Special Appearance
Style     Rishaanth     Tamil   
2003     Ninney Ishta Paddaanu         Telugu   
Tagore         Telugu   
Satyam         Telugu     Special Appearance
2004     Thendral         Tamil     Special Appearance
Thirumalai         Tamil     Special Appearance
Mass         Telugu     Special Appearance
2006     Style     Raghava     Telugu   
2007     Muni     Ganesh     Tamil   
Don     Raghava     Telugu   
2008     Pandi     Pandi     Tamil   
2009     Rajadhi Raja     Raja     Tamil   
2010     Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam     Singam     Tamil   
2011     Muni 2: Kanchana     Raghava     Tamil   
2014     Muni 3: Ganga         Tamil     Filming
As Director
As Director
Year     Film     Cast     Language     Notes
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
2013     Muni 3: Ganga     Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Anjali     Tamil     Filming
2014     Muni 3 (film)     Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen     Telugu     Filming
As composer

    Don (2007)
    Rebel (2012)

Television

    Masthaana Masthaana Part 2 (2007)

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)

Sources from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghava Lawrence