Prem Rakshith is an Indian choreographer who has worked in many famous South Indian films. On December 11, 2023, his song “Naatu Naatu” choreographed for the pan-India film “RRR” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
Wiki/Biography
Prem Rakshith was born as Sathish on Wednesday, December 14, 1977, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (age 45; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Prem completed his schooling from St. Gabriel High School, Chennai. He later earned multiple degrees in graphics and visual effects design.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
His father was a diamond merchant and worked as a dance assistant in Sundaram Master. His mother is a housewife. He has a brother who is hearing and speech-impaired.
Prem Rakshith poses with his parents on his son’s birthday
wife and children
His wife’s name is Rajyalakshmi. His son’s name was Parikhis.
Prem Rakshith’s son Pariskshith
Prem Rakshith with wife and son
religion
Prem Rakshith follows Sai and often shares Sai’s photos and posts on social media.
Profession
Prem Rakshith made his acting debut in the 2004 Telugu film Vidhyardhi.
Vidyadi’s poster
Prem rose to fame in 2005 with the Telugu film Chatrapathi. Prem said in an interview that when Chatrapathi director SS Rajamouli asked about Vidhyardhi’s choreography, he did not tell him because he thought he would not perform well in the film and was worried that he might lose his job as a dance master. Rajamouli’s children. He said,
At first I was reluctant to tell him it was me, fearing I would lose my job as a dance teacher. “
Prem Rakshith and SS Rajamouli
Poster of Telugu movie Chatrapathi
Prem choreographed several Telugu films in 2007 such as Yamadonga, Mantra and Pourudu. He won the award for Best Choreography for the film Yamadonga.
Yamadonga poster
In the same year, he worked as a choreographer in the Tamil film “Azhagiya Tamil Magan” and won the Best Choreography Award.
azagya tamil magan poster
Prem won three Best Choreography Awards for his work as a choreographer in the 2008 Telugu film Kantri. In the same year, he choreographed songs for Telugu films “Aatadista”, “Bhale Dongalu” and “Kalidasu”. In 2009, he choreographed songs for the critically acclaimed Telugu film Magadheera, which won several awards. Prem Rakshith worked as a choreographer in the 2009 Telugu film Arya 2, for which he won the Best Choreography Award.
Poster of Telugu movie Arya 2
In 2010, he starred in “Kedi” (Telugu), “Sura” (Tamil), “Darling” (Telugu), “Adhurs” (Telugu) and “Simha” (Telugu) Served as a choreographer in many films such as “Guyu”. Ahus’s work won the award for Best Choreography. Prem won the Best Choreography Award for the 2011 Telugu film Badrinath (also spelled Badrenath). He choreographed several songs in the 2011 Tamil film Velayudham. Prem has acted in several Telugu films in 2012, including “Kandireega”, “Dhada” and “Bezawada”. He won an award for choreographing a song in the 2014 action comedy film “Agadu”. Prem won an award for his song arrangement in the 2015 pan-India epic action film Baahubali: The Beginning.
In 2017, Prem worked as a choreographer in the pan-Indian film Baahubali Part 2.
Poster of “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”
He choreographed songs for the 2017 Tamil film Mersal. Prem won the Best Choreography Award for creating dance moves in the 2018 Telugu film Rangasthalam.
Prem works as a choreographer on the sets of Rangasthalam
In 2022, Prem choreographed the dance steps for Naatu Naatu for the pan-Indian film RRR. The song won the Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Song category on January 11, 2023. The song was also nominated for a 2023 Oscar in the Best Original Song category. Prem created 97 dance steps for Ram Charan and Jr NTR in two months.
Prem teaches Ram Charan and Jr NTR Naatu Naatu dance steps on the sets of RRR
Prem further said that he was scared to take up this task as different actors have different dance styles and he had to compose the dance steps in such a way that both the actors looked equally impressive in the song. Talking about this in an interview, Prem Rakshith said,
Choreographing two stars was a challenge. Every superstar has his own style. For Naatu Naatu, it was difficult to combine two styles into one. I took it as a challenge. It took me two months to choreograph it. We shot for 20 days and did 43 retakes. When Rajamouli told me about Natu, I was scared because I was worried that one of the stars might appear less impressive than the other because of me. I need to show them with the same energy. We improvised a lot on the song until the end. “
Ram Charan and Jr NTR dance together in RRR movie’s award-winning song ‘Naatu Naatu’
Awards
- In 2007, Prem Rakshith won the CineMAA Award for the Telugu film Yamadonga.
- In the same year, Prem won the South Filmfare Award for the Tamil film “Azhagiya Tamil Magan”.
- Prem Rakshith won the South Filmfare Award 2008 for the Telugu film Kantri.
- Prem Rakshith won the Santosham Film Award 2008 for the Telugu films Kantri and Takkari.
- In the same year, he won the Nandi Award for the Telugu film Kantri.
- In 2009, Prem Rakshith won the CineMAA Award for the Telugu film Magadheera.
Photos of Prem Rakshith’s interview after winning the CineMAA Award
- Prem Rakshith won the Nandi Award in 2010 for the Telugu film Adhurs.
- Prem won the 2011 South Filmfare Award for the Telugu film Badrenath.
- In 2012, he won the Filmfare Award for the Telugu film Badrenath.
Prem holds the Filmfare Award he won for Badrinath
- Prem Rakshith won the 2015 Nandi Award for the Telugu film “Aagadu”.
- In 2015, he won the Nandi Award and the 14th Santosham Film Awards for the pan-India film “Baahubali: The Beginning”.
- Prem won the IIFA Utsavam Award 2016 for “Baahubali: The Beginning”.
Prem Rakshith wins IIFA Utsavam Award
- Prem Rakshith won the 17th Santosham Film Awards 2018 for the Telugu film Rangasthalam.
- Prem Rakshith won the Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for the pan-India film RRR.
Pictures of all the awards received by Prem Rakshith
- On October 17, 2023, he won the National Film Award for “Naatu Naatu” in the movie “RRR”. The award was presented to him by the President of India, Drupadi Murmu, in New Delhi.
Prem Rakshith accepts National Film Award from President Droupadi Murmu of India
Note: The above award to Prem Rakshith was given to him under the category of Best Choreography.
Facts/Trivia
- To help his family tide over the financial difficulties, Prem Rakshith found a job in a tailor shop.
- Prem Rakshith revealed that he decided to commit suicide as he was unable to earn enough money to help his family survive the financial crisis. He believed that the dance federation to which he belonged would pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to his parents after his death. Prem later changed his mind when his father told him that he had been selected as a dancing extra in the film. Talking about this, he said in an interview,
We were a joint family but due to some difficulties we moved out in 1993. Life became difficult for the family. I knew that if I died, my dance union federation would give my family Rs 50,000 as compensation. So I decided to commit suicide. I cycled to Marina Beach in Chennai. But I realized that the person who lent me the bike would ask my parents to return it, so I went back and gave the bike back to my dad. “
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