Brinda Master
Brinda Master | |
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| Born | Brinda Gopal Erode, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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Brinda Gopal, known professionally as Brinda Master, is an Indian dance choreographer and director[1] 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,[2]Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer, twice and Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography, four times.[3]
Early life
Brinda Gopal was born into a family of seven girls to Mani Iyer, a caterer, and a homemaker in Erode.[4] 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 elder sister.[5][6]
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.[7]
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 the 'Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer by the state government at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in 2000 for her work for that film.
Selected filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Years | Title | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1987 | Insaf Ki Pukar | Hindi | Assistant choreographer | |
| 1988 | Aakhari Poratam | Telugu | ||
| Janaki Ramudu | ||||
| 1989 | Prem Pratigyaa | Hindi | ||
| 1991 | Phool Aur Kaante | |||
| 1993 | Jaagruti | |||
| 1997 | Arunachalam | Tamil | ||
| 1997 | Preminchukundam Raa | Telugu | ||
| 1998 | Daya | Malayalam | ||
| 1999 | Naanu Nanna Hendthiru | Kannada | [8] | |
| Minsara Kanna | Tamil | |||
| 2000 | Mugavaree | |||
| 2003 | Kaakha Kaakha | |||
| 2004 | Madurey | |||
| 2005 | Chandramukhi | |||
| Udayananu Tharam | Malayalam | |||
| 2006 | Aathi | Tamil | ||
| Sillunu Oru Kaadhal | ||||
| 2007 | Deepavali | |||
| Sivaji: The Boss | ||||
| Azhagiya Tamil Magan | ||||
| Vinodayathra | Malayalam | |||
| 2008 | Calcutta News | |||
| Dasavathaaram | Tamil | |||
| Vaaranam Aayiram | ||||
| 2011 | Engeyum Kadhal | |||
| Velayudham | ||||
| 2013 | Kadal | |||
| Thalaivaa | ||||
| Bullett Raja | Hindi | |||
| 2014 | Maan Karate | Tamil | ||
| PK | Hindi | |||
| 2015 | Kaaki Sattai | Tamil | ||
| 2016 | Rajinimurugan | |||
| Remo | ||||
| 2017 | Kaatru Veliyidai | |||
| 2018 | Kaala | |||
| Sarkar | ||||
| 2019 | Nerkonda Paarvai | |||
| 2020 | Darbar | |||
| 2021 | Sulthan | |||
| Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Malayalam | |||
| Annaatthe | Tamil | |||
| 2022 | Don | |||
| Ponniyin Selvan: I | ||||
| 2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | |||
| 2025 | Thug Life | Co-choreographer | [9] | |
| 2026 | Nari Nari Naduma Murari | Telugu |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1994 | Nammavar | Nirmala |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2022 | Hey Sinamika | Also choreographer |
| 2023 | Thugs |
| Years | Songs | Works | Notes |
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| 2022 | "Gandhari" | Director & Choreographer | Music Video |
Awards and honours
| Year | Award category | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Filmfare Award for Best Choreography – South | Preminchukundam Raa | [10] |
| 1998 | National Film Award for Best Choreography | Daya | [2] |
| 2000 | Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer | Mugavaree | [11] |
| 2003 | Filmfare Award for Best Choreography – South | Kaakha Kaakha | [12] |
| 2005 | Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography | Udayananu Tharam | |
| 2007 | Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer | Deepavali | [3] |
| Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography | Vinodayathra | ||
| 2008 | Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography | Calcutta News | |
| 2017 | Vijay Award for Best Choreographer | Kaatru Veliyidai | |
| 2021 | Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography | Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham | [13] |
See also
References
- ^"'Thugs' first look promises a raw and violent film from Brinda Gopal". The Times of India. 7 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ ab"46th National Film Awards"(PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived(PDF) from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ ab"amilnadu State Awards 2007 & 2008". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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- ^Ethiraj, Gopal. (21 September 2009) Sunday celebrity:Kala Master: she is 'sagala Kala vallavi'Archived 3 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Asian Tribune. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^Tamil movies : Dancing sisters' war dance against SnehaArchived 6 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Behindwoods.com (7 July 2006). Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^Metro Plus Kochi / People : She makes them dance to her tunes. The Hindu (27 October 2008). Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^"Naanu Nanna Hendtheeru". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020 – via csc.archive.org.
- ^"Trisha Krishnan Preps For A Dance Sequence In Mani Ratnam's Thug Life, Calls It 'Gruelling'". Times Now. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^"Filmfare - South Special". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^"Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^"Pithamagan sweeps FilmFare Awards – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 5 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^"50th Kerala State Film Awards: Winners list". The Indian Express. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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