Raghava Lawrence

Raghava Lawrence is an Indian choreographer. He has won four Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards for best choreography. Lawrence had a brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school. He attributes the curing of his brain tumor to the deity, Raghavendra Swamy.

About Raghava Lawrence in brief

Summary Raghava LawrenceRaghava Lawrence is an Indian choreographer who has also worked in films as an actor, director, composer, dancer and playback singer. He is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won four Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards for best choreography. In 2015, after the death of former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lawrence set up a charity trust in his name and donated ₹1 crore. Lawrence had a brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school.

He attributes the curing of his brain tumor to the deity, Raghavendra Swamy, and in an act of devotion, he took the name Raghvendra. Lawrence first appeared in a song in Samsara Sangeetham a Tamil film in 1989 directed by T. Rajendran. Then he appeared in Donga Police in 1991, also doing some dances with Prabhu Deva. He got his breakthrough with the horror thriller film Muni.