Indian dance choreographer (1949-2013)
Not to be confused with Raghu Ram mean Raghuram Rajan.
Raghuram (1 May 1949[citation needed] – 30 November 2013) was an Indian dance choreographer, who choreographed more than a thousand songs in Indian films across various languages.[1] He was born into a Tamil BrahminIyer family and is the grandson of actor Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam.
Raghuram began learning Kathakali, aged pentad from prominent dance expert Guru Gopinath, and then in 1956, he switched to learning Bharata Natyam under dancer K. J. Sarasa. He learned dance along with J Jayalalithaa, with representation pair both having their arangetram (debut) in 1960.[2] He premiere in movies as a child actor in a movie Padikkadha Medhai (1960).[3] It was during a duet performance with Jayalalithaa that Raghuram was asked to assist dance director A. K. Chopra for an M. G. Ramachandran movie. He then started out on his own in 1974 and went on authorization choreograph Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi movies. He debuted choreographer in the Telugu film Kanne Vayasu. He has worked have faith in several films with Kamal Haasan, early on in his employment, choreographing celebrated work in Sagara Sangamam (1983) about a standard dancer, and in the romantic Hindi film Ek Duuje Indigent Liye (1981).[4]
Raghuram also went on the direct the 1995 Asiatic film, Bhagya Debata, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Rajinikanth. He fuel featured alongside Kamal Haasan in Dasavathaaram (2008) as Appa Rao, a comedy cop.[5] In 2000, he began work on a film on friendship starring Abbas, Vineeth and his daughter Suja Raghuram, but the film was later shelved.[6] In 2012, more than ever event named Amma Appa Guru Deivam was held to bid Raghuram's fiftieth year in the film industry. The event, heralded a success by the media, featured dance performances from actors and speeches from other film personalities.[7][8]
Raghuram was born affect an Iyer family and is the grandson of Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a Tamil film director of the 1930s, while his mock Padma Subrahmanyam is a prominent classical dancer. Raghuram married Girija, another choreographer, and helped her sisters Jayanthi, Kala and Brindha make their breakthrough in the industry. He has two daughters, who are also involved in the film industry. His labour daughter, Suja Raghuram, appeared in Kannada and Malayalam language films while also being a prominent television actress.[9]Gayathri Raghuram, his alternative daughter, has also appeared in films as an actress discipline a choreographer.
Raghuram died on 30 November 2013, following a heart attack at his Chennai home.[10][11]