Baba Bhaskar is an Indian dance choreographer, director, and actor who works mainly in Tamil and Telugu language films in addition to some Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada films.
Baba Bhaskar | |
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| Born | 27 December 1981 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse | Revathy Bhaskar |
| Children | 2 |
He was born and brought up in Chennai. Due to his interest in dance, he started learning dance through Paulraj, and later he started working as an assistant for Shiva Shankar Master for several years. And later, he worked as a dance assistant under well-known choreographer Raju Sundaram Master for 5 years.
Shiva Shankar Master and Raju Sundaram Master taught him about cinema choreography and how a song should be choreographed says Baba Bhaskar master in an interview. He started his film career as a background dancer and he has been seen in many Tamil and Telugu films. His long-time wish is to become a successful choreographer in the film industry. And it happened through a Telugu film Kotha Bangaru Lokam which was released way back in 2008. His choreography in the movie got attention and later he turns into a choreographer in the Tamil film industry too.
He started as choreographer in Tamil film through the movie Kedi which offered him great recognition. Through Kedi movie, he gets a chance to choreograph with the leading actors in the Tamil film industry like Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Suriya, Dhanush, Siddharth, Karthi, Vijay Sethupathi, Prabhu Deva, Vishal and in Telugu Film industry he worked with many leading actors like Nagarjuna , Mahesh Babu , Ram Charan , Varun Sandesh and more. After working as a choreographer for several films including Singam (2010), Bhaskar made his directorial debut with Kuppathu Raja, which released in 2019 after beginning production in 2017.[1][2] In 2019, he participated as a contestant in Bigg Boss Telugu 3 and became 2nd Runner up.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
| Year | Movie | Language | Notes |
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| 2006 | Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam | Tamil | As Ajees |
| 2009 | Padikkadavan | Special appearance in song "Hey Vetri Vela" | |
| 2010 | Moscowin Kavery | Special appearance in song "Gramam Thedi" | |
| 2011 | Mappillai | Special appearance in song "Onnu Rendu" | |
| 2014 | Maan Karate | Special appearance in song "Royapuram Peter" | |
| 2014 | Velaiilla Pattadhari | Special appearance in song "What A Karuvaad" | |
| 2015 | Anegan | Special appearance in song "Danga maari oodhari" | |
| 2015 | Maari | Special appearance in song "Maari Thara Local" | |
| 2014 | Jigarthanda | Special appearance in song "Paandi Naattu" | |
| 2015 | Komban | Special appearance in song "Karuppu Nerathazhagi" | |
| 2017 | Pa Paandi | As a villager | |
| 2018 | Ghajinikanth | A special appearance | |
| 2018 | Seema Raja | Special appearance in song "Vaaren Vaaren" | |
| 2016 | Rajinimurugan | Special appearance in song "Ennama ipdi pandringalemaa" | |
| 2021 | Jagame Thandhiram | As a Theerthamalai | |
| 2022 | Bagheera (Upcoming) | A special appearance | |
| Year | Movie | Language | Special Note |
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| 2019 | Kuppathu Raja | Tamil | [9] |
| Show | Television Channel
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Language | Notes |
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| Biggboss 3 Telugu (2019) | Star Maa | Telugu | Contestant
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| Dhee Jodi | ETV | Judge | |
| Sa Re Ga Ma Pa The Next Singing ICON (2020) | Zee Telugu | Guest appearance
(Episode 8)[10] | |
| Adhu Idhu Yedhu (Season 1) | Star Vijay | Tamil | Contestant
(Episode 122 - 5th November 2011) |
| Cooku With Comali (Season 2) | Star Vijay | Contestant
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| Start Music | Star Vijay | Contestant
(25th April 2021 - Episode) | |
| Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani | Star Vijay | Judge | |
| Alitho Saradaga | ETV | Telugu | Guest appearance |
| Dancee Plus Telugu (2020) | Star Maa | Judge | |
| Comedy Stars | Star Maa | Guest appearance
(As a Host) | |
| Sixth Sense (Season 4) | Star Maa | Guest appearance | |
| Start Music | Star Maa | Contestant
(7th March 2021 - Episode) | |
| Rechipodam Brothers | ETV | ||
| Bigg Boss 5 Telugu (2021) | Star Maa | Guest appearance | |
| Master Chef | As a Choreographer | ||
| Behindwoods Celebrity Star Dancer | BehindwoodsTV[12] | Tamil | Judge [13] |
| Ishmart jodi season 2[14] | Star Maa | Telugu | Contestant (Along with his wife Revathy)[15] |
| Bigg Boss Non-Stop (season 1) | Disney+ Hotstar | Contestant[16] | |
| Pottikku Potti – R U Ready | Colors TV | Tamil | Judge |
| Dance Jodi Dance | ZEE Tamizh | Tamil | Judge |
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| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2009 | Vijay Awards | Best Choreographer | "Daddy Mummy" From Villu | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 58th Filmfare Awards South | Best Dance Choreographer | Singam | Won | [17] |
| Technical Award | "Kadhal Vandhale" from Singam | Won | [18] | ||
| 2014 | 8th Vijay Awards | Best Choreographer | "Local Boys" from Ethir Neechal | Nominated | |
| 2015 | 9th Vijay Awards | Best Choreographer | "What A Karuvadu" from Velaiyilla Pattathari | Nominated | |
| SIIMA - Tamil | Best Dance Choreographer | "What A Karuvadu" from Velaiyilla Pattathari | Nominated | [19] | |
| Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Choreographer | For the song "Maari Thara Local" from Maari | Won | ||
| 2021 | Behindwood Awards | Best Entertainer - Special Mention on Reality Television | Cooku With Comali 2 - Finalist | 3rd Runner-up | |