<p>Actor and director Prabhu Deva will be performing at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Chennai on April 3. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘boneless wonder’ sure has an ace up his sleeve. But probe him and he’s tight-lipped about it. <br /><br />“I have been asked not to talk about it but I am pretty excited to be performing at the opening ceremony of the most-awaited format of cricket. But I must confess that I am a wee bit nervous and tensed,” Prabhu tells Metrolife. <br /><br />But he loves cricket and says the IPL is a uniting factor that brings together people from across the world. <br /><br />“It’s youth-centric, energetic and entertaining. I am looking forward to the IPL,” he adds. <br />For his performance, Prabhu informs that he has put together a selection of popular Tamil and Hindi songs. <br /><br />And interestingly, it happens to be Prabhu’s birthday on April 3. So does that make the event any more special? “Whenever I perform, I always experience some tension and fun. There is nothing special just because it happens to be my birthday. It is just another day for me,” he reasons. <br /><br />Prabhu is looking forward to his directorial ‘Rowdy Rathore’. “This will be the first movie that will release after the IPL and I can’t wait to see how people will react to this out-and-out action thriller,” he adds. <br /><br />‘Rowdy Rathore’ has Akshay Kumar in a double role opposite Sonakshi Sinha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu. Prabhu has no qualms about remakes. “As long as a film does well and is accepted by the people, I don’t see anything wrong with remakes.” he points out. <br /><br />Further, Prabhu is all set to act in ‘ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)’, a 3D film that is choreographed by Remo D’Souza. The movie has hand-picked dancers from across the globe and features the winner of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, an American dance show.<br /><br /> “The movie is all about dancing. It features various styles and in addition to my own inputs, I will go by what the choreographer says. We’ve got some amazing dancers in this generation. And I am waiting for the shooting to begin,” he says. Prabhu Deva has always been innovating, experimenting, mixing and matching moves of different schools of dance. <br /><br />“Style makes a man,” he believes. “New songs, new beats and new steps. These are some of the things that dancers do to reinvent themselves from time to time,” he says.<br />Prabhu Deva is a Kannadiga, born and brought up in Chennai. His father, Mugur Sundar, is a dance director of repute who has worked in scores of Kannada films before settling down in Tamil filmdom.<br /><br /> Prabhu Deva had been cast opposite Upendra in his first Kannada film ‘H2O’ and says he hasn’t ruled out acting in Kannada films, if he’s offered an appropriate role. <br /></p>
<p>Actor and director Prabhu Deva will be performing at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Chennai on April 3. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The ‘boneless wonder’ sure has an ace up his sleeve. But probe him and he’s tight-lipped about it. <br /><br />“I have been asked not to talk about it but I am pretty excited to be performing at the opening ceremony of the most-awaited format of cricket. But I must confess that I am a wee bit nervous and tensed,” Prabhu tells Metrolife. <br /><br />But he loves cricket and says the IPL is a uniting factor that brings together people from across the world. <br /><br />“It’s youth-centric, energetic and entertaining. I am looking forward to the IPL,” he adds. <br />For his performance, Prabhu informs that he has put together a selection of popular Tamil and Hindi songs. <br /><br />And interestingly, it happens to be Prabhu’s birthday on April 3. So does that make the event any more special? “Whenever I perform, I always experience some tension and fun. There is nothing special just because it happens to be my birthday. It is just another day for me,” he reasons. <br /><br />Prabhu is looking forward to his directorial ‘Rowdy Rathore’. “This will be the first movie that will release after the IPL and I can’t wait to see how people will react to this out-and-out action thriller,” he adds. <br /><br />‘Rowdy Rathore’ has Akshay Kumar in a double role opposite Sonakshi Sinha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu. Prabhu has no qualms about remakes. “As long as a film does well and is accepted by the people, I don’t see anything wrong with remakes.” he points out. <br /><br />Further, Prabhu is all set to act in ‘ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)’, a 3D film that is choreographed by Remo D’Souza. The movie has hand-picked dancers from across the globe and features the winner of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, an American dance show.<br /><br /> “The movie is all about dancing. It features various styles and in addition to my own inputs, I will go by what the choreographer says. We’ve got some amazing dancers in this generation. And I am waiting for the shooting to begin,” he says. Prabhu Deva has always been innovating, experimenting, mixing and matching moves of different schools of dance. <br /><br />“Style makes a man,” he believes. “New songs, new beats and new steps. These are some of the things that dancers do to reinvent themselves from time to time,” he says.<br />Prabhu Deva is a Kannadiga, born and brought up in Chennai. His father, Mugur Sundar, is a dance director of repute who has worked in scores of Kannada films before settling down in Tamil filmdom.<br /><br /> Prabhu Deva had been cast opposite Upendra in his first Kannada film ‘H2O’ and says he hasn’t ruled out acting in Kannada films, if he’s offered an appropriate role. <br /></p>
