Raghava Lawrence

Raghava Lawrence

Birth : 1976-10-29, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

History

Raghava Lawrence is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Lawrence" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won 4 Filmfare Awards and 3 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 to it. Lawrence had brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school. He got cured after his mother went to a temple of Raghavendra Swami and Lawrence strongly believes that it was Raghavendra Swami who cured him of his tumour.He became an ardent devotee of the deity and added its name to his name.

Profile

Raghava Lawrence
Raghava Lawrence

Movies

Chandramukhi 2
Pandiyan / Sengottayan
A wealthy family moves into the Vettaiyapuram palace to renovate their ancestral temple and perform a pooja, unaware of that it will reawaken the feud between a classical dancer, Chandramukhi and Vettaiyan Raja from centuries ago.
Rudhran
Laxmii
Screenplay
Aasif's belief in logic and science shatters when he gets possessed by a transgender's ghost.
Laxmii
Director
Aasif's belief in logic and science shatters when he gets possessed by a transgender's ghost.
Kanchana 3
Producer
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Choreographer
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Dialogue
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Screenplay
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Story
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Director
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Kanchana 3
Raghava and Kaali
A young man who gets easily scared is possessed by a ghost that is seeking revenge.
Sivalinga
Shivalingeswaran
A cop investigating the suspicious death of a Muslim finds out that his own wife has become possessed by the young man’s ghost!
Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
Shivakumar IPS (Shivaraj Pandi)
A corrupt cop who has a heartbreaking childhood realises his mistakes and turns into a sincere officer to take on a dreaded criminal and his son.
Khaidi No. 150
Choreographer
A convict who plans to escape the country unexpectedly switches his place with a good Samaritan who fights for the rights of poor farmers.
Kalpana 2
Story
Raghava has Nyctophobia. Raghava, who loves Nandhini, is a cinematographer for a TV channel and wants to shoot a fake haunted house, in order to increase TRP ratings. To their misfortune, they are haunted, not by one but by five ghosts.
Kanchana 2
Writer
A TV channel’s crew goes to a deserted beachside bungalow to stage a horror show but the place is actually haunted and the ghost(s) in the place possess the director and the cameraman in the team.
Kanchana 2
Raghavaa
A TV channel’s crew goes to a deserted beachside bungalow to stage a horror show but the place is actually haunted and the ghost(s) in the place possess the director and the cameraman in the team.
Kanchana 2
Director
A TV channel’s crew goes to a deserted beachside bungalow to stage a horror show but the place is actually haunted and the ghost(s) in the place possess the director and the cameraman in the team.
Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam
Choreographer
A scriptwriter calls his friends over for a discussion to create a script for his first film. The group consists of a cinematographer, a director-wannabe with 40 years of experience and three young assistant directors.
Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam
Guest Appearance
A scriptwriter calls his friends over for a discussion to create a script for his first film. The group consists of a cinematographer, a director-wannabe with 40 years of experience and three young assistant directors.
Rebel
Choreographer
After his parents are brutally murdered, a man goes on a quest to find his parents' killers. He finds that his own uncle is involved in the killings.
Rebel
Story
After his parents are brutally murdered, a man goes on a quest to find his parents' killers. He finds that his own uncle is involved in the killings.
Rebel
Screenplay
After his parents are brutally murdered, a man goes on a quest to find his parents' killers. He finds that his own uncle is involved in the killings.
Rebel
Original Music Composer
After his parents are brutally murdered, a man goes on a quest to find his parents' killers. He finds that his own uncle is involved in the killings.
Kalpana
Writer
Raghava is a fun-loving youngster who enjoys playing cricket with his friends. But at night he is afraid of ghosts and is always confined to his home under the care of his mother (Umashri). His brother (Achyuth Rao), sister-in-law (Shruthi) and their children live together in the same house. When Raghava and his friends go in search of another ground to play cricket, they find an abandoned field, which, it turns out, is haunted. At home, his mother and sister-in-law witness some strange happenings. With the help of a temple priest, they confirm the presence of a ghostly spirit haunting their home. Raghava begins to act funny and shows effeminate behaviour which is when the presence of the ghost is identified. The film goes on to unravel the mystery of the ghostly Kalpana and her relationship with Raghava.
Rebel
Director
After his parents are brutally murdered, a man goes on a quest to find his parents' killers. He finds that his own uncle is involved in the killings.
Muni 2: Kanchana
Writer
Raghava (Lawrence) is a happy go lucky guy who loves to play cricket but is a chicken at heart. The very mention of the word ghost gives him shivers so much that he sleeps with his mom (Kovai Sarala). He is also in love with Priya (Lakshmi Rai). However, an attempt to play a cricket match in an unused ground leads Raghava to get something dark to his home. The dark spirit begins to cause few weird things at home and one day it enters the body of Raghava which goes on killing few specific people. Who is that evil spirit? Why is it killing few people? Can Raghava get rid of the spirit? All this forms the rest of the story.
Muni 2: Kanchana
Producer
Raghava (Lawrence) is a happy go lucky guy who loves to play cricket but is a chicken at heart. The very mention of the word ghost gives him shivers so much that he sleeps with his mom (Kovai Sarala). He is also in love with Priya (Lakshmi Rai). However, an attempt to play a cricket match in an unused ground leads Raghava to get something dark to his home. The dark spirit begins to cause few weird things at home and one day it enters the body of Raghava which goes on killing few specific people. Who is that evil spirit? Why is it killing few people? Can Raghava get rid of the spirit? All this forms the rest of the story.
Muni 2: Kanchana
Director
Raghava (Lawrence) is a happy go lucky guy who loves to play cricket but is a chicken at heart. The very mention of the word ghost gives him shivers so much that he sleeps with his mom (Kovai Sarala). He is also in love with Priya (Lakshmi Rai). However, an attempt to play a cricket match in an unused ground leads Raghava to get something dark to his home. The dark spirit begins to cause few weird things at home and one day it enters the body of Raghava which goes on killing few specific people. Who is that evil spirit? Why is it killing few people? Can Raghava get rid of the spirit? All this forms the rest of the story.
Muni 2: Kanchana
Raghava
Raghava (Lawrence) is a happy go lucky guy who loves to play cricket but is a chicken at heart. The very mention of the word ghost gives him shivers so much that he sleeps with his mom (Kovai Sarala). He is also in love with Priya (Lakshmi Rai). However, an attempt to play a cricket match in an unused ground leads Raghava to get something dark to his home. The dark spirit begins to cause few weird things at home and one day it enters the body of Raghava which goes on killing few specific people. Who is that evil spirit? Why is it killing few people? Can Raghava get rid of the spirit? All this forms the rest of the story.
Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
Singam
Simhachalam, a watchman is sentenced to death for stealing a precious diamond. However, a group of cowboys save Simhachalam and offer him the diamond, only on a condition that he fulfills a promise.
Rajadhi Raja
Raja
Raja (Raghava Lawrence), a native of Coutrallam, is a happy-go-lucky-youngster. Tragedy strike his life when his father loses his hand when a doctor in an inebriated condition operates on him. As expected his father is gagged by cops and lawyers. They assault him. In his death bed, his father gets a promise that he would make his three brothers into a cop, lawyer and doctor. Though Raja realises his mission, he falls for his own acts. The trio (who become doctor, policeman and a lawyer) gang up with a baddie Shyla (Mumtaj), a gangster, who rises to become a Minister. It is up to Raja to end their atrocities and teach them a lesson.
Paandi
Pandi
Don
Raghava / Jadhav
Surya lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his honest father who is a Police Inspector. When his father arrests a gangster, he is killed, leaving Surya alone to fend for himself. He overcomes many problems, comes to the rescue of a young boy, Jadhav, and together they assist other oppressed youth, who subsequently make Surya their leader. Years later Surya is a much respected and equally feared Don, and lives a wealthy lifestyle along with Jadhav, Bannerjee, and Mathur as his trusted assistants. He dispenses justice quickly and comes to the assistance of the poor and needy. He meets with Mathur's daughter, Priya, and both fall in love with each other. Jadhav, meets with Nandini, and wants to get married to her. Then complications shatter their lives when Pakistani gangster, Feroz, starts taking an interest in India and wants Surya to join forces with him. When Surya refuses, Feroz lets lose a reign of terror that will devastate and change Surya's life forever.
Don
Director
Surya lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his honest father who is a Police Inspector. When his father arrests a gangster, he is killed, leaving Surya alone to fend for himself. He overcomes many problems, comes to the rescue of a young boy, Jadhav, and together they assist other oppressed youth, who subsequently make Surya their leader. Years later Surya is a much respected and equally feared Don, and lives a wealthy lifestyle along with Jadhav, Bannerjee, and Mathur as his trusted assistants. He dispenses justice quickly and comes to the assistance of the poor and needy. He meets with Mathur's daughter, Priya, and both fall in love with each other. Jadhav, meets with Nandini, and wants to get married to her. Then complications shatter their lives when Pakistani gangster, Feroz, starts taking an interest in India and wants Surya to join forces with him. When Surya refuses, Feroz lets lose a reign of terror that will devastate and change Surya's life forever.
Billa
Choreographer
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Muni
Writer
Ganesh moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence where Muni met his death and where his spirit now resides. Muni enter Ganesh's body and Ganesh starts behaving in a rude manner, his family couldn't understand why his behaviour is weird so they seek the help of a priest (Nasser).
Muni
Director
Ganesh moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence where Muni met his death and where his spirit now resides. Muni enter Ganesh's body and Ganesh starts behaving in a rude manner, his family couldn't understand why his behaviour is weird so they seek the help of a priest (Nasser).
Muni
Ganesh
Ganesh moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence where Muni met his death and where his spirit now resides. Muni enter Ganesh's body and Ganesh starts behaving in a rude manner, his family couldn't understand why his behaviour is weird so they seek the help of a priest (Nasser).
Sivaji: The Boss
Choreographer
A software engineer arrives in India to serve the nation and invest in the country's welfare. A few corrupt officials and politicians try to stop him while he tries to overcome the obstacles.
Style
Director
Ganesh (Prabhu Deva) is a good dancer. He beats Anthony in one dance competition to head into international arena. Anthony gets Ganesh beaten up, and Ganesh loses his legs in a car accident. He is depressed, but he wants to give his dance talent to someone and make him his heir. On a different line, Raghava (Raghava Lawrence) works as a boy at a dance school in Vizag. He and four of his friends are good dancers, but they are never recognized until one folk dance at a hotel. Ganesh finds his prospective heir in Raghava. The rest of the film is how Raghava prepares and defeats Anthony in the final dance competition.
Style
Ganesh (Prabhu Deva) is a good dancer. He beats Anthony in one dance competition to head into international arena. Anthony gets Ganesh beaten up, and Ganesh loses his legs in a car accident. He is depressed, but he wants to give his dance talent to someone and make him his heir. On a different line, Raghava (Raghava Lawrence) works as a boy at a dance school in Vizag. He and four of his friends are good dancers, but they are never recognized until one folk dance at a hotel. Ganesh finds his prospective heir in Raghava. The rest of the film is how Raghava prepares and defeats Anthony in the final dance competition.
Andarivaadu
Special Appearance in song
Andarivaadu (Telugu: అందరివాడు) is a 2005 Tollywood comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu and Prakash Raj. This movie was a hit. Govinda Rajulu (Chiranjeevi) is a 'mesthri' who drinks a lot and lives a care-free life. His son Siddartha (Chiranjeevi), on the other hand, is a popular TV show host and is a more disciplined man — the opposite of his dad. The son gets his father married to Shanti (Tabu) to sober him.
Bunny
Choreographer
A millionaire's daughter is all set to marry her boyfriend against her father's wish. When her father finally approves the marriage, her boyfriend believes that her father should sign over his wealth to him.
Mass
Cameo
Mass, an orphan, bonds well with his landlord's son, Adi, who is in love with a mafia head's daughter. Attempting to separate the lovers, the gangsters kill Adi and Mass sets out to seek revenge.
Mass
Screenplay
Mass, an orphan, bonds well with his landlord's son, Adi, who is in love with a mafia head's daughter. Attempting to separate the lovers, the gangsters kill Adi and Mass sets out to seek revenge.
Mass
Director
Mass, an orphan, bonds well with his landlord's son, Adi, who is in love with a mafia head's daughter. Attempting to separate the lovers, the gangsters kill Adi and Mass sets out to seek revenge.
Thendral
Thendral is a 2004 Tamil film directed by Thangar Bachan. The film stars Parthiban, Uma, Ranjani and Swathika in lead roles.
Thirumalai
Cameo
Thirumalai (Vijay), a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta (Jyothika) and after some persistent wooing, she reciprocates his feelings. Sweta's father (Ashwin), the owner of a television channel, seeks the help of Arasu (Manoj K. Jayan), a bad guy, to break up the romance. This rest of the story is about how Thirumalai successfully join hands with Sweta. This movie was later remade in Telugu as Gowri.
Puthiya Geethai
Special Appearance in "Annamalai" Song
Sarathy is a brilliant and carefree young man who is unaware that an astrologer has predicted his death at the age of 27. Eventually, he comes to loggerheads with Reddiar over a land deal gone bad.
Baba
Special Appearance in "Maya Maya" Song
Baba is an atheist who always questions the existence of a higher power. But when a turn of events bestows him with divine powers, he uses the opportunity to help other people.
Varushamellam Vasantham
Special Appearance on song "Naan Ready"
An unemployed young man sacrifices his love for a girl who is engaged to marry his brother, but ends up earning the affection of his grandfather.
Paarthale Paravasam
Choreographer
A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.
Paarthale Paravasam
Azhagu
A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.
Parthen Rasithen
Gaja's Henchman
Shankar(Prashanth) is a graduate of BSC nautical science, waiting for a job in the shipping industry. He is a tenant in the house of Banu(Simran), who is his good friend and confidante. They spend almost all their time together and she seeks him out as a refuge from her step brother Panneer(Raghuvaran), whom she dislikes but is forced to live together with. Shankar falls in love with Sarika(Laila). She reciprocates but problems and misunderstandings plague their romance.
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
Surya (Ajith) has been brought up in the army barracks in Ooty, ever since his mother(Sukanya) handed him over as a baby to a brigadier (Nasser). She tells the officer the reason for her action but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), the daughter of an army officer. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband but soon after, her father dies in a bomb blast while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army.
Amarkalam
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
Master
Choreographer
A popular college professor is unable to find true happiness because of his dark past, but the persistence of love and justice ultimately win the day.
Chinna Madam
Dancer
Gopal is sentenced to the death penalty for killing his wife Gayathri (Vineetha). His last wish is meeting the feminist writer Tamilarasi (Nadhiya). He tells his past. Gopal was from a middle-class family and lived with his mother Sharadha (Vijayakumari) and his mentally ill sister (Vinodhini). He fell in love with, a rich city girl, Gayathri and he got married with her. Gayathri had often quarrels with Gopal because he was not rich. Finally, Gayathri removed her thaali and applied for the divorce. Heartbroken, Sharadha died of a heart attack. Gopal proceeded for his mother's cremation. Angry, he ran with a stick in fire and he discovered Gayathri in fire at her house.Tamilarasi decides at any price to save Gopal before his death.
Gentleman
Special Appearance
Kicha is a modern-day Robin Hood, who along with his friend, Mani, steals from the rich to aid the poor. In society, he is a respected man who runs a small business.
Chirunavvula Varamistava
Chirunavvula Varamistava is a 1993 Telugu film directed by N. H. Chandra. The film stars Vikram, Rani, Ramya Krishnan and Raju Sundaram in lead roles.
Jigarthanda Double X
Akka! Bagunnava?
1996 Indian Telugu-language drama film
Adhigaaram