Who will be the Next Prabhu Deva (Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva) is the first of its kind show in Tamil TV where the participants have a chance to perform all kinds of dancing forms like salsa, jazz, broadway musical, ballet and many more international dancing themes.
Earlier the show has been graced by many popular artists like Anand Babu, Simbu, Shyam, Santhanu, Jeeva, Arya, Vishnu Vardhan, Jeyam Ravi, Bharath, Sneha, Gayatri Raghuram, Lakshmi Rai, Sada, Shobhana, Gouthami, Pooja, Aachi Manorama and many other popular faces from the film fraternity have judged the contestants’ performance. Apart from them, dance masters including Sundaram, Saroj Khan, Puliyur Saroja, Raguram Master, Master Johny, Ashok Raja, Cool Jeyanth have appreciated the dancing skills of these contestants.
The finals which were held on June 26th at the YMCA grounds were telecast live. Master Prabhu Deva attended the last show of the long running ‘Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva contest’ and was also the judge. Many finalists sizzled on the stage in front of their idol. Some of the participants were even dressed as Michael Jackson and paid tribute to the pop icon. There was also a special performance by classical dancer Shobana. Actress Rukmani and Ragasiya were also part of this mega LIVE show.
The runners-up Premgopal, Manijkumar and Nanda were awarded Rs. 1 lakh each as the prize amount.
Prabhu Deva finally crowned young dancer Sherif as the winner and given the prestigious title of “Next Prabhu Deva”. Sherif also got a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
“Sachin (Tendulkar), (Virender) Sehwag and Zaheer (Khan) will surely be missed… But I’m confident that the rest are quite capable of putting up a good performance against the West Indies as they are experienced in the ODIs. He though, had a word of caution for the Indian team. West Indies are a good team. They have some quality players in Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul who can change the outcome of a game. It’s going to be a tough series.
Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer’s Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson’s brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage a series of comeback concerts in the UK on 13 July. Speaking on behalf of the Jackson family, Jermaine said doctors had tried to resuscitate the star for more than an hour without success. The family request that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time.
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After successfully making an impression as a mass hero, Vijay has now instilled the confidence in audiences’ minds that he will also be a good leader. Today, the launch of his political party is talked about along with news about his next release Vettaikkaaran. With a view to use his wide-spread popularity for the greater good, Vijay converted all his fan clubs into service organisations. Today it is said that there are sixty thousand fan clubs functioning exclusively for Vijay. Fan frenzies range from pouring milk and honey on his cut-outs to organising health camps and offering donations. This year talks about his political party are sizzling. Last year, he released a flag for his fan clubs….