Raghava Lawrence

**K. Raghava Lawrence** is an Indian choreographer, an actor, director, composer and playback singer. He made his debut as a choreographer in 1993. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film. Most of his Telugu films were dubbed by artists. He became famous in Telugu cinema through the film Style. In Tamil, he became famous through the Muni film series.
Lawrence is also known for his complicated hip-hop and westernised dance moves. He has won four Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards for best choreography. He is also known for his social services and the temple he built for his living mother Kanmani. He was born In Andhra Pradeah.

## Social Services

- 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 Rs.1 crore to it.
- He helped for curing heart problems for children.
- Raghava gave his personal fund of 1 crores to provide food for the protestants of the Jallikattu Protests.
- He also helped people during the Cyclone Vardah in Chennai.

## Temple for Mother

As having so much care and affection towards mother, Raghava built a deity statue for his mother. His mother's name is Kanmani who is still alive.

### Director

|Film|Year|Language|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Mass_|2004|Telugu||||
|_Style_|2006|Telugu||||
|_Muni_|2007|Tamil||||
|_Don_|2007|Telugu|Also music compose|||
|_Muni 2: Kanchana_|2011|Tamil||||
|_Rebel_|2012|Telugu|Also music composer|||
|_Kanchana 2_|2015|Tamil||||
|_Muni 4: Kanchana 3_|2018|Tamil||||
|_Muni 5: Kanchana 4_|2025|Tamil|===Actor=== {| class="wikitable"|||
|_Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven_|2000|Tamil|Ganapathi|||
|_Parthen Rasithen_|2000|Tamil|Doss|||
|_Parthale Paravasam_|2001|Tamil|Azhagu|||
|_Arpudham_|2002|Tamil|Ashok Kumar|||
|_Style_|2002|Telugu|Rishaanth|||
|_Thendral_|2004|Tamil|Kumar|||
|''Style|2006|Telugu|Raghava|||
|_Muni_|2007|Tamil|Ganesh|||
|_Don_|2007|Telugu|Raghava|||
|_Pandi_|2008|Tamil|Pandi|||
|_Rajadhi Raja_|2009|Tamil|Raja|||
|_Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam_|2010|Tamil|Singam, Singaram|||
|_Muni 2: Kanchana_|2011|Tamil|Raghava|||
|_Muni 3: Kanchana 2_|2015|Tamil|Raghava, Shiva|||
|_Motta Siva Ketta Siva_|2017|Tamil|Shivakumar IPS (Shivaraj Pandi) "Shiva"|Also playback singer for song "Motta Paiyan"||
|_Shivalinga_|2017|Tamil|Shivalingeswaran|||
|} ===Dancer=== {| class="wikitable sortable"||||||
|_Gentleman_|"Chikku Bukku Rayile"|1993|Tamil|||
|_Uzhaippali_|"Uzhaippali Illatha"|1993|Tamil|||
|_Mutha Mestri_|"Ee Pettakku"|1993|Telugu|||
|_Chinna Madam_||1994|Tamil|||
|_Thai Thangai Paasam_|"Roopu Tera Masthana"|1995|Tamil|||
|_Amarkalam_|"Maha Ganapathi"|1999|Tamil|||
|_Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven_|"Sollu Thalaiva"|2000|Tamil|||
|_Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi_|"Lovvuki Age"|2000|Telugu|||
|_Chala Bagundi_|"Yentabagundi Basu"|2000|Telugu|||
|_Thirunelveli_|"Yele Azhagamma"|2000|Tamil|||
|_Asura_|"Maha Ganapathi"|2001|Kannada|||
|_Varushamellam Vasantham_|"Naan Ready Neenga Readya"|2002|Tamil|||
|_Roja Kootam_|"Subbamma"|2002|Tamil|||
|_Baba_|"Maya Maya"|2002|Tamil|||
|_Ninne Istapaddanu_|"Krishna Zilla"|2003|Telugu|||
|_Satyam_|"Kuch Kuch"|2003|Telugu|||
|_Naaga_|"Nayudori pilla..!"|2003|Telugu|||
|_Andhrawala_|"Naire Naire"|2003|Telugu|||
|_Pudhiya Geethai_|"Annamalai"|2003|Tamil|||
|_Thirumalai_|"Thaamthakka Dheemthakka"|2003|Tamil|||
|_Mass_|"Mass"|2004|Telugu|||
|_Pen Singam_|"Adi Aadi Asaiyum Edupu"|2010|Tamil|||
|_Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam_|"Live The Moment"|2015|Tamil|||
|_Khaidi No. 150_|"Ratthaalu"|2017|Telugu||} ==Reference==|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Raghava Lawrence
- **caption**: Lawrence promoting _Kanchana 2_ in 2015
- **birth name**: Lawrence Murugaiyan
- **birth place**: Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- **yearsactive**: 1989–present
- **spouse**: Latha Lawrence
- **children**: 1