12 Facts About Raghuram

Raghuram was an Indian dance choreographer, who choreographed more than a thousand songs in Indian films across various languages.

Raghuram was born into a Tamil Brahmin Iyer family and is the grandson of actor Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam.

Raghuram began learning Kathakali, aged five from prominent dance expert Guru Gopinath, and then in 1956, he switched to learning Bharata Natyam under dancer K J Sarasa.

Raghuram learned dance along with J Jayalalithaa, with the pair both having their arangetram in 1960.

Raghuram then started out on his own in 1974 and went on to choreograph Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi movies.

Raghuram has worked on several films with Kamal Haasan, early on in his career, choreographing celebrated work in Sagara Sangamam about a classical dancer, and in the romantic Hindi film Ek Duuje Ke Liye.

Raghuram went on the direct the 1995 Bengali film, Bhagya Debata, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Rajinikanth.

Raghuram then featured alongside Kamal Haasan in Dasavathaaram as Appa Rao, a comedy cop.

Raghuram was born into an Iyer family and is the grandson of Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a Tamil film director of the 1930s, while his aunt Padma Subrahmanyam is a prominent classical dancer.

Raghuram married Girija, another choreographer, and helped her sisters Jayanthi, Kala and Brindha make their breakthrough in the industry.

Raghuram has two daughters, who are involved in the film industry.

Raghuram died on 30 November 2013, following a heart attack at his Chennai home.