Brinda Master


Brinda Gopal, known professionally as Brinda Master, is an Indian dance choreographer and director who primarily works in South Indian cinema. She has choreographed dance sequences for various Indian films. She has won one National Film Award for Best Choreography, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer, twice and Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography, four times.

Early life

Brinda Gopal was born into a family of seven girls to Mani Iyer, a caterer, and a homemaker in Erode. An elder sister Jayanthi, first started dancing and acted as heroine in two films – Uthiripookkal and Poottatha Pookkal. Brindha's second sister Girija, learned Bharatanatyam at Kalakshetra; and went to work with choreographers Thangam and later Raghuram Master, whom she married later, and also become an independent choreographer. Kala, a leading choreographer, is her elder sister.
One of her nephews, Prasanna Sujit, is also a film choreographer. One of her niece Gayathri Raghuram, daughter of late Raghuram Master and her sister Girija is also a choreographer and an actress. She has also introduced her another niece Keerthi, daughter of Jayanthi Master and wife of actor Shanthanu Baghyaraj, as an anchor in her dance reality show Maanada Mayilada.

Career

Through the Bollywood film Insaf Ki Pukar she started her career as an assistant choreographer in 1987.She became independent choreographer with the 2000 Tamil film Mugavaree which features Ajith Kumar and Jyothika in lead roles. She was awarded the 'Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer by the state government at Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in 2000 for her work for that film.

Selected filmography

YearsFilmsDirectorChoreographerNotes
1987Insaf Ki PukarAssistant choreographerHindi Film
1988Aakhari PoratamAssistant choreographerTelugu Film
1988Janaki RamuduAssistant choreographerTelugu Film
1989Prem PratigyaaAssistant choreographerHindi Film
1991Phool Aur KaanteAssistant choreographerHindi Film
1993JaagrutiAssistant choreographerHindi Film
1997Arunachalam
1997Preminchukundam RaaTelugu Film
1998DayaMalayalam Film
1999Naanu Nanna HendthiruKannada film
1999Minsara KannaTamil Film
2000MugavareeTamil Film
2003Kaakha KaakhaTamil Film
2004MadureyTamil Film
2005ChandramukhiTamil Film
2005Udayananu TharamMalayalam Film
2006AathiTamil Film
2006Sillunu Oru KaadhalTamil Film
2007DeepavaliTamil Film
2007Sivaji: The BossTamil Film
2007Azhagiya Tamil MaganTamil Film
2007VinodayathraMalayalam Film
2008Calcutta NewsMalayalam Film
2008DasavathaaramTamil Film
2008Vaaranam AayiramTamil Film
2011Engeyum KadhalTamil Film
2011VelayudhamTamil Film
2013KadalTamil Film
2013ThalaivaaTamil Film
2013Bullett RajaHindi Film
2014Maan KarateTamil Film
2014PKHindi Film
2015Kaaki SattaiTamil Film
2016RajinimuruganTamil Film
2016RemoTamil Film
2017Kaatru VeliyidaiTamil Film
2018KaalaTamil Film
2018SarkarTamil Film
2019Nerkonda PaarvaiTamil Film
2020DarbarTamil Film
2021SulthanTamil Film
2021Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaMalayalam -Tamil Bilingual Film
2021AnnaattheTamil Film
2022Hey SinamikaDebut as director; Tamil Film
2022DonTamil Film
2022Ponniyin Selvan: ITamil Film
2023ThugsTamil Film
2023Ponniyin Selvan: IITamil Film
2025Thug LifeTamil Film; co-choreographer

YearsSongsWorksNotes
2022"Gandhari"Director & ChoreographerMusic Video

Awards and honours