Dance master brinda biography definition

Indian choreographer and filmmaker

Brinda Gopal, known professionally as Brinda Master, is an Indian dance choreographer and director^[1] 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,^[2]Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer, twice and Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography, four times.^[3]

Early life

Brinda Gopal was born into a family of seven girls to Mani Iyer, a caterer, and a homemaker in Erode.^[4] 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 elde