Brinda Gopal, known professionally as Brinda Master, is an Indian dance

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who primarily works in

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. She has choreographed dance sequences for various Indian films. She has won one

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, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer, twice and

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, 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 – ''

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'' 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 ''Maanada Mayilada'' is an Indian dance competition show airing from 2007 till 2015 on Kalaignar TV. The show was conceived, produced and directed by noted choreographer Kala Master. She is also one of the judges and the only constant judge t ...

''.Metro Plus Kochi / People : She makes them dance to her tunes
The Hindu (27 October 2008). Retrieved 2013-11-30.

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 ''

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'' which features

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in lead roles. She was awarded the ' Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer by the state government at

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in 2000 for her work for that film.

Selected filmography

Awards and honours

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