prabhu deva is a classically trained dancer...his dad was a choreo in the 80s and he used to assist him...infact most of the late 80s/early 90s south songs starring chiranjeevi, sridevi, rajni etc were choreoed by prabhu deva...
He is originally a bharatnatyam dancer but i the 80s, when MJ became huge, he said he got inspired by his style of dancing and choreography and wanted to implement it in tamil/telugu films which is why he learnt it...
PD choreoed several bharatatyam/classical based numbers down the south...the songs in pournami, NVNV etc have a strong classical/folk influence.
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