Peter Hein

Peter Hein (Vietnamese: Peter Hiền)^[2] is an Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator known for his work in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. He is known for choreographing action sequences in films such as Anniyan (2005), Athadu (2005), Chatrapathi (2005), Sivaji (2007), Ghajini (2008), Magadheera (2009), Enthiran (2010), 7 Aum Arivu (2011), Baahubali (2015 & 2017), Pulimurugan (2016), and Kalki 2898 AD (2024).

Hein won a Filmfare Award for Best Action for his work in Ghajini and was the first recipient of the National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreographer for his work in Pulimurugan. He was also nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award. Several stunt coordinators, including Ram Lakshman, Anal Arasu, Silva, Dhilip Subbarayan, and Anbariv, have worked as his assistants or fighters.

Early life and career

He was born in Karaikal, Puducherry, India to a Tamil father and Vietnamese mother. He grew up in Chennai's Vadapalani neighbourhood. His father, Perumal worked as an assistant fight master in Tamil films. Later, Peter started his career as an extra fighter and assistant fight master for many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. During the initial days of his career, he worked as assistant to action directors Kanal Kannan and Vijayan. During his early days he was body double for heroes as well as heroines.^[3]

His debut film as "fight master " was in Gautham Vasudev Menon's debut directorial Minnale (2001). Krishna Vamsi, a Telugu film director recognised his sincerity and dedication^{[citation needed]} and offered him the chance to direct the action sequences for the film Murari which was also dubbed into Tamil. From then on, he became a full-length action film director, action co-ordinator and stunt director for various Telugu and Tamil films.

He acquired recognition from critics and media for his work in several films such as Anji, Run, and Kaakha Kaakha and it was his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, Chatrapati and so on that brought him critical acclaim. Ram Gopal Varma introduced him to Bollywood with the film James. Mani Ratnam was very much impressed^{[citation needed]} with his work in films like Athadu, Anniyan and Sivaji and enrolled him to direct the stunt sequences for the film Raavan. However, due to scheduling conflicts with Magadheera, Hein has done limited work for Raavan. He was the first recipient of the National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreographer for his work in Pulimurugan (2016). He also directed the 2021 Indo-Vietnamese film Sám Hối: The Living Sandbag.^[4]

Filmography

As actor

As extra fighter

As assistant

• Raavanaprabhu (2001) – Second assistant; choreographed by Mohanlal v/s Siddique Highway fights and the climax fights also.^[6]

Awards

Won

• 2002 Dinakaran Award for Best Stunt Master - Run
• 2004 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator – Bose
• 2005 Filmfare Award for Best Action Director - South – Anniyan
• 2010 Edison Awards – Enthiran: The Robot
• 2011 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator – Ko
• 2011 South Indian International Movie Awards: Sensation of South Indian cinema
• 2011 Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Stunt Choreographer - Ko
• 2015 Nandi Award for Best Fight Master - Baahubali: The Beginning
• 2016 National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreographer – Pulimurugan
• 2017 Special jury award-19th Asianet film awards
• 2019 Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Stunt Choreographer - Asuran
• 2021 V4 Entertainers Award for Best Stunt Director - Darbar

Nominated

• 2007 Vijay Award for Best Stunt Director – Sivaji: The Boss
• 2010 Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Action in a Foreign Film – Raavanan
• 2010 Vijay Award for Best Stunt Director – Enthiran: The Robot
• 2011 Vijay Award for Best Stunt Director – 7 Aum Arivu
• 2012 Vijay Award for Best Stunt Director – Maattrraan
• 2012 South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Fight Choreographer – Maattrraan
• 2016 Asianet Film Awards Special Jury Award – Pulimurugan
• 2017 Edison Awards - Spyder
• 2022 Ananda Vikatan Award for Best Stunt Director - Laththi Charge
• 2023 Ananda Vikatan Award for Best Stunt Director - Viduthalai Part 1

References

1. ^ Deepu Ramachandran (23 December 2020). "ml:ഭാര്യ പാര്‍വതിയ്‌ക്കൊപ്പം 25-ാം വിവാഹ വാര്‍ഷികം ആഘോഷിച്ച് പീറ്റര്‍ ഹെയിന്‍; ഭാര്യയെ ചേര്‍ത്ത് പിടിച്ച് താരം" [Peter Hein celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife Parvati; The actor holding his wife]. Filmibeat
2. ^ "Bình Minh, Anh Thư đóng phim hợp tác Việt Nam - Ấn Độ - VnExpress". vnexpress.net. Archived 20 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
3. ^ "Peter Hein: The dangerous life of the man who plays body-double for all top Tamil, Telugu stars". 17 July 2017. Archived 17 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
4. ^ "Việt Nam-India film about retired boxer opens nationwide today". vietnamnews.vn. Archived 19 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
5. ^ Malani, Gaurav (27 March 2009). "Ek – The Power of One: Movie Review". The Economic Times. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
6. ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (12 December 2018). "Peter Hein first choreographed Mohanlal's action scenes in Ravanaprabhu". The Times of India. Archived 13 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

External links

• Peter Hein at IMDb