Tamil Movie Review Chekka Chivantha Vaanam - Cast & Crew

Aishwarya Rajesh, commonly known as Iyshwarya, is an Indian actress who works in the Tamil film industry. She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 10th of January, 1990. She was born into a family that was famous and had its mark in the film industry for three generations.

As her title may be suggesting, Aditi the talented and versatile actress origins from Hyderabad. But her introduction should not end up just there. On the side of performing arts, she is a trained classical dancer, specializing in Bharata natyam, while in respect of family lineage she comes from the confluence of two distinct blue blooded families of the South - that of Akbar Hydari former Prime Minister of Hyderabad on one hand and from the Wanaparthy royal family on the other. Her family also had a distinctly accomplished educational background and she herself also did complete her graduation before entry into films.

Jyothika is a highly famous Indian cinema artist. Though she belonged to Tamil Industry, her skill and talent have gone viral to Bollywood and Telugu movie industry as well at one point. She is a winner of one award from Filmfare and three awards from Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She has also received Kalaimamani award.

Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian singer who has contributed in contemporary Indian Music as well as Western music. She has performed on many platforms and has been a part of many church choirs. She had participated and won the Virgin Voice Choice". The show was a collaboration of Virgin Records and Channel V. She was born in Madras. Her family was always into the music industry. Her family was into Western music, and she started singing at a very young age. He used to participate in church choirs. Her mother is a pianist. Susheela Sarathy is one of the main personalities at the Madras choirs in Santhome Church. He mother Susheela always encouraged her daughter. He used to participate in the Santhome Church, which increased her popularity among the whole Madras. She was a known face for them and was the honor of performing at the 'Easter Proclamation' for three years constantly. In 2000, she had participated and won the Virgin Voice Choice". The show was a collaboration of Virgin Records and Channel V. In the show she was noticed by singer Srinivas and offered her a song in the movie Hey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke in 2002.

An Indian film art director and production designer Sharmishta Roy was born on in Kolkata, West Bengal to Krishna and Sudhendu Roy. Her father Sudhendu Roy was also an art director. He had worked with great film makers like Vimal Roy in movies like "Bandini,"Sujata,"Madhumati." He has also worked with Yash Chopra in movies like "Silsila" and "Chandni." Sharmishta is the youngest among her three siblings; the others are Sumona Roy and Krishnendu Roy.

Eka Lakhani is a costume designer in Kollywood and Bollywood from Patiala, Punjab. She chose an exciting career designing costumes for many major films. Her costume design takes a focus on the actors’ appearance. Her costume design often lies at the heart of the stories of the actors in movies who want to show and tell the audiences how they look in the particular movie.

Serina Tixeira is an Indian Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist, known for Chekka Chivantha Vanam (2018), Kaalakaandi (2018), 3 Storeys (2018), Ventilator (2018), Chumbak(2018), and Solo (2017). She is 38 years old and has worked in the industry for over a decade, as a hairdresser and then later as a Makeup Artist. She is well known for working as a Makeup Artist in the movie “Tummbad (2018).” She worked alongside Shrikant Desai and a team of five men & two women, including her. She served only as a Makeup Artist for the movies such as Rang De Basanti (2006), Aap Ki Khatir (2006), Don (2007), Dhamaal (2007), Wazir (2016), Salla Khadoos (2016), and The Lunch Box (2013), etc.

Dayana Erappa is a Hindi Movie actress and model. She was also the contestant of Miss India Competition in 2006. Dayana’s hometown is Kodagu, India. She currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She did her High School from Kodagu Vidyalaya, Madikeri. She is currently not only doing modeling but also working in Kollywood. She is a famous model. She has done a photo shoot for various brands including Kingfisher. She has done modeling for various leading designers; some of them are, Manish Malhotra, Tarun Tahiliani, and Anita Dongre.

Born on 17 December 1958 Jayasudha is predominantly a Telugu actress, though she has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada films too. She was born in Chennai, but her mother tongue is Telugu. Her aunt, Vijaya Nirmala has acted in Telugu films and she is a director too.

Jayasudha entered into films during the age of 12; she acted in a Telugu film named Pandanti Kapuram. Later, she did a minute role in K Balachander’s Arangetram. She worked with K Balachander in several films. Her original name is Sujatha and she changed it to Jayasudha. The Telugu film industry welcomed her and she worked in many good films there. The greatest credit to her acting prowess is that, she was compared with yesteryear legend Savithri. Her roles were powerful and they had variety in them. As a fitting tribute to her natural acting Jayasudha is named “Sahaja Nati”

When she grew up Jayasudha entered the Telugu film industry with the film Lakshmana Rekha. This showcased that there is an actress named Jaya Sudha in the Telugu film industry. But it is only her role in “Jyothi” which helped her in climbing the ladder of success.

Jayasudha’s popularity soared with the film “Adavi Ramudu”, which was a huge success. Jayasudha has worked in more than 200 films and would you believe that in a year 24 films of her released. A notable point is that, she would deliver her dialogues in a good manner, though she is quite alien to Telugu. Jayasudha was seen in many films of renowned filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao. She became a great actress of Telugu cinema by 1982 that Dasari Narayana Rao titled a film “Jayasudha”.

Jayasudha has won many Filmfare awards. She is a good friend of another actress Jayapradha with whom she worked in Meghasandesam and Adavi Ramudu. Jayasudha tried her luck in politics, but she was not successful.

RJ Sindhu is an Indian Radio Jockey, Actress, and TV Presenter. Her actual name is Sindhu Santosh. She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery Degree. She is married to Santosh. She is 5’7’’ tall. Her hobbies are dancing, traveling, and watching movies. Sindhu started her career as a Radio Jockey.

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker deeply rooted to mainstream Indian cinema. His all films have garnered commercial success. This great filmmaker successfully combined features of both art and commercial cinema, an early example of this was ‘Roja’( a love story that gets lost in country’s terrorism issues), which was both a commercial and critical success. It paved the way for a new wave in Indian cinema too. Man Ratnam became thus one of India’s most successful filmmakers, who also reflected the changing middle-class-ethos (Alaipayuthey).

Born in 1982, Fahadh Faasil is known for his works in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of renowned Malayalam director Fazil. He debuted in the Malayalam film industry during the year 2002 in his father’s film Kaiyethum Doorath. Unfortunately, his status as star kid didn’t help him and the film bombed at the box office. He was 18-year old then and the audience didn’t accept the image of a chocolate boy with a mustache.

Fahadh was not seen in films for around 7 years. But behold.. he indeed returned only to be accepted by the audience. He had a bald head, but that only favored him, since it provided a professional look. He did a film Kerala Café in the year 2009, in which his role was applauded. Films including 22 Female Kottayam, Chappa Kurishu, Diamond Necklace, North 24 Kaatham etc. gave him the much-needed stardom. Currently, Fahadh is working on many films.

Fahadh Faasil is one of the new breed of actors, who bring the label “New Generation Movies” to the limelight. He was tagged for acting in many kissing scenes, but that didn’t prove to be an obstacle in his career. Within a short span of 3 years Fahad has given many hits and this has made him a star to reckon with in Mollywood. In fact, he is considered to be the Youth Icon of Malayalam film industry.

Fahadh had won the Filmfare award for Best Actor for the film 22 Female Kottayam. He was also recognized by Asiavision Movie Awards, Vanitiha Film Award, Kerala State Award and Asianet Film Award. During the year 2014, when he had already tasted success in Malayalam film industry, he entered into wedlock with actress Nazriya Nazim.

Abdul Hameed Muhammed Fazil Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silver spoon. Neither did he have a family background that had deep roots in cinema field. He was rejected even for the role of a junior artist. But it was his hard work and continuous struggle, that made him a star that he is today.

A. R. Rahman is a Legendary Music Composer, prominently known for his rocking music for the movie “The Slumdog Millionaire”. He had won a couple of Oscars for this album and made India proud.  Allah-Rakha Rahman’s birth name is A.S.Dileep Kumar. He was born on January 6th, 1967 in Chennai. His music journey had begun at the age of 4 when he learned piano. At the age of 11, he joined the Maestro Ilayaraja's troupe as a Keyboard player. He made his debut as a composer with the legendary film-maker G.R.Maniratnam’s film “Roja” which came out in 1992. Some of his popular music albums were for the movies like Rangeela, Bombay, Dil Se and Lagaan: Once upon a time in India.

Actor Nani (Naveen Babu Ghanta) is an adorable hero in Tollywood who had a dream to become a film director. He was born on 24 February 1984 in Hyderabad (Telangana). During his college days, he was a movie-buff and was addicted watcher of movies. Hence, he found inspiration from Mani Ratnam’s movies and even became a clap director to Bapu for the film ‘Radha Gopalam.' Later, of course, he worked as an assistant director to Srinu Vaitla and also with great Bapu. After taking a long sabbatical from studios, he worked as a radio jockey for a World Space Satellite.

Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is a film director, producer, and cinematographer, of the Indian cinema. Santosh is an FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) graduate and has so far has done 41 documentaries and 45 feature films. Not only is he a founding associate of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), but also is the bigger of the highest number of Director of Photography (DOP) award in India. Sivan is the first ever Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific area to achieve an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) fellowship.

He was born in 1983 in Chennai, Tamilnadu. He is a Director as well as Actor, Screenwriter, Playback Singer, Voice Actor and Lyricist. His father name is T. Rajendar. His mother name is Usha Rajendar. He completed his study at the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He completed his Matriculation from Shrine Vailankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He also studied at St. John’s International Residential School as well as Santhome Higher Secondary School in Chennai. After these all, he was going to The Ashram School for study in Chennai. By playing roles as a child artist, he started his career. Films directed by his father. In Kadhal Azhivathillai, he played a lead role. His father was director of this film, and his mother was the producer of this movie.

Subhash Karan hails from Mulliyawalai, Sri Lanka. He was born on second March 1972. He is one of the greatest business tycoons. He is the Chairman of Lycamobile. Subhash Karan has started that company in the year 2006. Lycamobile is a British Telecommunication company which is active in about 18 countries all over the world. There are more than 20 million users who are using their services. Subhash Karan also has his production house Lycra Productions. “Pirivom Santhippom” was the first film produced by him under the banner of Lycra Productions in the year 2008. Later on in the year, 2014 Lyca Productions collaborated with Ayngaran International to produce a movie named “KATHI” written and directed by A.R Murugadas and starring Vijay and Samantha as hero and heroine. That movie has been one of the biggest hits in his career.

Siva Ananth, born on June 23, 1973, in Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, is a multifaceted personality who has made a name for himself in the Tamil film industry. He is an actor, writer, executive producer, and director. His works have been released in different languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and English. He has regularly collaborated with well-renowned filmmaker Mani Ratnam on various films including 'Dil Se,' 'Yuva,' and 'Guru' and their working relationship dates back many years. He worked with Mani Ratnam on adapting the critically acclaimed 'Ponniyin Selvin (2022)' into a historical drama. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu romantic comedy movie 'Chukkallo Chandradu' in 2006 which explored the complexities of relationships.

Vairamuthu is a very famous Tamil writer, poet, and lyricist. His full name is Vairamuthu Ramasamy. He was born on 13th July 1953. He was born in a middle-class family to Ramasamythevar and Angammal in Mettur. His family moved to Vadugapatti, Theni in Tamil Nadu when he was four years old. He is famous by the pen name Kaviyarasu or Kaviperarasu. He got married to Ponmani Vairamuthu and had two children, Madhan Karky Vairamuthu, and Kabilan Vairamuthu. He got inspiration from the Tamil and Rationalist movements in the 1960s that enthused him to pursue a career as a writer. He graduated from Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai. As a speaker and a poet, he was highly praised as the best in his college.

Arjun Chandy is a well-known playback singer in the film industry; he is basically from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a keen interest in music since his childhood. At the age of 14, he started singing for a quartet in middle school. Afterward, he joined the University of North Texas music school, for studying choral music and jazz studies.

Sathya Prakash is a popular south Indian villain actor, who hailed from Odisha. His father was a government staff and Sathya got a place in the government school and he completed his schooling. Sambalpur, Burgad and Burhampur are the places, where Sathya completed his graduation and post graduation. Sathya did his MBA in Kolkata. He was a bank employee for a few years.

Anand Krishnamoorthi is primarily a sound editor, mixer, and designer working in the Hindi film industry. Besides that, he also has an interest in acting and screenwriting. He is an alumnus of the Loyola College and Anna University from where he did his Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication, and master's in Electronic Media respectively.

S Sivakumar is an Indian audio engineer and sound mixer, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in the music departments of movies like Lagaan (2001), Rockstar (2011), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Swades (2004), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil and Hindi short films, TV series, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Sivakumar has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than twenty years now.

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.

GopiPrasannaa is a very popular Graphic Designer, branding expert, and logo designer as well. Designers play an important role in making anything aesthetically pleasant. He was born in Chennai. He has worked with many popular brands and everyone like and appreciates his designs a lot.

Dhilip Subbarayan is a stunt choreographer, producer, and actor. He has worked in South Indian film industry. His main of contribution lies in Tamil film industry. After a long time of being a stunt choreographer, he made his debut in Sangu Chakkaram. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father, Super Subbarayan also has served in the industry as a successful stunt chorographer, for many years. He showed interest in the action and fast lifestyle which is practiced. Like his father, he also dreamed of being in the industry and started working in many movies. He was first noticed in ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the year 2011. The movie was a full action phased based on the life of the gangster. The movie was a huge hit and received a world première at the South Asian International Film Festival in the city of New York. He had continued his working with many big and small budget movies in Tamil and Malayalam movies. The movies include Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Arima Nambi, Puli, and the latest movie Theri. In 2013, he turned himself into a produced and produced Anjala. T

Arun Kumar is the son of famous Tamil actor and politician Vijayakumar. He is also known by the name of Arun Vijay. He was born on November 19, 1977 in Chennai. He was born in a film family so it was not hard for him to make a way towards silver screen.

Vijayakumar Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

George Vijay Nelson .M is an Indian Actor who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 5 April in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. George Vijay Nelson .M finished his schooling at S.B.O.A School and Junior College in Anna Nagar. After that, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from St. Loyola College and graduated with a major in Sociology. George Vijay Nelson .M made his debut in the film industry in 2014 when he played a supporting role in R. Vijaya Kumar’s film ‘Naangellam Edakoodam’.

Gowtham Sundararajan is a film actor-cum-choreographer. He has worked in a lot of Tamil films and TV dramas. He was born to Tamil character artist, Major Sundarrajan and Shyamala. After graduating from Vivekananda College in 1989, he made his debut in “K. Balachander’s” directorial venture, “Azhagan”, featuring “Mammootty”, “Madhoo”, Bhanupriya, “Geetha”, and Babloo Prithviraj. In this film, he appeared as a theater artist with Bhanupriya for a song, “Kozhi Koovum Neram Aachu”. He is passionate with Western dance.

Mansoor Ali Khan was born in the small village called Pallapatti in Tamilnadu. He is the popular villainy actor in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Mansoor made his debut to the cinema industry through the movie Captain Prabhakaran in the year 1991. He acted as an antagonist in the movie opposite Vijayakanth. This movie gave him a good name and he got opportunities frequently. Rudra is his next movie with Bhagyaraj, Gouthami and Lakshmi.

In the year 1992, he took a hero Avatar through the film, Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan. This movie was directed by Balu Anand and Mansoor Ali Khan composed the music too. As the name was very different, the movie became popular. Most of the roles he did was villainy, and in between, he did some character roles too. Mansoor Ali Khan was naturally a humorous person. So, his movies were filled with humor. In some of the movies, he has acted as a comedy villain. In certain movies like Padayappa, he did some different characters. In the Vikram movie Kandhasamy, he acted as a Police Inspector.

In the year 2013, he again acted as a hero in the movie Lollu Dhada Parak Parak. He was the music director for that movie. But the movie did not hit the theatres as expected. He also appeared in the movies Singam 2 with Surya, Tenali Raman with Vadivel, Kaaviya Thalaivan with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Pulan Visaranai 2 with Prashanth. Mansoor Ali Khan is very famous for his controversial speeches. Some controversies about him rise, as and when. Overall, he is a talented actor, who wants to trial out all the fields in the cinema, like directing, music composing and acting. He also got committed in the politics and he belongs to the Patali Makkal Katchi, led by Dr. Ramadas.

Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films. He hails from a Tulu and Kannada-speaking household and is fluent in various other languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. He also has an actor brother named Prasad Raj. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boy’s School, and subsequently, at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Both institutions are in Bangalore. Prakash has three children, Meghana, Pooja, and Sidhu, from his earlier marriage to the actress Lalitha Kumari. His son, unfortunately, passed away in the year 2004. He is currently married to the choreographer Pony Verma. In the first few years of his career, he worked in Kannada Doordarshan, doing serials like Guddada Bhootha, and he also acted in supporting roles in Kannada movies like Nishkarsha.

Nikkil Murugan is one of the leading PROs in the Tamil film industry. He has been the PRO for legends including Rajinikanth and Kamal haasan. He was acclaimed as the best communication man by India Today. Nikil, as he is also called, has also taken the role of media manager of Kamal Haasan for several years. The wide coverage of Kollywood movies throughout the world is done by him. He is also closely associated with music director A R Rahman. Nikkil Murugan is regarded as very media friendly. He believes in the efficient application of technology for his PR communications. He has been associated with more than 200 movies. Born on 1967, Nikkil Murugan also had close association with ace directors Shankar and Maniratnam. He can communicate in over 5 languages.

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