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1. Sonakshi Sinha


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Sonakshi Sinha is a well-known Indian Actress. She is the daughter of veteran actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha. Her father is now a politician from Bharitya Janta Party. She was born on 2 June 1987 in Mumbai. She has two brothers Luv and Kush. She did her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Mumbai and graduation from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Mumbai in Fashion Designing.

Sinha first worked as a costume designer and designed costumes for movie ‘Mera Dil Leke Dekho’. She did Modeling before moving to the big screen and walked the ramp in Lakme Fashion Week, 2008 and 2009.

She made her acting debut in the Salman Khan co-starred Dabangg, which turned out to be a huge success. For this role she had to lose almost 30 kilos. She followed a strict diet and workout regime. She donated the signing amount for the film to Salman Khan’s charitable organization Being Human. After her initial release she worked in many big films such as Rowdy Rathore, Son of Sardaar, Dabangg 2 and many others making unconventional beauty an established name in Bollywood.

She made her kollywood debut in Lingaa opposite to Rajnikanth. Currently she is working on an action-drama Akira which is set to be launched in near future.

She has won numerous awards for her work and received positive comments.

She is an animal lover and active member and face of PETA. She starred in a video asking people to adopt animals and have them sterilized. Sonakshi likes sketching, listening to music, hanging out with friends and watching movies.

Sonakshi has also been in the limelight in past years surrounding various controversies.

She has been romantically linked to her co-star Arjun Kapoor. Both of them were spotted together on many occasions however there is no confirmation from the two.

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Date of Birth: 02-06-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 02-06-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Anushka Shetty


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Anushka Shetty is the popular South Indian star who is very famous for her work in Arundhati, a Telugu movie. This film was dubbed in Tamil and made her more popular among the Tamil audience. Her first Tamil movie was Rendu with R. Madhavan. Anushka Shetty was not well known during the time of Rendu. It is only through Arundhati, she entered the hearts of the people. She masters all the roles given to her. She has paired with almost all the top stars of South Indian film industry right from Rajini Kanth. She paired Super Star in the film Linga and got a decent role in that film.

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Date of Birth: 07-11-1981
Age: 42
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 07-11-1981
Age: 42
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Skills: Movie Actress

3. Rockline Venkatesh


Rockline-Venkatesh.jpg             Rockline Venkatesh is an actor, director, film producer and a businessman. Venkatesh is the owner and founder of ‘Rockline Productions’ which is one of India’s biggest film production and Distribution Company. Under his banner, more than 25 movies have been released since 2012. Rockline Venkatesh started his career in year 1996 with the movie, ‘Ayudha’ where he co-produced. 

             He started making movies with real life incidents and remakes of other languages as well. He was one of the top producers and directors in Kannada movie industry. He has worked with some of the big shots of Kannada industry like, ‘Shivaraj Kumar, Ambareesh, Vijay, Upendra, Dr.Vishnuvardhan’ and many other super stars. He has also worked with some top directors like, ‘Om Prakash Rao, D.Rajendra Babu, MS Rajashekar, Mehar Ramesh’ and many more.

             There are several stand out movies that is launched under the banner of Rockline Productions, some of the super hit movies are ‘Yaare Neenu Cheluve’, ‘Preethse, Dakota Express’, ‘Ajay’ and many more. Rockline Venkatesh has given Kannda industry some superb movies but in the recent time period, Rockline is working with Bollywood and other industries as well. Rajnikanth’s last movie ‘Lingaa’ was produced by Rockline Productions and it was a super hit at the box office. 

            Rockline Venkatesh has invested huge sum of money in Bollywood, as he produced ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, in this movie Salman Khan is doing the lead. The movie has been released and Rockline Productions has rocked Bollywood with superstar ‘Salman Khan’. Seeing his career achievements, Rockline Venkatesh is a proud son of India. He is doing fabulous job in the recent times.

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Date of Birth: 23-03-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Skills: Producer
Date of Birth: 23-03-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Skills: Producer

4. Rajinikanth


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'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in every nook and corner of India. He is a popular Indian cinema star who has fans worldwide. Born as Shivajirao Gaekwad, this simple-human started his career as a bus conductor. He made his film debut in 1975 in ‘Apoorva Raagangal’, starred by Kamal Haasan and Srividya. Though he appeared in a small role in that film, he was noted for his style.

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5. Santhanam


21-01-2020/santhanam.jpg Santhanam is a Tamil movie actor who is famous for his timing-rhyming comedies and counters. He, prior to entering the cine industry, acted for some comedy programs for Win TV, but it was Vijay TV’s ‘LolluSabha’ - a program that spoofs movies, gave his major breakthrough. It was his astounding performance in that program that gained him an entry into the silverscreen when STR spotted him and gave him a role of a college student in his crime-thriller movie ‘Manmathan’. Santhanam has established himself as one of the most contemporary comedians in the Tamil cine industry by acting with almost all heroes. There was a period when heroes were waiting for his callsheet, and all movies that had his comedies featured were hit, regardless of the main plot.

Unlike comedians of his previous era, he prefers to perform together with the antagonist and thus adding to a flavour of comedy throughout the movie. He has 5 bagged consecutive Vijay awards for the ‘The Best Comedian’ right from 2009 till 2013, the Edison award and the SIIMA award for the same category in 2013 and 2011 respectively. Santhanam during a show in Vijay TV mentioned that it will be always his alma mater, no matter how much heights he scales.

Santhanam has got into several controversies as well through his dialogs that sound funny when watching, but tend to hurt people’s feelings. Several protests were also held against his dialogs, which led to the censor of such dialogs. He was also accused of trying to imitate the legendary comedian Koundamani who makes fun of everyone, in every way possible. However, he rejected that claim stating that he doesn’t imitate anyone.

Santhanam’s biggest blockbusters were those with director M.Rajesh’s comedy trilogy – ‘Siva ManasulaSakthi(SMS)’ , ‘Boss EngiraBaskaran’ and ‘OruKalOruKannadi(OK OK)’ and ‘Siruthai’ in which he starred alongside Karthi for the first time. He also owns a production company called Handmade films that produced his story ‘Kanna Laddu Thinga Aasaya’ and also ‘Vallavanuku Pullum Aayudham’. He was the single lead hero in the latter and it won him good reviews for his all-round performance. He acted and also served as the assistant director of the Tamil remake of Delhi Belly which was directed by R.Kannan. So far, he has acted in about 75 movies and has produced 2 of them.

Santhanam expressed his desire to direct Tamil movies with a comedy-sentiment genre and claimed that he would tend to explore some areas that covered India’s vast heritage. He encourages fresh young minds into the industry and is a hard worker. It is only his hard work and hilarious thoughts that has brought him to the top positions of Tamil cinema. ‘Santhanam memes’ are very popular in social networking websites and they mostly comprise of “My reaction when…” type.

Serials acted: Super Comedies (Win TV, 2001) Tea KadaiBench(Win TV, 2002), LolluSabha(Vijay TV, 2001-2004)

DOB: 21 January, 1980

Movies acted: Over 75 movies and filming.

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Date of Birth: 21-01-1980
Age: 44
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 21-01-1980
Age: 44
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male

6. Karunakaran


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Karunakaran is an Indian movie actor and writer who has worked in Tamil film Industry. He has appeared in various roles. He debuted in the cinema industry in 2012 with Kalakalappu as Kumar. He is known for Soodhu Kavvum (played the role of Arumai Pragasam) which got released in 2013. Other films credited to him are Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey. He lived and grew up in New Delhi, India. His father was a RAW agent. After residing in Delhi, he moved to Trichy with his family. He met Nalan Kumarasamy, a friend, who is a short filmmaker. He did his schooling from Sri Akilandeswari Vidyalaya Tiruchirappalli. He did his graduation from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology& Research Academy (SASTRA) University in chemical engineering.

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Date of Birth: 21-09-1981
Age: 42
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Skills: Comedian
Date of Birth: 21-09-1981
Age: 42
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Skills: Comedian

7. Brahmanandam


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Brahmanandam was born on 1st February 1956. He was the seventh son to Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kannaganti Lakshmi Narsamma. He completed his high schooling from a high school at Sattenapalle. He later pursued his intermediate and graduation from D.N.R College, Bhimavaram. He completed his post graduation in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam had worked as a lecturer in Atthilli for nine years.

Brahmanandam is considered as one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. He has gone ahead to receive many accolades in the world. In the year 2007, he was in the Guinness World Record for appearing in the highest number of films that is over 1000 movies. The government of India honored him with Padma Shri Award in the year 2009. Brahmanandam was awarded the Best Actor in a comic role in the year 2011 at The Hyderabad Times Film Awards.

In the year 2012 in Dookudu, he was voted the Best Comedian in the Cinemaa Awards. The same year he was also awarded the Best Comedian in the SIIMA Awards. He went ahead to clinch the Best Actor in a Comic Role Award in the TOIFA awards ceremony. Surely Brahmanandam deserves all this because of his natural talent and hard work in the acting industry. Brahmanandam is married to Lakshmi Kanneganti, and he is blessed with two children, namely; Raja Goutham and Siddharth.

Brahmanadam Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

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Date of Birth: 01-02-1956
Age: 68
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Skills: Comedian
Date of Birth: 01-02-1956
Age: 68
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Skills: Comedian

8. Radha Ravi


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Radha Ravi is a populous actor cum producer in the Tamil cinema industry. He has come from a cinema background family, where his father, brother, and sisters were the actors. He is the son of the popular actor M R Radha, who is well known for his villainy and character roles in the early 50s and 60s. Radha Ravi was born in the year 1952. He did his graduation in the New College in Chennai. He has a brother called M.R.R.Vasu and three sisters namely Rashya, Rani and Radhikala. Radhika and Nirosha are his half-sisters.

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Date of Birth: 29-07-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 29-07-1952
Age: 71
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Skills: Movie Actor

9. K S Ravikumar


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Director KS Ravikumar(KSR), started his career in Tamil cinema as an assistant director to Bharathiraja for sometime before becoming an independent director. He has made 40 movies, out of which six films are re-makes. 


KSR has made the most number of movies with actor Sarath Kumar (10) and actresses Simran and Ramya Krishnan. Interestingly enough to know that his stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan had collaborated with KSR in 16 films so far. 


His first project in Tamil film world was in the year 1990, when he made a genre-breaking film Puriyaadha Pudhir which was a re-make of the Kannada movie Tarka. The Kannada versions was itself an adaptation of an Agastha Christie novel called ‘The Unexpected Guest’. After success of Puriyaadha Pudhir, he had never looked back. 


He has directed Rajinikanth and Sivaji Ganesan too in his career. He also had directed Sanjay Dutt in Police Giri (2014) with Prachi Desai and Lingaa(2014) with Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha. Both the films did not fare well in the box office. He also has appeared in a small role in the movies he directs which added to his popularity, as a cameo actor(21 films). 


He is well known for bringing Rajinikanth and Sivaji Ganesan in Padayappa (1999), the film was a success in box-office. He also directed Kamal Haasan in Avvai Shanmugi (1996), which was a straight adaptation of the American comedy film, Mrs. Doubtfire. Kamal Haasan’s performance in the film was truly appreciated and the film was made in Hindi too as Chachi 420(1997) by Kamal Haasan ( director and producer). Although both the Hindi and Tamil versions are considered to be Indian remake of Mrs. Doubtfire, there are many plot differences between the original and the Indian version. 


Many of his assistant directors went to make a big name for themselves in Tamil cinema in their own right, one example is Director Cheran. The latest is director Gaurav to join the feat. 


KSR will be remembered for his punctuality and dedication to his works, he used to concentrate a lot on the budget of his movie and tried to complete the film as early as possible.

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Date of Birth: 30-05-1958
Age: 65
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 30-05-1958
Age: 65
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Skills: Director

10. Jagapati Babu


Jagapati-Babu.jpg Jagapati Babu is a friendly actor, who works in Telugu film industry. Jagapati was born in the year 1962 as Veeramachaneni Jagapati Rao Chowdary in Machilipattinam in Andhra Pradesh. 1989 was the most important year in the life of Jagapati Babu, as it was the year in which, he stepped into the cinema industry with pride. It was not that much tough for him to enter the film industry, as his dad was one among the prominent producers. His dad V. B. Rajendra Prasad was also a director in the Telugu film industry. His debut movie was Simha Swapnam, which was directed by the veteran director V. Madhusudhan Rao. Peddarikam which was released in the year 1992 turned out to be a super hit film and made Jagapati as one among the top heroes of Tollywood. Ram Gopal Varma gave him a super duper hit movie Gayam, which made him an action hero. He proved the audience that he could also do the family characters through the film Subha Lagnam. He received the honorable Nandi Award from the Andhra Pradesh Government for his role in the film Anthapuram. Anthapuram was led by Prakashraj, Sharada, Soundarya and Saikumar. In Andhapuram, he did an excellent supporting role, which helps Soundarya to escape from the gangsters. Jagapati’s role was done by Parthiban Radhakrishnan in the Tamil Version. He acclaimed the Filmfare award for the movie Lakshyam in 2007. Some of his Tamil movies are Madrasi, Thandavam, Puthagam and the upcoming movie Rudhram. He has also acted in the Kannada movie named Bachchan as a policeman. Bachchan was led by Sudeep and this film was a hit movie. His latest movie is with Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Legend. In this movie, Jagapati has acted in a negative role. The negative role is lauded by the people and he has also received the Best Villain for that movie in SIICA Awards.

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Date of Birth: 12-02-1962
Age: 62
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 12-02-1962
Age: 62
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Skills: Movie Actor

11. Dev Singh Gill


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Dev Singh Gill is an actor and a model. He was born in Pune in Maharashtra. He started acting from 2004. He acted in 'Shaheed-E-Azam', 'Mr Prime Minister', 'Bold' in Hindi, 'Krishnarjuna', 'Magadheera', 'Sura', 'Ragada', 'Prema Kavali' in Telugu and many others. He is a leading villain in the south cinema.

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Date of Birth: 12-10-1977
Age: 46
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Skills: Villain
Date of Birth: 12-10-1977
Age: 46
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Skills: Villain