Tamil Movie Review Sei - Cast & Crew

Aanchal Munjal was born on 17 April, 1998, in Hisar, India, and currently lives in Mumbai with her mother. She is a young 15-year-old girl and started her career in the film industry at the age of 12. She started her career with the Hindi film, “We Are Family (2010)”, and performed the remarkable role of Aleya, who is Kajol's daughter. Soon after, she appeared in many advertisements. In 2011, she portrayed Muniya S.Yadav in the Bollywood film, ‘Aarakshan’ (2011). She was first noted on television for her role as Chunni in Star One’s kids TV series, Ghost Bana Dost (2010). She got popular for her part as Raavi Ahuja in the serial, Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi, which circulated on Sony TV. She was, as of late, seen as Pihu in the day by day cleanser, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, on Sony TV. Aanchal Munjal is an Indian film and TV on screen character. ‘We Are Family' was an Indian satire show film administered by Siddharth Malhotra and delivered by Karan Johar. Aanchal made her film debut with this film. She is a decent and a pleasant performing artist of Indian TV dramatizations. She assumes distinctive parts and is an exceptionally delightful young lady.

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Anjali Rao is an Indian actress who acts in Kollywood. She is best known for her role as the ghost in Tamil movie ‘Baby’ that released in 2015. It is believed that this horror movie was drafted for Anjali Rao (Anne), the ghost. Some of the scenes that she displays are really shocking. The great thing is that whenever she performed in a single scene of this film, it gave a lot of scares and goosebumps moments. Director Suresh, who wrote the story and penned the screenplay, had even shot the whole movie under his control.

Chinnaponnu was born in Suranam in Sivagangai District in Tamil Nadu, India. As a child of thirteen years old, she actively participated in several temple festivals and churches. After that, she started to sing in the troupe of Artist Kottaisamy as a professional singer. She used to say him as her mentor. Later she was noticed by Gunasekar, who is a member of the Communist party. As he searched for folk songs and folk artists, he helped her explore herself in several parts of the state. By 2004, she made her first entry into the Tamil cinemas as a playback singer for the movie Chandramuki song Valthuren Valthuren.

Geethanjali Kelath is a Tamil singer who predominantly works in the Kollywood industry. She completed her schooling from Sharjah Indian School in 2009. Then, she started pursuing a Bachelor of Business Management with Computer Applications at the Hindustan College of Arts and Science. Thereafter, she studied Master’s in Strategic Human Resource Management at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE. She started her career as a Service Administrator at the Union Insurance in October 2012 in Dubai and managed the Front Office with the responsibility of issuing Tourism policies relevant to setting up Tourism companies.

Raj Babu is a film director, who has worked mainly in the Malayalam movie industry. He has worked in popular movies like Sei, Sadharanakkaran. He is a well-known director in Mollywood and has directed films like The Speed Track in 2005, Bharathchandran I.P.S in 2003, C.I.D. Moosa in 2002, Sivam in 1999, Deepasthambham Mahascharyam in 1998, Chitrashalabham in 1994, and many more.

NyX Lopez is an Indian-Music Director. Along with being a Music-Director, he is also an actor. He mainly works in the Tamil Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he had worked include Sei which released on 23^rd November 2018, and the director is Raj Babu. In this movie, he had worked with some of the most talented stars Nakul, Aanchal Munjal, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Nithin Pillay, Thalaivasal Vijay, Meera Krishnan, Manobala, Jayan Cherthala, Chandrika Ravi, and Annadurai Kannadasan.

Raghavan is a Malayalam film actor who is now doing TV serials. He was born in Kozhikode and did his schooling in Kozhikode itself. In his schooldays, he was interested in acting and performed numerous dramas. He acted in a number of dramas in Kerala as well as outside of Kerala, such as Coorg, Mangalapuram, etc. Later, he joined the Tagore Drama troop and did his Diploma in Delhi National School of Drama. He started his career as an assistant to the famous director, G. V. Ayer. He directed a Kannada movie called, “Oruka Mahasabha.” His first Malayalam film was “Kayalkaryil” in 1968.

Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the UN General Assembly Hall for the finale of the International Jazz Festival on 30 April 2012 which is a thing of pride. Shankar has always considered himself as a restless student wanting to learn more every time. He says he’s thirsty and want to learn every time and experiment with something new. He wants to be a perfectionist. Shanker also feels that Karnatak music is the most powerful form of music and he himself started with Karnataka classic which he says is the best to create a prominent base for music. Music is the thing which excites Shanker the most, and he would always be attached to it. Personal Life: Shanker Mahadevan was born in Chennai to a Tamil family but was later brought to Mumbai and was raised there. Being born into a Tamil family and later raised in Mumbai, he knows both Hindi and Tamil language but is not well versed with Tamil and Malayalam. He finished his schooling from OLPS High School in Chembur and his engineering in computer science from R.A.I.T (D Y Patil, Navi Mumbai). His wife, Sangeeta is Maharashtrian and oldest son Siddharth Mahadevan. Also, a singer, made his debut on the 2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’s song, Zinda. Shankar’s youngest son, Shivam Mahadevan, also a singer made his debut in 2013 in the movie Dhoom 3’s song, Bande Hain Hum Uske. Mahadevan is fluent in Marathi, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu and English.

Vivekanandan is the birth name of the versatile comedian Vivek. He is introduced by the legendary director Balachander through the film Manadhil Urudhi Vendum. It is the film in which Ramesh Arvind was also introduced. They both acted as brothers of Suhasini in that film. He got famous through Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, as his dialogue Innaikku Seththa Naalaikku Paal reached the viewers well. He acted with top actors and reached fame within a short span. He performed with Rajini in Uzhaippali, Veera and Sivaji. His role in Kadhal Mannan, an Ajith starter, was loved by many people. Vivek acted with Vijay in Kushi and Priyamanavale. He performed with Vadivelu in few films and the notable one is Middle Class Madhavan, a Prabhu movie. Both Vadivel and Vivek performed humorously in that film. After the invasion of many comedians like Santhanam and Suri, the chances get lessened for Vivek. He performed as Eka in the Dhanush movie Uthamaputhiran, which was outstanding. Singham of Surya had Vivek as a Police constable. His recent movies are Velai Illa Pattadhaari with Dhanush and Yennai Arindhaal with Ajith. He has also acted as a solo hero in the film named Nan Than Bala. The film did not go well as expected, but he has won positive criticism from the critics. 

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

Benny Dayal is an Indian Pop-Singer. Born in Kollam, Kerala, India on May 13, 1984. He was a member of the S5 Pop Band in India. He started as a playback singer and known to have work with various reputable composers.

He finished his studies from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) and took Journalism in Madras Christian College. His Indian-Pop-Electro-Rap-Reggae infused songs made him so famous and with unique quality compared to any singers. This made him one of the most loved singers by doing such mix-ups of traditional Indian music to a new-era’s songs. You’ll be so moved in listening to any of his songs.

He worked before as an Event Coordinator for RR Donnelley Printing. He also worked as an HR Executive for a BPO when he received a call and inviting him to audition for ARR Studio. He first thought that it was just a prank and ignored it for some time. He tried to call again the phone left for him to contact if he need anything and he found out that it is for real. He also reminisced that he couldn’t even create and prepare his own demo since he doesn’t even have money to produce it. He took his chances and decided to quit his job from the BPO Company and started to work as a singer. His songs were widely used different Indian Films since 2007. He received the award “RD Burman Award for New Music Talent” and “Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation” in 2009. He performed stunning and applauded performances in Gima Awards and many more.

Nassar is one of the multi talented actors in the Indian cinema industry. He has achieved various awards for his acting performance. He is not only an actor, but a producer and a good director too. Mehaboob Nassar is his full name and Nassar remained as his stage name. He is married to Kameela and has three children. His debut was through Kalyana Agathigal, a Balachander movie. He has acted in various films with different roles. Most of his roles depict him as a villain. After few years of his successful villain roles, he jumped to character roles that yielded him fame. He did a good role in Roja as a good Police Officer. His role in Thevar Magan made him to get a good name. He made his debut as a director through Avatharam in the year 1995. He acted in a lead role in the film alongside Revathi. Revathi acted as Blind women in this film. Nassar performed as a blind singer in the film Minsara Kanavu. He did a dual role in Jeans. He did a different role in Saivam, in which he acted as a village grandpa of Baby Sarah. From his debut in 1985, till now in Kamal's Uttama Villain, he has earned good name and lots of fans too. He has been awarded as Kalaimamani by Government of Tamilnadu.

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.

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu was born on March 10, 1980. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his education from College of Engineering, Guindy and University of Queensland. He is an Indian lyricist, software engineer, a professor, research associate, and a film dialogue writer. His parents are Vairamuthu and Ponmani; his father is a poet and a lyricist.

Nakul is an Indian film actor and playback singer. He is a known personality in the Tamil film industry. He was born as Nakul Jaidev to Lakshmi and Jayadev on June 15, 1984, in Mumbai, India. He is the brother of Devayani, a teacher, and former actress. Nakul was debuted in the 2003 Tamil coming-of-age film, Boys, alongside Siddharth, Bharath, Manikandan, Genelia, and Sai Srinivas Thaman, who are all newcomers in that movie. Nakul’s family sent some pictures of Mayur (his brother) to the office of Shankar, who helmed his debut film.

Yugabharathi is an Indian lyricist and poet. He specializes in writing Tamil poems and Tamil songs. He was born in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Yugabharathi’s real name is Prem Kumar, but he changed it to Yugabharathi as it was his pen name for his poems. Yugabharathi completed his Matriculation from Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He also has a Diploma in Engineering from Government Polytechnic College. He started his career as a poet in early 90’s and wrote poems for various Tamil magazines. He changed his name to Yugabharathi to honor his idol Subramanya Bharathi. He started his career as a lyricist with the movie Aanandham. He wrote lyrics for Pallankuzhiyin in the movie. After that, he wrote lyrics for many songs. His first work as a successful lyricist came out in the year 2002 in the movie Run. He wrote the song Kadhal Pisase, which became a huge hit. In 2003, he wrote songs for the movie Vasiya Kaari and Manmadha Raasa. In the year 2004, he went back to writing poems for magazines.

NJ Sathya is a costume designer turned actor. Before becoming an actor, he was a costume designer. He is well-known for playing supporting roles in Kidaari, and Vetrivel. He has also done many other movies like Adangathey, etc. It was a dream of his dad to see him as a cricketer. In an interview, Sathya revealed that he came into the field of acting just to fulfill his dad’s dream.

Rajesh K Raman is an Indian screenwriter and writer. Kochi, Kerala, India, is where he was born. Rajesh K Raman has previously worked in the Kollywood entertainment industry, with his artwork appearing in Tamil films. His most recent project was the Kollywood film "Sei," directed by Raj Babu is a 2018 Indian Tamil action-comedy movie. Nakul and Aanchal Munjal star in the film with Nassar, Prakash Raj, and Nithin Prasanna. The story follows a young, aspiring actor who is compelled to work as an ambulance driver to help his father. Nonetheless, things get jumbled when he finds out about dealing with organ organization. 

Vijay Ulaganath is an Indian cinematographer, popular amongst the Tamil audience for his work in movies like Sigaram Thodu, Bhaskar The Rascal and Thoonga Nagaram. Over the years, he’s worked with big names in the industry liked Lal Jose, Gaurav Narayanan, Siddique, and Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao. The early stages of his career saw Vijay working with renowned cinematographer K.V. Anand as an assistant after graduating from Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu with a diploma in Film Technology. He was one of the ten cinematographers in the unique Malayalam venture Kerela Café, which was directed by ten famous directors and included all the top actors, editors, and musicians of the Malayali film industry.

R. Janarthanan is a talented personality who has contributed to the Indian cinema. He has gained many experiences as he is a Production Controller, Digital Imaging Technician and Art Director. He is also known for his work in Tamil cinema. R. Janarthanan has assisted in working as a production controller for the following films: ‘Pichaikkaran’ (2016), ‘Yaman’ (2017) and ‘Thiri’ (2017).

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