Tamil Movie Review Vanamagan - Cast & Crew

Born on 23rd April 1984 in Chennai, Gayathri Raguram is a choreographer as well as a film actress. Her region of interest is south Indian films. She is the daughter of renowned dancer Raguram. During 2002 she acted in the film Charlie Chaplin; this film was highly entertaining and she was paired opposite dancing sensation Prabhu Deva. Later she switched to choreography. Gayathri’s career in acting started when she was at her teens. She had once confessed that acting was never her choice, but offers rained in her way. She always wanted to be called by her full name Gayathri Raguram, since she doesn’t want to be misunderstood with another actress of the time, Gayatri Jayaraman. Following her debut in Charlie Chaplin, she acted in Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil, totaling 4 films in her career. These films went unnoticed and she quit acting only to settle in USA. This decision was made since her film with actor Dhanush didn’t get released at the right time. The year 2008 saw her return as a choreographer and the films she choreographed include Poi Solla Porom and Jayam Kondaan. Kandaswamy, Ko, Aadhavan and Vanam are some of the big budget films that she worked. She worked in the Tamil film Tamil Padam and she got good response for that. She had donned the role of a choreographer for over 100 films by 2014. Of late, she had acted in the film Vai Raja Vai where she played the role of Gautham Karthik’s younger sister. She acted in this film after a sabbatical of nearly a decade. But again, she was seen in special appearances in several movies. On her personal front, Gayatri Raguram is the niece of renowned dancer Kala. Gayatri was wedded to a software engineer in 2006, but they parted ways in three years.

Sayesha Saigal is a gorgeous and beautiful girl who is the grand niece of Bollywood sensation Saira Banu and living legend Dilip Kumar. She is the daughter of Shaheen Banu and Sumeet Saigal. She was born on 12th August 1997. She is pursuing her study in the second year from Junior College in Bombay. She is single. Sayesha has made her debut with the Telugu movie Akhil: The Power of Jua, in which she shares screen space with Akkineni Akhil, the son of Akkineni Nagarjuna.

Harris Jayaraj is a veteran music composer, predominantly having worked in Tamil film industry. He is currently one of the most sought-after composers, having garnered commercial and critical success to most of his works. Right from his first work in Minnale (2001), Harris made the entire industry take notice.

Suresh Chandra is a renowned Public Relations Officer, working primarily in the Tamil film industry and for some movies in the Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industry. He celebrates his birthday on 10 May. He is credited as the P.R.O. for a whopping 190 movies. He is the publicist of famed actor Ajith Kumar. Suresh started his career as a P.R.O. in the Ajith Kumar starrer, Mankatha (2011). This Tamil action thriller follows the story of a suspended cop who gets caught up in a gangster’s world. Directed and written by VenkatPrabhu, this movie garnered positive reviews and got nominated for several awards.

Stunt Silva was born in Tuticorin, TamilNadu. He started his career as a male nurse after getting trained in Stanley Medical College. Silva worked as a Ward boy in Tuticorin hospital. Later he joined in Vijaya Health Center in Chennai by the year 1990. To maintain his family’s financial status, he worked in several sectors such as Peon in offices and dabbled in transport sector business offices. He then joined in the background dancer of the film under the guidance and advice of the Dance

Born on September 10, 1980, Jayam Ravi’s original name is Ravi Mohan. He made his debut in the Tamil film “Jayam”. He got the prefix “Jayam” since it was his first film. Most of his films are directed by his brother Raja. Some of the films this duo worked together are “Jayam”, M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi”, “Santhosh Subramaniam” “Mazhai” “Thillalangadi” etc.

Jayam Ravi entered the Tamil film industry during the year 2003. A fact not known to many is that Ravi made his debut as a child artiste in a Telugu film. This film was under the banner of his father Editor Mohan. Later, as a youngster, he acted in the film “Jayam” which was directed by his brother Raja. The film was a huge hit and Tamil film industry welcomed him warmly.

Jayam Ravi is a good dancer and he had studied dance when he was just 12. Also, he is skilled in martial arts. The film “M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi” was a turning point in his career and he was widely appreciated by both critics and audience. This film fetched him the Best Actor Award in the Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Jayam Ravi’s flick “Das” saw him as an action hero and the audience again accepted him. “Idhaya Thirudan”, “Das” Deepavali” Peranmai” Nimurnthu Nil” were some of the films of Jayam Ravi wherein his brother was not the director. His film “Unakkum Enakkum” directed by his brother was a huge hit. Jayam Ravi was the right choice of a playful boy turning matured in the film “Unakkum Enakkum”. Jayam Ravi and his brother Raja worked in many films which were the remake of Telugu films. Most of these films were hits.

Jayam Ravi is gifted with good looks and he took every effort (formal training) to become an actor. His recent film “Thani Oruvan” is again directed by his brother Raja. This film is a direct Tamil film. Jayam Ravi is undoubtedly one of the finest young talents in Tamil film industry.

The Mohan Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Sam Paul is an Indian producer. He worked for the Tamil film industry. Sam is also a very popular supporting actor. He shared his work in the South Indian movie Vanamagan, which hit the theatres on 23rd June 2017. It was an action movie with Jayam Ravi, Sayyeshaa Saigal, Prakash Raj and Varun in the lead cast of the film. Vijay A L is the director of the movie while A L Alagappan produced the film. Sam played one of the negative roles in this movie. Working with many big Tamil celebrities, Sam gained so much of name and fame.

A.L. Vijay is a Tamil, film director. He was born on 2 May 1979, in Tamil Nadu. He studied under Priyadarshan, who is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter and has known to direct about 90 films in various languages.

Prabhu Deva is one among the populous cinema person in India. He was born in the year 1973 in Mysore to Sundaram. Sundaram is a popular dance master in South India. Prabhu Deva entered the film industry at the early age. He has assisted his father in the film Vetri Vizha, in which Kamal Hassan and Prabhu did the lead roles. He appeared in Raja song along with Karthik Muthuraman, in the film Agni Natchathiram, a Mani Ratnam movie. He started his career in the film industry as a dancer and choreographer and later, developed himself as an actor. He made his debut as a hero through, Kadhalan, a Shankar movie. This movie was a super hit with the super songs by A. R. Rahman.

Tirru is a famous Indian Cinematographer, who has won many awards for his work. He is especially known for his work in the Krrish 3. Tirru was born on 28th March 1968 in Thirunavukarasu district of Tamil Nadu. Apart from being a cinematographer, Tirru is also a screenplay writer. He has worked mainly on Hindi and Tamil movies. He started his career as an assistant to a veteran cinematographer. He worked under P. C. Sriram. He completed his Bachelor in Science when he was twenty-one years old. After completing his graduation, he got interested in photography. He also helped his brother who was a dentist. He worked as an assistant to his brother. He started his job in the field of cinematography with a Tamil movie named Magalirmattum in 1994. The movie didn’t give Tirru any recognition. Though for his excellent work in the movie, he was offered another movie in the year 1995. He worked as a cinematographer in the movie Sakthi. After that, he worked in the movie Manjeeradhwan in the year 1998. Manjeeradhawan was a Malayalam movie and brought Tirru into the lime light. He made his debut into the Hindi cinema in the year 2000 with the movie Hey Ram. The movie didn’t do well on the box-office, but Tirru received appreciation for his work. After that, he went back to working on Malayalam and Telugu movies.

Thambi Ramaiah, an Indian film actor, and director is considered as the busiest actors in Kollywod appearing in maximum movies that released in 2014. Once upon a time, he did not even how to make a foray into Kollywood. Anticipating for someone to give a chance in films, he had to wait till his luck could get him a status of an actor. 

Varun is a Tamil film actor. His career has just started. He is the grandson of Isari Velan, the politician-actor who has worked with the legendary MGR in many movies. Though Varun’s grandfather has worked with many famous personalities, Varun has just started, and his list will be soon increased. Inspired by his grandfather, Varun always wanted to become an actor, and he pursued his dream. He is lucky that he has someone from his family to guide him in the industry.