Tamil Movie Review Zero - Cast & Crew

Natalie Di Luccio was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 29th of June. She is a classical singer, crossover type. She mainly sings in Italian-Canadian lyrics. She has also sung some Bollywood songs. In Bollywood, she is also known as “Bollywood’s Soprano”. In 2010 she released some of her videos of Bollywood songs on YouTube. Her voice and the way of singing attracted one of the best music composer and director present in the world, A. R. Rahman. Her YouTube videos got millions of views, and she became famous overnight. She has even performed with Amit Trivedi in the MTV Coke Studio.

Intro: Neeti Mohan appeared on Hindi television while performing as a competitive singer and soon she won the hearts of millions with her performances. Now she is a celebrity singer with huge success.

A beautiful diva with a golden voice is how one can introduce Neeti Mohan, the dazzling young star. She first appeared with her golden voice on television for the musical programme Popstars which was aired on Channel V in the year 2003. She won the show and along with other winners, created a musical group Asma. Under the auspicious guidance of Shankar Mahadevan, she also represented the team of Shankar’s Rockstars on the musical competitive show Music Ka Maha Muqabala. This show was aired on Star One in the year 2009. Since then, she is a regular member of A.R. Rehman live shows performing all over the world.

After winning the hearts of Indian television viewers and specially of those who love to see talented voice compete with each others on musical competitive shows on television this beautiful girl also acted in a Bollywood movie. Her debuted Bollywood movie was Socha Na Tha which was a project of Dharmendra Production. In this movie, she played a supporting role against her co-star Abhay Deol.

In the year 2012, she performed for MTV Unplugged and recently, she appeared on the comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma as a celebrity. She is now a successful playback singer for various Bollywood projects. There is a long list of popular music numbers under her belt and she has won a number of awards including the Filmfare RD Burman Award as best singer in the year 2013.

Shivada Nair is an actress that hails from the southern part of India. Nair performs in movies that are in the Malayalam Language. Shiva made her debut into the entertainment milieu in 2009.She demonstrates splendor in her acting. She is a superstar, who thrills the audience with her performance. Shivawas born at Srilekha in Tamil Nadu. Her father is Vijayarajan, who ensures she is comfortable, and happy. Kumari (Shiva’s mother) plays an indispensable role in the superstar’s life. Shiva’s family relocates to Angamaly, which is in Kerala.

A multi-talented Indian actress, Tulasi started her career as a child actress following it was her role as the main lead and then as a motherly figure in supporting roles. Her linguistic film approach has made her a quite famous actress. In 1967, when she was three months old, she acted in her first film. In the Telugu film, Bharya a baby was needed, and she was placed in the cradle. The film ‘Jeevanatarangalu’ also had her at the age of one and a half years old. Then later she went to become a full-fledged actress at the age of three. The fact was that she never went to school. Her marriage story is also very interesting. She says that at the age of 28, she met the man of her dreams in the morning and tied the knot with him in the evening.

Shiv Mohaa or Arun Kumar (his name before entering the film industry) is a Film Director of Tamilian descent. This former engineer embarked on a directorial journey in tinsel town with his romantic thriller ‘Zero’, being his first movie, based on supernatural occurring. It also claims to entail the journey of humanity when the universe was created. When asked further about the movie he says that Zero denotes the beginning of everything and portrays the incident when the universe was created and that marked the beginning of everything hence the title Zero.

One of the new entrants to the tinsel town of Tamilian movies, this producer has marked his entry with the movie ‘Zero’, directed by Shiv Mohaa, a supernatural romantic thriller, which has received critical acclaim from audiences of the Tamilian descent, both in India and abroad. Not only this, the unique narratives and the script, coupled with the work done by the actors, make the movie all the more appealing to the audiences.

Nivas K Prasanna is a Tamil Singer and a Film Composer. He debuted as a singer in the year 2014 with the movie Thegidi. He is well known for his performance as a singer in the movie Sethupathi. Prasanna was born in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He was raised in Chennai. He did his secondary education at a small school in the nearby town. He started learning music at a very early age. He started learning Carnatic music when he was ten years old. After learning many musical instruments, Prasanna moved to Chennai with his family.

He is a multitalented writer belonging to the Southern India. He had given a new word to the English language ‘Lifotainment’ which means the entertainment through short stories or novels. He firmly believes that anything that is written should either influence oneself or the others in the society. He firmly believes that writings have the capability to bring about a change in one’s life or even the other’s life. He had different kinds of writings. He had written novels, dialogues and also poems. After completing his graduation, he went to Australia to study in the School of Journalism. He had served for three long years in the Tamil TV industry, and he is now involved completely in writing the stories for the Tamil movies. He had written the dialogues for the India’s foremost talkie-motion poster. He was born on 29th of May in the year 1982 in Chennai and is now 33 years old.

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.

The name Anirudh does not need any introduction down South among the music lovers. With his boy next door looks, he can really amaze you by his skills when it comes to composing and singing. This music Rockstar will rule our playlists whenever his new album is released. He can make you go 'Gaga' right from the first time you hear his songs. His recent movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' has took the town by storm. This is not the first time he has done this. He did the same on his debut movie '3' (Three). He evolved as a star overnight after the music release of '3' and became the talk of the town. Indeed Kolaveri made him get famous worldwide and it got him more fans.  

Anirudh is always good with experimental aspects in music. His movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' is the first of its kind as all the songs from the movie got released as single tracks on specific dates, just to increase the hype & curiosity among the fans. Indeed, it worked out well. His tracks in the film Vellayilla Pattathari have become a huge hit, due to his different composition style. The song “Amma Amma” from the movie VIP brings tears to us with his tunes. His latest tracks from the movie “Maari” have also fetched him fame, especially the songs ‘Don Don Donu’ and ‘Maari’. He won the Best Music Director award for his works in VIP and Ethir Neechal. 

Born on 16th Oct 1990, Anirudh is the son of Ravi Raghavendra (an actor) and Lakshmi, who is a dancer. He is the nephew of superstar Rajinikanth. He is not only a music director, but also a playback singer and he gave many hits even as a playback singer. His upcoming projects to name a few are VIP 2, Naanum Rowdydhaan, Singam 3, Vedhaalam, etc..

Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.

S. Raja Mohan is an art director and production designer of Tamil cinema. Raja Mohan is from Chennai. His schooling is from I.G.M.M. (Indira Gandhi Memorial Matriculation) Higher Secondary School in Thirunagar, Madurai. He has done his Bachelors in Engineering in Electrical, Electronics and Communications in the year 2007. Next, he joined the famous Loyola College for post graduation. He completed his post graduation in filmmaking in 2010. He entered the Tamil film industry in April 2011. He always wanted to be a production designer. From childhood, he was attracted to the colors and making designs out of them. Raja Mohan has won various competitions and awards in stage setting, painting and concept designing. That inspired him to enter the business of art. When in High school, he won an International award which boosted him to follow his desire of excelling in art. Raja Mohan started his career by working in the art department for advertisements as an Assistant in Chennai and Mumbai. In the year 2009, S. Raja Mohan established a design and direction (art direction) company- DAD Interiors. The company is situated in Porur (in Chennai city) of Tamil Nadu. He was an assistant art director for the 2011 romance thriller, mystery, and action movie- 7 Aum Arivu.

R. Sudharsan was born on 29th May in 1988. His birthplace is Chennai. He is a professional editor in Indian cinema. His main area of work is in Tamil films. He is a very young member of the industry. He has worked in collaboration with editors like R. Parthiepan. Sudharsan is also known by the name V. Harsan. Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA was a Tamil film released in the year 2013 under the direction of Manivannan. This film marked the debut of Sudharsan as a film editor. Sudharsan is a Computer Engineer.

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.

Miracle Michael is one of the finest stunt directors in the Indian film industry. He has worked predominantly in the Tamil industry throughout his career. He is popularly known for his work as a stunt coordinator, stunt master, and action director in movies like Echcharikkai Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam (2018), Kurangu Bommai (2017), Ezra (2017), Boologam (2015), Peraanmai (2009), E (2006), and more.

Ashwin Kakumannu is a Tamil film actor born on 5 July 1987 in Chennai. He started his career through the movie ‘Nadunisi Naaygal’ in 2011. Ashwin is popular for his role in “Mankatha”, directed by Venkat Prabhu; the film is an action thriller. Initially, he worked on a print ad for Coke, but the ad didn’t come out. He also has worked on an Airtel ad with Swathi Reddy. Ashwin also has an impressive business card ‘Ashwin is who’ that features his pictures in different avatars. The first audition of Ashwin was for a role in the film ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa’, but it turned out to be unsuccessful for him. Later ‘Mankatha’ director Venkat Prabhu was impressed by a short film that Ashwin had acted and directed himself. Thus, he was signed to portray the role of a cop in that movie. “Mankatha,” released in August 2011 brought critical as well as commercial acclaim with Ashwin gaining the much-needed recognition among the public. He later featured in a role of a young scientist alongside Shruthi Hassan and Suriya in ‘7aum Arivu’. He also played a small supporting role in Gautham Menon’s “Ekk Deewana Tha”. Finally in 2013,

Ravi Raghavendra was born on January 1, 1962, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Latha Rajinikanth is his sister and she’s the spouse of the superstar, Rajinikanth. Latha is a philanthropist. His spouse is a dancer named Lakshmi. They have a son who started his career as a music composer, and his name is Anirudh Ravichander. For the movie, “3”, Anirudh composed the music, and he was praised for his creation in the very first attempt. Ravi Raghavendra is also involved with Yes Bank and serves as the Group President of the Business Development section.

An actor who’s been reigning the Telugu film industry from the late 80’s, J.D. Chakravarthy  has a huge fan base for not just his incredible talent but also his imposing personality off screen. He’s known for his versatility in the field, being an actor, director, producer all at the same time and venturing into multiple film industries namely, Tollywood, Bollywood, Kannada and Tamil cinema during his career.

J.D.Chakravarthy’s very first film, Siva (starring Nagarjuna, in which he played villain), was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, whom he looks upon as a mentor till this day and was a huge success. He played the supporting role of a villain in the movie and was immediately noticed for his work. He later went on to act in many other movies the most popular ones being Money (a comedy by RGV), Gulabi (Krishna Vamsi’s master piece), Dayyam (RGV’s horror flick), Egire Pavurama and Anaganaga Oka Roju.

During most of his career, he’s worked for Ram Gopal Varma, who incidentally seems to bring out the best in him. He was also the director for Money, money more money, Darna Jaroori Hain and All the best (the latter two being partially successful Bollywood films) during his career. He still stars in most of Ram Gopal Varma’s horror flicks, Vaasthu Shastra, Ice Cream 2 and plays supporting roles in quite a lot of big movies of the day. His most recent supporting roles in Sarvam and Josh (the debut movie of Naga Chaitanya) were critically acclaimed.

He’s won a Star Screen Award for the film Satya (an RGV masterpiece), where in his role is memorable. For all the beautiful roles that J.D.Chakravarthy portrayed in all of his career with much talent and elan, he’s going to be one among all the remarkable actors the Telugu film industry has had.

Haricharan Seshadri is an eminent Carnatic singer who gives his vocal in many Malayalam, Tamil, and other regional movies. He made his debut through the Tamil flick ‘Kadal’, in which he got the chance to sing two solo songs "Unakkena Iruppaen" and the title song "Kaadhal". In the same movie, he also had sung a duet song ‘Thottu Thottu’ with Harini Shankar.