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1. Jaya Prada


11-02-2020/jaya-prada.jpg Jaya Prada is a renowned Indian actress and politician. She was born as Lalita Rani on April 3, 1958, in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh to Krishna Rao, a financier of Telugu films and Neelaveni. She enrolled in a dance and music classes at her tender age by her mother. Jaya acted in several Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi films. From the year 2004 to 2014, she has been a part of the Member of Parliament from Rampur. At 14, she made a dance number during the annual function at her scho...
Jaya Prada is a renowned Indian actress and politician. She was born as Lalita Rani on April 3, 1958, in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh to Krishna Rao, a financier of Telugu films and Neelaveni. She enrolled in a dance and music classes at her tender age by her mother. Jaya acted in several Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi films. From the year 2004 to 2014, she has been a part of the Member of Parliament from Rampur. At 14, she made a dance number during the annual function at her scho...
Date of Birth: 03-04-1958
Age: 66
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Date of Birth: 03-04-1958
Age: 66
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu

2. Manjari Phadnis


26-07-2017/manjari-phadnis.png Manjari Phadnis is an Indian actress and model who was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra on July 10, 1984. But she spent most of her life in Pune. Her father was in the Indian Army. She has acted in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu,Malayalam, Bengali,Tamil and Kannada language films. She shot to fame when she appeared in the 2008 film, ‘Jane Tu Ya Jane Na’. “International reality show popstars, Indian version, season II”, was her onscreen debut. She reached the final eight in the contest. Her movie career started through the film, ‘Rok sako toh rok lo’, which released in 2004. Her Bengali feature film ‘Faltu’ won the ‘National Film Award’. She also sang a song in for the movie ‘Muthirai’. She has been performing in TV ads of Onida and iB...
Manjari Phadnis is an Indian actress and model who was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra on July 10, 1984. But she spent most of her life in Pune. Her father was in the Indian Army. She has acted in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu,Malayalam, Bengali,Tamil and Kannada language films. She shot to fame when she appeared in the 2008 film, ‘Jane Tu Ya Jane Na’. “International reality show popstars, Indian version, season II”, was her onscreen debut. She reached the final eight in the contest. Her movie career started through the film, ‘Rok sako toh rok lo’, which released in 2004. Her Bengali feature film ‘Faltu’ won the ‘National Film Award’. She also sang a song in for the movie ‘Muthirai’. She has been performing in TV ads of Onida and iB...
Date of Birth: 10-07-1988
Age: 35
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Model, Singer
Date of Birth: 10-07-1988
Age: 35
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Model, Singer

3. Ambika Mohan


Ambika-Mohan.jpg Ambika mohan is an Indian film actress, who has acted in more than 175 films. She was born in Ottapalam and bought up in Munnar. Ambika got married to a K.S.E.B engineer “Mohan”, the couple have two daughters.  She is known for her roles in Malayalam TV serials. She has also acted in a few devotional albums which raised her popularity. We could also see her in some of the advertisements of Jayalakshmi silks, Amala hospital, Kerala handlooms and a lot more.  One of her best performances was for the movie ‘Kasthooriman”, her character “Vanaja” was outstanding with her natural performance. The movie was directed by the late director Lohithadas, with Mee...
Ambika mohan is an Indian film actress, who has acted in more than 175 films. She was born in Ottapalam and bought up in Munnar. Ambika got married to a K.S.E.B engineer “Mohan”, the couple have two daughters.  She is known for her roles in Malayalam TV serials. She has also acted in a few devotional albums which raised her popularity. We could also see her in some of the advertisements of Jayalakshmi silks, Amala hospital, Kerala handlooms and a lot more.  One of her best performances was for the movie ‘Kasthooriman”, her character “Vanaja” was outstanding with her natural performance. The movie was directed by the late director Lohithadas, with Mee...
Date of Birth: 05-06-1963
Age: 60
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 05-06-1963
Age: 60
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam

4. Unni Menon


24-06-2017/unni-menon.jpg Unni Menon is a veteran playback singer who had enthralled the audiences with his melodious voice. He has sung in many Indian languages and he was one of the best classical singers who had a good combination with A R Rahman. He was born in Temple town of Guruvayoor in a middle class family. He had done schooling in Guruvayoor and went to Palakkad to continue his degree. Although this singer had shown a great enthusiasm in signing right from his childhood days, it was just a co-incidence that brought him to Indian film industry.   This god-gifted singer might not have hoped to become a singer at all although he used to sing right from he was young. As a commoner, he also did find a job in a ...
Unni Menon is a veteran playback singer who had enthralled the audiences with his melodious voice. He has sung in many Indian languages and he was one of the best classical singers who had a good combination with A R Rahman. He was born in Temple town of Guruvayoor in a middle class family. He had done schooling in Guruvayoor and went to Palakkad to continue his degree. Although this singer had shown a great enthusiasm in signing right from his childhood days, it was just a co-incidence that brought him to Indian film industry.   This god-gifted singer might not have hoped to become a singer at all although he used to sing right from he was young. As a commoner, he also did find a job in a ...
Date of Birth: 02-12-1957
Age: 66
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 02-12-1957
Age: 66
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Singer

5. Jayaram


16-12-2019/jayaram.jpg Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of interest is the Malayalam film industry, though he had acted in some Tamil films too. Jayaram entered the Malayalam film industry with “Aparan” which was directed by Padma Rajan. They both worked together in two more films. Jayaram was known for his films Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal, Georgootty C/O Georgootty, Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam and Thoovalsparsham.    During the 90s his films with Rajasenan turned to be commercially successful. The family ...
Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of interest is the Malayalam film industry, though he had acted in some Tamil films too. Jayaram entered the Malayalam film industry with “Aparan” which was directed by Padma Rajan. They both worked together in two more films. Jayaram was known for his films Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal, Georgootty C/O Georgootty, Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam and Thoovalsparsham.    During the 90s his films with Rajasenan turned to be commercially successful. The family ...
Date of Birth: 10-12-1965
Age: 58
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 10-12-1965
Age: 58
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

6. Ranjith


04-10-2017/ranjith.jpg Ranjith is a popular and veteran character role artiste who appears in Tamil serials and movies and also in Malayalam serials and movies. He is famous for his character roles which usually bears a slight touch of humor and comic sense. His real name is Shivaji Rao but has taken the screen name of Ranjith as according to the actor it suits with an actor’s image. He originally hails from Kerala born to a Tamil family, joined an acting course after completing his studies and made her acting debut in the year 1993 with Tamil film Pon Vilangu in a small character role.  After his debut, Ranjith went on to appear in many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies before shifting his base towards the Tamil television serials. He went on to a...
Ranjith is a popular and veteran character role artiste who appears in Tamil serials and movies and also in Malayalam serials and movies. He is famous for his character roles which usually bears a slight touch of humor and comic sense. His real name is Shivaji Rao but has taken the screen name of Ranjith as according to the actor it suits with an actor’s image. He originally hails from Kerala born to a Tamil family, joined an acting course after completing his studies and made her acting debut in the year 1993 with Tamil film Pon Vilangu in a small character role.  After his debut, Ranjith went on to appear in many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies before shifting his base towards the Tamil television serials. He went on to a...
Date of Birth: 15-11-1972
Age: 51
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 15-11-1972
Age: 51
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

7. Prithviraj Sukumaran


p/r/i/t/h/v/prithviraj-sukumaran.jpg Prithviraj Sukumaran is one among the bubbly actor of South India. This young charming man hailed from Kerala, the God’s own country. He was born in the year 1982 to Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. Their family is entirely a cinema family, where his mother is an actress, his brother Indrajith Sukumaran and sister in law Poornima Indrajith are also actors. At a young age of 19, Prithviraj Sukumaran entered the Malayalam film industry as a charming hero. Nandhanam is his debut movie; the movies Stop Violence and Nakshathra Kannulla Rajakumaran Avannundoru Rajakumari got released before his debut movie. Prithvi is acting in various Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies and quenching his acting thirst. He entered Ta...
Prithviraj Sukumaran is one among the bubbly actor of South India. This young charming man hailed from Kerala, the God’s own country. He was born in the year 1982 to Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. Their family is entirely a cinema family, where his mother is an actress, his brother Indrajith Sukumaran and sister in law Poornima Indrajith are also actors. At a young age of 19, Prithviraj Sukumaran entered the Malayalam film industry as a charming hero. Nandhanam is his debut movie; the movies Stop Violence and Nakshathra Kannulla Rajakumaran Avannundoru Rajakumari got released before his debut movie. Prithvi is acting in various Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies and quenching his acting thirst. He entered Ta...
Date of Birth: 16-10-1982
Age: 41
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Producer, Actor
Date of Birth: 16-10-1982
Age: 41
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Producer, Actor

8. Karthik


Karthik.jpg Karthik is well known for his Romantic look and action. He was born on 21st January 1988, His father works in cine production field for more than 35 years now which has induced karthik’s attraction towards media. After finishing his schooling he joined a course in animation and pursued it for two years and even before finishing the course, he joined as production assistant to Mr. Mohan Radha. His good looks only got him a chance to act in the serials. He acted as one among the many students in a serial called “Kanakaanum Kalangal”. The story of which revolves around the school students, their emotions and feelings. Then he got the chance in the serial “Office” in which he is doing the lead role of karthikeyan. The story is all about...
Karthik is well known for his Romantic look and action. He was born on 21st January 1988, His father works in cine production field for more than 35 years now which has induced karthik’s attraction towards media. After finishing his schooling he joined a course in animation and pursued it for two years and even before finishing the course, he joined as production assistant to Mr. Mohan Radha. His good looks only got him a chance to act in the serials. He acted as one among the many students in a serial called “Kanakaanum Kalangal”. The story of which revolves around the school students, their emotions and feelings. Then he got the chance in the serial “Office” in which he is doing the lead role of karthikeyan. The story is all about...
Date of Birth: 07-11-1980
Age: 43
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-11-1980
Age: 43
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

9. Ranjith Balakrishnan


Ranjith-Krishnan.jpg A great Indian film director Mr.Ranjith Balakrishnan Nair was born on 4th September 1964 in Balussery Kerala. Apart from directing Malayalam Cinema he is also known for variegate aspects of filming like screen writer , producer as well as actor. Two of his most famous film ventures are “Thirakkatha “ and “Indian Rupee “that  won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 resp. When he graduated from THE School  Of Drama And Fine Arts,Thrissur, he tried his luck at skits and t.v serials as an actor for Doordarshan. His debutant films were OruMaymasPulariyil . Later on he made his ingression by writing stories for a fun- adventure film directed by Kam...
A great Indian film director Mr.Ranjith Balakrishnan Nair was born on 4th September 1964 in Balussery Kerala. Apart from directing Malayalam Cinema he is also known for variegate aspects of filming like screen writer , producer as well as actor. Two of his most famous film ventures are “Thirakkatha “ and “Indian Rupee “that  won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011 resp. When he graduated from THE School  Of Drama And Fine Arts,Thrissur, he tried his luck at skits and t.v serials as an actor for Doordarshan. His debutant films were OruMaymasPulariyil . Later on he made his ingression by writing stories for a fun- adventure film directed by Kam...
Date of Birth: 04-09-1964
Age: 59
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 04-09-1964
Age: 59
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director

10. Karthik (Singer)


karthik--28singer-29.png Karthik is an Indian playback singer. He was born November 7, 1980, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has sung in many languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Hindi. He is known to be a very versatile singer. In the Tamil language, he has sung for over 1000 songs, his highest for any language followed by Telugu in which he has sung over 500 songs. Karthik had the love for music since his childhood days. He is trained in Carnatic Music and had got trained for it since long. He was a regular participant of IIT Madras fest Saarang. Karthik always wanted to work with A.R. Rahman and his dream came true when one of his friends Srinivas, who was constantly working with Rahman recommended Karthi...
Karthik is an Indian playback singer. He was born November 7, 1980, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has sung in many languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Hindi. He is known to be a very versatile singer. In the Tamil language, he has sung for over 1000 songs, his highest for any language followed by Telugu in which he has sung over 500 songs. Karthik had the love for music since his childhood days. He is trained in Carnatic Music and had got trained for it since long. He was a regular participant of IIT Madras fest Saarang. Karthik always wanted to work with A.R. Rahman and his dream came true when one of his friends Srinivas, who was constantly working with Rahman recommended Karthi...
Date of Birth: 07-11-1980
Age: 43
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-11-1980
Age: 43
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

11. O. N. V. Kurup


o.-n.-v.-kurup.jpg Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup also known as O.N.V Kurup, was a famous Malayalam lyricist and amazing poet of Kerala in India. His father was O.N. Krishna Kurup and mother was K. Lakshmikutty Amma. He was born on 27 May 1931 in Chavara, Kollam, Kerala. His father died when Kurup was eight years old. He somehow tackled the situation and completed his graduation with a Bachelor's Degree from the SN College in Kollam. He had an interest in literature, so he shifted to Trivandrum and pursued Masters in Malayalam literature from The Travancore University, also called The Kerala University. After completing his Masters of Arts, he worked as a Professor at Maharajas College in Ernakulam, Arts and Scienc...
Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup also known as O.N.V Kurup, was a famous Malayalam lyricist and amazing poet of Kerala in India. His father was O.N. Krishna Kurup and mother was K. Lakshmikutty Amma. He was born on 27 May 1931 in Chavara, Kollam, Kerala. His father died when Kurup was eight years old. He somehow tackled the situation and completed his graduation with a Bachelor's Degree from the SN College in Kollam. He had an interest in literature, so he shifted to Trivandrum and pursued Masters in Malayalam literature from The Travancore University, also called The Kerala University. After completing his Masters of Arts, he worked as a Professor at Maharajas College in Ernakulam, Arts and Scienc...
Date of Birth: 27-05-1931
Date of Death: 13-02-2016
Age: 92
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Lyricist
Date of Birth: 27-05-1931
Date of Death: 13-02-2016
Age: 92
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Lyricist

12. Thilakan


Thilakan.jpg Surendranatha Thilakan, more popularly known as Thilakan was one of Malayalam cinema’s most prominent actors. He was one of the few actors who was awarded a Padma Bhushan (India’s highest Civilian Award), and was affectionately called Perumthachan (Master Craftsman) of the Malayalam Cinema industry.   Born on the 15th of July, 1935 in Ayroor, Travancore, Kerala, he began his acting career as a thespian when he left intermediate college mid-way to pursue this career as a fulltime option in 1956. Having formed a troupe with a few friends, called the Mundakayam Nataka Samithy, he performed at various venues including the Kerala People’s Arts Club till 1966, followed by sessio...
Surendranatha Thilakan, more popularly known as Thilakan was one of Malayalam cinema’s most prominent actors. He was one of the few actors who was awarded a Padma Bhushan (India’s highest Civilian Award), and was affectionately called Perumthachan (Master Craftsman) of the Malayalam Cinema industry.   Born on the 15th of July, 1935 in Ayroor, Travancore, Kerala, he began his acting career as a thespian when he left intermediate college mid-way to pursue this career as a fulltime option in 1956. Having formed a troupe with a few friends, called the Mundakayam Nataka Samithy, he performed at various venues including the Kerala People’s Arts Club till 1966, followed by sessio...
Date of Birth: 15-07-1935
Date of Death: 24-09-2012
Age: 88
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Date of Birth: 15-07-1935
Date of Death: 24-09-2012
Age: 88
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam