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Saindhavi is the female Tamil singer who sings for movies, TV serial, and albums. She was born on 3rd January, 1989. She excels both in light music as well as classical music. She started singing at the young age of 3. She is excellent in Carnatic music. From very young age, she has been performing in various temples as well as concerts. Till now she has performed in over 1500 concerts worldwide. She had her primary education from Chettinad Vidyashram School in RA Puram, in Chennai, India studied Sociology and Psychology. Saindhavi married her schoolmate and music director G V Prakash Kumar on 27th of June 2013 in Chennai, India. During her school days she decided to concentrate on her music career along with her education. She excelled in Carnatic music, Western music, and classical music. She also participated and won a music reality...

Thamarai was born in Tamil Nadu, India on 10th November 1975. She is a lyricist by profession and also writes poems, essays and is also a former journalist. She is a renowned lyricist and mostly writes in Tamil. She received her primary education from Coimbatore and graduated from Government College of Technology in Coimbatore. After her graduation, she continued to work there and later moved to Chennai and devoted her time for a company as an independent journalist, where she used to write essays, poems and short stories for them.

She came into the limelight and became very popular among the people through her writing and also joined the Tamil Industry where she started to write lyrics for various movie songs. Thamarai made her debut in 1998 film, “Iniyavale”. The story is about a poet who dre...

Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian singer who has contributed in contemporary Indian Music as well as Western music. She has performed on many platforms and has been a part of many church choirs. She had participated and won the Virgin Voice Choice". The show was a collaboration of Virgin Records and Channel V. She was born in Madras. Her family was always into the music industry. Her family was into Western music, and she started singing at a very young age. He used to participate in church choirs. Her mother is a pianist. Susheela Sarathy is one of the main personalities at the Madras choirs in Santhome Church. He mother Susheela always encouraged her daughter. He used to participate in the Santhome Church, which increased her popularity among the whole Madras. She was a known face for them and was the hon...

The Nightingale of South Indian Cinema Kousalya was born on 8th August in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Her symphonic voice has not only helped her become an amazing singer, but she is also a dubbing artist. When she became an experienced singer, she started to compose music. She has worked with the very famous musician of South Indian Cinema, M.M. Keervani. She was accepted as a composer and even got a chance to work with Koti and Chakri, who are renowned in this field of composing music. She went to St. Joseph’s School in Nagarjuna Sagar, and did her graduation in music from Guntur Women’s College. After her graduation, she even received a PF in classical music from Sri Padmavathi University. She is a playback singer, and she started her journey as a singer in 1991 with the Telegu movie ‘Nee K...

Sujatha Mohan (Sujatha or Baby Sujatha) is one of the most prolific singers after S. Janaki, P. Susheela, and K.S. Chitra. She has sung nearly 10,000 songs in many Indian languages and has performed over 5000 live concerts in her career. She came to spotlight while singing songs with K.J. Yesudas in musical concerts. This fetched her recognition, and she got her first break as a playback singer when she was in the sixth standard. 

Sujatha’s debut was in the year 1975 when she sang for a Malayalam movie ‘Tourist Bungalow.' She then sang for two other movies ‘Kamam Krodham Moham’ (music composer Shyam) and ‘Aparadhi’ (music composer Salil Chowdhury ). During this time, she also sang non-filmi songs. In 1998, she...

Shweta Mohan is a female playback singer in Indian cinema who is also the daughter of playback singer Sujatha Mohan. Like her mother, she also had sung in various languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. She was born on 19 November 1985 in Chennai.  In fact, earlier she was a bit hesitant to take up singing as her career. But as she sung, she enjoyed singing very much. Had not she been in singing, she could have opted for doing MBA and got settled other way. 

Shweta grew up watching her mother sing and eventually looked her as a role model for her life. She has always aspired to be like her. Taking inspiration from her mother’s versatile career in Indian cinema, she eventually made her ground too in film music. She is well...

Geetha Madhuri is a well-known playback singer and is best known for her works in films like ‘Nachavule’ and ‘Golimaar’ for singing the songs like, ‘Ninne Ninne’ and ‘Magaallu.' She was born in August on 24th in the year 1989. She was born to parents Lakshmi and Prabhakar, in the Palakol area in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Mr. Prabhakar, was an official of the SBH and Geetha Madhuri was her parent’s one and only child. She did her higher secondary education from a school named Loyola in the area of Vanasthalipuram in the city of Hyderabad. 

During her childhood, Geetha was given training in music and singing by her parents and was given the opportunity to train under great musicians of that time. For h...

Anuradha is an Indian Film Actress and Politician. She worked in the Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu Film Industry. She is popular by her stage name Tara. Tara was born on the 4th of March in the year 1973. She was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka. She is married to H. C. Venugopal, a Cinematographer in the year 2005. They had a son in 2013.

She was appointed as the President of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy on the 15th of March in the year 2012. She served until June of 2013. Tara started her career as an actress with the Tamil Film Ingeyum Oru Gangai in the year 1984. She later appeared in many Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films like Sundara Swapnagalu (1986), Agni Natchathiram (1988), Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar (1990), Paris Pranaya (2003), Maatraan (2012), Hebbet Ramakka (2018), and many more.

She won five Karnataka State A...

This Kannur born actress, who made her debut with ‘Rasikan’ in 2004, has ever since been a much-cherished name for the average Malayalee. Her successful eight-year-long career has undoubtedly left a tangible mark in the Malayalam film industry. Samvrutha Sunil was born on October 31, 1986, to Chalatt Sunilkumar and Sadhana. She’s an alumnus of St Theresa’s College and Annamalai University. Under veteran director Lal Jose’ guidance, Samvrutha made her debut with the 2004 Dileep starrer movie Rasikan.

Rasikan was followed by ‘Nerariyan CBI’ and ‘Chandrolsavam’ with Samvrutha in prominent roles beside Mohanlal and Mammootty; the two giants of Malayalam industry. With this, Samvrutha sealed her space and continued to rise...

Ramya Barna is a renowned Kannada film actress. She was born on August 4, 1986, in Kodagu, Karnataka in India. Her father works as RBI’s Assistant General Manager. She studied at Jyoti Nivas College in Bangalore, where she took a Bachelors Degree in Travel and Tourism. She also studied in Mumbai and later started working as Customer Service Executive in Wipro Infotech in Navi Mumbai. She started her acting career in 2008 and took an MBA course at Sikkim Manipal University in 2010. Ramya never thought of becoming an actress. In fact, she declined a film offer from a producer. But her friends told her to try her luck in the glamour industry and accept the offer to play the role of the second heroine in the 2008 Kannada film, Hani Hani. This film marked her debut as a supporting actress. Ramya is still t...

This effervescent beauty, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, is indeed a name to reckon with. This is not only due to her acting prowess, but also for her determination in battling cancer. Only recently, she opened up that she is very much alive in the industry; she is currently working in the flick Two Countries. 

Born on 14 November 1984, Mamta grew up in Bahrain. After doing her schooling in Bahrain she did her degree in Bangalore. Mamta tested waters in modeling before entering into the film industry. She got herself associated with print ads for big names. The 2005 Malayalam flick Mayookham by Hariharan was her first film....

Amala Paul is the super talented star of South Indian film industry. She is the promising actress that had been critically acclaimed of her work. The south Indian beauty had many ups and downs in her career, but a star shines bright after midnight. She started off with a low budget film ‘Neelathamara’ in 2009 in which she played just a minimal role.

Later she signed a movie ‘Sindhu Samaveli’ in which her role became controversial and was criticized but this criticism was silenced by her next debut film ‘Mynaa’ a romantic film that made her realize as a promising actress in industry. The gorgeous actress made her way in the right direction and got acclamation.

Afterwards there was no stopping and one...

Aindrita Ray is a prominent Kannada actress, who hails from Rajasthan. Aindrita Ray is a beautiful model, who turned into an actress. Her father worked in the Indian Air Force and hence they shifted their residence to Bangalore. She completed her Alma Mater from Baldwin Girls School in Bangalore. She completed her Bachelor degree in Dental Science from M. R. Ambedkar Dental College, Bangalore.

She was interested in modeling and hence she participated in modeling shows during while studying in college. Her style and beauty attracted many offers and she got huge offers to model in various advertisements. She has also acted in a few short films. ‘Meravanige’ in Kannada was her debut movie and she was appreciated well for her performance. ‘Manasaare’ was the film, which got her many awards f...

Born on 17 December 1958 Jayasudha is predominantly a Telugu actress, though she has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada films too. She was born in Chennai, but her mother tongue is Telugu. Her aunt, Vijaya Nirmala has acted in Telugu films and she is a director too. 

Jayasudha entered into films during the age of 12; she acted in a Telugu film named Pandanti Kapuram. Later, she did a minute role in K Balachander’s Arangetram. She worked with K Balachander in several films. Her original name is Sujatha and she changed it to Jayasudha. The Telugu film industry welcomed her and she worked in many good films there. The greatest credit to her acting prowess...

Harshika had a brief stint as a television show anchor. Hrudayadinda, Nimmindha Nimagaagi and Sarigamapa reality show in television are some of the programs that she hosted. She has a B.Tech degree to her credit and is a distinction holder. At this juncture, she took a halt from her shooting works to prepare for her forthcoming exams. Harshika is also working in Maxpro Software Company for 5 days monthly and the rest of the days she works in films. She is quite happy working in Maxpro Harshika didn’t imagine entering the film ind...

It is sometimes fascinating to read about how film stars, especially in the South, get into the industry from totally diverse fields, and with no conscious intentions to be in movies. Andrea Jeremiah’s career seems to fit into this category. Her childhood ambition was to go for higher studies and get to become a psychiatrist. But music was always in the background, as she started learning classical Western piano when she was just eight, and she quickly showed her prowess when she formed her own troupe called Young Stars which also was a precursor for her later singing and music composing career.

However, entry into acting came to her via the theatre route, as it was hard to refuse offers from Girish Karnad, in whose “Nagamandala” she performed first, and then went on to perform all over the country, during whi...

Born on 4th May, 1983 in Palakkad by Krishnan and Uma Krishnan as her parents. Before starting her carrer in modelling and acting, she did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation school in Church Park and then BBA from Ethiraj College for Women (Chennai). She entered into film industry after making a mark as a model and winning several beauty pageants like Miss Salem and Miss Madras in the same year. In 2001, she won Miss India Pageant “Beautiful Smile” award. She got her first acting break in Tamil film Jodie. After that, she got her first lead role in Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) opposite Surya and won critical acclaim.

Then, she continued to work in number of successful films like Saamy (2003), Ghilli (2004), Varsham (2004)and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (...

             She has completed her degree in ‘Political Science’ and she has also learnt, Kuchipudi. She was a dancerwho later moved to the film industry. Roja started her career with Telugu movies; her first experience in films was with the movie ‘Prema Thapassu’, the movie was completely sh...

Born in Kolkata, Reemma Sen is an Indian actress. She has the famous Sen Family name, which belongs to many famous stars like Riya Sen or Sushmita Sen. Reemma Sen is equally talented as any of the other Sen’s. This beauty has gone under a significant transformation starting as a teen actress. After she had completed her schooling from Kolkata, she moved to Mumbai and did several advertisements.

She was recommended to the “not so famous at that time” director ‘Teja’ for a role in the path-breaking film “Chitram” in 2000. Teja narrated the script to the 17-year-old in 20 minutes, and also described his low budget problems. Regardless of any money issues, the script appealed Reemma, and she took on the challenge. The movie was received well and proved to be a great boost f...

Priyamani is a talented actress of the Southern film industry. She received the prestigious National Award for her role in the Tamil film Paruthiveeran. Before entering into the film industry, Priyamani was doing modeling. 

Born on June 4, 1984 in Bengaluru, Priyamani debuted into the film industry with the film Tamil flick Kangalal Kaidhu Sei. The film was a disaster at the box office and she shifted to Telugu and Malayalam films. Pellaina Kothalo is her debut Telugu film opposite Jagapati Babu. This film gained her the much-needed recognition and it was declared a super hit. She came to Tamil industry with a bang through the flick Paruthiveeran, sharing screen sp...

Kavya Madhavan is an Indian artist but shines in the Malayalam cinema. She made her debut in “Pookkalam Varavayi” in the year 1991 when she was a child. As a lead actress she made her appearance in Lal Jose’s “Chandranudikkuna Dikhil” on the silver screen in the year 1999. It was a great hit. She was crowned twice as the best actress for her outstanding performance in “Perumazhakkalam” & “Gaddama” in the year 2004 & 2010 respectively. She was born September 19, 1982 in Nileashwaram in city, Kasargod district in Kerala.

She did her schooling in Nileshwaram GLP School and stepped in the film industry as a child artist. She was skilled in dancing in her school da...

Kajal Aggarwal is a modern Indian model and film actress, known for working predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and few Bollywood films. She was born on June 19, 1985, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Vinay and Suman Aggarwal. Her younger sister, Nisha Aggarwal, also works in the same field and appeared in Tamil and Telugu films.

She had an internship with the famous cosmetics and beauty company, L’Oreal and that’s when she started her career in modeling. She initially planned on taking an MBA in Brand Management before she decided to start her acting career. Kajal was debuted in the Bollywood romance film, ‘Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..’, Where she played a small role as Aishwarya Rai’s sister. 

This was followed...

Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number...

Nidhi subbaiah is an Indian film actress who grabbed everyone’s attention by her performance in the Kannada film ‘Panchrangi’ that was released in 2010 and ‘Krishnan marriage story’ released in 2011.  

She was born in Karnataka on 16th February 1987 and spent her childhood in Mysore. She was a civil engineering student at Sri Jaya Chamarajendra College of engineering in Mysore. She however dropped the studies in the very first year to pursue her passion in acting. Before working in the movies, she was seen walking on the ramps and endorsing various products through TV commercials like ‘fair and lovely’ which ultimately led her to get her first film. She made her debut in the industry through ‘Abhimaani’ , released in 2009 and was lately seen sharing screen with established actors like Akshay Kumar in ‘oh my god’ and Ja...

Being called as Aachi, Manorama is strongly seeded in the hearts of Tamil audiences. This talented lady has crossed many hurdles in her life and achieved a great success to retain her name and place in the cinema industry. She has appeared in almost all the Indian language films and gained goodwill too. Born as Gopishantha, she was renamed as Manorama to appear in theatres. She has crossed several stage dramas and films and has got a guiness record of acting in more than 1000 films. This wonderful lady has started her cinema career in Maalyitta Mangai. The only film she played as a heroine is Konjum Kumari in the year 1963. She was suggested for the role by Kavi Arasu Kannadasan.

Aachi Manorama is not only a talented actress; she is a wonderful dancer and a great singer ...

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.

Her appearance in Thaandavam with Vikram was praised by many people, as she did a good role, leaving the heart hard at the end in the movie. She acted with Vikram in Deivathirumagal as an Advocat...

Tamannaah Bhatia is a well known actress in Tamil and Telugu film industry with lots of fan following. Chand Sa Roshan Chehra was her first Hindi movie, in the year 2005. Her Telugu debut was Sri and the Tamil debut was Kedi. In Kedi, she did a negative role and the movie did not go well. It was also the debut movie for Ileana, the South Indian popular actress. Tamannaah Bhatia acted in Vyapari with director S.J.Suryah; but she did not get a good recognition. After she performed in Balaji Sakthivel’s Kalloori, she became notable. Her performance in that film was appreciated by everyone. Similarly, her Telugu film Happy Days was also a super hit and got her good name. Tamannaah Bhatia steadied her market by choosing good films.