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1. Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam


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Dr. Padma was born on February 4th, 1943 in Madras, which is now Chennai. She is known for dancing in Indian dance form Bharatnatyam. She is a citizen of India and follows Hindu religion. The most popular awards she has bagged are Padma Shri (1981) and Padma Bhushan (2003). She’s a choreographer, dancer, musician, music composer, author and teacher. She has done her Bachelor’s in Music, Master in Ethnomusicology and a Ph.D. in Dance. Her family consists of her well-known Father Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam and her mother is Meenatchi Subramaniam. Her sisters are Leela Subrahmanyam and Lalitha Subrahmanyam One of her Sibling is prominent Bhama Subrahmanyam. Her brothers are Chandrasekar Subrahmanyam, S.V. Ramanan, Balakrishnan Subrahmanyam and Abaswaram Ramji Subrahmanyam.

Date of Birth: 04-02-1943
Age: 81
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-02-1943
Age: 81
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

2. Chinmayi Sripaada


Chinmayi-Sripada.jpg She is an Indian who also do playback singing and she does her singing mainly for the south Indian movies. And she also does many other things like she also has been radio jockey and has also done acting in the TV serials. She is also having a company known as blue elephant. Her second name is Chinmayee/lndai. She has done singing for the movie namely“kannathi Muthamittal”in which she sang the song ”Oru Dheivam Thantha Ooovae” for which she got awarded. She is also from a great musical family and her mother herself taught her singing. She taught Chinmayi Hindustani classical music as well as Carnatic music. She took birth in Mumbai and lived for few years out there and after that she shifted to Chennai. She does her schooling from the Hindu senior secondary school which is located in Indira Nagar. At the age of 10 she got awarded form the...
Date of Birth: 10-09-1984
Age: 39
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 10-09-1984
Age: 39
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Singer

3. Tamannaah Bhatia


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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.

Koothu-P-Pattarai, a Tamil theatre group, and started learning the nuances of acting. In 2001, he made his ...

Date of Birth: 21-12-1970
Age: 53
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 21-12-1970
Age: 53
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor

7. Yuvan Shankar Raja


y/u/v/a/n/0/yuvan-shankar-raja.jpg Yuvan Shankar Raja is the popular music composer, who is the second son of Music Maestro Isai Gnani Ilayaraja. He was born in the year 1979 in Madras. He started his music career at the young age of 16 in the year 1996, through the film Aravindan, in which Sarath Kumar, Nagma and Urvashi were in the lead roles. His breakthrough movie was Thulluvadho Ilamai, which was the debut movie of Dhanush and Sherin. He has composed for more than a century of films in his career span of 18 years. He has a talent to compose music in various genres using various instruments. He is also a playback singer and his voice is different from that of other singers as his father Ilayaraja has. He is one among the youth icons of the south Indian music industry. His brother Karthik Raja is also a music director and his sister Bhavatharini is a singer. His hit mov...
Date of Birth: 31-08-1979
Age: 44
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Song Writer, Singer
Date of Birth: 31-08-1979
Age: 44
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Song Writer, Singer

8. Vijay Prakash


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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.

He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam movies. He has also hosted the renowned reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed in shows with the great Indian percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain. Prakash is one of the four singers of the song ‘Jai Ho’, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The song also won a Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Medi...

Date of Birth: 21-02-1976
Age: 48
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Composer, Singer
Date of Birth: 21-02-1976
Age: 48
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Composer, Singer

9. Suriya Sivakumar


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Suriya Sivakumar is undoubtedly the biggest star in contemporary Tamil film yet most critics would agree that he is truly a ‘real and spontaneous’ actor who can match any character that he plays in screen. His rise in Kollywood cinema came at a time when commercial Tamil films tended to shy away from the dark themes and ambivalent morality associated with film and style. The popularity of Ghajini proved that the level of negativity that the audiences could bear. When A.R Murugadoss selected Suriya to don the role in Ghajini, he knew how it would work with mainstream audiences and was almost right. Truly, this actor had overcome his father’s shadow and moved to be one of the most talented actor, whose films got inspired by even Aamir Khan and even Ajay Devgan. Aamir Khan had showered him praise for his performance in G...

Date of Birth: 23-07-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 23-07-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor

10. Kamal Haasan


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Kamal Haasan is the most versatile actor that India had ever witnessed. His innovative performances have been acclaimed worldwide. He is known for his passion for dance forms, action, and his enthusiasm for new concepts in movies. He is one of the most unforgettable actors in India. Born in 1954, Kamal Haasan has a never ending passion for Indian Cinema. He is still acting in movies. Though he belongs to Kollywood Industry his movies are much appreciated in Bollywood and Tollywood as well.

Just like any other actor, Kamal had to struggle for that one Break-through too. His first hit was through drama ‘Apoorva Raagangal’, in 1975. Haasan was appreciated across states for his exemplary performance in ‘Nayakan’ in 1987. This movie had shown the world, as to what a versatile actor would look...

Date of Birth: 07-11-1954
Age: 69
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Date of Birth: 07-11-1954
Age: 69
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

11. Rajinikanth


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'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in every nook and corner of India. He is a popular Indian cinema star who has fans worldwide. Born as Shivajirao Gaekwad, this simple-human started his career as a bus conductor. He made his film debut in 1975 in ‘Apoorva Raagangal’, starred by Kamal Haasan and Srividya. Though he appeared in a small role in that film, he was noted for his style.

He is a good example for how to succeed in life with hard work and confidence. He did villainy roles in the beginning. He was applauded for his role in 16 Vayathinile, with Kamal and Sridevi. This trio has done many successful films together. Rajinikanth and Kamal were very close and they started to act in many films together. As per the advice of Kamal, Rajinikanth started to act as a solo hero. He became ver...


12. Gopinath


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Gopinath Chandran popularly called as Gopinath is an Indian television artist. He was a popular television anchor, well acclaimed radio jockey, a vociferous news reader, a voracious reporter, a gifted writer and an illustrated anchor. He was born on July 16th 1975 at Aranthangi, in Tamil Nadu to Chandran and Kumudham Chandran. He had his education in Tamil Nadu. Even in his school days, he was a notable figure.

Gopinath began  his vocation in 2002 with Raj Television Network.

He also parallely worked as reporter for Jaya TV. He got national attention while working with medias NDTV and CNBC-TV-18. One of his notable performance during that time was the Vijay TV debate programme “ Makkal Yaar Pakkam. It was widely acknowledged for the seriousness and relevance of the topics it handled. Other notable p...

Date of Birth: 04-07-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Date of Birth: 04-07-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

13. Venu Arvind


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Venu Arvind, or commonly known as Venu Aravind, is a Tamil TV and film actor, stage artist, dubbing artist and director. He was born on November 9, 1965, and studied B.Sc Physics with Masters in Management at DG Vaishnav College located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. However, he rather chose media as his interest. He comes from a conservative family, but his parents gave their blessings and even encouraged him to do his best. He was married to Shobha.

Venu played as a child artist in Tuesday plays for DD right from 1975. He did many serials for DD such as ‘Alai Osai’, and ‘Rishimoolam’. Venu learned acting through Poornam Viswanathan’s theatre group during college. Venu became popular for appearing in K. Balachander’s serials and he became famous for his role as Chitti Babu in ...

Date of Birth: 09-11-1965
Age: 58
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Date of Birth: 09-11-1965
Age: 58
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

14. Sanjeev


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Sanjeev is a Tamil lead actor in television and films. He is also a television host and been active in the industry from 1998 to till date. He is popular for appearing in the Tamil drama serial, “Thirumathi Selvam” directed by S. Kumaran and produced under Vikatan Televistas. He played the lead role as Selvam, a mechanic who was unmarried because he works hard for the welfare of his family. This serial was broadcasted on Sun TV from 2007 to 2013.

Sanjeev came from a family which is involved in television and films that’s why he ended up as an actor too. His sister, Sindhu, is an actress. Sanjeev is also the nephew of the late Yesteryear actress, Manjula Vijayakumar. His closest friend is Kollywood actor and playback singer, Vijay. They ...

Date of Birth: 28-09-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Date of Birth: 28-09-1975
Age: 48
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

15. Na. Muthukumar


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Na. Muthukumar is a poet, lyricist, writer and novelist, who writes in Tamil. He is famous for writing scripts and songs for Tamil films. Na. Muthukumar was born on 12 July 1975 in a small village named ‘Tirur’ near Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. His Father, Mr Nagaraj was a Tamil teacher.Mr Nagaraj always maintained a collection of 5000 books throughout his life, and after he had passed away, this collection was preserved by his son in his office. Also, his mother passed away when he was merely four years old. Muthukumar reminisces that he acquired most of the knowledge of his life from his father’s book collection. Also, to help others he has plans to open a library where everybody could access those books. Na. Muthukumar began his career with a dream to be a director. So, he started working...

Date of Birth: 12-07-1975
Date of Death: 14-08-2016
Age: 48
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Lyricist, Poet
Date of Birth: 12-07-1975
Date of Death: 14-08-2016
Age: 48
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Lyricist, Poet