1. Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
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.
2. Chinmayi Sripaada
3. Tamannaah Bhatia
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.
4. Brinda Das
Brinda Das is a Tamil Television Actress best known for her quite popular role in the much talked about serial, “Anandham”. She was praised for her power- packed performance as an avenging free and an independent woman in the serial. Brinda made her debut with a television serial “Nam Kudumbam” in the early 90’s which was aired on DD Metro. She worked with veteran actor S.Ve. Shekher in this early television comedy and was among the earliest few to enter the Tamil television arena. A theater freak since college days, she always wanted to act and write. She has more than 20 serials in her credit and the list is adding up, the most liked ones are “Anandham”, “Kalyanam” and “Idhayam”.
A multifaceted personality by instinct, she is w...
5. Devayani
Devayani, born as Sushma Jayadev on June 22, 1974, is one of the leading television actresses in Tamil small screen now. She has acted in more than 75 films alongside stars like Vijay, Surya, Kamal Haasan, etc. She is currently settled in Mumbai with her husband, Rajakumaran. She has won two Tamil Nadu state film awards for her brilliant portrayal of characters in the late 90’s movies: ‘Surya Vamsam’ in 1997 and ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ in 1996. She says her life changed after ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ opposite Ajith Kumar. The movie also earned her a title ‘the homely heroine’. She has also played small cameos in hit movies like Panchathanthiram alongside Kamal Haasan and also pulling off comedy easily in ‘Thenali’ where she played opposite Jayaram. She also received ma...
6. Vidharth
Vidharth is a Tamil film actor, who started his career with uncredited roles in the year 2001. He was born on December 20, 1970, in Kalakkad, India. His father, who is working as a cook in Singapore, is sending him money for his education. He wanted to become a bus driver, but his father disapproved this plan. He worked in Madurai, Devakottai, and Coimbatore. However, he felt upset with his job and decided to move to Chennai to pursue a career in the Tamil film industry, without the knowledge of his family.
Vidharth initially joinedKoothu-P-Pattarai, a Tamil theatre group, and started learning the nuances of acting. In 2001, he made his ...
7. Yuvan Shankar Raja
8. Vijay Prakash
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...
9. Suriya Sivakumar
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...
10. Kamal Haasan
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...
11. Rajinikanth
'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
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...
13. Venu Arvind
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 ...
14. Sanjeev
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 ...
15. Na. Muthukumar
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...