Tamil Awards SIIMA Awards 2020 - Cast & Crew

Born in Udhampur, Jammu, and Kashmir, on September 29, 1990, Shraddha Srinath is an Indian movie on-screen character in Tamil and Kannada films.She comes from Kannada speaking Brahmin family. She also has a sister. Her mother was a teacher and dad was an officer in the Regiment named Kumaon of the Indian Army.

Born on April 28 1987 Samantha is a model and actress, who has acted in Telugu and Tamil films. Samantha was brought up in Chennai and she was involved in modeling in her teens. The Telugu film Ye Maya Chesave was her first film and she was instantly successful; she got the Filmfare award for Best Debut. She also has a Nandi award to her credit, for this film.

Rashmika became born in Virajpet, a metropolis in Kodagu district of Karnataka, in a Kodava family. She became knowledgeable in Coorg Public School. After, she pursued the pre-university course in Mysore's Institute of Commerce & Arts. She is presently pursuing a bachelor's diploma in Journalism, English Literature and Psychology from M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Bangalore.Rashmika changed into indexed inside the 'Bangalore Times 25 Most Desirable Women in 2016'.In 2014, Rashmika began modeling. She won the Clean & Clear Contemporary Face of Asian nation title a similar year and created the complete ambassador of unpolluted & clear.

Pooja hegde was the second runner up at miss universe India contest 2010. She won Miss India talented 2009 honour.

Pooja’s family belongs to Mangalore, Karnataka. She was born on 13th October 1990 in Mumbai. She is a model turned actress who did various big budget commercials like that of ‘lays’ and ‘hero maestro’ opposite Ranbir kapoor, the youth icon and heart throb of this era.

Pooja went to MCET School. She is a trained bharat natyam dancer. She finds peace in dancing. The girl considers herself as very simple who loves to be like her own self when not shooting. She is very fond of reading all genres of books and spends time in watching game of tennis. She is also interested in singing.

The girl began her career with the Tamil film ‘Mugamoodi’, released in the year 2012.  In the movie she played the role of a care free girl to whom she empathies in real life.

Her talent helped her survive in the industry and later she was seen in some other moves like ‘oka laila kosam’ and ‘mukunda’, a Telugu film released in the year 2014.

Director Ashutosh gowarikar’s wife saw the exotic potential within her and thereby suggested her name to her husband. These days the actress is hence busy working for Gowarikar’s next movie, ‘Mohenjo daro’ starring Hritik roshan. The movie is expected to be released in 2016 probably.

Since the very beginning, pooja had taken interest in her mother’s e-commerce business and had worked with her as well.

Buzz is that pooja rejected Mani ratnam’s next movie. She says that her prime focus is in doing the Hindi films these days and so wants a break from the regional movies.

Sanu Varghese is a cinematographer in India, who has worked in Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He debuted as a cinematographer in the Hindi movie Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon in 2003, before which he worked as a technician in DD News. He also independently produced commercials and documentaries. Since then he has worked in movies such as David (2013), Cheekati Rajyam (2015), and Wazir (2016). His previous works also include Karthik Calling Karthik (Tamil) and Elektra (Malayalam). He made a critically-acclaimed breakthrough for his work in Kamal Haasan’s spy thriller, Vishwaroopam (2013). Sanu John Varghese was born in Kottayam, Kerala and attended MD Seminary High School. He did his BFA, Applied Arts from Trivandrum College of Art. Sanu discovered his natural flair for trained visual eye and developed a passionate interest in photography.

Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd September 1976 (age-39) in Hyderabad, Telangana to father Suresh Oberoi and mother Yashodhara Oberoi. He also has a nickname named 'Rockstar'. Vivek did his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad and Mayo College, Ajmer. After school, he studied at Mithibai College,Juhu. He often used to take a public bus to his college. He has a Master's Degree from New York University for Film acting, USA. Before coming to the acting career, he worked as a scriptwriter and bought his first car with the money he made from that, but his first car was a Jeep gifted to him by his father.He made his debut with Ram Gopal Verma's Company in 2002 and backed two Filmfare awards for Best Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor. Though Ram Gopal Verma considered him too cute to play a gangster's role and was in second thoughts Vivek went to the slums of Mumbai and did his homework and after a couple of weeks he barged into Verma's office dressed as Chandu the Gangster, swung his feet up on the table and landed the contract which turned out to be a remarkable debut.

Born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Mahesh Ghattamaneni is a South-Indian actor and philanthropist. He was born and brought up in Chennai. His father is Krishna Ghattamaneni, a yesteryear superstar of the Telugu film industry. Mahesh Babu completed his schooling at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and graduated from Loyola College with a bachelor’s degree in commerce. He further underwent training in acting from director L. Satyanand. Mahesh first faced the cameras when he was just four. His debut was in ‘Needa’ and did nine films in total as a child artist. In 1999, he debuted opposite Preity Zinta in ‘Rajakumarudu,’ a rom-com Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film got him his first Nandi award as well. He is best known for his work in films like ‘Okkadu,’ which won him a Filmfare Award and a CineMAA Award.

Sonu Sood is a famous Indian Cinema actor, model who is famous for portraying Chhedi Singh in the Salman Khan Starrer Dabbang, for which he received the Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. Besides working in Bollywood movies, He has also acted in Tollywood, Kollywood and Kannada language films. Sood was born on July 30th, 1973. Sood’s father is an entrepreneur and his mother was a professor, he grew up in Nagpur and received his degree in Electrical Engineering. He is from Moga, Punjab, who made his debut as an actor in 1999 with the Tamil film Kallazhagar. His first Bollywood debut was in 2002 in the movie Shaheed-E-Azam where he portrayed the role of Bhagat Singh. The Movie could not hit the screens due to a controversy and it was banned. Sood has also participated in the Mr India pageant and appeared in commercials of Apollo tyres and Airtel. Having won critical acclaim for his work in Tollywood movies, he received the Nandi Award for Best Villain and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in Telugu for the role of Pashupathy in the movie Arundhati. Sood has worked in well acclaimed movies like Yuva(2004), Ashiq Banaya Apne(2005), Athadu(2005), Jodha Akbar(2008), Dookudu(2011) and Shootout At Wadala(2013). Sood married his wife Sonali on September 25th, 1996 who hails from Andhra Pradesh and holds a degree in MBA. He also has two sons named Ishant and Aryan. He went to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming an actor, by getting a break as a villain in a Tamil movie for which he had to shave his head. His favorite co-stars to work with are Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan. He is a teetotaler and a fitness freak who loves to exercise regularly.

Kartikeeya Gummakonda is an actor in the Indian film industry. He has worked extensively in Telugu movies and acted in the famous film RX100 in his career span. He was born in the year 1993 to a middle-class family. Kartikeeya hailed from Telangana, Hyderabad, and completed his studies from National Institute of Technology, Warangal with a degree of Bachelor in Technology. His father owns a school and he studied in his father’s school itself. His parents always asked him to be in civil services. They aspired him to become either an IAS officer or an IPS officer, but he was adamant towards acting from the beginning of his college. He made a few short films during his bachelors and wrote the dialogues also.

The precious icon of the Indian music industry, Gopi Sundar has composed his soulful music for more than fifty movies to date. In 2014, he composed the songs & background score for the Malayalam movie "1983" and was awarded the National Award.the movie got a good critic rating of 3.5 out of 5.abrid shine, the debut director of the movie was awarded the Kerala State Awards in the category of the best debut director. Alongside the film bagged two more awards for the category of best & second best actor in the same award ceremony of 2014. He was born in Kochi & opted for joining the music industry for his career. Gopi has a good knowledge of instruments like Tabla & keyboard & has worked as a keyboard programmer in some of Bollywood hit films.

Mani Sharma is a famous music Director in Tamil and TelughMovies. His full name is Mani Sharma Yanmandra. Mani Sharma was born in a small district of Andhra Pradesh. His Village name is Machillipatnam which is situated in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He spent his childhood in Chennai.

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..

After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song for Salman Khan, starrer "Ready", South Indian composer Devi Sri Prasad, has been getting numerous offers in Bollywood. Devi Sri Prasad liked the evergreen film ‘Sholay’ so much in his youth days, that he has seen the movie many times in his young days, and had then made his thoughts to make his journey to the film world. 

Shiva Nirvana is a Tollywood director and screenwriter who works in Telugu Cinema. He is basically from Sabbavaram, Vizag, Andhra Pradesh but currently settled in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Gautam tinnanuri is an Indian film director and screen writer, who works in the Telugu industry. He was born on 21 March 1983 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. His debut film was Malli Rava, which was released in 2017, and his second Jersey, which was a superhit movie, was released in April 2019. Nani, Shradha Srinath, and sathyaraj were in the lead role in the Jersey film. His Jersey film was well received by the audience and many superstars.

Varun was born on 19th January 1990 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to Nagendra Babu and Konidela Padmaja. He is a Telugu actor who comes from a filmy household. His father is an actor and director, besides being the younger brother of Superstar Chiranjeevi. He is also nephew to the Power Star Pawan Kalyan. He has a younger sister named Niharika Konidela. His siblings Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Sai Dharam Tej, are also stars of Tollywood. He is a tall and handsome personality who made his debut with “Mukunda”, which came in 2014. His second film “Kanche”, directed by Krish was a super hit at the box-office. He and Pragya Jaiswal were the lead roles.

Actor Nani (Naveen Babu Ghanta) is an adorable hero in Tollywood who had a dream to become a film director. He was born on 24 February 1984 in Hyderabad (Telangana). During his college days, he was a movie-buff and was addicted watcher of movies. Hence, he found inspiration from Mani Ratnam’s movies and even became a clap director to Bapu for the film ‘Radha Gopalam.' Later, of course, he worked as an assistant director to Srinu Vaitla and also with great Bapu. After taking a long sabbatical from studios, he worked as a radio jockey for a World Space Satellite.

Naga Chaitanya is a Telugu actor and he is into the film industry since 2009. His debut film Josh fetched him several awards, though he didn’t get the expected positive reviews for it. Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad on 23rd November 1986. His parents are Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati. His granddads Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Daggubati Naidu were both prominent faces in Telugu film industry. Film celebrities Daggubati Venkatesh, Rana Daggubati, Sushanth and Sumant Yerlagada are also relatives to him.

When his parents parted ways Chaitanya came to Chennai. Amala Akkineni is the stepmother of this star. Though Chaitanya stayed with Lakshmi, he used to visit Hyderabad to see Nagarjuna. He did his schooling in Chennai. He performed drums and guitar while at school. Since Chaitanya was from a film family, everyone expected him to enter the industry, but he was not initially inclined. Eventually he nodded in the affirmative and pursued acting training in Mumbai. Later, in order to be trained in fight and dance, he journeyed to Hollywood Studios.

Gautham Menon’s “Em Maya Chesave” (Tamil film Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya) is the second venture of Chaitanya and he was lauded by critics for his performance in the film. Autonagar Surya, 100 percent love, Dada, Bejawada, Tadaka, Manam, Oka Laila Kosam are some of the films in which this star acted. Tadakha, which is the remake of Tamil flick Vettai, starring Arya, gave the much-needed appreciation for Chaitanya (the film set the cash registers ringing at the box office) since his previous venture Bejawada was lashed at by the critics for his poor performance. The 2014 flick Manam in which Chaitanya shared screen space with his father and grandfather saw a great transformation in this actor. Some of the other films of Chaitanya were also highly appreciated.

Akkineni Nagarjuna Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana, Ram Pothineni is a Telugu, film actor. His uncle is a notable film producer popularly known as Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. His other uncle is Dr. Ramesh Babu, owner of Ramesh Hospitals in Guntur and Vijayawada. Ram was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and his father is Murali Mohan Pothineni. He finished his schooling at Chettinad.