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Ananya is an Indian-Actress. She mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam Film Industry. She is born and brought up in Kochi, Kerala. The name of her husband is Anjaneyan. They both gets married in the year 2012. Her full name is Ayilya Nair. The name of her father is Gopalakrishnan Nair. The name of her mother is Praseetha. Her father is a Film-Producer by his profession, and her mother is a housewife. In Pai Brothers, she appeared as a Child-artist. Her father is the executive producer of that advertisement.

She has completed her graduation in subject B.Communicative English from St. Xavier's College which is located in Aluva. Some of the movies in which she has acted include Pai Brothers, Positive, Naadodigal, Rahasya Police, Shikar, Fiddle, Oru Small Family, Kandahar, Ithu Nammude Katha, Seedan, Seniors,...

Anu Vardhan is an Indian- Costume Designer. She mainly works in the Tamil, and Telugu Film Industry. Her nickname is Anu. Her hobbies include Costume Designing, Cooking, and Watching Television. She is married to Vishnuvardhan. She is currently living in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her husband is the Kollywood director. In the Vijay Award, she was honored with the title of Best Costume Designer. Vishnuvardhan, and Anu were the Classmate of each other during there College.

They started loving each other, and finally, get married. She has worked in many movies which are named Bella, Vedalam, Panja, Sri Rama Rajyam, and Kabali. N.S Krishnan is the Grandfather of Anu. Her grandfather is Tamil Actor and Famous Singer.

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...

Jayashri Ramnath or Bombay Jayashri, as she is known, is an Indian Carnatic musician, composer, and singer. Born in Kolkata, Jayashri belonged to a family of musical cognoscenti. Her parents, N. Subramaniam, and Seeta encouraged her to pursue the art of Carnatic music right from the tender age of four. Later on, Jayashri continued her education in music under T. R. Balamani for nearly a decade. She completed her scholastic education from St. Anthony’s High School in Chembur and graduated from the R.A.Poddar College in Mumbai. Jayashri also pursued a Diploma from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in New Delhi. Her thirst for music led her to Hindustani music greats Shri. Mahavir Jaipurvale, and Pandit Ajay Pohankar, with whom she spent more than six years acquiring the skill of Hindustani vocals. Jayashri al...

Pooja Umashankar is also popularly known as Pooja Gauthami Umashankar. Pooja was born in the year 1981 in Sri Lanka. She is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress whose father is an Indian Kannadiga Brahmin and mother is a Sri Lankan. She has proved her acting skills in Tamil movies as well as Malayalam, amateur, Sinhala films. Pooja has completed her pre-schooling in Sri Lanka, and later on, they moved to India. Pooja’s father was not at all interested in the film industry, but she had a keen interest in this industry. She has completed her post graduate degree in Bangalore. She started her career as a role of the Anglo-Indian girl in a Tamil venture. Pooja received many favorable reviews in her second film opposite R. Madhavan.

She has started working in commercial Tamil m...

Parvathi is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. Mainly, she is a Malayalam actress and has done a lot of Malayalam movies. She began her career as a Radio Programme Producer. She made her debut in the film industry with the movie, ‘Out Of Syllabus’. It was directed by renowned director Vishwanathan. He has given many great hits to the film industry. For many years, before she stepped in the film industry, she did a show on the radio where many celebrities were frequently interviewed. She is an actor, model, and an anchor as well. After doing the movie ‘Out Of Syllabus’, she did an ad film. After that, she was approached by Director Lijo Jose Pellissery for his next venture ‘Double Barrel’.

She had to work a lot for this film as ...

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...

Gautami Tadimalla is an actress who had a lot of competitors like Amala, Revathi, Shobana, or Khushboo, but yet this actress made her identity of her own in Tamil cinema. She was born in West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) on 2nd July 1968. She was not beautiful or pretty in the traditional way, but she was indeed cute in many of her roles that she played with innocent looks. She had a good chemistry with all superstars of Tamil cinema like Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth.

She was very much content to do all glamour roles mostly with Kamal Haasan.  But she was equally at ease when she was paired with Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj or Prabhu. She also was noted for her brilliant performance with Kamal Hassan in films like Devar Magan, Aboorva S...

Suhasini R. Naidu, more popularly known by her screen name ”Sneha” is a south Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam Film Industry.

She was born on the 12th of October, 1981, to parents Rajaram Naidu and Padmavathy Rajaram. She began her career in the year 2000, debuting in the Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi where she played the role of an aspiring dancer, where she performed for 7 classical songs. Her first commercial hit was the 2001 movie Aanandham, a family drama by the hugely successful director N. Linguswamy.

Due to her appearance in several commercially successful movies in the 2000’s, she has become one of the most contemporary lead actresses in the Tamil movie industry. Her debut in Kollywood was in the movie Ennavale where she...

Simran was born on 4th April’1976 in Mumbai. Her original name is Rishibala Naval. Her father’s name is Ashok Naval and her mother’s name is Sharda. She has one brother and two sisters named, Sumith, Jyothi and Monal. She married Deepak Bagga in 2003 and she has two children named Aadit and Adheep. She has done her schooling at St.Antony’s High School, Versova and she has finished B.Com from Mumbai. She has done modeling along with her graduation. She is a Salsa dancer and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Simran can speak Punjabi, English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil languages.                                                                            ...

Nayantara also called as Nayanthara Kurian, is a renowned Indian actress from Kerala. She was born on 18th November in the year 1984 in Bangalore that is situated in Indian province Karnataka. Her actual name is ‘Diana Mariam Kurian’ the daughter of ‘Omana Kurian’ and ‘Kurian Kodiyatto’. Due to her father’s service, she stayed in several places of India. She joined in “Mar Thoma College” for attending her B.A in English Literature. Besides study she also initiated her modeling career.

As she was indifferent towards building her career in the film industry she denied her first offer, but at last she agreed to do the film ‘Manassinakkare’ where she was casted opposite Jayaram. This was a financially successf...

Abhinaya Anand is a film actress in the Telugu film industry. Interestingly, she is speech and hearing impaired. Her first movie was ‘Naadodigal’, in 2009. She got her break when A. R. Murugadoss saw her with her father. Her father was acting in a Telugu film called ‘Stalin’, which was directed by Murugadoss. He was so intrigued by her that he advised M. Sasikumar to cast her in his next film. This film was ‘Naadodigal’. She went on to act in Shambo Shiva Shambo, as well as in its Kannada remake, ‘Hudugaru’. Her performance was appreciated so much that she won two Filmfare awards, one each for Naadodigal and for Shambo Shiva Shambo. She acted in ‘Easan’, in 2010, and in the film, 7aum Arivu, in 2011, subsequently.

The year 2012 was very good for her as...

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.

He was joined into Limca Book of Records as People of the Year, 2013 for his pledge to the Indian film in a couple of lingos and moreover for holding a record making collection of eight National Awards which includes a Special Jury Award. He was a graduated class in Literature from the University of Madras.

He took in the specialty of film modifying from his father in Telugu films. Notwithstanding the way that he started with Telugu films, he rose to national acknow...

Vairabalan is an actor and art director. He has worked in many films. He was born in Tamil Nadu. He started his career with the 2005 movie Ponniyin Selvan. He worked as Art Director in this film and Radha Mohan directed this movie. After this, he worked as an Art Director in another 2018 movie Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku. Apart from this, he also worked in Rajakili (2023), Clap (2022), and Kumki (2012). He won the Best Art Direction 2010 award from the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards and the Best Art Director 2010 award from Vijay Awards for the movie Pokkisham.

Rajasekhar is an Indian stunt director who worked for the Tamil film industry. He is a great stunt director who worked with big Tamil celebrities. Some of the popular movies in which he worked are Sahara Jaluchi in 1998, Kammara Sambhavam in 2018, Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri in 2018, Oru Kuprasidha Payyan in 2018, Ayyappanum Koshiyum in 2020, and many others.

He also won Vijay Awards for best stunt director in 2009 for Subramaniapuram and in 2010 for Renigunta. Rajasekhar is one of the most famous stunt directors in the South Indian film industry.

Raja Mohammad is an editor for Indian films and is involved in the working of the Malayalam and the Tamil film industries. Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Raja Mohammad has received much critical fame in his career. In his early ventures, Raja was involved in the editing and work on Malayalam movies. The first movie he worked on was in 2002 by the name 'Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari’. In the coming years, he worked on subsequent films - ‘Kaazhcha’ in 2004, 'Thanmathra’ in 2005 and 'Palunku’ in 2006.

'Nal Damayanti’ was his first attempt at Tamil movie editing of a 2003 movie under Kamal Hassan’s production banner. The editors’ consistent work in many more films led him to receive an award for his 20th movie 'Paruthiveeran&rs...

Hariharan is a veteran Indian film executive who has coordinated more than 60 Malayalam films. His striking works incorporate Parinayam, Pazhasi Raja, Oru Vadakan Veeragatha, Amrutham Gamaya, Sargam and Nakhakshathangal, which won him national and global acceptance. Hariharan was a student at the St. Thomas College, located in Thrissur. He has even attended the Universal Arts College, Kozhikode. He arrived in the Malayalam film industry in 1965. In 1979 another blockbuster motion picture Sarapanjaram was discharged with Jayan and Sheela. His movies, for example, Nakhakshathangal, Panchagni, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Valarthumrugangal, Sargam, Parinayam and Ennu Swantham Janakikutty have been inducted in the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival.

In the year 1993, the movie Sargam won him the State Award for the position...

S. Michael Rayappan ( Siluvai Michael Rayappan) born on March 19,1963 in Nandhankulam Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu is a film producer, an official Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Radhapuram constituency and an Indian politician. He is currently 54 years of age. His father’s name is Siluvai Anthony. Rayappan is from Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party- a party which is formed by Tamil Film Actor, Vijayakanth. Under the banner of Global infotainments, he produced many films like Sindhu Samaveli, Naadodigal, Goripalayam, etc. During the elections of 2011, Rayappan earned 67072 votes with 48.36% of voting from Radhapuram Constituency. His voting symbol was Nagara and was 48 years of age at that time.

He won the elections with a margin of 21475 votes against Indian National Congress (INC). Curre...

SR Kathir is a Tamil cinematographer or a director in photography for the Kollywood Film Industry. In his entire career, he has shot so many films that it is a gigantic task to measure the number of them. Born in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu in India, he is one of the most successful cinematographers.

He has shot for films, web series, T. V. shows, and many more similar sources of entertainment medium. From 2007 till the present, people widely see and appreciate his work. He had an interest in shooting the world with his magical lenses.

He has also worked with many popular stars in the Film Industry like Ravi Teja, M. Sasikumar, Varun, and many others.

Kathir has worked on movies including Subramaniapuram (2008), Kattradhu Thamizh (2007), and Naadodigal (2009) while collaborating in ventures with directors like Samu...

M.Prabhaharan is an Art Director. He was born on 6th July 1966 at Dindigul in Theni, Tamil Nadu. In a career spanning over three decades, he has worked in more than seventy-five films in the Tamil film industry and a few in Hindi, English and other regional languages. Some of the movies for which he won an award are "Pullakuttikaran", "Sundara Purusha", "Anbe Sivam" and a few more. Prabhaharan hails from Kuchanur, a small village near Dindigul. He completed his school education in Theni itself. He commenced his high school at Dindigul St. Mary’s School and completed it at Theni Nadar Saraswathi Boys’ Higher Secondary School.

He entered college in 1985 at Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai where he studied Fine Arts. After graduation, he worked as an illustrator and animator for a ...

Samir Chanda was a popular Indian director and production designer, who was born in 1957. He worked in the Indian cinema industry, including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali. He was well-known for his work in movies like Yoddha (1992), Dil Se (1998), Omkara (2006), Rang De Basanti (2006), Guru (2007), and Raavan (2010).

Samir also directed a Bengali movie, Ek Nadir Galop (2008) featuring popular actor Mithun Chakraborty. It went ahead as the Indian entry for the African, Latin American and Asian Competition segment of the International Film Festival of India’s 38th edition, in Goa. Samir was given the National Film Award for Best Direction (Art) four times, which include Shyam Benegal directed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005).

Samir was a trained painter coming from Government College of C...

Arivazhagan Venkatachalam is a Tamil director and screen-writer extensively known for his first superhit film, ‘Eeram’ (2009). The Tamilian film fraternity devours him for his explicit directorial ventures. He created two consecutive, exceptional hits, namely Eeram (2009) and ‘Vallinam’ (2014), in the dawn of his career as a director. He has become a venerable personality in the entertainment industry for his competence and perfectionism.

Upon receiving a gold medal from the reputed MGR Government Film Institute, Venkatachalam worked under the affluent director ‘Shankar’, the man behind the creation of popular and evergreen Tamilian films like ‘Gentleman’ (1993) and ‘Kadhalan’ (1994).

Under the banner of S Picture Productions, Arivazhagan direc...

 Pandiraj is a Tamil film director and producer whose arrival into Tamil cinema was felicitated by a National award for the best screenplay in his debut project, Pasanga.

Pandiraj grew up in Puddukottai in Tamil Nadu, but relocated to Chennai, after having completed his formal education in the city where he was born. Initially, he worked for director K.Bhagyaraj, as his office attendant, while also chalking out short stories for Bhagya,   the weekly Tamil magazine. Knowing the competition in today’s world, especially in the cinema world, Pandiraj had to invest immense labor to gain recognition, and pocket a decent amount of work. He assisted notable directors like Chimbu Devan, Cheran, and Thangar Bachan, on various projects. The year 2009 marked Pandiraj...

He is an ace choreographer in the Tollywood industry. Founder of IBO Dance Studio, he has also choreographed in Bollywood movie, Holiday, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha.

He made Tamil superstars like Kamal Haasan, Ajith, Vijay groove to his tunes in movies like Uttama Villain, Mankatha, and Thupakki; and now, after a break, choreographer Shobi Paulraj is returning to Mollywood.

The veteran dance master is all set to make Unni Mukundan dance to his tunes in his upcoming flick 'Style'. Shobi will be helping the young actor groove to a romantic number crooned by singer Karthik. Currently, he is the Director of Cine and TV Dance Director’s Association.

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 Karthik to Rahman.

Rahman was in need of new vocalists at that time for a song in the film Pukar. ...

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...

Vijay Antony is an actor, composer and even playback singer in Tamil movies. He made his debut with Tamil movie ‘Naan’ that released in 2014 which was a hit. He followed up with another hit movie ‘Salim’ and his third movie ‘India Pakistan’ did only average business. His wife produced the film “India-Pakistan'. After receiving the overwhelming response from audiences for two films ‘Naan and ‘Salim’, the actor has emerged as the reliable actor in Kollywood.

His forthcoming films include ‘Nambiar’, ‘Pichaikkaran’ and ‘Thirudan’. The filming of ‘Pichaikkaran’ is being credited by his production house Vijay Antony Film Corporation and is expected to release in 2016...

Manoj Paramahamsa is a renowned cinematographer for the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industries. He is bestowed with many awards and accolades for his mind-blowing work. Born to UV Babu, a director by profession, on 15th April 1981, this 34-year-old cinematographer has set milestones by his work. Manoj has stated in an interview that his father was the one who wanted him to become a cinematographer”. UV Babu himself has directed many movies in the Telugu film industry. Manoj usually accompanied his father to his shoots and cinematography was all he could think of doing. He often referred cinematography as “the magic of the camera.” He has graduated from Film and Television Institute at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

During the starting of his career, he assi...

Harris Jayaraj is a veteran music composer, predominantly having worked in Tamil film industry. He is currently one of the most sought-after composers, having garnered commercial and critical success to most of his works. Right from his first work in Minnale (2001), Harris made the entire industry take notice.

He had also composed for its Bollywood remake Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, which was also a huge success. Coming from a music background, Harris’s climb to popularity was very gradual. From excelling in his music school in London to working under music maestros like AR Rahman and then making popular ad jingles like Coca-Cola, Harris has done everything to prove his position in the Tamil music industry.

Harris consistently de...

V Jayaprakash is a Tamil film actor and producer, known for his production of “Gopala Gopala,” “Porkkaalam,” “Thavasi,” “April Maadhathil,” and “Julie Ganapathi,” among many others. Jayaprakash has also featured in more than 50 movies, including Tamil and Malayalam. Jayaprakash started off with productions of various films right from the beginning of the millennium decade, and is the owner of the production house, “GJ Banner.” 2007 saw Jayaprakash cast in the Tamil director, Cheran’s “Maya Kannadi,” which saw the inception of his career as an actor. Consequently, Jayaprakash featured in various movies in memorable supporting roles such as in Pandiraj’s “Pasanga,” and other films such as “Moodar ...

Samuthirakani has carved a niche for himself in the Tamil cine industry not only as a director but also as an actor. He has tried his luck in screenwriting and voice-over too. One of his earlier films, Nadodigal, was a huge hit at the box office. It was released in the year 2009. Later, this movie was remade in three different languages. Samuthirakani has acted in numerous movies and is best known for his performance in the movies like ‘Sattai’, ‘Easan’, ‘Visaranai’, and ‘Subramaniapuram’.

When Samuthirakani entered the film industry, he wanted to be a great actor. He was discouraged in the beginning. Many people told him that he did not have looks and physique of what an actor has. He consoled himself that insults are a pa...

It's no secret that most celebrities use stunt doubles when filming particularly challenging scenes, but it's not something we always remember when caught up in the energy of an action-packed movie. In Indian film industry, particularly in Kollywood and Bollywood, stunt actors are indeed a must. 

Here we bring out a story on Rajendran, who has bonded with many actors as stunt doubles in many films. Having a career graph in over 500 south Indian films as a stunt double in M-town (Malayalam films), he shifted towards Kollywood for getting better opportunities where he could transform him to a seasoned artist. The man with flawless body has come a long way.

He has a major break in Vijay 59, where the stunt artist has develop...

Actor Vimal is one of the many actors who took un-credited roles during his lucrative film careers. When he was seen in films like ‘Ghilli’, ‘Kuruvai’ and ‘Kireedam’, it was a seemingly bizarre career choice for the actor. But that is just only half the story. Later on, when the actor understood that such roles may not see any logic behind his career for lack of acknowledgement he gets, he fetched more credits as an actor by appearing in films like ‘Pasanga’ and ‘Kalavani’ and his role in subsequent films such as ‘Eththan’ and ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’, allowed him to fulfill the appetites of the audience and he got noticed as an actor. He only acted in realistic roles in many movies and slowly climbed the ladder of success by signing half-a –dozes of projects year after year....

In days of 1960’s and 1970’s set designs had played an important role in film making. Not a single film would miss setting up a huge set. Take the film ‘’Sholay’’ for instance, which had designed a huge village in Ramgarh (Karnataka). Even in Mani Ratnam’s ’’Nayakan’’ or ‘’Thalapathi’’, richness in set designs could bring out some of the memorable scenes in films. Thotta Tharani’s sets for Mani Ratnam films have been always lauded and his craftsmanship in thinking and designing the sets had really changed the face of art direction in Tamil cinema. Whether he created a slums of Dharavi for Nayagan, or a chilled atmosphere sets of Kashmir for Roja, every scenes were shot in Chennai studio only.

The splendor and opulence of his sets in ...

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...

Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films. He hails from a Tulu and Kannada-speaking household and is fluent in various other languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. He also has an actor brother named Prasad Raj. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boy’s School, and subsequently, at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Both institutions are in Bangalore. Prakash has three children, Meghana, Pooja, and Sidhu, from his earlier marriage to the actress Lalitha Kumari. His son, unfortunately, passed away in the year 2004....

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...

As they always say, "it runs in the blood", the same has been proven in Vijay Joseph's life. His dad is a very famous Tamil movie director, S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay's mother is a famous playback singer. He began his acting journey as a child artist in a film called "Vetri". He acted in many movies as a child artist supporting veteran heroes like Vijayakanth and Ajith Kumar. His career started as a leading hero with the movie, "Naalaiya Theerpu", in 1992. He won the "Cinema Express Award for New Face" for this movie.

He then acted in many movies in the Tamil field, which has gained mixed responses from the audience and critics alike. During 2003, he signed a film by name of ‘Thirumalai’, where his co-star was Jyothika. This movie had shown him in a di...

Jaya Prakash Reddy or also known as JP is a renowned Telugu film actor. He was born in Sirvel in the Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh in India. He lived in Nalgonda for 30-years and settled in Guntur. Right now, he stays in Hyderabad, Telangana in India. His father works as a police inspector and stage actor, which influenced him in his early age. He worked as a school headmaster and as a stage artist before he became a film actor. 

He did a solo act in a sociological stage play entitled Alexander in October 2010. Prior to this, he made another solo play in Kotha Sainyam. He was debuted as an actor in the 1988 Tollywood film, Brahma ...

James Vasanthan is a popular musician, TV host and also a judge in music competitions. James was born in Tiruchirapalli and he did his schooling there in YWCA Primary school and Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School. He completed his graduation in Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Jamal Mohammad College. Due to his interest in music, he learned Carnatic music by attending the classes in Madras University. He is also good in Western music, which he learnt from Trinity College in United Kingdom. He is well versed with few instruments like Guitar and Pianoforte too.

He is very passionate in music; yet his career started as a program host in Sun TV. He organized various quiz programs in Sun TV and he has got many fans too. Basically, he is a Christian and he released lots of Christian religious albums, which...

'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...

Gautham Vasudev Menon is known for his directional capabilities and bringing his intense films to life in the Tamil Industry. He was born on 25th February and has established himself as a heroic director. He is most known for his work where he, portrayed the life of real men on screen. One of such work named Vaaranam Aayiram was a blockbuster and won him the prestigious National Film Award for the category of Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language. And since then, he started his try to produce such films in multiple languages. He got much acclaim when another of his film Thanga Meengal, brought him another very prestigious and devoured National Film Award for Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language.

Date of Birth: 25-02-1973

Age: 51

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Biography About Gautham Menon

Biography About Gautham Menon

Date of Birth: 25-02-1973

Age: 51

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

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