Poornima Ramasamy
Shakthisree Gopalan
Pooja Umashankar
Nazriya Nazim
Sai Dhanshika
Jangiri Madhumitha
Gage Hubbard
Prithviraj Das
Director Naveen
Birju Maharaj
Anbuchezhian
T Ramesh
Lalgudi Ilayaraja
Kecha Khamphakdee
Sendrayan
Lee Whittaker
Harihara Sudhan
Perumal Selvam
Nalan Kumarasamy
Alphonse Puthren
Na. Muthukumar
Ilaiyaraaja
Kishore Jayaram
Atharvaa
Nivin Pauly
Bala
Anil Murali
1. Poornima Ramasamy
Poornima Ramasamy hails from a Tamil family of garment workers. She does not consider herself as a full-fledged fashion designer but admits to having passion toward clothes and weaving since childhood. She understood clothes, especially earthly clothes which give the organic touch. Poornima is married and belongs to the clothing giant Naidu Hall family in Chennai. She used to live a normal life being a mother. All this changed when she came in contact with Tamil filmmaker ‘Bala’.
Poornima, who is a part of the retail store Naidu Hall, used to design for her clients and kept it low key. She did not study fashion design in any reputed institutes as she confesses to being not so good in drawing but her connection with fabrics was inseparable. She considers director Bala to be her close family and a bro...
2. Shakthisree Gopalan
Date of Birth: 25th October 1988 Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian singer. She is also a lyricist and performer. Her genres are Soft Rock, Jazz, Western Classical Music and Pop. She was born and raised in Kochi, Kerala. She completed her schooling from Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery. She completed her graduation in Architecture at the Anna University's School of Architecture and Planning after she moved to Chennai. In 2008, she won SS Music's Voice Hunt – second season. She was auditioned in November 2008.
She made her singing debut with the film Taxi 4777. She is a part of the band "Off the Record” which got formed in May 2009. She began her career as a playback singer after she won the SS Music Voice Hunt title in 2008. She sang for films l...
3. Pooja Umashankar
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...
4. Nazriya Nazim
This bubbly girl with expressive eyes was an anchor before taking up the role of an actress in Malayalam cinema. The 2006 flick Palunku was her first film and she was a child then (10 years). She enacted the role of Mammooty’s daughter in the film and her performance was very much lauded. She tried her luck with some other flicks in Malayalam. Before taking up leading roles, this cute girl did some supporting portrayals. In 2013 she debuted as a lead heroine with the movie Maad Dad which didn’t create ripples in the box office. She had also acted in few Tamil films. Neram, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, Raja Rani and Bangalore Days are some of her hit films.
5. Sai Dhanshika
Dhansika is a Tamil actress who went to get acclaim and recognition for supporting roles. Known for her performances in films such as ‘Aravaan’ and ‘Paradesi’, she is now in the news for playing superstar Rajinikanth's daughter in his 159th film ‘Kabali’. Dhaniska was recently signed in a project for playing Rajinikanth's daughter. Director Pa. Ranjith is expected to shoot the film in three foreign locations such as in Malaysia, Bangkok and Hong Kong with the multi-star cast very soon. In this film, the superstar Rajinikanth will be portraying the character of Don. Much awaited film ‘Kabali’, is expected to take her career graph in the right direction. At the start of her career, she took up some odd roles including ‘Thirudi’ and ‘Manathodu Mazhaikalam’.
6. Jangiri Madhumitha
Madhumitha or Jangiri Madhumitha is a Tamil Serial and Film actress who was born on January 1, 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was first seen in the comedy series, Lollu Sabha on STAR Vijay. Later, she acted in a few films and television serials. She was first featured in the Tamil romantic-comedy film, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi under the direction of M. Rajesh. She was paired with actor, Santhanam and played the role of Jangiri. Her performance in this film received appreciation by the viewers and made her popular. She even got the Vikatan Award for Best Actress in Comedy Role in 2012.
She also did the romantic film, Mirattal followed by a special appearance in the romantic-comedy film, Attakathi. In 2013, she played the role of Nimmi in Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal. In the same year, she did Sonna ...
7. Gage Hubbard
Gage Hubbard is a makeup artist. He has worked as a makeup artist in more than 70 films. He was born on 3 August 1984 in Ogden, USA. His interest in special make-up effects came from his parents when they gave him his first horror effects magazine. After this, at 17, he came to Las Vegas. Here he kept his nickname Munster and went to study at make-up school. He started working as a professional makeup artist in 2005. As an artist, he works every day to improve his skill set and technique. Gage began his work on the first season of Face Off and has since worked on other such projects. In 2013, Gage was Nominated for a Golden Statue for Best Makeup in a Motion Picture for the Bollywood film Vishwaroopam.
He has worked as an actor in the films Socket (2007) and A Dead Calli...
8. Prithviraj Das
Prithviraj Das is a child artist best known for his role in a Tamil movie named Haridas (2013). His dream is to buy his mother a diamond ring with his first earnings. Prithiviraj is a very playful kid. He was constantly seen playing with a cricket ball, having fun, and jumping around. He did a great job with his role in the movie Haridas. He did complete justice to his character as an autistic child. Kishore and Sneha played important roles in the film.
...10. Birju Maharaj
In today's times, hardly youngsters are interested in learning Indian classical dance forms and preserving our country's rich heritage. The male population flinches when it comes to traditional dancing, and people mostly consider it as a girl's terrain.
Birju Maharaj, whose name is Brijmohan Mishra, is a dance maestro who teaches Kathak. He was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on February 4, 1938 in a family of excellent artists. Mishra is Ishwari Prasad's direct descendant.
Ishwari is probably the foremost Kathak dancer of the country. Mishra's name is a synonym of Lord Krishna. His father, Jagannath Maharaj, whose other name was Acchan Maharaj, was a dancer in the princely state of Raigarh. Besides his father, Mishra's uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, also trained h...
11. Anbuchezhian
Anbuchezhian is an Indian Producer. He primarily works in the Tamil Film Industry. He is born and brought up in Madurai. Some of the movies in which he has worked include Vellaikaara Durai which released in the year 2014, Thanga Magan, which released in the year 2015, Marudhu, which released in the year 2016 and Aandavan Kattalai, which released in the year 2016. He has established one of the production houses, which named as Gopuram Films. He is married and has two children. In the movie Aandavan Kattalai, he has selected the fine cast which includes Vijay Sethupathi, Ritika Singh, Pooja Devariya, Nassar, Yogi Babu, A. Venkatesh, Singampuli, S. S Stanley, George Maryan, Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, and Ramesh Thilak.
...12. T Ramesh
T. Ramesh is a Tamil Stunt Director who has worked in several films in the TamilNadu Film industry. He has been staying in Chennai and has been moving around the country for his work, but is mainly based in Chennai. He is considered as an expert in his work and is known for his stunts in the Mandira Bedi starrer Manmadhan Ambu, which was released in 2010, for R. Parthiepan starrer Ambuli, which was released in the year 2012, for Charmy Kaur starrer Mantra 2, which was released in 2013 and for Bobby Simha starrer Aaaah, which was released in the year 2014.
He also worked as the Stunt Coordinator for the India-leg shooting of the Rajnikanth starrer Lingaa (2014). He worked as the Action Coordinator for the Kamal Hassan starrer Uttama Villian, a movie which had released in ...
13. Lalgudi Ilayaraja
Lalagudi N Ilayaraja is an Art Director from Lalagudi, a town in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling from Government Higher Secondary School situated in Lalagudi. He completed his degree from the Government College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam which was affiliated to the Bharathithasan University at that time. Hehas worked on several projects including Yuvan Yuvathi and Veattai Manam. He also worked with some of the most prominent actors,directors and producers of the Indian, Tamil and Telugu film industry.
He worked as an Art Director in the films UttamaVillan (2015) and Vishwaroopam(2013), which hadone of the best actors of Telugu film industry, Kamal Hassan. During his contribution to the film Kaththi (2014), he worked with Vijay and Samantha, finest actors of the Tamil film industry. He also worked with Ajith ...
14. Kecha Khamphakdee
Kecha Khamphakdee is an English Stunt director. He mainly works with the Kannada, Malayalam Hindi, Tamil, English, and Telugu film Industry. Kecha did several projects as a stunt director as Sagaptham in the year 2015, Asian Connection in the year 2016, Baaghi 2 in the year 2018. His film Sagaptham released on April 2 and in the year 2015. It's running process is for two hours and thirty-five minutes. It has a genre action, drama, and romance. Its cast and crew includes as Devayani, Karthik, Ranjith, Vijayakanth, Thalaivasal Vijay, Bose Venkat, Silambarasan, Vijay Prakash, Jagan, Singapuli, Andrea Jeremiah, Chinmayi Sripaada, Remya Nambeesan, Power Star Srinivasan, Raju Sundaram, Subhra Aiyappa, Suresh, Karthik Raja, Neha Hinge, Naveen Krishna and many more. LK Sudhish is the producer. Raju Sundaram and Shobi Paulrakj did the chore...
15. Sendrayan
Sendrayan is an actor by profession in the Indian film industry who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 30 July 1984 in Bodinayakanur which is in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. He got married to Kayalvizhi who was his girlfriend for a long time. Their marriage took place at a place called Senraaya Perumal Kovil situated in Vathalagundu in August 2014. He was also a contestant of Bigg Boss Tamil season 2 in 2018.
He got the good news of becoming a father when he was in the Bigg Boss house. He made his debut into the Tamil film industry through a 2007 film named “Polladhavan” which was directed by VetriMaaran and produced by S. Kaatheresan. He played a small role in this film. He enacted the character of a bike thief. This movie gave him an opportunity to work with many celebri...
16. Lee Whittaker
Lee Whittaker is one of the top Stunt Performers in the Film Industry, having experience of working off and on the camera. He has worked for twenty years on some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster movies. Whittaker was working as a Second-Unit Director and Stunt Coordinator for ten years when he started his career; many Hollywood Directors hired him for the action-stunt scenes. The artist’s creativity to turn the most difficult action scene into the safest boundaries through innovative styles of cinematography was highly appreciated.
In 2013, Lee got a special appearance to perform a stunt in the Indian Tamil-language Action-thriller “Arrambam,” a story about a mysterious man along with a computer hacker who tried to unveil a major government conspiracy. Whittaker was cast as the Action D...
17. Harihara Sudhan
Harihara Sudhan is an Indian-Singer. He mainly works in the Tamil Film Industry. He is thinking of working the other film industries which include the Hindi Film Industry, Telugu Film Industry, Kannada Film Industry, and Malayalam Film Industry.He is a hardworking and dedicated Playback Singer. He works in the Television Industry and the Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he has sung include F2- Fun, and Frustration, which gets released in the year 2019.In the coming years, he has signed some upcoming projects and he has started working on them.
Harihara Sudhan has gained popularity due to his hard work, and efforts.
...18. Perumal Selvam
Once upon a time, the story of a film used to be the most centered part in making the movie. Even the audience used to encourage the films which had a good plotline. Then, there wasn’t much importance for other players in making the cinema. The directors too couldn't get as much importance as the actor in the films got. Way back in the olden days, the movies become famous with the name of the actors. The promotion process used to go in the name of the cast, but not with the credit of the main makers like directors, producers, etc. Though the work is of the directors and the other crew, it might have been a bit discouraging then, and the days went on without much suffering. Those days are like that. But now, the tradition has changed. People and critics start estimating the film from the very base roots like the photographer, ...
19. Nalan Kumarasamy
Nalan Kumarasamy is a Kollywood film director, writer, and actor. His debut directorial venture was a 2013 Tamil black comedy film, Soodhu Kavvum. This movie starred Sanchita Shetty and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. This film got selected for screening and was the only Tamil movie to be screened at the Zurich Film Festival. He was born in Chennai city in the state of Tamil Nadu. He started off with event management and business in real estate. He will come up next with a romantic comedy that will be produced by C V Kumar, which he is still scripting.
He has participated in a reality television show, Naalaya Iyakunar in which he made a short film about a filmmaker, Oru Padam Edukkanum and also went on to win the final round of its first season with his ent...
20. Alphonse Puthren
Alphonse Puthren is a versatile Indian director, actor, producer, playback singer, screenwriter and editor. He was born on 10 February 1984 in Aluva, Kerala to Puthren Paul and Daisy Chacko. He completed his schooling from Amrita Vidyalayam in Kochi and his graduation from M.E.S. College in Aluva with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications.
He later joined the S.A.E. College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where he received his diploma in filmmaking. His earliest works were short films “Arkan” and “Sutrum Vizhi” which he shot during his college years. On the big screen, he made his directorial debut with the black comedy and thriller “Neram” (2013), starring Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim.
He wrote and edited its script as well, which narrates the story an unemployed engineer who e...
21. 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...
22. Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration.
He was also the first Asian to organize a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and became the first Indian to compose a complete symphony. He has won three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background score. He had also received the Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India.
23. Kishore Jayaram
Kishore was born in the year 1974 in Karnataka. Basically, he was a theater artist. When he was doing his graduation in National College, he started to act in various theater plays. He is a Masters Degree holder in Kannada Literature. After his graduation, he started to work as a teacher. Then, he worked as a fashion designer. Kannada movie ‘Kanti’ was his debut movie, which gave him a good career. It got released in 2004. He got the State Award for the Best Supporting role for the movie ‘Raakshasha’. His role in the movie Akash was widely appreciated by the critics. He acted as the brother for four sisters, who brought them up strictly. This movie has the resemblance of the Malayalam movi...
24. Atharvaa
25. Nivin Pauly
Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.
Nivin’s...
26. Bala
27. Anil Murali
Anil Murali is an Indian film actor in Malayalam cinema. He has completed over 100 films in Malayalam. He started out in the film industry as a villain before taking on character roles.
Anil Murali began his acting career as a positive character in director Vinayan’s film Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha in 1993. He acted in Lenin Rajendran's off beat movie Daivathinte Vikrithikal in 1994. He acted in Mammootty film Stalin Sivadas in 1999. It was Valkkannadi by Anil Babu in 2002 which gave him a real villain role. He was an integral part of Malayalam movies since 2002. He is continuing his journey doing some of the best villain characters in Malayalam films. His villain role Nenja Hakkim in Ivar (2003), as Raghu in Kayam (2010), and Podiyadi Soman in City of God (2011) wer...