Tamil Awards Vikatan Awards 2014 - Cast & Crew

Salony Luthra is an Indian actress who has worked in Tamil cinema. She debuted with the movie Sarabham by Arun Mohan. She was paired opposite Aadukalam Naren. The movie made her a known face among the audience, and her work in the movie was also very appreciated by the audience. She was born in Mumbai and is a graduate of the London University with a degree in International Business. Her family has spent most of their years in Delhi. She had been a part of a theater group in Delhi where she started developing more interest in acting and started taking part in street plays and stage shows. Her acting and stage presence was very much appreciated. She always wanted to be a part of the film industry and when she came to know about the auditions, which were held in Mumbai for the Tamil movie ‘Sarabham&rsqu...

Catherine Tresa was born in Dubai. She could neither speak any Indian language (except Hindi) but made her impact in south Indian cinema, especially in Kannada, Telugu and even Malayalam cinema. Though born in a Malayalee Christian family, she cannot speak in Malayalam either. Well, she is one of the Kollywood Divas, who experience issues with the language dialect, but even then makes impression on viewers with stunning look and mind blowing performances. 

She did modeling before making her debut in Kannada cinema while she was in Bengaluru. She walked in many ramp shows in Sandal region and got her first break in Shankar IPS opposite Duniya Vijay I 2010. Soon she grabb...

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...

Kovai Sarala is an actress who acted in more than 750 films in her career spanning for over 25 years. She has acted in Tamil (even Telugu films) and had joined films as she was the sole bread earner in the family. Many feel that she filled the void left by Manorma and she is the only actress who had stepped in her( Manorama) shoes. In this film industry, Sarala could carry scenes on her own merits. There was a time; she would be seen in every successful movie (just as Manorama) during 1980-90s. Looking back at her career, she played a 55-year old character in Chinna Veedu( her second film) when she was just a teenager. Everyone had wondered how she played that role. She even played the unforgettable character of Palani as Kamal Haasan’s wife in Balu Mahendra’s Sat...

Saranya Ponvannan is one of the best actresses in the last three decades of the Tamil film and TV industry has seen. She first made her entry into the industry by playing the lead role alongside Kamal Haasan in the blockbuster movie ‘ Nayakan’ directed by Mani Ratnam. She played a res-cued sex worker and pulled off the role with panache. She is the daughter of Malayalam director A.B Raj and is married to a fellow actor Ponvannan with whom she has two daughters.

Post her marriage she took an eight-year hiatus after essaying lead roles until the beginning of the 90’s. After eight years she started accepting meaty roles that had powerful characters in movies and serials. She is so versatile that she can pull off comedy, emotional and dark ...

Malavika Nair is a Telugu and Tamil film actress. A young talent who established herself in such a short span of time. Nair, born in 1996, Delhi, hails from Kerala. She did her schooling from Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Thrissur, Kerala.

She was inclined towards this glamour world since her childhood. She did modelling in her school days. She, in fact, entered the industry at the young age of 13. She was seen in a music video named “Rithukkal” which gathered wide popularity. Numerous advertisements fell in her lap without much struggle because of her exceptionally appreciable skills. She got the opportunities to be the female antagonist for the first time in the Malayalam movie ‘black butterfly’ in the year 2013 which was critically acclaimed and commercially succ...

Lingusamy is the well known Indian film director, who is popular for his family scripts. He was born on November 14, 1967. Lakshmipuram in Tamilnadu is Lingusamy’s native. He worked as the assistant to “A Venkatesh” and “Vikraman.” His career as a director started in the year 2001, through the “Mammootty” starrer, “Anandham.” His first movie got him the Best Film Award at Filmfare by Cinema Express. He got consecutive success through “R Madhavan” starrer, “Run” and Vishal Reddy flick “Sandakozhi.” Lingusamy also owns a production house along with his brother Subash Chandra Bose, called, “Thirrupathi Brothers.” He has produced nearly 16 films with his production house. “Deepavali” was the first m...

N Subash Chandra Bose is an Indian producer who works particularly in Tamil cinema. He has a produced a lot of films and has also won several Filmfare, national and south Indian international movie awards. Subash who is currently residing in Tamil Nadu started a production house along with his brother N Lingusamy in 2006 titled Thirupathi brothers. It is a production company under motion pictures and has its headquarters located in Tamil Nadu, India. Between the two brothers, Subash is a producer and Lingusamy is the director. Subash started his career in the industry under this production house with the film Deepawali. Deepawali is a romantic movie starring Jayaram and Bhavana in lead roles. Released on 9th February 2007 and directed by Ezhil; the film is a tragic love story about a girl who forgets her boyfriend after post-traumatic ...

Gavemic is a very well-known cinematographer in Indian cinema. Thanjavur is his birthplace. He was, however, brought up in Pondicherry. His father is an ex-police officer, his mom is a homemaker and his sister, who is younger than him, is a fashion designer. His granddad was his influence and the reason that he fell in love with cinematography. He was eleven when he got his first camera and immediately started taking pictures of whatever he came across. He, later on, borrowed his grandfather’s SLR camera to click pictures. His religion at birth was Hariharan, but he converted to Buddhism later on. When he converted religions, he also underwent a name change and kept it as Gavemic U Ary. The reason he changed his name was because of his ‘guru’ who introduced him to Buddhism. His career in t...

R S Prabhu is a film producer, writer ,and director known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 5th May 1930 in Ernakulam. He started his career by working as a production manager in M.R. Vittal’s Raktha Bandham. He won the Vayalar Memorial Cultural award in 1997, the Kerala Critic Film award ,and the DadaSaheb Phalke Academy award. Between the period of 1965 and 1982, he wrote one movie, directed one, produced fifteen ,and acted in three.

He co-founded the Malayala Chalachitra Parishad. The Parishad represents the Malayalam Film Industry in Chennai. He is the current Vice-President of the Parishad.

Pradeep Vijay is a Tamil and Telegu playback singer. He sang many Indian hit songs and the audience liked them. He also sang three songs which hit the top charts in the southern part of India. Pradeep Vijay also got the opportunity to sing for one of the Rajnikanth's movie. Not only that, from his childhood days he had a keen interest in singing and decided to pursue his career in the industry. Moreover, his dedication and efforts have been a key for his success in the music industry. Pradeep Vijay started singing at a very early age and also performed stage shows during his initial days.

In 2012 a Tamil film was released called Pizza, one of its famous song was sung by him. It was his first biggest break, and he also composed and sang Mogathirai song.The film Pizza was so unexpectedly upon supernatural hor...

NJ Sathya is a costume designer turned actor. Before becoming an actor, he was a costume designer. He is well-known for playing supporting roles in Kidaari, and Vetrivel. He has also done many other movies like Adangathey, etc. It was a dream of his dad to see him as a cricketer. In an interview, Sathya revealed that he came into the field of acting just to fulfill his dad’s dream.

His Dad wanted to be a cricketer but couldn’t achieve his target. His Dad wanted his son to be a cricketer. He was not happy with Sathya’s decision of becoming an actor. NJ Sathya thought of coming into films when his dad had a stroke, and to see his dad happy, NJ Sathya decided to do acting because as an actor he could play star cricket tournament which ultimately fulfills his dad’s wish to see him playing cricket.

The transformation of Bobby Jayasimha of remote Kodaikanal to Bobby Simha of the Chennai film industry has not been without the inevitable twists and turns that normally affect those striving to enter films from humbler backgrounds.

While still in college he was duped by some people who offered him roles in TV serials only to find that it was a hoax. While this was a setback of sorts, it did help him complete his studies in college and also strengthened his resolve to join films. Even after moving to Chennai, however, he had to wait for his dreams to come true, working in the meantime on various odd jobs to meet both end meet. His search ended when he met a couple of short film makers, who detecting the potential in Simha, took him on board and ended up with two fine short fil...

Dulquer Salmaan is a popular Malayalam actor, who appears in Tamil films too. He is the son of the Malayalam Super Star Mammooty. Dulquer Salmaan is married to Amal Sufiya in the year 2011, before his film entry. Dulquer Salmaan has plans to act in Telugu films too, and discussions are going on. Dulquer wanted to make his debut through his friend’s film and hence rejected many opportunities. His debut was through the film Second Show by Srinath Rajendran in the year 2012. His second movie was Ustad hotel by Anwar Rasheed and the film was a hit. In the year 2013, he starred in ABCD American Born Confused Desi. This film revealed his singing talent too. Dulquer Salmaan sang a song Johnny Mone in this film ABCD. He entered the Tamil film industry through Vaayai Moodi Paesavum, a bilingual movie in Malayalam, Samsaar...

Supreme Sundar is a stunt director based in India. He has worked predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He made his debut with the film Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil in 2018. He also worked on Varathan in the same year. In 2019, he worked on Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu, Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel, Shubharathri, Love Action Drama, Brother’s Day, Jallikattu, Under World, Jack & Daniel, Ulta, and Driving License. In 2020, he worked on Anjaam Pathiraa, Big Brother, and Ayyappanum Koshiyum. In 2021, he worked on Ole Kanda Naal, and Ajagajantharam. In 2022, he worked on Bheeshma Parvam, Night Drive, Vaaitha, Paappan, and Monster. His upcoming projects include Bruce Lee, Neelavelicham, Ka, Thunivu, Aaravam, Ottakomban, Christopher, Yemaha, and Chaaver.

Yugabharathi is an Indian lyricist and poet. He specializes in writing Tamil poems and Tamil songs. He was born in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Yugabharathi’s real name is Prem Kumar, but he changed it to Yugabharathi as it was his pen name for his poems. Yugabharathi completed his Matriculation from Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He also has a Diploma in Engineering from Government Polytechnic College. He started his career as a poet in early 90’s and wrote poems for various Tamil magazines. He changed his name to Yugabharathi to honor his idol Subramanya Bharathi. He started his career as a lyricist with the movie Aanandham. He wrote lyrics for Pallankuzhiyin in the movie. After that, he wrote lyrics for many songs. His first work as a successful lyricist came out in t...

Santhosh Narayanan was born on 15 May 1983 in Tamil Nadu. He is a musician and a movie composer by profession in Tamil movie industry. Santhosh attended school at RSK Higher Secondary School and did his college from J. J. College of Engineering and Technology. Initially, Santhosh started his career as a recording engineer, and one of his first works includes working as an assistant with A. R. Rahman. He was also a member of a folk music band ‘La Pongal.’

In 2012, the film “Attakathi” marked Santhosh’s debut as an independent music director. He even gave chances to others singers to sing. After “Attakathi” he composed for movies like “Uyir Mozhi,” and “Pizza.” His work earned a lot of praise and positive re...

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...

Thambi Ramaiah, an Indian film actor, and director is considered as the busiest actors in Kollywod appearing in maximum movies that released in 2014. Once upon a time, he did not even how to make a foray into Kollywood. Anticipating for someone to give a chance in films, he had to wait till his luck could get him a status of an actor. 

Things changed when he got the national best-supporting actor in the year for ‘Mynaa’ (released 2010). But he had to wait till 2013-14 when he was at the peak of a career. He works for up to four films a day and even stays 25 days (2013-14) on location for shooting his various films that were under production. He took in-charge of his make-up and costumes in the films that he starred the most. 

Thambi Ramaiah, an Indian film actor, and director is considered as the busiest actors in Kollywod appearing in maximum movies that released in 2014. Once upon a time, he did not even how to make a foray into Kollywood. Anticipating for someone to give a chance in films, he had to wait till his luck could get him a status of an actor. 

Things changed when he got the national best-supporting actor in the year for ‘Mynaa’ (released 2010). But he had to wait till 2013-14 when he was at the peak of a career. He works for up to four films a day and even stays 25 days (2013-14) on location for shooting his various films that were under production. He took in-charge of his make-up and costumes in the films that he starred the most. 

Date of Birth: 27-02-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Comedian

Biography About Thambi Ramaiah

Biography About Thambi Ramaiah

Date of Birth: 27-02-1956

Age: 68

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Comedian

Raju Murugan was a writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He then turned to become a film director. He started his directing work in the year 2014, with the movie Cuckoo. In the year 2016, Thozha was the film, in which he didn’t direct but was the writer. Then in the same year, he did another movie named Joker, which was both directed and scripted by Raju.In the year 2019, he got two films named Gypsy and Mehandi Circus, which was written by Raju, but only the Gypsy has been directed by him. The cinema named Joker has honored by the Filmfare award for the best film. It also got the national film award for the best feature film in Tamil.

Mysskin was born on 20 September 1971. His language of education was in Tamil. His insatiable predilection for books and novels inspired him to change his name to Mysskin. He was motivated to keep this name from a novel by Dostoevsky called The Idiot. Mysskin’s accidental acting career commenced when he met a director named Kathir in the book store that he worked in. he agreed to befriend him and stayed with him for eight months but didn’t work in any films. He is a Tamil director, an actor, a singer, producer and a screenwriter. Then he began his acting career as a result of accepting a movie offer by Vincent Selva and worked in two subsequent movies called Youth and Jithan.

He established his career by releasing his first directed movie in the year of 2006. The movie was unconfined by the name of ‘Chithiram ...

Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan was born in Chennai to parents- Harikrishnan and Tamilmani. His brother, Rajesh Kumar Kalaiyarasan, is also an actor working in the Tamil industry. Before he began his career in acting, he used to work for a private firm, where he met his future wife-Shanmuga Priya. Kalaiyarasan completed his higher education at SRM University as a graduate in computer applications.

His first film- ‘Arjunan ...

This lanky superstar Dhanush is an actor from Tamil cinema but has appeared in two Hindi films too. He credits R Balki and Anand L Rai for making him consider acting in Hindi films (‘Shamitaabh’ and ‘Raanjhana’). In the year 2011-12, his song  “Why This Kolaveri Di’’ continued to rise on the charts and gain millions of viewers on YouTube. Dhanush happens to be the youngest actor to receive the national film award for his performance in “Aadukalam”. 

This actor had carved a place for himself in the world of cinema by his acting prowess. He has so far featured in 25 movies. Dhanush has ventured into production with his company Wunderbar Films. He is married to southern superstar Rajinikanth's daughter...

Pa. Ranjith is a Film Director of Indian origin who has directed many Tamil movies. He was born and brought up in Karalapakkam, a village near Tiruninravur, Chennai. He completed his graduation from the Madras School of Fine Arts, Chennai. In the college, he practiced Direction and Acting. He also did a lot of traveling and during this voyages, he used to get creative ideas for his movies. He also joined the film chamber and drew inspirations from different famous personalities. He also attended yearly Film Festivals.

Initially, he joined cinema as an Assistant Director and his first project was Shiva Shanmugam's production “Thagapansamy”, which was released in the year 2006. He described the movie as the unmemorable stint of his life. He then moved onto assist two well-known directors 'N Li...