Tamil Awards Vikatan Awards 2016 - Cast & Crew

Being a part of the film fraternity is nothing short of a dream but very few people get a chance to live that life. Prashanti Tipimeni is one of them. A Hyderabad based girl who was busy handling her father’s business would have never thought of getting a break in the Tamil Film industry as a costume designer. It all started in 2010 for her when she was asked to design costumes for the cast of movie ‘Vedam.’ Vedam was the debut film of Prasad Divineni and Shobu Yarlagadda as producers, and they approached Prashanti to take this responsibility for their debut flick. Prashanti had always dreamt of this, and she didn’t miss a single second to accept this offer, and this was just a start for her.

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.

Rajamouli, the famous director known for his astonishing and astounding work in the movie Bahubali. He knew his wife Rama for a long time since Rama was music manager for M. M. Keeravani’s (Rajamouli’s cousin) wife Sreevalli’s sister. Rama was already wedded when the couple first met, and she even had a kid. Sometime around the year 2000, Rama and her then-spouse filed for a split-up, which led to an unpleasant conclusion but appreciatively left her as the solitary guardian of her lad. During this rough period of her life, Rajamouli remained by her side. During the passage of time, he realized that the circumstances were developing positively for him to make an offer to Rama. S.S. Rajamouli lastly proposed to Rama around 2001.

Ramya Krishnan is a South Indian movie and TV actress who has acted in more than 200 films. She has acted in the 5 big languages of Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. She is a pro in the likes of classic dances, Bharathanatiyam and Kuchipudi, and has performed worldwide as well. She was born in Chennai to Telugu parents, who speak fluent Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She is the niece of Cho Ramasamy, an actor and a leading politician. She is married to Krishna Vemsi, a Telugu director, and has a son named Ritwik.

A. R. Rahman is a Legendary Music Composer, prominently known for his rocking music for the movie “The Slumdog Millionaire”. He had won a couple of Oscars for this album and made India proud.  Allah-Rakha Rahman’s birth name is A.S.Dileep Kumar. He was born on January 6th, 1967 in Chennai. His music journey had begun at the age of 4 when he learned piano. At the age of 11, he joined the Maestro Ilayaraja's troupe as a Keyboard player. He made his debut as a composer with the legendary film-maker G.R.Maniratnam’s film “Roja” which came out in 1992. Some of his popular music albums were for the movies like Rangeela, Bombay, Dil Se and Lagaan: Once upon a time in India.

Srinivas Mohan is an India based visual effect designer and supervisor. He has worked in the almost various type of film industry whether it is Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada or Malayalam. He is the leader in the field of visual effects and has been hired by some of the highest budget film productions houses across the country. Born as Vadlamudi Srinivas Murali Mohan to a Telugu family, he was raised and brought up in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing his schooling and graduation, he started working as a software programmer. He saw a colleague of his working on an animated logo, and it inspired him to work on it. From there his animation career started, and he began working on advertisement and television projects which finally landed him in films. He says that it took him ten years to change his field from a 3-D animation artist to a visual effects supervisor. His debut film was ‘Indian’ starring Kamal Haasan in the year 1996. From thereon, he started working on projects like ‘Jeans,’ ‘Kushi,’ and ‘Boys.’

Kishore TE was born on 24th March 1978 in Valavanur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India and died on 6th March 2015 at the age of 36 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was an Indian film editor and worked in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. He received the National Film Award for Best Editing for the movie Adukalam (2011). As an assistant editor, he joined two film editors named B. Lenin and V.T. Vijayan and worked in more than 70 Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. While editing Vettrimaran film, he suddenly swooned and was rushed to the hospital.

Sathyaraj is one of the greatest actors of Tamil film industry. He has good comic sense, good height, and good performance, and is still active in the industry. Rangaraj is the real name of Sathyaraj. Born on October 3, 1954 Sathyaraj forayed into the Tamil film industry as a villain. He depicted the suave villain perfectly and he was accepted by the audience. His dialogue Thagudu Thagudu from the film Kaaki Chattai is still famous now. In fact, it is no exaggeration to tell that he gave a complete transformation to the notion we have about villain. His oratory adeptness in villainous roles is indeed exemplary. 

Sabu Cyril was born on January 27th in Kerala’s Kozhikode district.

Born on September 10, 1980, Jayam Ravi’s original name is Ravi Mohan. He made his debut in the Tamil film “Jayam”. He got the prefix “Jayam” since it was his first film. Most of his films are directed by his brother Raja. Some of the films this duo worked together are “Jayam”, M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi”, “Santhosh Subramaniam” “Mazhai” “Thillalangadi” etc.

Jayam Ravi entered the Tamil film industry during the year 2003. A fact not known to many is that Ravi made his debut as a child artiste in a Telugu film. This film was under the banner of his father Editor Mohan. Later, as a youngster, he acted in the film “Jayam” which was directed by his brother Raja. The film was a huge hit and Tamil film industry welcomed him warmly.

Jayam Ravi is a good dancer and he had studied dance when he was just 12. Also, he is skilled in martial arts. The film “M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi” was a turning point in his career and he was widely appreciated by both critics and audience. This film fetched him the Best Actor Award in the Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Jayam Ravi’s flick “Das” saw him as an action hero and the audience again accepted him. “Idhaya Thirudan”, “Das” Deepavali” Peranmai” Nimurnthu Nil” were some of the films of Jayam Ravi wherein his brother was not the director. His film “Unakkum Enakkum” directed by his brother was a huge hit. Jayam Ravi was the right choice of a playful boy turning matured in the film “Unakkum Enakkum”. Jayam Ravi and his brother Raja worked in many films which were the remake of Telugu films. Most of these films were hits.

Jayam Ravi is gifted with good looks and he took every effort (formal training) to become an actor. His recent film “Thani Oruvan” is again directed by his brother Raja. This film is a direct Tamil film. Jayam Ravi is undoubtedly one of the finest young talents in Tamil film industry.

The Mohan Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)