Tamil Awards Vikatan Awards 2017 - Cast & Crew

Most of us praised the costumes designed in the movie “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela,” but are we aware of the mastermind behind these dress designs? It was Archa Mehta’s ideas packed in these elegant designs. Archa is an Indian fashion costume designer, who has worked not only in Hindi and Tamil but also in Telugu film industries.Growing up in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, she later completed her further studies in fashion designing at NIFT. She then moved to pursue a master's degree in London, where she also bagged an opportunity to work at the world-famous London Fashion Week.

After returning to India, she worked with famous costume designers Maxima Basu and Leepakshi Ellawadi, before opting to work independently in the film industry. She started her career working o...

Jayalakshmi Sundaresan is a well-known costume designer as well as a celebrity stylist. She is also a Casting Coordinator. She has experience in the film and television industries. She is from Chennai, India. She was born on 11th November 1983. She studied at MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. She was a managing director at Desifab. Jaya worked at Ogilvy, Vijay TV. She has worked as an intimacy coordinator. She worked with the crew, and her job was to guide the actors through intimate scenes and dialogues and determine their comfort level. She has worked on films such as 'Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu,' where she had been asked to assist during filming even though she was the costume designer. She is a member of "The Intimacy Collective," an Indian group of intimacy specialists.

She has worked as a c...

Indhuja was born on 1st August 1994 in Vellore. GALLERY OF INDHUJA After completing her tenth standard, her parents joined her in Namakkal SRV School to secure a high score in her board exams. She got a seat in merit at Vellore Institute of Technology and started pursuing M.Sc Software Engineering. But, due to her interest in the cinema, she dropped her studies and started searching for movie opportunities. She was offered to play in the commercial ads and then in short films. Finally, Indhuja made her debut in 2017 with Meyaadha Maan directed by “Rathna Kumar R M.” She was also seen in the silent movie “Mercury” with Prabhu Deva, Remya Nambeesan, Sananth Reddy and Deepak Parame...

Aditi Balan is a kollywood actress who gained popularity with her recent flick ‘Aruvi’ (Flowing Water), directed by the debut director Arun Prabhu Purusothaman. She is originally a lawyer by profession but she grabbed everyone’s attention with her performance through Aruvi for which she was also nominated for 2016 National Awards.

Aruvi is about a gentle girl born and brought up in an undeveloped village, who finds it difficult to fit in the city. She decides to take it hard on the people. What she does next is the rest of the story. She generally speaks about the social anguish of a girl.

Aditi Balan is a kollywood actress who gained popularity with her recent flick ‘Aruvi’ (Flowing Water), directed by the debut director Arun Prabhu Purusothaman. She is originally a lawyer by profession but she grabbed everyone’s attention with her performance through Aruvi for which she was also nominated for 2016 National Awards.

Aruvi is about a gentle girl born and brought up in an undeveloped village, who finds it difficult to fit in the city. She decides to take it hard on the people. What she does next is the rest of the story. She generally speaks about the social anguish of a girl.

Date of Birth: 21-09-1990

Age: 33

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Tamil

Skills: Movie Actress

Biography About Aditi Balan

Biography About Aditi Balan

Date of Birth: 21-09-1990

Age: 33

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Female

Language: Tamil

Skills: Movie Actress

Neerja Kona is a costume designer and a stylist and works predominantly in the Tollywood and Kollywood cinema. She was born on April 29 in the year 1983. She is a native of Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. She currently stays in Hyderabad in Telangana.

She began her career as a stylist assistant for the movie Badshah which is a 2013 release. She worked for Jr NTR and Kajal Aggarwal for the Badshah. An important and significant point in her career was when she styled the famous Nithin for the project Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde which went on to be a tremendous success and received a lot of appreciation.

Nithin recognized her potential and went on to give her work on the two film he was working on next. So, it is though Nithin is how she got Courier Boy Kalyan as well as Puri Jagannadh’s Heart Attack. She hit yet another su...

Sshivada is a well-known actress in the Malayalam television and film industry, best known for her roles in movies like, ‘Living Together’ in 2011, and ‘Nedunchaalai’ in 2014 in Tamil. She was born on the 27th in the month of April in the year 1986 in Tiruchirappalli in the state of Tamil Nadu. She was born as Sreelekha Nair, to a family of Malayalis in Tamil Nadu. Her family moved to Kerala in Angamaly during her school years. After completing her higher secondary education, she went on to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering and during the year 2008, she attended Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology. After her college life had been completed, Sshivada worked on a television channel as a Video Jockey.

During her days as a VJ, she was noticed by Fazil, a renown...

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became ...

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...

Urvashi is the stage name of Kavitha Ranjini, a producer, film actress, TV anchor and a script writer from India. She was born on 1970 at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Her father is Chavara V. P. Nair and her mother is Vijayalakshmi. Her siblings are actress and classical dancer, Kalaranjini, Malayalam actress and comedian, Kalpana Priyadarshini, Kamal Roy and Prince who is also a Malayalam actor. Urvashi has been married twice. Her first marriage was held on October 11, 2000 with actor Manoj K. Jayan but they got separated in year 2008 because of some differences. They have been divorced in Chennai and later separated by an order from the court. Urvashi’s daughter, Tejalakshmi or better known as Kunjatta now lives with his father Manoj. Then Urvashi was married again to a Civil Engineer in November 2013. U...

Srinu Nalla is a Telugu Makeup Artist whose name is known to many not only inside India but also outside India. Srinu’s immaculate talent as a makeup artist is evident from the fact that he has been the makeup artist for one of India’s highest-grossing films both in India and worldwide, and the movie then went on to win large numbers of awards. Srinu Nalla is popularly known for his makeup artists skills in the movie “Bãhubali 2: The Conclusion” released in 2017, “Eega” released in 2012, “Rise Roar Revolt” released in 2022, “Sitaramaraju” released in 1999. Srinu Nalla won the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards in the category of Best Makeup Artist for his makeup artist skills in the record-breaking movie “Bãhubali 2: The Conclusion” in 2018.

Other p...

Adrian Knight, aka Adrian Knight Jesly is a young actor well known for playing in the Tamil film Taramani (2017). Adrian was also his character's name. He is from Canada. He received the Vikatan Award for Best Child Artist in 2017. His ambition is to work with well-known Indian actor Vijay as his son. He learned to play drums and enjoys drawing and playing basketball. He wishes to become a movie actor and a civil engineer in the future.

RC Kamalakannan is a veteran visual effects supervisor. Born and raised in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, Kamalakannan is famous for his work in the movie 'Bahubali: The Conclusion.' Kamalakannan went to Gopalapuram Boys High School and completed his graduation from Guru Nanak College, Chennai. He started his career as an ENG photographer and U-Matic editor. The ace technician is also widely popular for his work in 'Magadheera''Yamadonga' 'Eega' and 'Puli.' Known for his technical skills, Kamalakannan has won several state and national-level awards for various films in various languages. Kamalakannan has also worked in a major VFX company named 'Makuta VFX.'

Raymond Derrick Crasta is a young Indian Tamil editor. He was born on the 15th of April in Kannur. He lives in Chennai. Raymond Derrick Crasta completed his schooling at Loyola College. Furthermore, he went to Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He has a sister named Diyana Elizabeth Joseph.

Derrick is a renowned Tamil film editor and has received multiple editorial credits for his work in movies such as NOTA (2018), Velvet Nagaram, and the acclaimed Tamil socio-political drama Aruvi (2017), which also won several national and international awards. Derrick is also famous for his editorial work in Minmini, Kalvan, and Jallianwala Bagh.

Kotapadi J Rajesh is an Indian Tamil film producer. He is the face behind KJR studios. Rajesh had a background in the banking sector for 12 years but later on, his love for cinema resulted in the establishment of KJR Studios. He is known for producing films like Singa Paadhai, Gulaebaghavali, Airaa, Hero, Ka Pae Ranasingam, Dikkiloona, Rubam, Dabangg 3 and more. He wanted to release the movie Doctor in theatres, but due to covid, he agreed on releasing it on different OTT platforms. Rajesh joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020. He made his debut by producing film Aramm which got great reviews starring Nayanthara. Rajesh always wanted to produce movies with a message to convey to the audience. His movie Hero is an extension of his debut movie Aramm in a way. His movie Aramm got Filmfare’s best Tamil film award.

E Ramdoss is an Indian film screenwriter, director, and actor who works on Tamil films. Ramdoss was born in Villupuram; his parents were freedom fighter Ethirajalu Pillai and Poongavanam. As a child, Ramdoss usually watched movies, and during his college days, he developed an interest in screenwriting. In late 1979 Ramdoss moved to Mylapore, Chennai, while attempting to make a career in the Tamil film industry he became acquainted with Manobala, a budding filmmaker who was his neighbor. Manobala then introduced to different personalities in the film industry including T. K. Mohan for whom Ramdoss wrote his first screenwriting in Karadi(1980) an unreleased film.

In 1981 Ramdoss then worked with a director named P.S Nivas with whom he did his first screenplay in Enakkaga Kaathiru(1981) and was given screen c...

Born on June 14, 1989, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Arun Prabhu Purushothaman is a director and writer, who works predominantly in the Kollywood cinema. He wanted to become a Samurai; an instructor; a yogi; it was particular and continued changing each day in his childhood days.

He read Tamil literature and composing used to be a fun piece of everyday life. His principle side interest was watching films; the manifestations of world experts, for example, GilloPontecorvo and Jean-Luc Godard inspired him.

Observing the world and composing his contemplations as screenplays became his habit. He joined the rundown of top-notch debutant directors of 2017. Arun has been a part of acclaimed Tamil serial Annamalai which stars Sivakumar, Radhika Sarathkumar and others in lead parts.

He played the character called, 'Shiva.&#...

Gopi Nainar alias Minjur Gopi is a story writer, who is born and brought up in Chennai. He has worked an assistant director with a few popular directors. He was shot to fame after complaining that “Vijay” and Samantha Ruth Prabhu starrer “Kaththi” is his story and it is stolen by “A R Murugadoss.” When asked about this to Murugadoss, he said that he didn’t know Gopi at all. Gopi also filed a case against Murugadoss for story stealing. But, he withdrew the case, after some time. He also filed a case against Murugadoss for verbally abusing him with reference to his caste.

Gopi also claimed that “Madras” directed by “Pa. Ranjith” is also scripted by him. Although Gopi ran from pillar to post, in both the appeals, he...

Vasanth Ravi or Vasanth Kumar Ravi is a South Indian actor. The doctor turned actor works in the Tamil Cinema. He made his debut in 2015, but he already is a superstar to his fans. He was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He came into the limelight in 2017 with his debut film Taramani.

He played the lead role and won an award at 10th Vijay Awards for Best Debut Actor. He also won the best debutant at the 65th South Filmfare Award. Ravi’s first performance made him a much-loved personality in South India. His good looks and acting talent became the reason for his instant success. As a student, he took up the medical field and enrolled for an MBBS degree in Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai. He aspired to be an actor, but his family was against the idea.

His friends in College encouraged him to give a s...

His real name is Ramasubramaniam. Born in Tamil Nadu, Ram is an Indian director who directs Tamil movies. He had an interest in literature. Hence, he earned the post-graduate degree Master of Arts from the Madras Christian College. He learned to write stories in the Tamil language. He wrote scripts for few short films but then went towards the direction line. He worked with Thangar Bachan for few movies and then he was suggested to meet Rajkumar Santoshi.

Rama was initially reluctant about the suggestion since his fear was that he could not understand Hindi and Rajkumar was the director of Hindi films. After resisting a bit, he finally decided to meet the director. He got impressed by him and joined him. He moved to Mumbai and assisted Rajkumar in making of films like ‘Pukar’ and ‘Lajja’...

Komal Shahani is a renowned costume designer and celebrity stylist in the Indian Fashion Industry as well as Film Industry. She was born on 9th December, 1981 in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to parents Bharati Shahani and Vishnu Shahani.

Komal married director Ashish R Mohan in 2012 in a star-studded wedding. Many big names from the film industry were present including Rohit Shetty, Ratna Pathak Shah, Gulshan Grover and Komal’s good friend Ameesha Patel.

She graduated in fashion from SNDT College and later did Fashion Illustration from NIFT. She also pursued Textile Designing from Rachna Sansad. She has worked as a stylist for various TV commercials and Indian movies.

Komal is a top-notch celebrity stylist and has styled many celebrities such as Akshay Kumar, Vijay, Preity Zinta, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka...

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

He is a production designer in the Indian movie industry. Earlier, production designers were called as art directors.

He resides in Tamil Nadu’s capital, Chennai.

He was brought up in Kerala itself. He did his schooling from the same place and then went to Chennai to do his graduation in the Government College of Fine Arts, which was earlier known as Government School of Arts and Crafts. He did his Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication from 1980 to 1985.

He worked part time as a graphic designer for names like Taj Hotels Group, Madura Coats and Welcome Hotels, in the period 1982 to 1988.

His career in art direction began in the year 1988. Sabu has worked in commercial films in the Hindi, Tamil, ...

Dhilip Subbarayan is a stunt choreographer, producer, and actor. He has worked in South Indian film industry. His main of contribution lies in Tamil film industry. After a long time of being a stunt choreographer, he made his debut in Sangu Chakkaram. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father, Super Subbarayan also has served in the industry as a successful stunt chorographer, for many years. He showed interest in the action and fast lifestyle which is practiced. Like his father, he also dreamed of being in the industry and started working in many movies. He was first noticed in ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the year 2011. The movie was a full action phased based on the life of the gangster. The movie was a huge hit and received a world première at the South Asian International Film Festival in t...

Ravi was born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. By profession, he is a cinematographer. Also, he penned the script and directed one movie. He has got some nominations and awards for his brilliant works. With a connection to the South Indian movie industry, he also has worked in Bollywood, and his work won acclamation. His great zeal for literature helped him to create a magazine (online) named Yavarum Kelir. His interest in photography is linked to the death of his mother, who he lost at a very young age.

He grew up watching movies, but he never thought that he will make his career in the film industry. Ravi has been a part of various languages movies like Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English. He has done some TV commercials, albums and short films.

For the movie ‘Barfi’, he got four awards and one for...

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...

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 fir...

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.

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.

Date of Birth: 02-06-1943

Age: 80

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Music Director

Biography About Ilaiyaraaja

Biography About Ilaiyaraaja

Date of Birth: 02-06-1943

Age: 80

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Music Director

Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silver spoon. Neither did he have a family background that had deep roots in cinema field. He was rejected even for the role of a junior artist. But it was his hard work and continuous struggle, that made him a star that he is today.

He was born in Rajapalayam but moved to Chennai where he had studied and even had his graduation from a reputed college in Chennai. He did all kinds of odd jobs that came to him (salesperson, cashier, telephone booth operator or account assistant) to lead his life normally.

Later on, he moved to Dubai as he had to take care of three siblings. During his stay in Dubai, he fell in love with Jessie, whom he married later. He returned to Chennai again and had take...

Prabhu Deva is one among the populous cinema person in India. He was born in the year 1973 in Mysore to Sundaram. Sundaram is a popular dance master in South India. Prabhu Deva entered the film industry at the early age. He has assisted his father in the film Vetri Vizha, in which Kamal Hassan and Prabhu did the lead roles. He appeared in Raja song along with Karthik Muthuraman, in the film Agni Natchathiram, a Mani Ratnam movie. He started his career in the film industry as a dancer and choreographer and later, developed himself as an actor. He made his debut as a hero through, Kadhalan, a Shankar movie. This movie was a super hit with the super songs by A. R. Rahman.

Later he gave many hit movies and became one among the top actors in Tamil films. All of a sudden, he b...

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...

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. 

Sathyaraj has worked in around 200 flicks. He also worked in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film...

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