1. Priya
Also called as Priyasri, Priya is an actress in South India cinema. She was famous for her Malayalam films in the 1980s and 1990s and has also done several Tamil films. Currently, she is occupied with Tamil television and soap operas. To name a few series she is working in daily series Valli, which is telecasted in Sun TV, Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval, Sundarakanda, Vamsam and few more. Hailing from Tamil Nadu, she was appreciated for her film Ninnishtam Ennishtam, which was released in 1986. She got married to David, who is a cinematographer in Malayalam films. They have two children - Prince and Aishwarya.
2. Shanthi Anand
Shanthi Anand is a renowned actress in the Tamil industry. She did over 50 soap operas and an appreciable number of quality films. Shanthi completed her schooling in St.Anthony’s school Chennai and Bachelor's from SIET college Chennai. Shanthi never thought of becoming an actress through her companions kept prompting her to become one from college days itself.
It was her aunt who encouraged to enter the industry. Shanthi’s father always wanted her to complete her Graduation before taking up her passion for the career. But little did he knew his daughter’s destiny? It all started with the lead role in a Malayalam serial as her summer pass time. Her entry into the film industry was with Parthiepan’s Sugamana Sumaigal. Her role as a mother of four young girls in Dheerga Sumangali got immense critical ap...
3. Actress Krithika
Krithika is one of the successful actresses from the serial Metti Oli, later dubbed into Telugu as Mettala Savvadi. Metti Oli, directed by Thirumurugan, has helped many people gain popularity. The dubbed version also received a huge response. Krithika played performed a soft role in Metti Oli. Her character Arundhathi is unique. She is forced to marry her company staff Vishwa, for whom she has high respect. But as she was unable to forget her lover, she will leave Vishwa and go back to her lover.
She did her role perfectly without any overacting. She has performed as Gomathy in the serial Chellamay produced and acted by Radhika Sarathkumar under Radaan Mediaworks. Krithika’s role is negative in the serial. That was the first time she attempted a negative ...
4. Gayathrie
Gayathrie Shankar is the current crop of Tamil actress list. She has been seen in leading roles in some Tamil films. She was supposed to debut with the film, Yen Ippadi Mayakkinai, but the film unfortunately didn’t get released. Her first film was 18 Vayasu. The turning point of her career was the film Naduvila Konjam Pakkatha Kanom. Gayathrie has acted in over 5 films in Tamil.
Gayathrie worked in a couple of films during the year 2013, namely Mathapoo and Ponmalai Pozhudhu. Later, she was paired with Vijay Sethupathi in the film Rummy. The film also had Aishwarya Rajesh. Gayathrie feels that her co-star Vijay Sethupathy is hardwor...
5. Vatsala Rajagopal
6. Dr.Sharmila
As her title mentions Sharmila is an MBBS graduate who pursued her PG in Hospital Management. Her father Kothandaram owned a pharmaceutical concern and by the virtue of his medical background, Sharmila entered the same line. She was once very studious and brilliant during her school days, which fetched her medical seat. She did her MBBS at the Dr. MGR Medical University.
She debuted as a quiz program anchors on Jaya TV(then JJ TV). She also interviewed celebrities in another show called 'Indha Varam Ivar.' She was offered a role in Vijay TV’s late night series “Pudhira Pudhinama” because of her medical background. This was a question and answer session where a well known Psychiatrist Dr. N. Mathrubootham conducted sex education discussions and w...
7. Vadivukkarasi
8. Latha Rao
Is it that Latha Rao and her husband Rajkamal made a pact? Yes it’s interesting and also surprising to watch that lovely couple wearing the same colour dress always!! Latha Rao is born on 5 the of June in Bangalore but brought up in a small town called Bavani sagar near Sathyamangalam, Tamil nadu. Her father was a government employee and mother, a home maker.
Her entry into serials is a surprise for herself. She came to Chennai for attending a function and there was a shooting happening nearby. Out of curiosity she went and was watching that and that’s when her debut into small screen happened. That was the famous “Metti Oli” serial’s shooting and because of her good looks she was offered a small role in that serial. Following that she acted in more than 30 serials in Tamil, telugu, Malayalam ...
9. Badri
Badri (Badri Narayan Ranganathan) is an Indian screenwriter and director who mostly works in the Tamil film industry. He started with working in the television industry with a show on Sun TV called Iniya Iru Malargal. He also worked on films like Veerappu (a remake of a Mohanlal's Malayalam blockbuster hit- Spadikam) starring Sundar C., Prakash Raj, Gopika, Vivek, Santhanam, Anju, Santhoshini, and Tejashree. Since then he has indeed come a long way. His godfather/friend in this industry has always been Sundar C. (an actor, film director, and a producer).
Vinayaga Sundara Vadivel Chidambaram Pillai has worked with Badri for almost ten years now and helped him by setting him up as an assistant director in the beginning. He also helped Badri in making Ainthaam Padai (a ...
10. Singer Srinivas
Srinivas is an Indian playback singer. He was born on November 7, 1959, and is 57 years old. He is also known as Srinivasan Doraiswamy. He is famous for lending his voice to more than 2000 songs in a variety of languages like Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. He was born in the town of Ambasamudram, after which his family moved to Thiruvananthapuram. His guru is his aunt, Padma Narayan, and she trained him in Carnatic music right from a young age.
Apart from Carnatic music, he was profoundly interested in works of RD Burman and Kishore Kumar, the legendary greats of Bollywood. He earned a degree in Bachelor of Technology from the Bombay University in the field of Chemical Technology. While studying, he got the opportunity to perform at various youth festivals organized by his university.Srinivas con...
11. C Sathya
C Sathya is a director and composer of music and also a singer from India. He has his origins in the Southern part of India. People remember him best for his work in the film with the name of Engaeyum Eppothum. Engaeyum Eppothum was the first movie to which he contributed his talent. He was the music composer in the motion picture.
The film was a tremendous hit. The songs in the motion picture, which showcased C Sathya’s talent were enjoyed by all and became popular too. The songs in this picture got made in the Tamil language, the same language in which the film itself got made. After his work with this hit motion picture, he got a lot of appreciation. With attention and fame, he gained several opportunities in similar films. He was only engaged with Tamil motion pictures initially but ventured out to do various other so...
12. A. R. Srinivasan
A.R. Srinivasan is one of the amateur Tamil stage actors who has worked for over five decades and has kept the theatre troupe flags flying. The actor has even acted in selected movies (Telugu and Tamil) and was appreciated by audiences. Half a century of continuous stage activity appears a mind-boggling proposition, but for A.R. Srinivasan (popular as ARS) whose rendezvous with Tamil theatre began in 1962, it has been his way of life. He has been able to take even Tamil drama troupes outside India (countries like the USA), and the applause from the audiences gave him a higher satisfaction. Probably this could be a reason what has kept his love in theatre intact. But then he had also experimented with his talent in the screen by playing roles of a police officer or Christian priests. Before ...
13. Sairam
Sairam is a noted TV actor who began his career through TV serials that were aired on Sun TV. He marked his debut with the TV serial ‘Adugiran Kannan’ that was directed by Badri and aired on Sun TV between 2003-2005. He then got to appear in a small role in another TV serial ‘AnuPallavi‘ that was telecasted on Sun TV. ‘Chellamey’ was a mega TV serial that was premiered on Sun TV in 2009. It has Radhika Sarathkumar in a lead role, and the serial was written by Ponkumaran and directed by Sulaiman K Babu.
In this serial, Sairam played the role of Yuvashree’s husband. Radhika Sarathkumar was the creative head of the series which is produced by her own production company Radaan Mediaworks. Besides Radhika, the serial ...
14. Abhishek Shankar
He is a well-known Indian actor and director who have left his mark in the film industry. He has worked in various Tamil language films and TV serials. His birth place is Chembur, Mumbai. He got his first break in the year 1995. He made his debut as an actor in the film ‘Mogamul’. He made his way in the Tamil Film Industry by a chance meeting with director GnanaRajasekar and producer Janakiram.
He took off from the theatre in Mumbai to Chennai for his first movie. Mogamul was a landmark in his career. It gave him shot to work with the best in the industry. He worked and cooperated well with Lenin, Krishnamurthy and Ilaiyaraaja. He worked as a lead along with Archana Joglekar and Nedumu...
15. Suresh
Suresh was born as Seshaiah Suresh Babu. Suresh is a homebound film actor and is famous for his films primarily in Telugu and Tamil. Suresh made his acting debut in the movie Panneer Pushpangal in the year 1981. The movie happens to be a Tamil film. His debut movie was a blockbuster hit on the silver screen, and soon he became the prominent face of the Tamil Film Industry, through the 80’s era. By the end of 2012, Suresh had done about 274 motion films. Suresh was born and brought up in Chennai. He was cultured at the Oxford English High School. Soon after this, he went to Shrine Vailankanni English School, where he completed his education. Suresh got married to Rajashree Bishit but after a long time, both got divorced.
They have a single son named Nikhil. The very...
16. Shaam
Shamshuddin Ibrahim, commonly known by the name of 'Shaam', is an Indian artist famous in the Tamil and the Telugu film industries. He hails from Madurai. He pursued his education in Bengaluru. He started his career as a model. Soon, he got into the film industry and he made his debut with a cameo role in 'Khushi’. Though he already acted in the lead role in director Jeeva's film '12B’, it did not make its release before Khushi due to production issues. His bubbly performance in 12B welcomed him with many new and fresh opportunities.
He acted in many movies such as 'Hey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke’, 'Bala’, and 'Anbe Anbe’, etc. Unfortunately, these movies did not do well at the box office. 'Iyarkai' failed to make an impact at ...
17. Venu Arvind
Venu Arvind, or commonly known as Venu Aravind, is a Tamil TV and film actor, stage artist, dubbing artist and director. He was born on November 9, 1965, and studied B.Sc Physics with Masters in Management at DG Vaishnav College located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. However, he rather chose media as his interest. He comes from a conservative family, but his parents gave their blessings and even encouraged him to do his best. He was married to Shobha.
Venu played as a child artist in Tuesday plays for DD right from 1975. He did many serials for DD such as ‘Alai Osai’, and ‘Rishimoolam’. Venu learned acting through Poornam Viswanathan’s theatre group during college. Venu became popular for appearing in K. Balachander’s serials and he became famous for his role as Chitti Babu in ...
18. Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
19. Chetan
Chetan is a veteran actor in Tamil serial industry having been in the industry for more than a decade and a half. He got his big break in the mega-hit thriller TV serial "Vidaadhu Karuppu" in the 'Marmadesam' series. While he was the assistant director to K.Shankar, he happened to land the pivotal role of ‘Karuppu’ in the series. He has said to have gotten into films by mere accident after completing his management studies post graduation. After many failed attempts to get into the film and ad industry in Hindi and English. He decided to move to Chennai, in search of Tamil opportunities.
He entered into the film industry through Jayam Ravi-starter Dhaam Dhoom and has completed eight movies till date including the hit flicks ‘Polladhavan’ and ‘ Padikkadhavan’...