1. Chinmayi Sripaada
2. Manorama
Being called as Aachi, Manorama is strongly seeded in the hearts of Tamil audiences. This talented lady has crossed many hurdles in her life and achieved a great success to retain her name and place in the cinema industry. She has appeared in almost all the Indian language films and gained goodwill too. Born as Gopishantha, she was renamed as Manorama to appear in theatres. She has crossed several stage dramas and films and has got a guiness record of acting in more than 1000 films. This wonderful lady has started her cinema career in Maalyitta Mangai. The only film she played as a heroine is Konjum Kumari in the year 1963. She was suggested for the role by Kavi Arasu Kannadasan.
Aachi Manorama is not only a talented actress; she is a wonderful dancer and a great singer ...
3. V Priya
V Priya is an Indian film director, popular amongst the regional audience for her work in movies like Aadi Lakshmi Puraana (2018), Herova? Zerova? (2008), Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005), Kanamoochi Yenada (2007), etc. Mostly known for her major involvement in Tamil short films, TV shows, documentaries, and Kollywood movies, Priya has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than fifteen years now.
Over the years, she has been admired by the local critics and spectators on numerous occasions for her exceptional performances as a director. The year 2002 was a crucial one for Priya as she made her first portentous contribution on the silver screen with the film Mitr, My Friend (2002). Since then, Priya has evolved a lot as a filmmaker.
...4. Poornitha Kalyani
Kalyani is popular for her screen name, Poornitha. She is a South Indian actress, born in November 23, 1990 in Tamil Nadu. She lives and rose in Bangalore and her mother tongue is Kannada. She can speak the Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Hindi and English languages. She is mostly seen in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. She started her acting career on her early age through some television series. One summer, while playing outside her house, a shoot is currently happening near her place. One of the artists did not attend and so, the production asked Kalyani if she can do the role and that was her very first offer in the industry.
She became popular when she played as Julie in the 2001 Tamil drama film, Alli Thanda Vaanam along with Prabhu Deva. Her acting was ...
5. Swarnamalya
Swarnamalya is among the few versatile Indian actresses, having a profound love for Bharata Natyam. She is renowned world over as a classical dancer, having won the Yuvakala Bharat award at the age of 17. Her fame started from a show on Sun TV, called ”Ilamai Pudhumai”.
She graduated from the prestigious MOP Vaishnav College, following which she obtained her Diploma in Acting for Camera, from the San Jose State University in California, U.S. Her desire to be exceptional led her to complete her Master’s in Bharata Natyam and a subsequent Ph.D in Dance History from the Madras University. She tutored under Smt. K. J. Sarasa for a period of 10 years, following which she furthered her training under the tutelage of Sri. B. Seetharama Sharma of the famous Kalakshetra.
Her acting career bega...
6. Anu Hasan
7. Srilekha
Srilekha aka Srilekha Rajendran started her career in the drama field at a very young age. She has worked as a theater artist. Srilekha came into the television serials when Doordarshan had just started. From then on, she has done many roles and was part of almost all the major serials. She has done supporting roles in many movies. Srilekha played the role of Delhi Ganesh’s wife in the movie.
She was married to Rajendran, a popular Tamil serial actor, and a dubbing artist. Srilekha is known for her enormous acting talent, and she is known for her dedication towards acting and does justice to the role she plays, irrespective of the challenges. Her role in Annamalai, as an unwavering mother-in-law was well appreciated by her fans, even though the character was f...
8. Seema
Seema is a veteran actress from India. She has acted in over 250 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She entered the industry in the year 1971 and is going strong till date. She was born on May 22, 1957 in Choolaimedu, Chennai, India. Seema’s father is Madhavan Nambiar from Thalassery who works in the T.V.S Parcel Service in Madras. Her mother Vasanthy is from Ambalamedu, Thrippunithura. Madhavan divorced Vasanthy and left when Seema was only 7-years old, and then he got re-married. Seema studied at P.N Dhawan Adarsh Vidyalaya in Chennai. She was married to Malayalam film director, Irruppam Veedu Sasidran (I. V. Sasi) on August 28, 1980. They have two kids namely, Anu Milan and Ani. Anu became an actor and was featured in his father’s Malayalam film, Symphony. Indian actor, Vijayan gave her t...
9. Gowtham Sundararajan
Gowtham Sundararajan is a film actor-cum-choreographer. He has worked in a lot of Tamil films and TV dramas. He was born to Tamil character artist, Major Sundarrajan and Shyamala. After graduating from Vivekananda College in 1989, he made his debut in “K. Balachander’s” directorial venture, “Azhagan”, featuring “Mammootty”, “Madhoo”, Bhanupriya, “Geetha”, and Babloo Prithviraj. In this film, he appeared as a theater artist with Bhanupriya for a song, “Kozhi Koovum Neram Aachu”. He is passionate with Western dance.
In 1996, Gowtham married Kokila Hariram. A couple of years after their marriage, he started a dance school named Academy Of Modern Dance, in association with his wife, who is also passionate in dance. It is the first formal ...
10. Ravi Raghavendra
Ravi Raghavendra was born on January 1, 1962, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Latha Rajinikanth is his sister and she’s the spouse of the superstar, Rajinikanth. Latha is a philanthropist. His spouse is a dancer named Lakshmi. They have a son who started his career as a music composer, and his name is Anirudh Ravichander. For the movie, “3”, Anirudh composed the music, and he was praised for his creation in the very first attempt. Ravi Raghavendra is also involved with Yes Bank and serves as the Group President of the Business Development section.
Y. G. Mahendran (cousin of Vyjayanthimala, the legend Bollywood actress), playwright as well as an actor, is his brother-in-law. His upcoming venture is named “Zero”. He has also contributed to many television series.
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11. R. N. Sudarshan
R. N. Sudarshan is a film actor and producer. Apart from Kannada movies, he has also worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam films. Sudarshan was born on 2 May, 1939, to Ratna Bai and R. Nagendra Rao (actor, director). His better half, Shylashri, is also a Kannada actress.
He was just 21 years old when he made his debut in the Kannada film, Vijayanagarada Veeraputra, in 1961. Sudarshan is in the film industry from the past three decades. He has acted in more than 250 films and was in lead roles for around 60 movies, before appearing in negative roles.
He has also done television shows like Maya Machindra, My Dear Bhootham and Maragatha Veenai. He has also sung a few songs. Hoovondhu, Balibandhu, Thakithu Ennedheya - Shubhamangala in 1975, and Irabeku Irabeku Ariyada - Naguva Hoovu in 1971 are few ...
12. Vijay Adhiraj
Vijay Adhiraj is a famous Tamil TV anchor, television actor, film star and director. He is widely known for his vibrant presenting and competing on reality shows and versatile acting. He first made his first appearance in a small role in the 1999 movie, ‘Ponnu Veettukkaran’. After that he played a more substantial role in ‘Roja Koottam’ alongside Srikanth and then in the same year he went on to act with Jothika, Ramba and Laila in the women-strong ‘Three Roses’ and ‘Pathi Rathiri Bayangaram’ which didn’t make it big at the box office.
He ventured into direction after a long wait as advised by his friends including Crazy Mohan and materialized his script into ‘Puthagam’ a low-ke...