1. Sowcar Janaki
Sankaramanchi Janaki is an Indian actress hailing from South India, who has always enthralled the audience by her mesmerizing performances. She proved her mettle in acting and also produced quite a few films. Acting in over 385 films (Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam), performing in 300 stage shows, being a radio artist at the age of 11, she has very well proven her prowess. Janaki is the elder daughter of T. Venkoji Rao, a paper technologist (England) and Sachi Devi. Janaki completed her Matriculation from Gauhati University in Assam and had received honorary Doctorate from the University of Arizona. She is married to Sankamaranchi Srinivasa Rao, since 1947, has two daughters and a son, four grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.
Sowcar commenced her acting...
Age:
92
Gender:
Female
Age:
92
Gender:
Female
2. Sreevidya
Srividya was a versatile actress who balanced her position well in Tamil and Malayalam movies. She is the daughter of M. L. Vasantha Kumari, the popular carnatic vocalist. Her father Krishnamoorthy was an actor and he quit acting after he was diseased by some skin issues. Srividya made her debut as a child artist in the film Thiruvarutchelvar, which had Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan as the lead. She danced in the Malayalam film Kumarasambhavam at her young age and also entered the Telugu film industry. Srividya’s bigger breakthrough was through the Tamil movie Nootrukku Nooru, in which Jaishankar and Lakshmi did the lead roles. Srividya had her character as a student, who loves her professor madly. Delhi to Madras is her first film as a solo heroine, in which she paired Jaishankar. She had lots of hit films, among which the film Apoor...
Date of Death:
19-10-2006
Age:
70
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
19-10-2006
Age:
70
Gender:
Female
3. Sachu
Sachu is a veteran Tamil actress, who was born and brought up in an orthodox family in Mylapore, Chennai. She was born as Saraswathi in 1948 and was introduced to acting at an early age of 4 and has been active ever since. Her family had musicians, lawyers, etc. but no actress, hence she found it difficult to convince her Orthodox father to accept her profession. She has acted in hundreds of films in over five languages and also acted in a few serials on television. She predominantly plays a supportive role or as a comedienne in almost all of her movies.
Her first movie was 'Rani' in which she acted at the age of 4 and went on to act in stage plays through the years and has made a big mark in the industry. Sachu repl...
4. Geetha Krishna
Geetha Krishna is a well-known film director and producer. He has mostly worked in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He has made films based on different genres like Romance, thriller, comedy. He started his career as a director with the Telugu film Sankeetana, which was released in 1987.
This movie marked the beginning of a succesful career of Geetha Krishna. He was appreciated for his direction and narration. He also received the Nandi award for Best Debut Director. He got immense success, name, and fame from his debut film. He continued directing Several films naming Kokila, Keechurallu, Priyathama, Server Sundaran Gari Abbayi, Koffi Bar. He made his debut in Tamil film industry with the movie Time, released in 1999.
After this he directed another film in two languages. Tamil version of this film was released with the title N...
5. T. S. Raghavendra
Ts. Raghavendra is an indian film actor, singer, and music director. He worked in the tamil film industry. His nickname is vijayaramani. He is married to sulochana raghavendra, a popular singer. They have two daughters whose names are kalpana raghavendra and shekinah shawn. Raghavendra started his career as an actor with the film vaidehi kathirunthal (1984).
He later worked in the films sindhu bhairavi (1985), chinna tambi periya tambi (1987), harichandra (1998), nee vaaruvai ena (1999), and many more. He composed music for the films named yaaga saalai (1980) and padikkatha podam (1966). He is famous for his supporting roles as a father character.
...6. Madhan Bob
S Krishnamoorthy is the original name of Madhan Bob, who is a famous comedian of Tamil film industry. His recurrent laugh in films is sure to irritate you or rather tickle your funny bones, but that is one of his strengths. Madhan Bob ventured into the film industry by donning the role of a musician. Madhan Bob is active in the industry since 1992. Madhan Bob is also associated with Sun TV as one of the judges of the show Asathapovathu Yaaru.
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
7. Gemini Ganesan
Born in 1920, Gemini Ganesan, originally known as Ramaswamy Ganesan, is a renowned Tamil Actor. He is fondly called as “Kaadhal Mannan” since he excelled in romantic portrayals. In fact, his pairing with Savithri, with whom he was eventually married, was embraced by the audience. He was different from his colleagues Sivaji Ganesan and M G Ramachandran in the sense that he excelled in those roles wherein the boy longs for the girl’s love.
Gemini Ganesan received the prestigious Padmashree Award and also many other awards including Kalaimamani. Unlike his contemporaries Sivaji Ganesan and M G Ramachandran Gemini Ganesan was not a stage performer before en...
Date of Death:
22-03-2005
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
22-03-2005
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
8. Y.G.Mahendra
Yechan Gunja Mahendran or famously known as Y.G.Mahendran was born as Y. Gee Mahendra on January 9, 1950 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a very famous serial and cinema actor, dramatist, producer, director and also a well-known playwright singer. His father, Y.G. Parthasarathy is a known pioneer of the new Tamil drama and her mother, Rajalakshmi Parthsarathy initiated the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan or the PSBB, a group of schools where she is also the dean located in Chennai. Y.G. Mahendra is the cousin of the veteran actress, Vyjayanthimala.
