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1. Rajinikanth

'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in every nook and corner of India. He is a popular Indian cinema star who has fans worldwide. Born as Shivajirao Gaekwad, this simple-human started his career as a bus conductor. He made his film debut in 1975 in ‘Apoorva Raagangal’, starred by Kamal Haasan and Srividya. Though he appeared in a small role in that film, he was noted for his style. He is a good example for how to succeed in life with hard work and confidence. He did villainy roles in the beginning. He was applauded for his role in 16 Vayathinile, with Kamal and Sridevi. This trio has done many successful films together. Rajinikanth and Kamal were very close and they started to act in many ...

Date of Birth: 12-12-1950

Age: 73

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, TV-Actor, Producer, Movie Actor, Supporting Actor

Rajinikanth Biography

Date of Birth: 12-12-1950

Age: 73

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, TV-Actor, Producer, Movie Actor, Supporting Actor

2. Mammootty

Muhammed Kutty Ismail Paniparambil is the original name of Mammootty, the Malayalam superstar. Having working in more than 300 movies he is still a star to reckon with, in Malayalam film industry. Apart from acting, he was also a lawyer. Currently he is busy with philanthropic works too. Born on 7th September 1951, Mammootty also donned the role of a producer. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, other than Malayalam films. He garnered the National Award for his acting skills, thrice in his career. He shares this feat with veteran actor Kam...

Date of Birth: 07-09-1951

Age: 73

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Mammootty Biography

Date of Birth: 07-09-1951

Age: 73

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

3. Dulquer Salmaan

Dulquer Salmaan is a popular Malayalam actor, who appears in Tamil films too. He is the son of the Malayalam Super Star Mammooty. Dulquer Salmaan is married to Amal Sufiya in the year 2011, before his film entry. Dulquer Salmaan has plans to act in Telugu films too, and discussions are going on. Dulquer wanted to make his debut through his friend’s film and hence rejected many opportunities. His debut was through the film Second Show by Srinath Rajendran in the year 2012. His second movie was Ustad hotel by Anwar Rasheed and the film was a hit. In the year 2013, he starred in ABCD American Born Confused Desi. This film revealed his singing talent too. Dulquer Salmaan sang a song Johnny Mone in this film ABCD. He en...

Date of Birth: 28-07-1986

Age: 38

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

Dulquer Salmaan Biography

Date of Birth: 28-07-1986

Age: 38

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

4. Tovino Thomas

Tovino Thomas is a well-known face in the Malayalam Film Industry. He is an eminent model and actor in Mollywood. He has a huge female fan following owing to his muscular physique and smart personality. He was voted as the most desirable man in the newspaper Kochi Times, a subset of the Times of India. He was born into a Roman Catholic family in Irinjalakuda, Kerala. His father, Ellikal Thomas, is an advocate, and he has an elder brother, Tingston, and a sister, Dhanya. Tovino studied in Irinjalakuda at the Don Bosco High School and then moved to Coimbatore to finish his college. He obtained his graduation degree in engineering, majoring in the field of electronics in Coimbatore from the Tami...

Date of Birth: 21-01-1989

Age: 35

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

Tovino Thomas Biography

Date of Birth: 21-01-1989

Age: 35

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Model, Movie Actor

5. Naveen Polishetty

Naveen Polishetty, who is best known for his writing skills, acting skills and, best of all, as a comedian, he had to face many situations to come to this stage. He was born on 27th December 1989 in Hyderabad, India. He belongs to a family where everyone is well educated, and many of them are IITians and Engineers and well-settled people. He, by himself, is an engineering graduate and software employee who discovered his passion for acting, and so he left his job in Pune. After quitting the job, Naveen went to Mumbai, and after a few days there, he realized it is different to get an opportunity there. So he went back to his previous job and went to England. But he was still not finding his happiness in his usual work, so he once ...

Date of Birth: 24-11-1989

Age: 34

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Writer, TV-Actor, Movie Actor

Naveen Polishetty Biography

Date of Birth: 24-11-1989

Age: 34

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Writer, TV-Actor, Movie Actor

6. Nivin Pauly

Nivin Pauly is predominantly a Malayalam actor. Born on 11 October 1984, his debut film was Malarvaadi Art Club. The direction of this film was by Vineeth Sreenivasan and production by Dileep. Some of the other films of Nivin Pauly include Bangalore Days, Thattathin Marayathu, Premam, Oru Vadakkari Selfie etc..The films 1983 and Bangalore Days fetched him the Best Actor Award from Kerala State Film Award. Nivin holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is happily wedded to Rinna Joy since 2010, and they are blessed with a boy. Before taking up acting as his profession Nivin was working in Infosys for two years.

Date of Birth: 11-10-1984

Age: 40

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

Nivin Pauly Biography

Date of Birth: 11-10-1984

Age: 40

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Malayalam

Skills: Movie Actor

7. Rakshit Shetty

Rakshit Shetty is a Kannada film actor and director. Rakshit was born on 6th June 1983 in Udupi, Karnataka. He currently lives in Bangalore, Karnataka. He graduated from Electronics and Communication Engineering from NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. Then he worked as a software professional for a while before turning to acting. Rakshit played a small role in the 2010 year film ‘Nam Areal Ondina’, which was his first appearance on the screen as an actor. ‘Simple Agi Ondh Love Story’ released in 2013 gave him the popularity. Rakshit tried his hand on direction with the film ‘Ulidavaru Kandanthe’ released in 2014. For his debut director...

Date of Birth: 06-06-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Kannada

Skills: Movie Actor, Director, Lyricist, Dialogue Writer, Screenplay Writer, Story Writer, Supporting Actor, Special Thanks, Producer, Actor, Line Producer

Rakshit Shetty Biography

Date of Birth: 06-06-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Kannada

Skills: Movie Actor, Director, Lyricist, Dialogue Writer, Screenplay Writer, Story Writer, Supporting Actor, Special Thanks, Producer, Actor, Line Producer

8. Satyadev Kancharana

Satya Dev Kancharana is an Indian Actor from Visakhapatnam. He holds a B. Tech in the Department of Computer Science, and he always wanted to become an actor since his childhood days. He works part timely in an IT firm and rest of the time he pursues his passion. He was seen in small roles in films like Mr. Perfect and SVSC, but Maine Pyar Kiya, where he plays Isha Talwar’s uncle, lead him to his movie skills as an artist, which fetched him a good role and great appreciation. He has the flair to get in any role which was seen by artiste Venella Rama Rao, who forwarded his short film to the director, Pradeep. He draws inspiration from actors Naseeruddin Shah, who...

Date of Birth: 04-07-1989

Age: 35

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Movie Actor

Satyadev Kancharana Biography

Date of Birth: 04-07-1989

Age: 35

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu