Priya was born in Pondicherry on 31st December, 1989, to Bhavani Shankar and Thangam Shankar. They are natives of Mayiladuthurai. Although she began working as a software engineer for Infosys, she later quit her job to enter the mass media field.
She worked with Puthiya Thalaimurai as a Tamil News reader for several years. She left that job to start her acting career with Star Vijay. She got a lead role in Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai, which is a remake of the Hindi show 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein' on Star Plus.
She has a B.E degree from B.S Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai and she finished...
Vani Bhojan is a Tamil television serial actress and an active model, who have performed in many advertisements for various products like the Prestige Veggie Cutter, NS Kootu Perungayam, Pachaiyappa’s Silks and more. She was also popular for appearing in the renowned television serials like Deivamagal and Aahaa Maya.Vani was born on December 7, 1988 in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. She currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Vani’s father is a photographer and her mother is a professional in kitchen. They moved to Chennai after becoming a flight attendant in ...
It is sometimes fascinating to read about how film stars, especially in the South, get into the industry from totally diverse fields, and with no conscious intentions to be in movies. Andrea Jeremiah’s career seems to fit into this category. Her childhood ambition was to go for higher studies and get to become a psychiatrist. But music was always in the background, as she started learning classical Western piano when she was just eight, and she quickly showed her prowess when she formed her own troupe called Young Stars which also was a precursor for her later singing and music composing career.
However, entry into acting came to her via the theatre route, as it was hard to refuse offers from Girish Karnad, in whose “...
'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 ...
Cheran was born on December 12, 1970, in Pazhaiyurpatty, Melur. His father Pandian was a Projector Operator in Vellalur touring theater and his mother Kamala was a primary school teacher. He has two sisters. He is a Tamil, film Director.
From early childhood, he had a keen interest in Dramatics. Initially, he started off his career as a Production Manager in some movies. He even worked as an assistant director under Director K.S. Ravikumar in ‘Puriyaadha Pudhir.’
He finally made his directional debut in ‘Bharathi Kannamma’ in 1997 through Producer Henry. The film met with a lot of controversies but keeping t...
Joining the ranks of Malayalaee born actors who have chosen Tamil filmdom was Jamshed Cethirakath. He even changed his name as per the prevailing custom, to ‘Arya’, encouraged his brother Sathya to follow suit, and made him join Tamil cinema too. However, earlier in life when selecting a course of studies he may not have been very clear about the future course of his life, making him choose an engineering course in Computer Science in Chennai, rather than selecting any of the other options in Chennai relating to the performing arts. As he grew up, his family’s links with Chennai grew stronger, and his father currently owns one of the favourite Arabian fo...
Actor Shiva started his career as a Radio Jockey. He appeared in the film 12B as a guest actor. Later he made his debut through Chennai 28, a film by Venkat Prabhu. Venkat Prabhu also made his directorial debut through the same film. Shiva’s next commitment was again with Venkat Prabhu in Saroja, a comedy thriller movie. Both these films were super duper hit and Shiva became popular among the audiences in Tamilnadu. Then he committed in Tamil Padam, a comedy movie which makes fun of the Tamil films. Though the film was criticized for its story, it gave a good name to Shiva and the team. Shiva acted in Kalakalappu along with Vimal and Thillu Mullu with Prakash Raj. He acted as a dubbing artist in his next film Sonna Puriyathu, in wh...
Prabhu Ganesan or better known as Prabhu is a prominent Indian entrepreneur, producer, comedian and actor who mainly appear in Tamil films. He was born on December 25, 1956 in Chennai, India. His mother is Kamala and his father, Sivaji Ganesan is a stage and film actor during the 20th century. Prabhu is the father of Vikram Prabhu, who is making a name in the Tamil film industry. After his debut in the 1982 film, Sangili, the actor started to play leading and supporting roles, which gained him the Best Actor in Lead Role Award by the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in after donning a brilliant performance in the Tamil film, Chinna Thambi in 1991.
He studied at Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore and after this he ente...
Ameer is an Indian Cinema producer, director, and actor. He works prominently in Tamil cinema. Till date, he has directed four films, out of which three have been successful. Ameer's full name is Ameer Sultan. He was born in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on December 5, 1966. He has studied economics while worked as an entrepreneur. Later, he worked in the film, Sethu as an assistant director as his debut in the industry. Sethu won many awards for its release in the year 1999.
In 2002, he directed his first movie, Mounam Pesiyadhe, which is a romantic comedy film. This film is also Trisha Krishnan's first film in the lead role. This movie also had ...
Comedy is the forte of Manobala (Manobala Mahadevan), who is also a director. He was born on 4th June 1953 and acts in supporting roles too. His primary region of interest is Tamil. He has over 40 movies and 16 television serials to his credit. Having worked in 3 telefilms too, he has over 200 movies to his credit. He has worked under director Bharathiraja.
Hailing from Sulur, Manobala forayed into the Tamil industry with the 1994 flick Thaaimaaman. Doing trivial roles initially, he switched to comedy later. He was appreciated for his comedy, and his skinny appearance ad...
Pa. Ranjith is a Film Director of Indian origin who has directed many Tamil movies. He was born and brought up in Karalapakkam, a village near Tiruninravur, Chennai. He completed his graduation from the Madras School of Fine Arts, Chennai. In the college, he practiced Direction and Acting. He also did a lot of traveling and during this voyages, he used to get creative ideas for his movies. He also joined the film chamber and drew inspirations from different famous personalities. He also attended yearly Film Festivals.
Initially, he joined cinema as an Assistant Director and his first project was Shiva Shanmugam's production “Thagapansamy”, which was released in the year 2006. He described the movi...
Aadhi is an Indian film actor born on 14 December 1982 mostly worked in Tamil films. His name is Sai Pradeep Pinisetty by birth. He is the youngest son of director Raja Ravi Pinisetty. He did his schooling at Don Bosco. Later he completed computer science engineering at Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering. Aadhi applied for Pilot training, since because he was interested in travelling around the world. Meanwhile he enrolled in silambam classes under Pandian master where actor Surya and actor Karthi used to come. A big day came for actor Aadhi when he met director Saamy in the silambam classes, when the director came to meet actor Surya. One day the director came to Aadhi’s home to give the script for the film ...