1. Gautami Tadimalla
Gautami Tadimalla is an actress who had a lot of competitors like Amala, Revathi, Shobana, or Khushboo, but yet this actress made her identity of her own in Tamil cinema. She was born in West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) on 2nd July 1968. She was not beautiful or pretty in the traditional way, but she was indeed cute in many of her roles that she played with innocent looks. She had a good chemistry with all superstars of Tamil cinema like Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth.
She was very much content to do all glamour roles mostly with Kamal Haasan. But she was equally at ease when she was paired with Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj or Prabhu. She also was noted for her brilliant performance with Kamal Hassan in films like Devar Magan, Aboorva S...
2. Saritha Ram
Saritha Ram is a Kochi-based classical singer who has performed in stage shows around the world. She was associated with Soorya Krishnamoorthy’s Group that helped her to grow as a singer. She is also ‘A-graded’ artist in AIR and got a wide recognition for her song ‘Pranavaakaram’ from Gauthami Tadimalla’s comeback Malayalam movie ‘E’.
Saritha had learned classical music at a very young age and even won scholarship when she was just six. Later, she was trained in Hindustani music by the legendary singer K.J. Yesudas when she was just ten years old. The singer has performed along with well-known playback singers like Sripathi Panditaradhyula S P Balasubramaniam and Nightingale of South India K.S. Chitra and enthralled viewers.
The singer had a unique association with m...
3. Nithya Naresh
Nithya Naresh is an Indian actress who works primarily in Telugu film industry. She has been a part of well-known films which include Nandini nursing home, soda goli soda, etc. Nithya is from a defence background. Her father was in the navy. She did her schooling from Mumbai and as soon as her father retired the family shifted to Hyderabad.
Talking about her school days in an interview once she told that she had a tough time in school because of her looks, dusky complexion, and spectacles. She was repeatedly bullied by her schoolmates. Further speaking about her profession she tells though she has done theatres in college she has always loved direction more.
She always wished to work as an assistant director but a photoshoot done just for fun brought her in front of the camera. Since her pictures were well received on d...
4. Anjali Aneesh Upasana
Anjali Aneesh Upasana is an actress, who predominantly works in South Indian movie Industry. It was while pursuing a degree that she started doing advertisements and modeling. Anjali was noticed by the producers working in the entertainment industry and was offered roles in programs of reputed channels, like Asianet, Kairali and Jeevan TV. She is married to Aneesh Upasana, who is a director and screenwriter in Malayalam Film Industry. Anjali was born in the Ernakulam district of Kerala in the year 1984. She did her schooling from a reputed educational institution in Tripunithura. She is an alumnus of NSS College, Tripunithura. Anjali changed her on-screen name to Bhagyanjali to attract the luck goddess. She has also acted in several albums like LA Cochin. She has acted in more than 75 album...
5. Anjali Nair
Anjali Nair is an Indian film actress and model who mainly works in the Malayalam film industry. She is nominated for the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress She started her career as a child artist in the film Manathe Vellitheru Then she headed towards modeling, and after that worked in the television industry as an anchor and then acted in more than 100 advertisements.
She has a daughter Aavni, who acted as her daughter in 5 Sundarikal She then acted in many music albums. She has also featured in a television serial titled "Bandhangal Bandhanangal" and has worked on many television shows. She has also worked in short films like Canvas and Nanda.
...6. Kukku Surendran
Kukku Surendran is a director working for the film industry. He began working in 2005 as a director for the film Oraal. He has majorly worked for the Malayalam film industry and has given many years of his life to the industry. After working on his debut film in 2005, he came back in 2007 with the release of the film Veeralipattu. He worked on other films like Race, released in 2011 and Paranormal Evil, released in 2020. He worked as a second-unit assistant director for two films. The names of such films are Jack N Jill (film) and Aranyani Suktam - Hymn on the Forest (a short film). Both these films were released in 2022.
...7. Sangeeth Sivan
Sangeeth is an Indian writer and director. He was born to a family of famed personalities in the industry. He is the first son to Sivan, a Filmmaker. He has two brothers who are also in filmmaking. Sangeeth is a well-liked personality. He made his debut as an executive director in Basu Bhattacharya’s son’s movie, Raakh, which was highly acclaimed. He came into light with his direction of the film, Vyooham, which was amazingly appreciated.
He is a household name in the Malayali cinema. He is well-known for his blockbuster Yodha, which brought AR Rehman to Malayali film and the movie was later translated and released in Hindi as Dharam Yodha and in Tamil as Ashokan. He released some of the hits of its time like Daddy, Gandharvam, and Nirnayam.
He also directed a Malayalam flick named Johnny, which won the Kere...
8. Manoj Pillai
Manoj Pillai was an Indian actor who has worked in several Malayalam movies. He appeared as a villain in the TV show Manjurukum Kaalam. The story revolves around Janikutty, whose parents die when she was very young. She was brought up by Vijayaraghavan and Rathnamma, who were initially good to her but later, when they had their own child, they started getting harsh to her. In 2013 he was in the cast of the TV serial Amala. The serial is about an orphan girl Amala who faces several problems in her life but never gives up. It had only one season and premiered from 2013-2015.
Manoj also got a lot of compliments for his role in the serial Soubhagyavathi. It is about a girl Shalini who is married to a man who treats her very badly. Manoj died at a very young age of 43. He was suffering from liver infections and was under treatment f...
9. Rahul Raj
Rahul Raj is one of the most well known music composers in all of the South Indian film industry. He has given music to many movies in his career ranging from various languages such as Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu movies. He was born on March 17th in the city of Cochin in Kerala. He was born to N. S. Kunjoonjamma and E. Thankappan, an advocate. He completed his higher secondary education from Bhavans Vidya Mandir located in Elamakkara in Cochin.
After that he obtained a degree in IT engineering from Cochin University. He has been trained in the Mridangam instrument and in Carnatic music when he was just six. He moved to London after a short period in Bangalore. During his stay in London, he decided to undergo a course in Electronic Sound Production.
Rahul’s entry into the field of music prod...
10. Vinayak Sasikumar
Vinayak Sasikumar is a well-known personality in the Indian Film Industry who has made his name with great masterpieces. He is a talented Music Director, Music Composer, and Lyricist who has acquired fame worldwide. His notable works include Karalil Ozhukum, Oru Kadha Parayunnu, and Medapoo Pattum Chuti.
He was born on 13 June 1994, in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, to a well-fitted family. His parents are S. Sasikumar and Asha Sasikumar. He was raised by his parents in the former country only. He did his schooling at one of the prominent schools in his city. He had an interest in writing since childhood and began writing poetry at a minor age, twelve. Afterward, he switched to another city, i.e., Chennai, for his higher education. He enrolled in one of the prestigious colleges, Loyola College, Chennai, and finished his graduation ...
11. Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a famous Indian Film and TV actor who came from the family of “Pathan” actors and actresses. He was born on February 23, 1969. He was the son of the Indian and Pakistani actor, Nasir Khan who was also the brother of the actor, Dilip Kumar. His mother is the Hindi Film Actress, Begum Para, aunt of actress, Amrita Singh. Ayub acted in more than 20 films in his film career that started in the year 1992 and has done many television shows. Ayub was married to Niharika Khan, a Bollywood Costume Designer, known for her famous work in the musical film, “Rock On!!” and the biographical film, “The Dirty Picture”. The couple met while in college but when Niharika went abroad to study, she got married to another guy. After more than a decade of her marriage, Niharika divorced ...
12. Ashiq Ameer
Ashiq Ameer is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like E (2017). Mostly known for his major involvement in Malayali TV shows, dramas, and Mollywood movies, Ashiq has often been praised for his extensive skill set and expressions as an actor. The fact that Ashiq used to work as a theatre artist during the initial stages of his career is still unknown to many. In 2017, he made his first notable contribution on the silver screen as an actor with the film E (2017), directed by Kuku Surendran, starring Gautami Tadimalla opposite to him.
...13. Balaji Jayaraman
Balaji Jayaraman is a famous short film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Salem, Tamilnadu, India. He has been active in the Malayalam film industry since 2014. He completed his graduation from Sona College of Technology. He has directed numerous movies like Peen Ondru Kanden (2014), Ethavathu Seyyanum Sir (2014), and many more. He has also worked with director Kuku Surendra and played a role in his movie, E- The Movie. Balaji Jayaraman is famous for his work as a screenwriter in the Tamil web series Triples, directed by Charukesh Sekar and produced by Karthik Subhraj. It released on Hotstar in 2020.
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