Andrea Jeremiah
Kanika Tiwari
Devadarshini Chetan
Siva Saravanan
Srikanth Deva
Vijay Antony
Na. Muthukumar
Chinni Prakash
Nikkil Murugan
Kanal Kannan
Udhaya
Manobala
Nassar
M.S.Bhaskar
Munishkanth Ramdoss
Jagan
SV Venkateswaran
Rajesh K Narayanan
1. Andrea Jeremiah
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 “...
Age:
43
Gender:
Female
2. Kanika Tiwari
Kanika Tiwari is from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She completed her education in Sharda Vidya Mandir in Bhopal. She is well known for her role as “Shiksha” in Agneepath starring Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra. She got filtered through an audition in which 7000 girls participated. In the movie, she plays the younger sister of Hrithik Roshan. She is also known for some other movies like Rangan Style and a Tamil Horror film.
Kanika Tiwari has also worked in many other movies, some of which are Mannu Aur Munni Ki Shaadi, Aavi Kumar (2015), and Boy Meets Girl (Tholiprema Katha) (2014). His film Agneepath was nominated for Favorite Ensemble Cast 2012 by People's Choice Awards, India. His mov...
Age:
28
Gender:
Female
3. Devadarshini Chetan
Devadarshini is a Tamil TV serial actor who first made her debut in the year 1998 and is now married to fellow serial actor Chetan with whom she has an 11-year-old daughter, Niyati. She has played several supporting roles in more than 50 films and has appeared in around 20 TV serials. She got her first break through the series ‘Marmadesam’ where she acted along with Chetan. She has also played several pivotal roles in cult serials like Annamalai, Kolangal, Athi Pookkal, Poovilangu among many others. She is widely known for her comedy and sentimental roles in several movies in the first decade of the 21st century.
Her first movie was Kaakha Kaak...
Age:
47
Gender:
Female
4. Siva Saravanan
Siva Saravanan is a Tamil Music Director and Composer. He was initially famous for his music band and its performance. Siva was born and brought up in Singapore. He learned music in his childhood. He has inherited the knowledge of music from his ancestors and family. At the age of seven, he aspired to pursue a career in music. His love for music was evident in his teenage also where he used to perform with various instruments. He has given some amazing performances with drums. Siva was also an Assistant to the famous percussionist ‘Anandan Sivamani’. His inspiration is the music maestro ‘Ilayaraja’ Sir. He wants to emulate his melodies.
Siva made his debut through the movie ‘Sivappu ...
Gender:
Male
5. Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva, an Indian music director who had done work in Tamil films. Srikanth started his career by debuting through the film Doubles in the year 2000 as a music director. His father too was a Tamilian music director and singer, Deva. Deva was a very famous man in the Tamil industry.
He had composed music for more than 400 films. Srikanth was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Srikanth has worked in several movies which includes M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Chanakya, Githan, Vetrivel Sakthivel, Bambara Kannaley, Naalaya ...
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
6. Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony is an actor, composer and even playback singer in Tamil movies. He made his debut with Tamil movie ‘Naan’ that released in 2014 which was a hit. He followed up with another hit movie ‘Salim’ and his third movie ‘India Pakistan’ did only average business. His wife produced the film “India-Pakistan'. After receiving the overwhelming response from audiences for two films ‘Naan and ‘Salim’, the actor has emerged as the reliable actor in Kollywood.
His forthcoming films include ‘Nambiar’, ‘Pichaikkaran’ and ‘Thirudan’. The filming of ‘Pichaikkaran’ is bei...
Age:
48
Gender:
Male
Age:
48
Gender:
Male
7. Na. Muthukumar
Na. Muthukumar is a poet, lyricist, writer and novelist, who writes in Tamil. He is famous for writing scripts and songs for Tamil films. Na. Muthukumar was born on 12 July 1975 in a small village named ‘Tirur’ near Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. His Father, Mr Nagaraj was a Tamil teacher.Mr Nagaraj always maintained a collection of 5000 books throughout his life, and after he had passed away, this collection was preserved by his son in his office. Also, his mother passed away when he was merely four years old. Muthukumar reminisces that he acquired most of the knowledge of his life from his father’s book collection. Also, to help others he has plans to open a library where everybody could acces...
Age:
48
Gender:
Male
8. Chinni Prakash
Chinni Prakash is an Indian choreographer, actor, art director, director, and script-writer. He always had an eye for making it into the Arena of Cinema in India. So, after finishing his studies, he came to Mumbai in search of a career in his dream profession. Luckily, he was introduced to a choreographer Sampath, who took Chinni as his assistant. His work was limited such that he used to choreograph the little portion of the songs.
He choreographed songs for various hit films like Ram Aur Shyam, Haathi Mere Saathi. Then, he suddenly disappeared from the field that he dreamt of getting in right from his childhood days. After nearly 8-10 years, he was back with a bang. He became a solo choreographer and in 1988, h...
Gender:
Male
9. Nikkil Murugan
Nikkil Murugan is one of the leading PROs in the Tamil film industry. He has been the PRO for legends including Rajinikanth and Kamal haasan. He was acclaimed as the best communication man by India Today. Nikil, as he is also called, has also taken the role of media manager of Kamal Haasan for several years. The wide coverage of Kollywood movies throughout the world is done by him. He is also closely associated with music director A R Rahman. Nikkil Murugan is regarded as very media friendly. He believes in the efficient application of technology for his PR communications. He has been associated with more than 200 movies. Born on 1967, Nikkil Murugan also had close association with ace directors Shankar and Maniratnam. H...
Age:
57
Gender:
Male
10. Kanal Kannan
Kanal Kannan is an Indian actor, screenwriter, stunt director and a stunt choreographer in Kollywood, Malayalam cinema etc. He was born in Tamil Nadu. Kanal Kannan is one of the highly respected and senior stunt directors in south India. Kannan, as a stunt master is believed to beequalling Jackie Chan and is poised to become Tamil version of the same. He has choreographed many breath taking stunt sequences featuring the likes of Vikram, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Vijay, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Suriya and Ajith. Apart from some lead roles, he has also done cameos in many of his films. We can call him as a boisterously funny, action star who has worked his way up from stuntman.
He has done the lead role in 'Sat...
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
11. Udhaya
Udhaya is a South Indian film actor who acts primarily in Tamil films only. Being the son of noted film producer A L Azhagappan and the brother of director A LVijay, it was not difficult for him to get a break in films. Although this actor made his debut in 2009 with ‘Tirunelveli’ luck did not smile on this actor as many of his film projects were shelved and did not give him an opportunity to work on better projects. Some of his films that got shelved are ‘Kaadhal Jaathi’. ‘Poonguyile’ and ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’ which made his to struggle more as an actor. Thus for the last ten years, he has been struggling to make his credibility as a star in the industry. M...
Gender:
Male
12. Manobala
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...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
13. Nassar
Nassar is one of the multi talented actors in the Indian cinema industry. He has achieved various awards for his acting performance. He is not only an actor, but a producer and a good director too. Mehaboob Nassar is his full name and Nassar remained as his stage name. He is married to Kameela and has three children. His debut was through Kalyana Agathigal, a Balachander movie. He has acted in various films with different roles. Most of his roles depict him as a villain. After few years of his successful villain roles, he jumped to character roles that yielded him fame. He did a good role in Roja as a good Police Officer. His role in Thevar Magan made him to get a good name. He made his debut as a director through Avatha...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
14. M.S.Bhaskar
M. S. Bhaskar is an Indian actor, born on Jan 19, 1952, and hailed from Muthupettai, Tiruvavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. He used to be a theater artist and performed as a comedian in Tamil TV series and films. His method of acting is simple and is getting professional by the day. He became famous for playing as Pattabi in the TV serial, Chinna Papa Periya Papa and Selvi; and as Vakkeel Venky in the 2005 Tamil film, Sivakasi; and as Gnanaprakasam in Mozhi. Besides acting, he was also a dubbing artist and a playback singer.
