Nandita Swetha
Riythvika
Thangam Saravanan
Gangai Amaran
Lalith Anand
Na. Muthukumar
Yugabharathi
Pooja Vaidyanath
Santosh Hariharan
Vandana Srinivasan
Dinesh Kumar
Suresh Chandra
Super Subbarayan
Vimal
Bobby Simha
Jayam Ravi
Jiiva
Karthik Sivakumar
M Sasikumar
Rajendran
Robo Shankar
Soori
Sridhar
Vijay Sethupathi
Vikram Prabhu
Aadukalam Murugadoss
Imman Annachi
Panchu Arunachalam
Dhilip Subbarayan
V. V. Prasanna
Pasupathy
Deva
Thambi Ramaiah
K L Praveen
Sivakarthikeyan
Samuthirakani
Raghava Lawrence
RV Udhaya Kumar
N B Srikanth
Mukesh Telugu
1. Nandita Swetha
Nandita Swetha is a South Indian Actress. Swetha is her birth name. She was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Her father is a businessman and mother is a homemaker. She has two brothers, both of them are younger to her. Nandita entered films in the year 2008 with the Kannada release ‘Nanda Loves Nanditha’; she played the role of Nanditha in the film that she continued as her screen name after that.
...2. Riythvika
Riythvika is a film actress, who predominantly appears in supporting roles in the Tamil Cinema. She is an alumnus of Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College, Teynampet. Riythvika says, she has consistently dreamt of acting in films and that she used to mimic different actors right from childhood. In college she got the opportunity to act in numerous short plays. Sometimes she also used to send her pictures to producers for getting an entry into the Tamil Movie World.
...3. Thangam Saravanan
Born on 13th October 1983 in Madurai, India, Thangam Saravanan is an Indian Director and a writer. 'Anjala' is the movie which is supposed to be his debut vehicle. The movie is written as well as directed by him.
...4. Gangai Amaran
Gangai Amaran is an Indian singer. He has mainly done his work in the field of Tamil cinema. He has been a music director, lyricist, director, producer-scriptwriter and actor. This multi-talented personality has been active in the industry for around 50 years of span. He is one of the most respected and honored people in the industry. He was born in a small village in Tamil Nadu. He is the father of director and actor Venkat Prabhu. His elder brother Ilayaraaja is also one of the most noted personalities in the music industry. Like his brother even he was interested in music and the both used to take training together. He was very inspired by his brother and considers him as a big inspiration and idol for him. He made his entry in the industry with Kozhi Koovuthu in 1982. He started as a director. In all his movies which he has directed, he has assigned his brother Ilayaraaja as the music director. The two have worked efficiently and were very much liked by the audience. His directorial movies include movies like Kokkarokko, Devi Sridevi, Enga Ooru Pattukaran, Shenbagamae Shenbagamae, Karagattakaran, Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu and many more.
...5. Lalith Anand
Lalith Anand is an Indian Lyricist and Poet who services, in the Tamil Film Industry. Lalith was born on the 1st of April in the year 1974. He was born in Nagalampuram Village, Tamil Nadu. He went to Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu and completed his Bachelor’s degree over there. Lalith started his career in the year 2009 with the film “Thiru Thiru Thiru Thiru” in which he wrote four songs which are “Jillena Veesum,” “Adhiri Pudhiri,” “Doctor Mapillai,” and “TTTT Theme Song.” He later worked in the films “Adhe Neeram Adhe Idam” (2009), “Vadacurry” (2014), “Anjala” (2016), and a few more. He wrote many songs including “Toshiba,” “Idhu Yaarin,” “Oyaa Oyaa,” “Tea Podu,” and many more songs.
...6. 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 access those books. Na. Muthukumar began his career with a dream to be a director. So, he started working under director Balu Mahendra for about four years as assistant director. But due to turn of events, he landed into being a lyricist. He began with writing the lyrics for the Tamil movie ‘Veera Nadai’ which was directed by Seeman.
...7. Yugabharathi
Yugabharathi is an Indian lyricist and poet. He specializes in writing Tamil poems and Tamil songs. He was born in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Yugabharathi’s real name is Prem Kumar, but he changed it to Yugabharathi as it was his pen name for his poems. Yugabharathi completed his Matriculation from Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He also has a Diploma in Engineering from Government Polytechnic College. He started his career as a poet in early 90’s and wrote poems for various Tamil magazines. He changed his name to Yugabharathi to honor his idol Subramanya Bharathi. He started his career as a lyricist with the movie Aanandham. He wrote lyrics for Pallankuzhiyin in the movie. After that, he wrote lyrics for many songs. His first work as a successful lyricist came out in the year 2002 in the movie Run. He wrote the song Kadhal Pisase, which became a huge hit. In 2003, he wrote songs for the movie Vasiya Kaari and Manmadha Raasa. In the year 2004, he went back to writing poems for magazines.
...8. Pooja Vaidyanath
Pooja Vaidyanath belongs to Hyderabad (Telangana). She is an upcoming singer in cinema. Trained in classical music and violin, she is a brilliant singer today and it seems that music is running in her veins. Through reality singing contest, she wanted to establish herself as a classical singer. Today, she has done over 300 stage shows in India and abroad. When she was performing in reality singing contests, in various TV channels, she did not have any training in classical music. But she often feels that she was born in a family of music lovers and she owes inspiration from her late father. This singer performed her first stage show in Telugu TV channel show Padalani Undi in ‘MAA TV’ and won the rounds in 2006. Later, she even participated in Zee Telugu Sa Re Ga Ma voice of youth and became a runner-up in 2008.
...9. Santosh Hariharan
Santosh Hariharan is an Indian playback singer and has been a contestant of singing reality shows. He was born on 5 September 1987 and is 29 years old presently. He was born and brought up in Chennai, India. His hometown is in Palghat. He started his schooling at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Hyderabad, and went to St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore, to complete his 10+2 education. Santosh pursued Biotechnology from SRM University of Ramapuram, Chennai. He is an alumnus of Soundtech Media Institute of Audio Technology. He shifted to Mumbai after his musical career started attaining success. The languages spoken by him are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and, English.
...10. Vandana Srinivasan
Vandana Srinivasan is a budding Carnatic singer. The background singer works for the Tamil Film Industry and delivers her melodious voice in South Indian songs. The independent singer became much loved by the audience in the South. She took birth in Qatar, the Middle East on 22nd May 1988.
...11. Dinesh Kumar
Dinesh Kumar is a popular choreographer in the Tamil Film Industry who is active in the field from the year 2001 to till day (as of 2016).He has choreographed for more than 138 films in this period. Dinesh had his schooling in Nandanam Arts College in Chennai. He was initially in the team of the Famous Dance brothers Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad. He won the Best Dance Choreographer award from “Filmfare Awards South” in the year 2009 for the Tamil Movie “Ayan” to his work in the song “Pala Palakkura Pagala Nee...” which was a big hit in that year. He won the Best Choreographer award from “Vijay Awards” in the year 2007 for his choreography in the hit song “ Vasantha Mullai Poley vandhu...” in the Tamil Movie “Pokiri” starring the Famous Actor “Vijay” and directed by Prabhu Deva.
...12. Suresh Chandra
Suresh Chandra is a renowned Public Relations Officer, working primarily in the Tamil film industry and for some movies in the Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industry. He celebrates his birthday on 10 May. He is credited as the P.R.O. for a whopping 190 movies. He is the publicist of famed actor Ajith Kumar. Suresh started his career as a P.R.O. in the Ajith Kumar starrer, Mankatha (2011). This Tamil action thriller follows the story of a suspended cop who gets caught up in a gangster’s world. Directed and written by VenkatPrabhu, this movie garnered positive reviews and got nominated for several awards.
...13. Super Subbarayan
Super Subbarayan is an Indian actor and an action choreographer/ stunt master in the Tamil film industry. He was born P. Subbarayan in Tamil Nadu. He started his career as an extra fighter in the year 1980 with I.V. Sasi’s bilingual film, Kaali; followed by the 1983 Tamil film, Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey. Super has been in the industry for more than two decades and has worked with several leading actors in Kollywood. Initially, he wanted to become a teacher, but it did not happen. His passion for martial arts led him to enter the tinsel town.
...14. Vimal
Actor Vimal is one of the many actors who took un-credited roles during his lucrative film careers. When he was seen in films like ‘Ghilli’, ‘Kuruvai’ and ‘Kireedam’, it was a seemingly bizarre career choice for the actor. But that is just only half the story. Later on, when the actor understood that such roles may not see any logic behind his career for lack of acknowledgement he gets, he fetched more credits as an actor by appearing in films like ‘Pasanga’ and ‘Kalavani’ and his role in subsequent films such as ‘Eththan’ and ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’, allowed him to fulfill the appetites of the audience and he got noticed as an actor. He only acted in realistic roles in many movies and slowly climbed the ladder of success by signing half-a –dozes of projects year after year.
In between 2011 and 2015, he never felt in want of any roles as he was booked in advance for many movies. Naturally, there have been cases where his presence even in a minimal role could overshadow the entirety of the film. For those reasons and more, the un-credited role had become a choice of this actor in early stages of his career. He naturally got designed roles as an actor for the audiences where he was noticed with big names of Tamil cinema. Such films where he got huge appreciation include ‘Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga’, ‘Rendavadhu Padam’, ‘Sillunu Oru Sandhippu’, ‘Koothu’, ‘Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal’. His fans and loyalist have given him the title of 'Junior Kadhal Mannan’ (the original Kadhal Mannan being late actor Gemini Ganesan). He was born on January 1, 1980, in Tiruchirappalli. He is married to Priyadarsini, with who he was in love. Since the girl’s parents did not want their daughter to marry an actor, Priyadarsini left to Kumbakonam where the actor was shooting for a film and tied a knot in a temple.
...15. Bobby Simha
The transformation of Bobby Jayasimha of remote Kodaikanal to Bobby Simha of the Chennai film industry has not been without the inevitable twists and turns that normally affect those striving to enter films from humbler backgrounds.
...16. Jayam Ravi
Born on September 10, 1980, Jayam Ravi’s original name is Ravi Mohan. He made his debut in the Tamil film “Jayam”. He got the prefix “Jayam” since it was his first film. Most of his films are directed by his brother Raja. Some of the films this duo worked together are “Jayam”, M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi”, “Santhosh Subramaniam” “Mazhai” “Thillalangadi” etc.
Jayam Ravi entered the Tamil film industry during the year 2003. A fact not known to many is that Ravi made his debut as a child artiste in a Telugu film. This film was under the banner of his father Editor Mohan. Later, as a youngster, he acted in the film “Jayam” which was directed by his brother Raja. The film was a huge hit and Tamil film industry welcomed him warmly.
Jayam Ravi is a good dancer and he had studied dance when he was just 12. Also, he is skilled in martial arts. The film “M Kumaran-Son of Mahalakshmi” was a turning point in his career and he was widely appreciated by both critics and audience. This film fetched him the Best Actor Award in the Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
Jayam Ravi’s flick “Das” saw him as an action hero and the audience again accepted him. “Idhaya Thirudan”, “Das” Deepavali” Peranmai” Nimurnthu Nil” were some of the films of Jayam Ravi wherein his brother was not the director. His film “Unakkum Enakkum” directed by his brother was a huge hit. Jayam Ravi was the right choice of a playful boy turning matured in the film “Unakkum Enakkum”. Jayam Ravi and his brother Raja worked in many films which were the remake of Telugu films. Most of these films were hits.
Jayam Ravi is gifted with good looks and he took every effort (formal training) to become an actor. His recent film “Thani Oruvan” is again directed by his brother Raja. This film is a direct Tamil film. Jayam Ravi is undoubtedly one of the finest young talents in Tamil film industry.
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17. Jiiva
Born on 4th January 1982 Jiiva is one of the young talents in Tamil industry. He is the son of noted producer R B Choudary. Jiiva’s original name is Amar B Choudary and Hindi is his mother tongue. Quite expectedly Jiiva was introduced into films as a child actor by his father. It was in 2003 that he was the main lead in the film Aasai Aasaiyai. Later, Ram directed by Ameer happened which is a milestone in his career; he received the best actor award in the Cyprus International Film Festival.
Jiiva has tried different roles and his films Dishyum, E, Katradhu Tamizh, Ko are examples of this. He has also acted in a Malayalam film named Keerthi Chakra and it was dubbed in Tamil too. His performance in Katradhu Tamizh as a psychopath earned him accolades, that he rightly deserved. In fact, Jiiva got into the skin of the character while shooting for the film.
Jiiva had done most of the stunts in the film Dishyum and in an interview he stated that his life was at risk through this effort. His another film E was appreciated too.
Jiiva didn’t mind in working in multistarrers and hence acted as a friend to the main lead of the film in Nanban. Jiiva has a boyish charm and an amiable look; added to this his cute smile won the hearts of Tamil fans. It was the film Ram which made Jiiva, one of the stars to look out for in Kollywood. Siva Manasula Sakthi and Thenavattu are some of the film of Jiiva which were hits. His brother “Jithan” Ramesh also tried his luck in Tamil cinema, but he didn’t become successful. In his personal front Jiiva is married to Supriya and is gifted with a son. He has four elder brothers. Jiiva is also a philanthropist; he manages medical camps. Spiral Dreams is his production venture which he started together with his sibling Jithan Ramesh.
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18. Karthik Sivakumar
Karthik Sivakumar, or popularly known as Karthi, is a prominent film actor, who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He was born on May 25, 1977, in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, to Tamil actor, Sivakumar and Lakshmi. He studied at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, and later attended St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. He obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Crescent Engineering College in Chennai. Post graduation, he started working as an Engineering Consultant in the city and pursued higher education abroad. During those times, Karthi was earning 5000 every month, until he thought that he wanted to do something more. He had his scholarship in the USA and studied at Binghamton University in New York, where he took Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. While doing his masters, he also studied filmmaking. Karthi worked as a graphic designer for a short period of time in New York, and then, he decided to pursue his career in film direction. He took two courses at the State University of New York and studied basic filmmaking.
...19. M Sasikumar
M.Sasikumar is a versatile cine artist. He juggles between direction, production, and acting. He made his debut in Kollywood as a Director through the original, suburban film Subramaniapuram (2008). The movie was rendered on a small budget and made heads turn because of the new script. Sasikumar graduated from Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai, majoring in Business Administration. His uncle A. Kandaswamy, the producer of the film Sethu, made him the Assistant Director for the movie, under the prominent Director Bala.
...20. Rajendran
It's no secret that most celebrities use stunt doubles when filming particularly challenging scenes, but it's not something we always remember when caught up in the energy of an action-packed movie. In Indian film industry, particularly in Kollywood and Bollywood, stunt actors are indeed a must.
...21. Robo Shankar
Robo Shankar is an upcoming comedian artiste in the Tamil cinema who was noticed as a mimicry artist in ‘’Rowtrhiram’’, that released in 2011. But while editing the movie, his role was cut fully, and the actor could not get any recognition.
...22. Soori
Soori is a South Indian actor in Kollywood. His nickname is “Parotta Soori’ which has been derived from his Tamil movie that he had acted. In 2009, he acted in a film ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’(2009) where a scene was shot with a crew of actors, who sit together and eat Parotta by keeping a challenge who eats more Parotta’s. In this scene, Parotta Soori performed his best, so people coined his name as Parotta Soori. Basically, he appeared as a comedian in many Tamil movies. After the film became a blockbuster, he never looked back. He is doing five to six films in a year. Today, this dusky lad with the moustache look has placed him in line with other comedians like Vadivelu, Santhanam and Goundamani. He is in peak of his career today playing comedian roles and doing a number of movies with the lead actors. With his popularity reaching a new height, the actor even now demands to play a lead role in some movies. Although these movies are not yet been officially announced, we can hear the announcement very soon. He has rejected some new movies that came in his hand and want now a scripted-backing role for his comedy touch. It is believed that a film in which he would play a lead actor, a need for new heroine is all the way. This actor was born on August 27, 1977 in Madurai. When he was new in the industry, he shared the screen as one of the junior artistes and did side acting only. Later on, he got comedy roles, which had given him a good chance to show his timing comedy sense and dialogue delivery on the screen.
He was a very busy actor in between 2011-14, that placed him with other comedians like Vadivelu or Santhanam. There was neck-to-neck completion amongst every comedians and he also got a nice space to expose his great timing comedy sense amidst talented actors and actresses, which became a good factor behind every movies. His best films are Thillu Mullu, Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai and Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara etc. Film lovers today prefer more subtle comedic performers and even opt for a slapstick actor, who can crack jokes in every second of the movies. In that sense, hope Soori will not let down his fans in his near future.
...23. Sridhar
Sridhar is an individual to inspire those persons who do not believe in dance. Sridhar is a multi-talented man to grow up the intensity of interest in a psychological manner. Though he is an engineer, he has faith in dance and performances and fulfills his dream to involve the Kannada cinema. Professionally he is a model, dancer, choreographer, and actor. He had the passion for a classical dance that he gets married with the girl Anuradha, who is also a Bharatnatyam performer. Actually, They were the partners in a dance academy, thereafter they get married. Both of them are now the directors of their own Bharatnatyam dance academy and gain the best institute award also. Sridhar was born on 22 November, 1960. He was a dancing boy from his childhood that came earlier in Kannada film industry.
...24. Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silver spoon. Neither did he have a family background that had deep roots in cinema field. He was rejected even for the role of a junior artist. But it was his hard work and continuous struggle, that made him a star that he is today.
...25. Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu works in Tamil films as an Actor. From the film Kumki (2012) of Prabhu Solomon he made his debut.In Ivan Veramathiri and Vellaikaara Durai he played a protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan and Sivaji Ganesan are his father and grandfather respectively. Both his father as well as grandfather were actors. On 26 February 2007 he married Lakshmi Ujjaini.
...26. Aadukalam Murugadoss
27. Imman Annachi
Imman Annachi is one of the most popular television anchors in the history of Tamil Television. He is also a well-known actor and comedian and is best known for his sense of humor. He gained popularity through popular television shows such as 'Kutty Chutties' and 'Sollunganne Sollunga'. He was born as Immanuel in the city of Thiruvaluthinadar Vilai in the district of Thoothukudi in Eral in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was a talented young man since his early life and got his fame and recognition after he appeared on a talk show on Makkal TV.
...28. Panchu Arunachalam
Panchu Arunachalam is an Indian producer and writer. He has given his contribution to the Tamil film industry. He owned the production house P. A. Arts. Most of his pictures were released under the banner of his production house. He worked in more than 100 movies as a writer and had written songs for more than 200 movies. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father the elder brother of Tamil poet and lyricist Kannadasan. He made his first directorial debut from the movie Manamagale Vaa in 1988. The movie starred Prabhu in the lead role. The movie was a huge hit at the box office. The movie was further remade in the Telugu language as Idem Pellam Baboi. In 1990, he directed Puthu Paatu. The movie was produced by Ilayaraja. It movie featured Rajeev, Suma, Vaidegi, and Ramarajan in the lead roles. In 1992, he directed Thambi Pondatti and starred Ramya Krishnan, Sukanya, Rahman, Nizhalgal Ravi in lead roles. His other directed movies include Son Nathan Seiven, Enna Thavam Seithen, Nadagame Ulagam and Kalikala. He has served as a producer for many movies. In 1979, he produced Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai by SP. Muthuraman. Rajinikanth played the lead role in the movie along with Jayalakshmi, Sangeetha, Thengai Seenivasan, and Cho. The movie ran for around 175 days in the theaters. In 1982, he produced the movie Enkeyo Ketta Kural, which was directed by S.P. Muthuraman. His other films include Japanil Kalyanaraman in 1985, Kalyanaraman in 1979, Michael Madhana Kamarajan in 1991, Solla Marandha Kadhai 2002, his last produced movie was Maya Kannadi in 2007. As a writer, he has been a part of more than 100 movies.
...29. Dhilip Subbarayan
Dhilip Subbarayan is a stunt choreographer, producer, and actor. He has worked in South Indian film industry. His main of contribution lies in Tamil film industry. After a long time of being a stunt choreographer, he made his debut in Sangu Chakkaram. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father, Super Subbarayan also has served in the industry as a successful stunt chorographer, for many years. He showed interest in the action and fast lifestyle which is practiced. Like his father, he also dreamed of being in the industry and started working in many movies. He was first noticed in ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the year 2011. The movie was a full action phased based on the life of the gangster. The movie was a huge hit and received a world première at the South Asian International Film Festival in the city of New York. He had continued his working with many big and small budget movies in Tamil and Malayalam movies. The movies include Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Arima Nambi, Puli, and the latest movie Theri. In 2013, he turned himself into a produced and produced Anjala. T
...30. V. V. Prasanna
V V Prasanna is a Tamil playback Singer with a great melodious voice. The particular contributions of the talented Editor came in the Tamil movies. He has worked dominantly in Tamil Film industry and keeps coming up with some gratifying work. He is a Carnatic vocalist and has performed many classical and Hindustani Concerts. He started his training under the Late. Shri. S.R.V. Sharma, a famous singer from Coimbatore and “Gaana Kala Kesari” Thiru. K.V.Nataraja Bhagavadar of Coimbatore. His skills were further developed and honed by Thiru. Neyveli.R.Santhanagopalan, who’s classisms are very popular and well known.
...31. Pasupathy
Pasupathy Ramaswamy Solai is the original name of Pasupathy, an Indian actor. He has acted in different types of roles including supporting actor, comedian, villain and protagonist. He has worked in roles which were critically well received. The Tamil flick “E” garnered him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also got the Tamilnadu State Film Award for the film. The film Kuselan fetched him the Best Supporting Actor Award in ITFA. Though he predominantly works in Tamil films he also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films.
During the year 1984 Pasupathy got associated with Koothu-P-Pattarai, a theater venture. He worked there till 1997. He also got involved in small serials. Pasupathy’s rapport with actor Nasser earned him the acquaintance of Kamal Haasan, who gave him a role in Marudhanayagam. But the film was dropped.
...32. Deva
Deva was born on 20th November 1950 in the state of Tamilnadu, India. His full name is Devanesan Chokkalingam, and he is a very prominent and promising music director of the Kollywood film industry. He has also sung songs that were huge hits indeed. He got huge fan followers for his music composition and singing. The instruments that he use includes Keyboards, Guitar, Piano, and Harmonium. He is quite active in the cinema field right from the year 1988 until the present.
...33. Thambi Ramaiah
Thambi Ramaiah, an Indian film actor, and director is considered as the busiest actors in Kollywod appearing in maximum movies that released in 2014. Once upon a time, he did not even how to make a foray into Kollywood. Anticipating for someone to give a chance in films, he had to wait till his luck could get him a status of an actor.
...34. K L Praveen
K L Praveen whose full name is Kuchipudi Latha Praveen is a famous Indian film editor who has worked with many notable directors. Praveen mainly works in the Kollywood industry and has showcased his editing skills in many popular movies and has received accolades for the same. The Andhra Pradesh born editor wanted to pursue a degree in Bio-Technology when he was 17 but unfortunately the number of seats was already full for the course. He had an entire year on his hand and didn't wish to waste that time without doing anything productive. As a result, he started learning to edit in some studios. Most of his family members including his father used to work in the movie industry, but he had a lack of interest to work there.
...35. Sivakarthikeyan
Sivakarthikeyan is a stand-up comedian, actor, and an anchor born on 17th February 1985 in Singampunari, Tamil Nadu. He was born to an Engineer father and has a sister who is a doctor. He was in Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in his school years and graduated from JJ College of Engineering and Technology and holds a degree in B.E. Later. he went on to do MBA from Indian Institute of Planning and Management Chennai. He was participative in his college in theatre and stand-up comedy. It was the gap he had between his engineering and MBA he participated in a Star Vijay reality show, Kalakku Povathu Yaaru after he was forced by his friends and eventually won the show.
...36. Samuthirakani
Samuthirakani has carved a niche for himself in the Tamil cine industry not only as a director but also as an actor. He has tried his luck in screenwriting and voice-over too. One of his earlier films, Nadodigal, was a huge hit at the box office. It was released in the year 2009. Later, this movie was remade in three different languages. Samuthirakani has acted in numerous movies and is best known for his performance in the movies like ‘Sattai’, ‘Easan’, ‘Visaranai’, and ‘Subramaniapuram’.
...37. Raghava Lawrence
38. RV Udhaya Kumar
RV Udhaya Kumar was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a film director by profession and has been in the industry since 1988 and has directed more than 25 films. His father is ‘Venkatasamy’, and his mother is ‘Kannammal’. His family belongs to an agricultural background; he received his primary education from Arts and Science College of the government and did his B.Sc. from Coimbatore. RV Udhaya Kumar later joined the Madras Film University to earn a diploma in filmmaking and during his stay there he used to direct and produce films.
...39. N B Srikanth
N B Srikanth is an Indian Film Editor. He worked in the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam Film Industries. Srikanth initially worked with K. L. Praveen, an award-winning editor who worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam Film Industries. They were like partners. They also won a Tamil State Film Award for their work together in the film Saroja (2008). Srikanth started his career in the film industry as an editor with the Tamil film Chennai 600028 in the year 2007. He later worked as an editor for the films Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum (2009), Kaadhal Solla Vadndhen (2010), Mathil Mel Poonai (2013), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Hello Naan Pei Pesuran (2016), Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven (2019), and a few more.
...40. Mukesh Telugu