1. Thamarai
Thamarai was born in Tamil Nadu, India on 10th November 1975. She is a lyricist by profession and also writes poems, essays and is also a former journalist. She is a renowned lyricist and mostly writes in Tamil. She received her primary education from Coimbatore and graduated from Government College of Technology in Coimbatore. After her graduation, she continued to work there and later moved to Chennai and devoted her time for a company as an independent journalist, where she used to write essays, poems and short stories for them.
She came into the limelight and became very popular among the people through her writing and also joined the Tamil Industry where she started to write lyrics for various movie songs. Thamarai made her debut in 1998 film, “Iniyavale”. The story is about a poet who dre...
2. 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 “Nagamandala” she performed first, and then went on to perform all over the country, during whi...
4. Ann Sheetal
With her house at Kochi, Ann Sheetal, who performed in Prithviraj's Ezra will be the lady protagonist in the untitled film. Ann played a valuable part in the flick, which is a tale that occurs in Fort Kochi. The shoot will commence in May. In the meantime, Ann, who has received a lot of admiration for her character in Ezra, is happy. She’s joyful to bag a film next to Dulquer Salmaan in such an initial phase of her journey in the Hindi Flick Industry. She takes acting very sincerely and wants to demonstrate her determination.
Ann who did a drama curriculum in Mumbai, says, though she was receiving proposals for movies while undergoing her graduation in Kochi, she determined to wait till the actress was assertive enough to confront the arc lights. She got the offer for Ezra during the final semester of her drama course...
5. Ammu Ramachandran
Malayalam film actress Sarayu is also known as “Ammu”. She was born on July 10, 1990 in Kerala. She started her career with a minor role in a Malayalam movie in 2006. She got her second movie “Veruthe Oru Bharya” two years after the start of her career but again with a minor role. She got a chance to show her acting skill in 2009 in “Kappal Muthalaali”. This was her debut in a lead role. This film wasn’t a big hit but it opens the door of lines of films for her. Along with Malayalam, she also acted in some Tamil movies.
She has worked in more than thirty films till now. In 2011, she played a role of seductress in Malayalam film “Husbands in Goa”. Her character of seductive girl opened a lot of criticism on her. On average, she is wor...
6. Sri Senthil
Sri Senthil is a new-age director in the Tamil film industry. He was born on May 24, 1980, in Devakottai, Tamil Nadu. SriSenthil spent his school days at S.B.K.Hr Secondary School. After that, he turned to engineer at the University of Aragappa. Sri Senthil is one of the finalists of NAALAYA IYAKUNAR Season 3, and he made his directorial debut at Thriller Kaalidas at the age of 39. His first movie, Kaalidas, received positive reviews. Kaalidas is a fascinating thriller with the correct elements and a compelling climax. Sri Senthil has successfully designed the characters of Bharath, Suresh Menon, Ann Sheetal, and Aadhav Kannadasan and puts them equally important throughout the film. He worked at Kodak India Pvt from 2005 to 2010. Co., Ltd. From 2010 to 2017 in Canon India.
...7. Miracle Michael
Miracle Michael is one of the finest stunt directors in the Indian film industry. He has worked predominantly in the Tamil industry throughout his career. He is popularly known for his work as a stunt coordinator, stunt master, and action director in movies like Echcharikkai Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam (2018), Kurangu Bommai (2017), Ezra (2017), Boologam (2015), Peraanmai (2009), E (2006), and more.
In 2018, Michael had performed stunts in Tik Tik Tik, a science fiction thriller movie. It is India’s first space film directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. From choreographing zero-gravity scenes to doing stunts on par with Hollywood standards, he is fantastic at his work. He has also received The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Co-ordinator for Peraanmai.
...8. Bharath Srinivasan
Bharath Srinivasan is a popular star in Tamil and Malayalam Industries.
He made his debut in “Boys” directed by Shankar. Though it was his first film, he did it perfectly. “Chellamae” and “Kadhal” made him to shine in Tamil film industry. “Chellamae” was the debut film of Vishal Krishna, in which Bharath did a villainy role. His role was to love the girl, who is elder than him. The elderly girl role was done by Reema Sen and Reema too did it perfectly. “Kaadhal” with Sandhya made him to prove that, he is one among the best young talented actors. He performed extraordinarily well as a Mechanic named Murugan, who loves Aishwarya, a wealthy school girl. At the end of the movie, he becomes mad after a failed love and he got applauds in the theatres for his...
9. Niranjan Bharathi
Niranjan Bharathi is a movie lyricist who has worked mainly in Tamil film industry. Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, Biriyani, Nalanum Nadhiniyum, Vadacurry are some of the movies that he was associated with. Niranjan Bharathi is the great great grandson of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi.
He writes poems and lyrics with passion. His aim is to make the works of Mahakavi known to the next generation.
...10. Abhay Jodhpurkar
We have people who switch careers and follow their dreams but there are very few who actually get to make a mark and live by the quantum of the sacrifice made. Abhay Jodhpurkar is one such fellow who has made it big in the entertainment industry because of the interests that he had. A boy from the small town of ‘Sendhwa’ in ‘Madhya Pradesh’ who hails from a family with close relations to the classical music, Abhay always had an interest in art and music but could never make up his mind if he actually wanted to take them up as a career option.
Born in a middle-class family, Abhay’s obvious career choice became being an engineer. He did his Engineering from ‘SRM University’, ‘Chennai’ and it was here that he took up his...
11. Bhuvan Srinivasan
Bhuvan Srinivasan was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He is an Indian film editor. Bhuvan preferably works in the Tamil film industry. Sometimes, Bhuvan also contributed to the Bollywood industry. He completed his primary and secondary education from his home town in Chennai. Bhuvan then became a graduation degree holder from Loyola College in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.in the field of Communications.
He even completed his diploma course from the LV Prasad Film Academy. Bhuvan started his career by working as an associate editor to MR. Sreekar Prasad for at least five years. He even collaborated with the senior editor in making almost thirty films. His movies include Raavanan in the year 2010, Agent Vinod in 2012, Cocktail in 2012, Thuppakki also in 2012 and Kadal in the year 2013.
He made a Hindi film named Delhi in ...
12. Yuvaraj
J Yuvaraj is a famous Tollywood cinematographer.He made his debut in the 2016 box office hit Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha, starring Nani and Mehreen Pirzada in lead roles. Following this success, he worked in a 2017 action-packed film, Lie, directed by Hanu Raghavapudi.In 2018, Naga Chaitanya, R. Madhavan, and Nidhhi Agerwal starred in his movie Savyasachi, which was released. In 2020-21, he worked on the star-studded Maestro, starring Nithiin and Tamannaah Bhatia, which received acclaim. In 2022, he worked on a supernatural-themed, "Bangarraju," starring Ramya Krishna and Naga Chaitanya. His other notable movies include "Vaathi" (2023) and "EXTRA - Ordinary Man," which is scheduled for release on December 8, 2023.
...13. Aadhav Kannadasan
Born as the grandson of the great poet Kannadasan also known as “Kaviarasar”, Aadhav Kannadasan is an actor in the Tamil film industry. Before becoming an actor, Aadhav worked as an assistant director under GNR Kumaravelan.
Gradually he came out with his debut in the movie “Ponmaalai Pozhudhu”, a Tamil movie which features Gayathrie as his opposite. Directed by AC Durai, the movie was supposedly inspired from a real-life incident.
Aadhav acted like a school boy and lost around 12 kgs for the role. Durai’s extreme talent to narrate good love stories brought the movie mixed reviews and the role of Aadhav’s parents were claimed to be the best in the film.
Aadhav was...
14. Suresh Chandra Menon
Suresh Chandra Menon is an Indian cinematographer, actor, and has even served as a director for many movies in the Tamil film industry. His one of the best and most appreciated works includes with his ex-wife Revathi in the Tamil movies Pudhiya Mugam. He has served as the director as well as played the lead role alongside Revathi in the film.
His divorce with Revathi was one of the top Newsmakers of the year 2013. Born into a Malayali family, he was very much interested into direction and filming from a very young age. He initially started directing documentaries and short movies. He moved to the big screen with the 1993 blockbuster Tamil movie Pudhiya Mugam. The multi-talented personality served as the producer, director and even played the main lead in the film. The female lead in the movie was played by Reva...
15. Vela Ramamoorthy
Vela Ramamoorthy is an Indian actor and writer who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was born in Perunali, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu in India. He has done his schooling from KHN High School, Perunali and he is also a Pre University Course graduate. He served in Indian army for 5 long years and also in a post office before starting his acting career. He got married to Kaliammal on 11th March 1976. He won Best Villain Award presented by Vikatan Magazine for his outstanding portrayal of an antagonist in the movie “Kidaari.”
He is acknowledged as one of the famous Tamil writers of his time. He is the author of the critically appreciated and best-selling Tamil novels like Kuruthi Aattam, Pattathu Yaanai, and Kutraparambarai, etc. He has also written the book “Vela Ramamoorthy Kathaikal” which i...