1. Shashaa Tirupati
Shashaa Tirupati is a Indian playback singer and was born on 21st December 1987. She is also a lyricist and gives her voice. Her first song as an individual singer is “Vaada Vaada” from the Tamil movie Kochadaiiyaan, under the musical direction of AR Rahman, starring Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone But, this song did not get her talent noticed the song “Aye Mr Minor” from Kaaviya Thalaivan, starring Siddharth and Vedika gained her immediate fame. With her second song, she was nominated for theprestigious Big Music Awards: Tamil 2015. OK Kanmani is one of her recent albums. She has been singing since the age of six. She presented her first stage show when she was only eight.
With a keen interest in music, she started learning Hindustani Classical music fromthe age of ten . Coming to her formal education,...
2. Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal is a modern Indian model and film actress, known for working predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and few Bollywood films. She was born on June 19, 1985, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Vinay and Suman Aggarwal. Her younger sister, Nisha Aggarwal, also works in the same field and appeared in Tamil and Telugu films.
She had an internship with the famous cosmetics and beauty company, L’Oreal and that’s when she started her career in modeling. She initially planned on taking an MBA in Brand Management before she decided to start her acting career. Kajal was debuted in the Bollywood romance film, ‘Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..’, Where she played a small role as Aishwarya Rai’s sister.
This was followed...
3. Deekay
Deekay is an Indian movie director who has made films in Kollywood. Deekay made his directorial debut when he filmed Yaamirukka Bayamey. Deekay cast Krishna, Rupa Manjari, Anaswara Kumar, and Karuna. Interestingly, the previous name was Illa Aanalum Iruuku before changing it into its current one. It released on 9 May 2014. Surprisingly, Yaamirukka Bayamey became one of the critically acclaimed Tamil flicks of 2014. In its review, Sify hailed the efforts of Deekay and wrote that every cinema enthusiast should get happy with the arrival of the young filmmaker. Yaamirukka Bayamey earned over five crores at the Box-Office. In a press conference, Deekay thanked the fans for giving love to his motion picture.
4. Abinesh Elangovan
Abinesh Elangovan is a talented business person, hailing from Tanjore, Tamil Nadu. He is connected to various business verticals. He has got himself associated with industries including Transports, Automobiles, Marketing, Import and Exports, Manufacturing, Real Estates, Hotels to name a few.
Born on 5th November 1989, Abinesh shifted to Chennai when he was young and did his schooling in SBOA, Anna Nagar. At present, he is staying in ECR. Abinesh was inspired by his father since his early days and he had planned to get into family business earlier itself. After pursuing Bachelors degree in Engineering, he went on to do Masters in Business Administration. He also did Bachelors in Law.
Abinesh ventured into business as a financier and distributor. His first endeavor was Ethan in 2011. During that year, the...
5. Elred Kumar
Elred Kumar is a film producer by profession, who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema industry. He made his debut in the year 2012 with the movie "Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal." This romantic story saw Atharva and Amala Paul in the lead role. In 2009, it was first announced that he is”a businessman passionate about the film industry.” It was also said that he would be collaborating with R. Jayaraman for producing his debut movie. The movie received a positive response from critics and the audiences and was given “modern classical” status.
Elred Kumar’s next movie was Ko which was released in the year 2011, and this also got positive reviews. Ko was directed by K.V.Anand and featured actors like Jiiva, Piaa ...
6. Abinandhan Ramanujam
Abinandhan Ramanujam is an Indian cinematographer working in Malayalam and Hindi movies. Abinandhan was born in Chennai. He is graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy and is a gold medalist from there. He later did a course in visual communication from GRD College, in Coimbatore. Since childhood Abinandhan was interested in photography. His father Ramanujam was a bank officer, who always encouraged him in his work. His father owned an old Yashica camera; he would practice his photography skills, and his father would monitor it as well give guidance on his photography. In school and college days, Abinandhan was very active and had participated in many filmmaking competitions. He used to keep himself busy with some or the other work which was related to filming.
The Postman is one of such film by Abin...
7. Leon James
Leon James was born on December first, 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a music composer and also a singer, who is a true master of playing the Organ and the guitar, which he started learning at the age of three. His interest in music was fuelled by his father Noel James, who was then working as the manager of the legendary musician A.R.Rahman. During his college days, he was lucky enough to befriend another legend in the industry- Anirudh Rravichander, with whom he performed in the college band- ‘Zinx’. Together, they even bagged the envied Oooh La LA Award for best keyboardists in 2009.Apart from several awards that the band received in various performances, it was these performances that gave him the courage to create his own music which was well received by the few listeners...
8. Ko Sesha
Ko Sesha is an Indian Lyricist, and he particularly works in the Tamil industry. He was born on 22nd September 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His mother was a Librarian, and dad owned a library. Sasha completed his schooling from Padma Seshadri Bala Bhawan Senior Secondary School (PSSB), Chennai. Later, he went to the University of Madras for his Graduation. During his school time, he often contributed to his school magazine with his writing and also worked with The Hindu, afterward. After listening to the songs of his favorite composer, Ilaiyaraaja, and the work of Lyricist Vaali, Sesha was inspired to work in the same field.
He believes that a lyricist has an important role to play in the times of today. He was 19 when he worked with his friend, Karthikeya Murthy, for a TV Serial Title Song. He made his debut in the Tamil indus...
9. Armaan Malik
On 22 July, 1995, Armaan Malik was born in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a playback singer by profession. Armaan belongs to a music family. His father, Daboo Malik, is also a singer and music director. The singer is the nephew of the famous Hindi music director, Anu Malik. Armaan has a brother, Amaal Malik, who is also a music director.
He is a student of Qadir Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab and Mrs. Rita Kaul, who have been training him for the past ten years. At a very young age, Armaan started his music career by participating in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs. It was a music reality show. He was a finalist and stood eight in the show.
Earlier, the singer was with Universal Music India, but now works under the banner of T-Series for his singles. The singer started singing fr...
10. TS Suresh
T.S. Suresh is also known as Suresh Sathyanarayan or Tirupattur Sathyanarayan Suresh. He was born on July 1, 1986. He is 30 years old. His birthplace is Vellore located in Tamil Nadu, India. But his current residence is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India due to his profession. He started his career in the year 2004.
By profession, he is a Film editor who mainly works for South Indian Film Industry. He is famous for working in various languages namely English, Tami, Hindi, Malayalam, etc. and does editing majorly in these languages only. He was quite appreciated for his work with famous and experienced South Indian Filmmaker named Santosh Sivan and is highly acclaimed for that. He spent his childhood in his hometown with his friends and family. He did his graduation from the U...
11. 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 dubbe...
12. 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.
While still in college he was duped by some people who offered him roles in TV serials only to find that it was a hoax. While this was a setback of sorts, it did help him complete his studies in college and also strengthened his resolve to join films. Even after moving to Chennai, however, he had to wait for his dreams to come true, working in the meantime on various odd jobs to meet both end meet. His search ended when he met a couple of short film makers, who detecting the potential in Simha, took him on board and ended up with two fine short fil...
13. Bala Saravanan
Bala Saravanan is an Indian Tamil cinema actor. He has appeared mostly in films with Tamil languages. He made his debut with Kalli Kaatu Pallikoodam; a school drama serial aired on Vijay Tv. He came into notice with another serial that was a college drama, Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalloriyin Kadhai, which too was aired on Vijay Tv.
After this, he got promoted to do comedy roles in movies. His firs onscreen debut was with the film, Ego. He gained the eyes of audiences with the character of Pappu in the movie, Kuttipuli. He also received praises for his performance in the films, Thirudan Police, and Darling.
Bala Saravanan also came into limelight in 2013, when he was arrested about a car accident; he was thought to be driving ...
14. Karunakaran
Karunakaran is an Indian movie actor and writer who has worked in Tamil film Industry. He has appeared in various roles. He debuted in the cinema industry in 2012 with Kalakalappu as Kumar. He is known for Soodhu Kavvum (played the role of Arumai Pragasam) which got released in 2013. Other films credited to him are Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey. He lived and grew up in New Delhi, India. His father was a RAW agent. After residing in Delhi, he moved to Trichy with his family. He met Nalan Kumarasamy, a friend, who is a short filmmaker. He did his schooling from Sri Akilandeswari Vidyalaya Tiruchirappalli. He did his graduation from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology& Research Academy (SASTRA) University in chemical engineering.
After the studies had been complete...
15. RJ Balaji
RJ Balaji is the famous name of Balaji Patturaj. He was born on the 20th in the month of June in 1985. He is a famous Indian Radio jockey, comedian, actor based in Tamil Nadu. From his childhood, he was brought up in Chennai.
In an interview with Hindu newspaper, he says that he changed nearly twenty-seven houses and studied in ten schools. While he was pursuing a PG Diploma in Journalism at Coimbatore, he gave auditions to a famous radio station there. He became a radio jockey in the month of November 2006. In his first show, he talked about social issues.
After working for four years in Coimbatore, he came back to Chennai and started RJ'ying at BIG FM 92.7 radio station. His famous show ‘Talk it easy’made him success...
16. 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 added to the laughter of the audience. His rapport with Kamal Haasan, though commendable in the initia...
17. Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy is a popular and veteran television down the South Indian entertainment industry known for his impeccable comic timing and who is mostly seen playing strong supporting character roles in popular Tamil daily soaps and Tamil movies. Mayilsamy is also an acclaimed stage performer, stand in comedian, TV host and a theatre artiste, In short, he is a multifaceted and multitalented personality of the Tamil television industry.
Born on June 5, 1956 at Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu, India, Mayilsamy was involved in various stage performances and in theatres from his early childhood days and performed and travelled across Tamil Nadu with a local famous comedy troupe. He has been active in the Tamil film and television industry since the year 1985 and has a long line hit a...