1. Asin Thottumkal
Asin Thottumkal more famously known as Asin, is a Bollywood actress and trained dancer. Starting her career in South Indian Film Industry she is now a Bollywood actress after starting opposite Aamir Khan in Ghajini. Born in Kerala on 26th October 1985 she attended Naval Public School and went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.
Asin started off her career in advertisements appearing for an ad for a mobile company. At the age of 15, she appeared in her first film, Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka, which was a Malayalam film about a man who goes back to his village to claim his father’s property and the trouble he faces. She got her breakthrough in Ghajini playing Kalpana and won a Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film was later re-created in Hindi in 2008 starring Aamir Kh...
2. Mithra Kurian
Mithra Kurian is a film actress from Kerala. She was born on May 15, 1989, to Kurian and Baby at Perambavoor. She has a younger brother Dani Kurian. She married William Franicas, who is a music programmer by profession.
Mithra Kurian’s entry into silver screen was an unexpected one. She completed her bachelors’ degree from business administration but got a chance in Vismayathumbathu to act as Nayantara’s friend. Nayantara, who is a distant relative of Mithra Kurian, encouraged her to do movies. Her next movie is Mayookham directed by Hariharan. She took a gap after the film and completed her studies. Though she did few movies in Malayalam, she came to lime light as Sethu Lakshmi in the movie Body Guard. Through this film, she bagged many awards and had turned...
3. Siddique
Siddique, who is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and a television host started his film career initially with comedy roles, and later he continued performing a variety of roles. Born at Edavanakkad, in Ernakulam Kerala, Siddique is the youngest child with two other siblings. Completing his primary schooling in his hometown, Siddique later took Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He worked as an Electrical Engineer at Kerala and worked for a few more years in Saudi Arabia. Later he quit his job and started exploring his inner talents. He started his artistic career as a mimicry artist. Married to Seena, Siddique has two sons. Shaheen Siddique is his eldest son from previous marriage, and he made his debut in the movie Pathemari.
Siddique started his...
4. Vijay
As they always say, "it runs in the blood", the same has been proven in Vijay Joseph's life. His dad is a very famous Tamil movie director, S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay's mother is a famous playback singer. He began his acting journey as a child artist in a film called "Vetri". He acted in many movies as a child artist supporting veteran heroes like Vijayakanth and Ajith Kumar. His career started as a leading hero with the movie, "Naalaiya Theerpu", in 1992. He won the "Cinema Express Award for New Face" for this movie.
He then acted in many movies in the Tamil field, which has gained mixed responses from the audience and critics alike. During 2003, he signed a film by name of ‘Thirumalai’, where his co-star was Jyothika. This movie had shown him in a di...
5. Livingston
Livingston is a noteworthy supporting actor and comedian of Tamil cinema. His work as a solo lead in the flick Sollamale, where he played the role of a low confident lover, got him much acclaim. Apart from acting, Livingston has also tried his luck in penning scripts. During his early stages of his career his screen name was Ranjan.Â
Livingston is active in the industry since 1988. Sundara Purushan, Kanni Rasi, Engalukkum Kaalam Varum and Sollamale are the works for which he is known for lead roles. He penned screenplay for Kaaki Sattai and Kanni Rasi by joining hands with G M Kumar of Avan Ivan fame. The flick Thandachoru introduced...
6. Nizhalgal Ravi
Nizhalgal Ravi is a veteran actor in TV serials and films and has acted in hundreds of movies alongside the greatest of actors in the industry. Born on April 16, 1956, he first started out under legendary director Bharathiraja in ‘Nizhalgal’ which later stuck on to his name because of the instant hit with people. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like Vedam Puthithu, Nayakan, Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi, etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics from PSG Arts College. He then acted in K Balachander’s telefilm ‘Rail Sneham’ in the late 80s and 90s. He became popula...
7. Raj Kiran
Raj Kiran is one of the well-known director, actor, and producer in Telugu film industry. He is known for the works that he has done in the industry. He struggled a lot in his earlier age to become a successful director. Before entering into the direction department Raj Kumar acted in a few of the Tamil films like Muni, Komban, Kereedan. He got appreciations for his performance in the movie. Being a director is his lifetime goal. For that, he used to strive really hard. He started writing a story and decided to direct the movie at any cost. That movie was an horror-comedy thriller. Most of the writing he has done in one of the burial grounds of Hyderabad so that he can relate to that subject and can concentrate more and can get effective ideas.
After completion of writing the story, he started visiting all the production office...
8. Vadivelu
Vadivelu… everyone in Tamilnadu knows this name very well. Vadivelu is the popular comedian, who filled the space after Koundamani and Sendhil, left the field. He was born in Madurai and started his career in the photo frame shop. He strived hard to run his family, when he was in Madurai. After, he entered the cinema industry, his lifestyle has changed completely. He was introduced by Rajkiran in En Rasavin Manasile. Though it was a small role, Vadivelu did it with his humorous sense. He also appeared in Chinna Kounder, a Vijay Kanth movie. His breakthrough movie was Kadhalan, in which he appeared as Prabhu Deva’s friend. He and Prabhu Deva worked together in many films and the duo got success and popular too. In the initial stages, Vadivelu did comedy scenes with Vivek too. After a certain stage of his success, he started to act as a ...
9. Vidhya Sagar
10. Madhan Bob
S Krishnamoorthy is the original name of Madhan Bob, who is a famous comedian of Tamil film industry. His recurrent laugh in films is sure to irritate you or rather tickle your funny bones, but that is one of his strengths. Madhan Bob ventured into the film industry by donning the role of a musician. Madhan Bob is active in the industry since 1992. Madhan Bob is also associated with Sun TV as one of the judges of the show Asathapovathu Yaaru.
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11. 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.
12. N K Ekambaram
N. K. Ekambaram is a famous cinematographer. The well-known cinematographer associates with many Bollywood and Southern films. He is mesmerizing his audience, with his work since 2000. He is born on 30th March 1972, in the city of Thiruthuraipoondi in Thiruvarur. The place is close to Tamil Nadu. He gained all of his experience after reaching Chennai.
Even after doing B. Tech in IT stream, he was not at all interested in undertaking an occupation that needs him to sit for 24-hours in front of an idiot-box and do nothing. That’s why he finally chose to run after his goals. These dreams took him towards becoming one of the most successful cinematographers the industry has ever produced.