Tamil Movie Review Maari - Cast & Crew

Radhika is a famous actress in multiple of languages like Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. She did her education in different places like Sri Lanka, India, and the United Kingdom. She was born in India. Her father is a famous Tamil comedian actor, M. R. Radha, and her mother is Geetha Radha. She has married with Sarathkumar at Chennai. She has a son and a daughter.

Alisha Thomas is an acclaimed singer in the Tamil film industry. Her hit Song “Don’u, Don’u, Don’u” grabbed everyone’s attention and made her popular. It was from a Dhanush blockbuster, Maari, with singer and composer Anirudh, which still tops the chart and is a popular number across worldwide. Alisha is a south Indian performing and recording artist freelancer, who was born and brought up in Washington, D.C. She stepped into the singing world at the age of five by learning Carnatic music in the Jayamangla School of Music and Dance. Alisha began starting professionally at the age of thirteen as a lead vocalist in church concerts, music shows, and Bharatnatyam dance recitals.

Magizhini Manimaaran is an Indian playback singer, popular amongst the regional audience for her work on the soundtracks of movies like S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Veeram (2014), Kumki (2012), etc. Mostly known for her major involvement in Tamil TV shows, short films, and Kollywood movies, she has regularly been praised by the critics for her vocal depth and transitions, the two qualities which are very crucial to the efficiency of a playback singer. In 2012, Magizhini made her first notable contribution on the silver screen with the film Kumki, directed by Prabu Solomon, starring Vikram Prabhu, Lakshmi Menon, and Thambi Ramayya. Since then, we haven’t really seen much from her.

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.

Chinnaponnu was born in Suranam in Sivagangai District in Tamil Nadu, India. As a child of thirteen years old, she actively participated in several temple festivals and churches. After that, she started to sing in the troupe of Artist Kottaisamy as a professional singer. She used to say him as her mentor. Later she was noticed by Gunasekar, who is a member of the Communist party. As he searched for folk songs and folk artists, he helped her explore herself in several parts of the state. By 2004, she made her first entry into the Tamil cinemas as a playback singer for the movie Chandramuki song Valthuren Valthuren.

Sriranjani is an Indian actress known for her work in the Tamil film industry. She started her career in television series directed by K. Balachander in 2000. She later took the role Madhavan's sister-in-law when she was offered the role in Alaipayuthey by Mani Ratnam. She has also played the role of Nandini's mother in the film Anniyan by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran. In 2006, she appeared as Srimathy’s mother in Thimiru. In 2012, Sriranjani appeared in the Bollywood film “Ek Deewana Tha” which was produced and directed by Gautam Menon. 

Balaji Mohan is a director by profession. He is famous for his films like Love Failure and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi. Balaji was nominated for SIIMA Best Debutant Director Award. He was born on 25 May 1987 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Balaji attended Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School and later went to study engineering at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering. He got married to his childhood love, Aruna in July 2012. He was always interested in directing films and in fulfilling his dream; he even left engineering and went for making movies instead.

Listin Stephen is an Indian film distributor and producer. His work is predominant in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. He has his own production company called Magic Frames which he founded. His debut as a producer was in the 2011 film Traffic, which made Malayalam cinema see a new age of filmmaking style. Stephen was born on 1 st June 1986 in Uzhavoor, Kottayam, Kerala. His second film as a producer after his debut was Chaapa Kurish which encountered controversies, but still gave a hit.

S Vinod is an executive producer seen investing primarily in South Indian movies. Vinod was an executive producer in movies, Maari 2 (2018), Ladoo (2018), and Moothon (2019).

Riaz K. Ahmed is a leading publicist, talent manager, journalist of Kollywood. He has worked as a public relations officer for superstars like Rajnikant, Dhanush, Ilayathalapathy Vijay and even for Anirudh Ravichander.

The name Anirudh does not need any introduction down South among the music lovers. With his boy next door looks, he can really amaze you by his skills when it comes to composing and singing. This music Rockstar will rule our playlists whenever his new album is released. He can make you go 'Gaga' right from the first time you hear his songs. His recent movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' has took the town by storm. This is not the first time he has done this. He did the same on his debut movie '3' (Three). He evolved as a star overnight after the music release of '3' and became the talk of the town. Indeed Kolaveri made him get famous worldwide and it got him more fans.  

Anirudh is always good with experimental aspects in music. His movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' is the first of its kind as all the songs from the movie got released as single tracks on specific dates, just to increase the hype & curiosity among the fans. Indeed, it worked out well. His tracks in the film Vellayilla Pattathari have become a huge hit, due to his different composition style. The song “Amma Amma” from the movie VIP brings tears to us with his tunes. His latest tracks from the movie “Maari” have also fetched him fame, especially the songs ‘Don Don Donu’ and ‘Maari’. He won the Best Music Director award for his works in VIP and Ethir Neechal. 

Born on 16th Oct 1990, Anirudh is the son of Ravi Raghavendra (an actor) and Lakshmi, who is a dancer. He is the nephew of superstar Rajinikanth. He is not only a music director, but also a playback singer and he gave many hits even as a playback singer. His upcoming projects to name a few are VIP 2, Naanum Rowdydhaan, Singam 3, Vedhaalam, etc..

This lanky superstar Dhanush is an actor from Tamil cinema but has appeared in two Hindi films too. He credits R Balki and Anand L Rai for making him consider acting in Hindi films (‘Shamitaabh’ and ‘Raanjhana’). In the year 2011-12, his song  “Why This Kolaveri Di’’ continued to rise on the charts and gain millions of viewers on YouTube. Dhanush happens to be the youngest actor to receive the national film award for his performance in “Aadukalam”. 

People say that everybody is talented, but most of the people never actually open up their package. But what if a person does not limit himself in one package? What if he has many packages to offer? Yes, you all heard that right. Vignesh Shivan is a very young lad to achieve such huge milestones that most of could have only dreamt about. Shivan is a film director, -but the list of his talent is endless. He is a versatile actor, songwriter, a music composer,and a scriptwriter as well. I know it is very hard to believe, but this multi-talented kid has taken it all, beginning with the love from his audition to an unquestionable pool of talent.

Vineeth Srinivasan is known to the music industry for his popular and hit song, Karale, karalinte. Being the son of film star Sreenivasan, he never had even thought of singing as a career. But of course, he likes popular Hindi songs and admires voice of K.J. Jesudas, Brad Paisley, and Udit Narayan.

R K Vijaimurugan, otherwise called R.K. Vijaimurugan, or Vijay Murugan, is an actor and director from India. R. K. Vijaimurugan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Up until this point R. K. Vijaimurugan has worked in the Kollywood media outlet and his fine art has been delivered in Tamil language motion pictures. His nationality is Indian, his religion is Hinduism, and his food diet is non-vegetarian. RKVijay Murugan is known for Naane Varuven, released in 2021, Sangathalaivan, released in 2020, and Charlie Chaplin 2, released in 2019. R. K. Vijaimurugan has also been awarded the Vijay Award for Best Art Director in the year 2012 for the film Aravaan.

Stunt Silva was born in Tuticorin, TamilNadu. He started his career as a male nurse after getting trained in Stanley Medical College. Silva worked as a Ward boy in Tuticorin hospital. Later he joined in Vijaya Health Center in Chennai by the year 1990. To maintain his family’s financial status, he worked in several sectors such as Peon in offices and dabbled in transport sector business offices. He then joined in the background dancer of the film under the guidance and advice of the Dance

Kali Venkat hails from a rural village named Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu from where he came to Chennai to pursue his acting career. From childhood, he had a huge passion and interest for acting, He used to take part in lots of dramas hosted in his school and his locality since he was studying in the eighth standard. Realizing that his village would limit his acting career to the stage and the drama medium alone, He moves to Chennai for further opportunities.

Vinoth Kumar also known as Kalloori Vinoth was born on 11th May 1988 in Chennai. He started his career as a theatre artist and a writer but in 2007 he got an opportunity to act in film Kalloori as a supporting artist. Though the film did not receive any good review Vinoth’s acting was appreciated by the audience. He has worked for both Tamil and Bollywood film industry. Vinoth took his inspiration to become an actor from his father who was a drama artist. It was during his college days that he started practising his acting skills and took part in various acting/drama competitions. He used to take part in various competitions and it was during one of those competitions that he won, and was asked to audition for a role in the film in which he got selected. Along with being a reputed actor he also knows the art of mime.

Mime Gopi’s original name is K.Gopinathan. When he was young, his father passed away and he was taken care of by his sister and brother. He did schooling at a government school and was not very good at academics but he had interest in extra-curricular activity. He always had respect for his teachers and liked two teachers the most, his Tamil teacher Veeraiya and Nagamuthu, because they were a great source of motivation for him. When he was studying in school, he had the opportunity to participate in a fancy dress competition and enacted the role of a mentally challenged person who he had seen on his way, back to home. He had been influenced by the person and replicated the acting on the stage, which rewarded him with a first place in the competition. He was highly appreciated by his teacher Nagamuthu and that’s one reason for his liking towards teacher.

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. 

Vijay Yesudas (Born: 23rd March, 1979) is an Indian classical musician and playback singer from Chennai. He is known for his work predominantly in the south Indian film Industry, especially Malayalam, and Tamil films as well as in other Indian Languages such as Telegu, Kannada, and Hindi.

Rokesh is a Tamil lyricist, who is well known for his song lyrics containing typical Madras words. His first song was "Danga Maari Oodhari" from the movie Anegan directed by K.V.Anand,the music was composed by Harris Jayraj. That was his first break in the Tamil industry, and after that, he has been just super hit. He was born in the year 1993. He was a high school dropout. At the age 19, he started writing lyrics as a hobby. Rokesh was interested in the film industry and his neighbour Dilip promised him a chance to sing. But he betrayed him. However, his writings improved over the years. To meet his daily expenses he worked as a machine operator in Parry area of Chennai.

Prasanna G. K. is a film editor in the Indian film industry. He works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 16 December in 1986. He completed his education from Madras Christian College situated in Chennai.

Baba Bhaskar is a popular Indian movie director as well as a Choreographer, who mainly works in the South Indian movie industry. He mostly features in Tamil movies, but he also works in other language industries such as Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu films as well. He started his career with the movie Kotha Bangaru Lokam, which is a Telugu movie as a Choreographer. Later, Baba worked in the Tamil film Kedi which got him great recognition. Presently, he is taking part in one of the famous TV reality show Bigg Boss Telugu Season 3, which is hosted by Akkineni Nagarjuna.

Sarathkumar is famous south Indian film actor. He is also a acclaimed journalist, politician and film critic. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He has acted in more than 150 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. His debut performance was in a Telugu movie “Samajamlo Sthree” whose producer was his friend. His character was having negative undertones. The film was a block office failure and didn’t create appreciation.

While he was working in Chennai, he got the opportunity to work in Tamil movies. He cast the role of a business man in “Pudu Padagan”. His appearance in “Velai Kidaichuduchu” was also noted. The film tells the struggle of youth to end up with a job. The film received good response and was declared a box office hit.

He also made a magnificent performance in the move Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan. This was his debut performance in a Malayalam film. The film was well received and a box office hit.

Arjunan Nandakumar was born on 8 August 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.The actor stands at 5 feet 4 inches. The actor has made a significant contribution to the Indian Tamil and Malayalam film industry.

G Suren is a well-known Sound Designer from the Tamil Film Industry. He worked as Sound Designer in the movies Vanakkam Chennai released in 2013, Kaaki Sattai released in 2015, Maari released in 2015, Masala Padam released in 2015, Sivappu released in 2015, Naanam Rowdy Thaan released in 2015, Jil Junk Jug released in 2016, Nila released in 2016, Aruvi released in 2016, Raja Manthiri released in 2016, Joker released in 2016, Kodi released in 2016, Achcham Yanbadhu Madamaiyada released in 2016, Kavalai Vendam released in 2016, Rum released in 2017, Kuttram 23 released in 2017, Ivan Thanthiran released in 2017, Magalir Mattum released in 2017, Kootathil Oruthal released in 2017, Meyaadha Maan released in 2017, Thaanaa Serndha Koottam released in 2018, Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren released in 2018, Kaala released in 2018, Kaala Koothu released in 2018, Andhra Mess released in 2018, Junga released in 2018, Tamizh Padam 2.0 released in 2018, 96 released in 2018, Kanaa released in 2018, Dav released in 2019, Thadam released in 2019, Boomerang released in 2019, Jersey released in 2019, Kee released in 2019, A 1 released in 2019, Meeku Maathrame Chepta released in 2019, Queen released in 2019, Darbar released in 2019, Jaanu released in 2019, Gypsy released in 2020, Soorarai Pottru released in 2020, Doctor released in 2021, FIR released in 2022, Little Wing released in 2022, Jailer released in 2023, Mark Antony released in 2023, and many more movies.

George Vijay Nelson .M is an Indian Actor who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 5 April in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. George Vijay Nelson .M finished his schooling at S.B.O.A School and Junior College in Anna Nagar. After that, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from St. Loyola College and graduated with a major in Sociology. George Vijay Nelson .M made his debut in the film industry in 2014 when he played a supporting role in R. Vijaya Kumar’s film ‘Naangellam Edakoodam’.