Tamil Movie Review Raja Rani - Cast & Crew

Alka Ajith is a Malayalam Indian playback singer. She won the second season of the Airtel Super Singer Junior competition at the age of 14. The show is a Tamil musical competition cum reality show. Ajith was born in Madhya Pradesh. Her father’s name is Ajith Kumar. Her mother’s name is K. Sajitha. Alka’s father is an organist and a musician. He runs his orchestra named Sangeeth Sagar.

Ajith started her career in the year 2000 when she was just two and a half years old. Her first public performance was in the year 2000. There she sang the song Soldier from the movie Soldier. In the year 2001, she won a gold medal and the International UNESCO Club of Repalle Award. Again in the year 2002, she won Rotary International Achievement Awards and also a gold medal. At the age of four, she sang her firs...

Date of Birth: 25th October 1988 Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian singer. She is also a lyricist and performer. Her genres are Soft Rock, Jazz, Western Classical Music and Pop. She was born and raised in Kochi, Kerala. She completed her schooling from Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery. She completed her graduation in Architecture at the Anna University's School of Architecture and Planning after she moved to Chennai. In 2008, she won SS Music's Voice Hunt – second season. She was auditioned in November 2008.

She made her singing debut with the film Taxi 4777. She is a part of the band "Off the Record” which got formed in May 2009. She began her career as a playback singer after she won the SS Music Voice Hunt title in 2008. She sang for films l...

This bubbly girl with expressive eyes was an anchor before taking up the role of an actress in Malayalam cinema. The 2006 flick Palunku was her first film and she was a child then (10 years). She enacted the role of Mammooty’s daughter in the film and her performance was very much lauded. She tried her luck with some other flicks in Malayalam. Before taking up leading roles, this cute girl did some supporting portrayals. In 2013 she debuted as a lead heroine with the movie Maad Dad which didn’t create ripples in the box office. She had also acted in few Tamil films. Neram, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, Raja Rani and Bangalore Days are some of her hit films. 

Date of Birth: 20-12-1994

Age: 29

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Skills: Playback Singer, Movie Actress, Child Artist, Anchor

Biography About Nazriya Nazim

Biography About Nazriya Nazim

Date of Birth: 20-12-1994

Age: 29

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Female

Skills: Playback Singer, Movie Actress, Child Artist, Anchor

Madhumitha or Jangiri Madhumitha is a Tamil Serial and Film actress who was born on January 1, 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was first seen in the comedy series, Lollu Sabha on STAR Vijay. Later, she acted in a few films and television serials. She was first featured in the Tamil romantic-comedy film, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi under the direction of M. Rajesh. She was paired with actor, Santhanam and played the role of Jangiri.  Her performance in this film received appreciation by the viewers and made her popular. She even got the Vikatan Award for Best Actress in Comedy Role in 2012.

She also did the romantic film, Mirattal followed by a special appearance in the romantic-comedy film, Attakathi. In 2013, she played the role of Nimmi in Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal. In the same year, she did Sonna ...

Dhanya Balakrishna is an Indian actress prominently working in the Telugu and Tamil language film industry. This Bangalore-based actress was the discovery of A. R. Murugadoss who has given supporting roles in her first few films that she had appeared. She debuted in Tamil films through the film ‘7aum Arivu’ and also played a supporting role in a bi-lingual project named 'Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi’ (Tamil) and ‘Love Failure’ (Telugu) subsequently. In her first film, she was cast with Suriya and Shruti Haasan. 

This versatile actress also acted with Daggubati Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu in a Telugu film ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ...

Misha Ghoshal is an Indian model and actress. She has showed up in many Tamil movies. After making her introduction in the bilingual film ‘180’, which was released in the year 2011, she showed up in endeavors including A. R. Murugadoss' film, 7aum Arivu, and after that, Atlee's movie, Raja Rani. She was born on 26 November, 1989, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She started her acting vocation with exhibitions in the theater. She played a role in the movie, Naan Mahaan Alla, which was released in the year 2010, as a companion to Kajal Aggarwal's role, before being joined to assume a supporting part in the bilingual film, 180, which was released in the year 2011. After that, in the movie 7aum Arivu, she played a researcher with the famous actor, Suriya, and actress, Shruti Haasan.

After that, she played many supp...

Nayantara also called as Nayanthara Kurian, is a renowned Indian actress from Kerala. She was born on 18th November in the year 1984 in Bangalore that is situated in Indian province Karnataka. Her actual name is ‘Diana Mariam Kurian’ the daughter of ‘Omana Kurian’ and ‘Kurian Kodiyatto’. Due to her father’s service, she stayed in several places of India. She joined in “Mar Thoma College” for attending her B.A in English Literature. Besides study she also initiated her modeling career.

As she was indifferent towards building her career in the film industry she denied her first offer, but at last she agreed to do the film ‘Manassinakkare’ where she was casted opposite Jayaram. This was a financially successf...

Atlee Kumar is a movie director and screenwriter from India, focusing mainly on Tamil feature films. He is a graduate of Sathyabama University and holds a degree in Visual Communication. He started off his media career by making short films, one of the most notable being Mugaputhagam with Sivakarthikeyan of Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam fame. He then became an assistant director to director Shankar, assisting him during the production of Enthiran and Nanban. It is to be noted that Nanban is a remake of Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots. Born in Madurai and raised in Chennai, Atlee cites the Mani Ratnam film Thalapathi as his inspiration to enter the cine field. Atlee’s maiden directorial venture was the movie Raja Rani, a love story featuring the ensemble cast of Arya, Nayantara, Nazriya, Jai, and Sath...

S.Shanmugam is a Tamil film producer who was associated with ‘Vishwaroopam’ & ‘Raja Rani’ (2013) and ’Bayam Oru Payanam’ (2016). He is a person who loves movies and has a passion for a particular project (above films mentioned) and became a successful movie producer with a big-budget movie. He was executive producer for Raja Rani and Vishwaroopam.

As a producer, he chose the excellent script provided financial backing for three movie projects and even maintained contract arrangements with actors. He was even responsible for ensuring that films get completed in deadlines and comply with budgetary guidelines. In one line, Shanmugam is business savvy who loves movies.

He was extremely choosy which is very important to become successful as ...

George C. Williams is a cinematographer, who is born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Williams’ occupation is of a photographer in the films and he has worked in the Tamil film industry. Williams was inspired by many famous cinematographer’s works and started to move the camera in different angles by which he can show his photography skills. He had framed many films in the Tamil language while often following the works of famous cinematographers like ‘P.C. Sreeram’, ‘Santhosh Sivan’ and ‘Jeeva’.

He was inspired since his school days and followed their style by practicing in various angles with the cam. He was educated in Madras Christian College where he pursued a Visual Communications degree and learned more about cinematographic works. George had entered into the ...

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...

P Vijay (Pa Vijay) is a Tamil poet and film lyricist, who wrote the award-winning lyrics for the song’’ Ovvoru Pookalume’’ in Cheran's Autograph in Kollywood film industry. This lyricist had an extensive impact on Tamil cinema and was considered to be a gem writer of many songs that had featured in many movies. This poet and lyricist-writer were born in a middle-class family where his mother was a school teacher, and his father worked as a spinning master in a textile mill in Coimbatore. The actor was born in Coimbatore on 20 October 1974 and did his MA Literature in Tamil from Annamalai University. This poet was a discovery of director K Bhagyaraj, who was his family friend. He was associated with K. Bhagyaraj in the magazine ‘Bhagya’ and even got a chance to pen his lyrics for the film Gna...

Alphons Joseph is an Indian playback singer and music composer. The movie Vellithira was a turning point in his music career. The song Aaromale from the Tamil movie Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya (composed by A R Rehman) was sung by Alphons, and he got an appreciation for singing that song. 
Alphons entered the film industry with the help of his friend Leo Thadavus, who introduced him to director Bhadran. At that juncture, Bhadran was looking for a fresh music composer for his film Vellithira. During the audio release function of the movie A R Rehman complimented Alphons for the distinct beauty in the songs. The songs Nee Manimukiladakal and Hridayasakhi of this movie deserve special mention. 
Jalotsavam was the next movie of Alphons, and the number Kera Nirakal rocked the cha...

Clinton Cerejo is an Indian singer and music producer. He has given his contribution in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil movies as a song composer. His work in the industry is a wide range, and it includes vocal arrangements, playback singing, background scores, production, music programming, and musical arrangements. He is known for his unique style of presentation. Famous singer and personalities such as Hugh Padgham, Roy Thomas Baker, Babyface, Trevor Horn, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Arif Mardin, Roland Orzabal and much more have always insipid him. He was born in Mumbai and belonged to a family with people from the IT field who had no connection with the music. His father worked as an engineer in L&T Company, and his mother served as a French professor.

His brother lik...

Navin Iyer was born on 3rd January 1981 in Chennai. He is a playback singer, sound composer, and a music director. Navin has predominantly scored music for Tamil and Malayalam films. At the age of around three, he started learning Carnatic music.

He had his flute arangetram in his teens. Soon after school, ‘Saarang’ discovered him, where he did hat-trick as best instrumentalist while doing engineering. After that, he turned down a job at Infosys to work with the legendary composer A.R.Rahma. He prefers ‘Arrora’ as his stage name. However, he later returned to his original name. He has worked as a flute player before working as a music composer.

He became one of India’s most in-demand flutist. He has done over 500 recordings for over 500 movies in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu...

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.

Her career involves hit songs in over fifteen Tamil movies such as Thodari, Rummy, Thandavam, Tubelight, etc. A girl born and brought up outside India has developed Hindustani music skills which are loved by the audience. Vandana Srinivasan’s music takes modern Hindustani music to another level. As a child, she received training in Carnatic music from her guru Mrs. Seetha Krishnan in Qatar. After getting training in Carnatic music, she moved to Madras, India in 2006.

She did an undergraduate course in psychology from the Univers...

Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.

He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam movies. He has also hosted the renowned reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed in shows with the great Indian percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain. Prakash is one of the four singers of the song ‘Jai Ho’, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The song also won a Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Medi...

He is an Indian art and film production designer. He is famous for his works in Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi Cinema. His work in ‘Angadi Theru’, ‘Pazhassi Raja’ and ‘Nanban’ was highly appreciated and critically acclaimed. In his career, he has contributed in more than 43 movies and 185 commercials. He has been awarded the ‘best art director’ award for his creative works. He was born to N. Thangavel and T. Muthulakshmi in Coimbatore. He was raised in Coimbatore along with his two younger sisters and an elder brother. He graduated with the degree of B. Sc Visual communication from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai in 1991. After graduating, he started assisting Sabu Cyril. After that he started getting offers from many production companies for set design.

He first came i...

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 t...

Joining the ranks of Malayalaee born actors who have chosen Tamil filmdom was Jamshed Cethirakath. He even changed his name as per the prevailing custom, to ‘Arya’, encouraged his brother Sathya to follow suit, and made him join Tamil cinema too. However, earlier in life when selecting a course of studies he may not have been very clear about the future course of his life, making him choose an engineering course in Computer Science in Chennai, rather than selecting any of the other options in Chennai relating to the performing arts. As he grew up, his family’s links with Chennai grew stronger, and his father currently owns one of the favourite Arabian food joints in the upmarket Anna Nagar locality of Chennai.

Date of Birth: 11-12-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Skills: Actor

Biography About Arya

Biography About Arya

Date of Birth: 11-12-1980

Age: 43

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Gender: Male

Skills: Actor

Jai is an Indian Tamil actor. He was born on 6th April 1984. His birthplace is Chennai in Tamil Nadu. His parents are Sambath and Latha. He has one elder and a younger sister. He is the nephew of famous music director Deva, who worked in all south Indian languages (Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam). As his family is full of musicians, Jai also has an interest in music. For learning keyboard, he went to London and joined Trinity College of London. In his early career in Tamil film industry, he worked as Keyboardist with his Uncle Deva for many movies. His favorite music director is Yuvan Shankar Raja.

In 2002, he made his acting debut in the Tamil film titled Bagavathi. This film turned out to be a  commercial hit in the Tamil Industry. Jai played a lead role for the first time in film Chennai 600028 in 2007. In this m...

Arunraja Kamaraj known as a singer, actor, and director was born in Peru, near Kulithalia town in Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling from Government Boys Higher Secondary School and Higher Secondary schooling from Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School.

He has done his graduation from J.J. College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy. Some of his famous works as a lyricist are included in films like, "Theri," "Pencil," and "Kabali." He started his career as a lyricist; he is a great songwriter and a singer too.

Arunraja has written, and sung Ding Dong for 2014, Tamil Comedy Drama movie, named, "Jigarthanda." Arunraja's work in the film was very appreciated. He also sang for Rajnikanth’s superhit film "Kabali." Kamaraj also sang in "Oru Mexican Aparatha,"...

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. 

Here we bring out a story on Rajendran, who has bonded with many actors as stunt doubles in many films. Having a career graph in over 500 south Indian films as a stunt double in M-town (Malayalam films), he shifted towards Kollywood for getting better opportunities where he could transform him to a seasoned artist. The man with flawless body has come a long way.

He has a major break in Vijay 59, where the stunt artist has develop...

Sathyaraj is one of the greatest actors of Tamil film industry. He has good comic sense, good height, and good performance, and is still active in the industry. Rangaraj is the real name of Sathyaraj. Born on October 3, 1954 Sathyaraj forayed into the Tamil film industry as a villain. He depicted the suave villain perfectly and he was accepted by the audience. His dialogue Thagudu Thagudu from the film Kaaki Chattai is still famous now. In fact, it is no exaggeration to tell that he gave a complete transformation to the notion we have about villain. His oratory adeptness in villainous roles is indeed exemplary. 

Sathyaraj has worked in around 200 flicks. He also worked in Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film...

“Laughing kills diseases,” is a famous line that everyone knows about, and Singamuthu is the person who makes us primarily obey the above statement in an indirect fashion. Though it’s obvious from the introduction, it’s not a muck to mention that, Singamuthu is a South Indian comedian, Tamil being his most fluent language. Comedy is the most entertaining thing that induces every one of its prey in a jovial manner. Singamuthu had his feet on this world on Monday, 8th December 1958, Monday.

Ever since his childhood, he has been very keen on performing hilarious acts. This is, in fact, a DNA- related matter, as his father was in the same field. However, he succeeded in doing such things. These happenings allowed him to step into different types of pl...

Both Tamil film actor and comedian, Sathyan is the only son of the veteran producer Madhampatty Sivakumar. Actor Sathyaraj is his uncle while Sibiraj is his cousin. Sathyan studied at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. After graduating with a BBM degree, he entered the film industry by playing the lead role in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ilaiyavan, which was produced by his father himself.

He made his acting debut with the film Illaiyavan in 1999. After that, he has been appearing in supporting roles for various films. Another break of his was in Shankar’s Nanban playing the role of Srivatsan.

He then featured alongside Vijay again in a pivotal role in A. R. Murugadoss's Thuppakki. In the films Onbadhule Guru and Nav...

A.R. Murugadoss is such a familiar name all over India. He is one among the best film directors in India. Being born in the southern state Tamilnadu, A.R. Murugadoss reached fame in northern states too. His popularity rose, through the film Ghajini starred by Surya and Asin. After watching this film, Bollywood star Aamir Khan called A.R. Murugadoss and asked him to direct the film in Hindi. The success of the Hindi Ghajini is the turning point in A.R. Murugadoss’s life. His debut movie was Dheena. He became a well known director after the Tamil Block Buster movie Ramana, starred by Vijaykanth and Simran. A.R. Murugadoss has directed Vijay in Thuppakki and Kaththi; Ajith in Dheena; Surya in Ghajini and 7 Aum Arivu. He is not only a good director, but a better script writer and a producer too. He produced the film Maan Karate, led by Siv...

Sherif is a talented and a well-known Tamil Choreographer in India. He is a self-confessed hyperactive individual with a curious soul, who loves to experiment. At almost 35 years of age now, he has achieved new heights in the Kollywood industry. In 2009, he won the Dance Reality Show “Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva” and has become the first preference of many known Tamil Movie Directors. With the immense amount of pressure to meet deadlines in the Kollywood industry, he takes guidance from his Dance Reality Show experience to handle the pressure.

He faced tremendous pressure during his stint in the reality show. He had most of the competing artists as his students and at some point he was on the br...

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...

In Indian cinema, there are very few singers and music composers who made their mark in acting too. By having the talent of music along with acting skills, one can get a great chance in the film industry like G.V. Prakash Kumar.

G. V. Prakash Kumar is the new Kollywood singer who, aft...

Gana Bala, a famous singer and lyricist of Kollywood, was born as Bala Murugan, but he adopted the name Gana Bala himself as a stage name. Sometimes, he is also known as Anathai Bala, 'Gana Kuyil King' Bala. He was born to V. S. Mani and M. Punniyam. Bala studied law at Presidency College in Chennai after studying Botany. After being graduated, his chance at fame began when he participated in a reality TV show called Gana Kuyil Pattu. The show was aired on Kalaignar TV, and he won it. In the singing field, he has specific expertise in the Gaana genre in the Tamil industry. In fact, he is given a lot of credit for reviving the genre back in the industry. He gained a lot of success and fame after Aadi Pona Aavani, and Nadukadalula Kappala came out as a part of the soundtrack of Attakathi. He also rece...

Swaminathan is a talented and popular Tamil actor. He is a person with multidimensional talent. Swaminathan is an eminent Tamil movie and television actor and also an immensely talented stand-up comedian. His full name is Sabha Swaminathan also fondly known within the industry as Lollu. He’s been in the Tamil film and television circuit since the year 1997. He got his nickname after he appeared as Sabha Lollu in leading Tamil entertainment channel Vijay TV’s comedy satirical show Lollu Sabha.

After acting in this TV show he was flooded with acting offers and he became a full-fledged comedy and supporting actor in Tamil movies. Apart from Sabha Lollu, Sabha Swaminathan’s other television stints mostly as a comedy actor which were immensely successful and...

T M Karthik whose full name is T M Karthik Srinivasan is a famous stage performer and actor. From the past years, he has acted over in around 60 productions and is seen around five hundred times on stage. In 2007, he took his first step in the acting industry by doing his debut in ‘Mani Ratnam’s film “Guru”, which was based on the life of famous Indian industrialist ‘Dhirubhai Ambani’, the founder of Reliance Industries. From the very first film, TM Karthik acted alongside actors like ‘Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’ and ‘Abhishek Bachchan’. Not only in Bollywood, but he also bagged roles in many Tollywood movies as well.

He had been a part of various Tamil super hits like Kola Kolaya Mundhirika, Madrasapattinam, Deiva Thirumaga...

Antony Ruben or Livingston Antony Ruben (by birth), is a film editor in the Tamil film industry. He acquired a degree in Visual Communication from the Loyola College in Chennai. Gautham Menon advised him to visit Anthony for further help. Ruben had visited Anthony earlier as well. He approached ace director, Gautham Menon, to become his assistant, but the latter redirects him to director Anthony, to work as his assistant editor. Under Anthony’s mentorship, he worked on the film Vettaiyadu Vilaiyaadu, which was a hit. He was given a bright chance to work on film trailers, which ultimately helped him work on films like Thoranai, Avan Ivan and Vedi. His debut as a full-fledged editor was in the film, Kandaen in 2011.

His work in Elred Kumar's Muppozhudhum Un Karpa...