Payal Rajput
Priya Mali
Aamani
Mumaith Khan
Vidyullekha Raman
C Kalyan
C Ram Prasad
Radhan
Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla
Prawin Pudi
Tejus Kancherla
Adithya Menon
Sai Karthik
Sai Madhav
Sameera Bharadwaj
Yogi Sekar
Dhani Aelay
Sivannarayana NariPeddi
Tharupudi Ganesh Swamy
1. Payal Rajput
Payal Rajput is a popular model and television actress who came from Delhi. During her 9th grade, she used to watch the Balaji Telefilms’ drama soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and since then, she aspired to become a popular actress someday. Her family supported her dream and soon after, she started anchoring local events before she went to Mumbai. Luckily, she got work after her first 20 days of stay in Mumbai. During her first audition, she applied too much make up thinking that she will look good on that. The casting director saw her and asked her to wash her face. The actress recalls those times and find it very embarrassing.
She initiated her career through the Indian soap, Sapno Se Bhare Naina on STAR Plus. Afterwards, she bagged the role of Ishaani on Life OK’s Gustakh Dil. But later, she quit the ...
2. Priya Mali
Priya Mali is a famous and skilled Indian playback singer, pianist, and vocal artist predominantly active in the Tamil music industry. Born in a Tamil-Telugu parent family, she started learning music at the age of only 4. She began performing Bhajans for the Navratri and Ganpati Poojan. Her musical journey started at 14 in various languages like Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. In the Tamil film industry, Priya Mali has introduced by Vijay Narayanan for the movie Palli Paruvathile. She got a boost up in her career post the release of her song Pyaar Prema Kadhaal with Yuvan Shankar Raja. In the Tollywood film industry, she debuted with the movie Naa Nuvve as a playback singer of the title track, which was a sensational hit.
Some other films for which Priya gave her voice are Palli Paruvathile (2017), Imai (2017), Pyaar Prema Kaadhal ...
3. Aamani
Among the rare breed of actors who are the perfect blend of talent and striking beauty, Aamani is one. This Tamil and Telugu actor of the late 80’s and 90’s has got a list of some very special, unforgettable movies in her film career, Mr.Pellam (a popular telugu movie directed by Bapu) and Subha Sankalpam (starring Kamal Hassan and by the director Viswanath) being some of them. Aamani has been one to bag some prestigious awards like the National Film Award and the Nandi award in her career as well.
Starting off with the comedy film, Jamba Lakidi Pamba (starring Naresh, Bramhanandam and a host of comedians), and winning hearts with her very first film, Aamani had no turning back after the movie became a huge hit. Her career graph went up after that and she bagged roles opposite bigger actors like Jagapathi Bab...
4. Mumaith Khan
Mumaith Khan is an item girl in Indian cinema. She dazzled the screen with her sizzling dances in silver screen in Bollywood. Later, she shifted her loyalty to Tollywood films. After a super-hot item song ‘Dekh Le’ in Munnabhai MBBS, and was seen in another sexy song “Lut Gayee” from the movie Hulchul. Her latest Bollywood item song was Pritam Pyaare from the film Rowdy Rathore. In between her assignments in Bollywood, she stepped into Telugu film industry with Puri Jagannadh's 143 in a cameo role, She took Tollywood by storm through her item number in ‘Pokiri’. She has just acted in a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies. This actress hails from Pakistan but later came to Mumbai.
In order to support her family, she joined a small ...
5. Vidyullekha Raman
Vidyullekha Raman Vidyullekha Raman also called Vibhu Raman is an actress in Tamil cinema known for essaying her character roles with depth. She is equally good in playing a comic actor or cameo role even which has appealed to the masses. It was in the year 2012 that gave her visibility as an actress in Gautam Menon’s bi-lingual films (“Neethaane En Ponvasantham” and “Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu”) but it was in 2014 with movies like ‘Jilla’ and ‘Veeram’, the actress became favorite with the masses.
She was one of those lucky actresses to do a pivotal role in many big films such as “Puli”, “Masss” and “Malini 22 Palayamkottai” that became a hit and these movies’ reach with audien...
6. C Kalyan
C. Kalyan is a producer in the Telugu and Tamil film industry. A strong believer of versatility, Kalyan possesses the ability convince and make people stick to the project at hand. He started out his career by working as an assistant director to well-noted directors of the time. His debut in the field came with the movie, “Bavagaru”, starring Suman and directed by Satyamurthy. He became one of the noteworthy people in the industry by producing movies with a certain flair to them such as “Chandamaama”, starring Navdeep and Kajal Agarwal and directed by Krishna Vamsi.
The movie was a huge box-office hit and was remade in both Tamil and Kannada in 2009.
Various other movies such as “Vaddu Bava Thappu”,...
7. C Ram Prasad
Ram Prasad is a popular Telugu cinematographer or DOP (Director of Photography). He was born on October 21, 1966. His parents are C. Madhav Rao and Subbalakshmi. He has worked predominantly in the Telugu film industry. He has cinematographed more than 50 films in his cinema career. From 1986 to 1988, he worked as an assistant cinematographer in Telugu Feature films.
Then from 1989 to 1993, he worked as the associate cameraman in Telugu feature films. The movie Pacha Thoranam was a breakthrough in his career. Ram Prasad’s father was a makeup man. His father was his inspiration to join the film industry. His mother was a home maker. Ram Prasad spent his childhood in Chennai. He faced lots of struggles in his life. After his higher studies, he joined the Chennai Film ...
8. Radhan
Radhan is an Indian Film Music Composer. He works in the Tamil and Telugu Film Industry. He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in India. Radhan made his debut as a Music Composer in the Film Industry with the Tamil film Vikadakavi (2011). Later, he got an opportunity to compose music in the Telugu film Andala Rakhshasi (2012). He produced some soulful and romantic music for this film.
He later composed music for movies such as Vaaliba Raja (2014- Tamil), Yevade Subramanyam (2015- Telugu), Darling 2 (2016- Tamil), Radha (2017- Tamil), Arjun Reddy (2017- Telugu), Manusuku Nachindi (2018- Telugu), Hushaaru (2018- Telugu), Aditya Varma (2019), and a few more. He composed some gripping background music for his film Arjun Reddy (2017), which is also used for the Hindi version of the film named Kabir Singh (2019).
9. Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla
Ravi Kumar is a Lyricist from India. He works in Telugu Cinema. He penned lyrics for more than 390 songs and has contributed to more than 125 films. He considerably worked with directors like Puri Jagannadh and music director Chakri and S.S. Thaman. He predominantly writes songs appealing to the masses. His genres include mass, melodies, and romance. He gained the credit and won two Santosham Film Awards in the year 2006 and 2008. He also received SIIMA Award in 2013. Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla born on June 5, 1974, in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was brought up in Rajahmundry among five siblings. He got passionate about literature and got the inspiration from his maternal Grandfather Aravelli Rajagopalacharya, in his early years of childhood. While he was in Rajamundry he used to visit Gouthami library and it influenced him to...
10. Prawin Pudi
Prawin Pudi is a gratifying, talented and versatile Tamil and Telugu Movie Editor. The particular contributions of the talented Editor came in some of the Malayalam movies. He has worked dominantly in Malayalam Film industry and keeps coming up with some gratifying work. Prawin Pudi joined the South Film Industry from Telugu film industry as an assistant to the renowned editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao in the year 2000, before also apprenticing under the great Sreekar Prasad and Marthand K. Venkatesh. He was born in Huzurnagar, Suryapet district, Telangana, India.
He is married to Prashanti, and his children are namely Jagruti and Vinmayi. His father was Bhaskar Rao, and his mother was Sakunthala. It was the writings of him that made this young editor so loved by his audience and was made the favorite at a very...
11. Tejus Kancherla
Tejus Kancherla is a famous South Indian actor. He was born and raised in Hyderabad. He comes from a normal middle-class family without any filmy background. His father is a businessperson and mother is a homemaker. He also took admission in an acting school in Mumbai to sharpen his acting skills. He gained recognition in the film industry with the movie, Ulavacharu Biryani, directed by Prakash Raj. This movie revolves around the story of two lovers who develops a bond over a phone call.
Tejus played the lead role of Naveen in this movie. The Tamil and Telugu versions of this movie weren’t a big hit among the fans but the Kannada version of this movie did pretty well at the box-office. He revealed that initially he was very scared when his uncle KS Rama Rao asked him to meet Prakash Raj but later found him to be a very sw...
12. Adithya Menon
Adithya Menon was born on 6th April 1974 as Anil Menon in Mumbai. When he was a kid, his family shifted their base to Dubai. Till his 18 years, Adithya grew up in Dubai. He is an alumnus of Our Own English High School in Dubai. Later, his family returned to India and settled in Bangalore. He is an engineering graduate, who was graduated from M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology. During his college days, he attended an audition for the Radio Jockey in Radio Midday. It was the base for him to enter the media.
After completing his graduation, he had been an event manager and hosted a few programs. While working as a radio host, he found an actor inside him and joined a theater. Prakash Belawadi, a popular pan-India actor, found out the talents inside Anil and introduced hi...
13. Sai Karthik
Sai Karthik ( Sai Kartheek) is a noted South Indian music composer who predominantly works in Telugu and Kannada movies. He has completed 50 movies in 2016, his most recent release being ‘Raja Cheyyi Vesthe’, and is a very busy music composer in Tollywood. With the completion of 50 movies, he is fast moving ahead into the big league of music directors. His movies have decent openings and the scores are really appreciated. The musician took a keen interest in music by playing on rhythm pad player. He had good associations with G. Anand, Vasu Rao, Devi Sri Prasad, Mani Sharma, and even Vandemataram Srinivas, who are all veterans in the music world of the Telugu film industry.
Although, he made his debut as a solo music director through the movie, ‘Call Center’, his biggest hit came through the runaway succ...
14. Sai Madhav
Sai Madhav is a playback singer who predominantly works for Telugu cinema. Since his childhood, he was interested in music and wanted to become a Playback singer. To show his talent, he participated in many competitions. He participated in Radio City Super Singer Season 7 and ended up one of the finalists. Next, he competed in the second season of Idea Super Singer on Maa TV. Later, he competed in PaduthaTheeyaga in ETV. It is a singing competition to identify the best singer across Andra Pradesh and Telangana.
This program hosted by veteran singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam introduced many singers to the Telugu film industry where SaiMadhav is one among them. He also performed Muvvala Navvakala song on stage with legendary singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chitra. This performance attracted not only audiences but also music...
15. Sameera Bharadwaj
Sameera Bharadwaj is a famous playback singer in India. She is an established singer in the industry and has sung songs for films in different languages. From her childhood days, Sameera aspired to become a singer. She began learning music when she was in the second standard. Sameera also participated in a lot of television music shows. She was the runner up in Super Singer 8th Season. Her grandmother, Vaani was also a music teacher.
Her mother was also interested in singing, but she wasn’t a professional singer. Ramamurthy was her guru in Chennai who taught her Hindustani music and she learnt Carnatic Music in Hyderabad from Nedunuri Ramakrishna. The talented singer is also adept in western genres. Sameera tries her best to sing all genres of songs.
Her first movie in which she worked as a playback singer was Shi...
16. Yogi Sekar
Yogi Sekar is a playback singer from Villuparam. Yogi has always been passionate about singing. Since his childhood, he has dreamt of singing in the film industry.
Yogi started his career as a background singer, in 2006 Yogi came to Chennai for studies, and simultaneously he looked for work. He joined some performing artists as their backup or background chorus, they would often sing in functions and weddings. It was through, he slowly but steadily started to gain experience as a singer.
After leaving his orchestra, he came into the film industry and was hired as a background singer. Yogi gives some credit to Santosh Narayan, who gave him his first chance. Santosh used Yogi for some backup vocals in the movies Server Sundaram, Meyaadha Maan and Kaala.
In 2018, Yogi made a guest appearance on a show Neeya Naana, ...
17. Dhani Aelay
Dhani Aelay is a Graphic Designer, Public Relations Officer, and Title Designer in the Telugu film industry. He has worked in numerous films since 1999. He has worked in ‘Sultan’, and ‘Anaganaga Oka Ammayi’ in 1999; ‘Itlu Sravani Subramanyam’ in 2001; ‘Shivamani’ in 2003; ‘Andhrawala’, ‘Athade Oka Sainyam’, and ‘Venky’ in 2004; ‘Super’, ‘Dhana 51’, and ‘Gowtham SSC’ in 2005; ‘Pokiri’, ‘Seetharamudu’, and ‘Samanyudu’ in 2006; ‘Desaramudu’, ‘Madhumasam’, and ‘Chandamama’ in 2007; ‘Swagatam’, ‘Idhi Sangathi’, and ‘Aatadista’, in 2008; ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’, ‘Samardhudu’, and ‘Kasko’ ...
18. Sivannarayana NariPeddi
Sivannarayana Naripeddi was born in Sivarampuran. His Father’s name is Venkata Subbaiah and his mother’s name is Vydehi. His native place is Ongole. Presently he is residing in Gandhinagar, Hyderabad. His wife’s name is Anuradha. He has two sons and their names are- Saikrishna and Muralikrishna. He has studied his primary education in Sivarampuram and Tallury. He has completed his college in Hyderabad and he has done his Masters degree in Theater at Hyderabad Central University. His mother tongue is Telugu. He also knows Hindi and English. His hobbies include- theater acting and reading books.
Sivannarayana is a famous character artist and TV actor. He is best known for his character in the Telugu serial Amrutham. He has vast experience in stage dramas. He has entered into the film industry with the Telugu fi...