Tamil Tv Serial Chandralekha - Cast & Crew

Nalini or Rani in real life is a South Indian actress, comedian and producer who became popular during the 80’s. She was born on June 24, 1962 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Nalini got married to Tamil film actor, Ramarajan in year 1987, but they got divorced later in the year 2000. They have twin children, namely Aruna and Arun who were born in year 1988.

Sumangali is a popular supporting actress from Tamil Stage dramas and Television serials. She is well known for her comical roles as the wife of “ Madhu,” a creation of Crazy Mohan. She acted in a number of serials and had acquired hundreds of hours of stage drama experience with which she entered the world of movies and television. She has proven her talent through these media and remains a popular actress in Tamil Nadu.

Vanitha Hariharan is a TV and film actress, who was born on 19th December 1992 in Chennai to Hariharan and Geetha. She has a younger sister, Jayanthi. Vanitha did her schooling in SBIOA School, Mambakkam and she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication at Loyola College.

Shanthi Williams is an Indian actress who is popular in the Tamil and Malayalam film and television industry. She was born to Malayali parents in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, in India. She initiated her career as a child artist when she was just 12 years old. She did supporting and second heroine roles in movies and serials. She was known for her character as a customary mother in the popular Tamil drama serial Metti Oli. Shanthi was awarded the Best Actress in a Negative Role for her performance in S. Kumaran’s Tamil Serial, Thendral. Veteran Director K. Balachander gave the award for her role as the mother of Tamizh (played by Deepak Dinkar). She also got her fame after doing the role of Angayarkanni on Sun TV’s Vani Rani. She played Vani and Rani’s mother-in-law. Shanthi was married to Malayalam cameraman J. Williams in 1979. But the latter passed away in 2005. The couple has four children.

This popular Tamil Television actress was born in the beautiful city of Madurai. Shanthi Anandraj is a talented southern TV actress who received all name and fame working for the serials that are daily telecasted in the industry. The stunning actor made her first-ever appearance on the TV when she was cast for the show ‘Apoorva Raagangal.’ The serial was telecasted in the year 2015, with Justin Jeyaraj as the director and Santhosh J. Nair as its producer. Shruthi Raj was also cast along Shanthi Anandraj. Her debut made her a notable actress among all.

Premi Venkat is an Indian television actress. She is mainly known for working in “Naachiyarpuram” in 2019 and “Kanmani” in 2018. Though she is new to the screen, she has made her place in the industry and has been leading the DRP. She has worked in several commercials and short films. When she was young, she participated in numerous stage programs while she was in school. She has acted in “Sundari”, which was launched on SunTV and Nini2 on Vijay television. She loves doing photoshoots.  She has a long chain of followers on social media, especially on Instagram, 14K to date.

Vimala Raman is a renowned model and actress. She is also known for her skills in Bharatnatyam dance. She is basically from Sydney, Australia. She was born on 23rd January 1982. She basically belongs from south India. Along with her education, she also got trained in an Indian classical dance form, that is, Bharatanatyam. She took her training in Natanalaya Dance Academy which is based in Sydney. She took her lesson in this dance form under the training of Jayalakshmi Kandiah. In the year 2006, she came into the limelight of the Indian cinema with a Tamil film, 'Poi'. After her debut, she went on doing South Indian films like, her first Malayalam film was ' Time'.

Usha Elizabeth is a Tamil serial actress, famous for her role in the serial,“Priyamanaval”. Usha is a talented artist with an experience of more than five years in Tamil serials. She was introduced to the Tamil audience through the serial, “Kana Kanum Kalangal”. She acted as the mother of the lead role, Shri, in the second season of Kana Kanum Kalangal. In that serial, she portrayed a soft natured mother, who tolerates her children and her husband. As she was the second wife, many people in her surroundings harassed her. She fared well in that role and acquired a good name.

Arya Rohit is an extremely popular actress, model and dancer from Kerala. She was born and brought up in Trivandrum and currently resides at Kochi. She is married to Rohit and they have a pretty daughter named Roya. Arya’s parents are Mr.Satish and Mrs. Preema. Her sister in laws Kalpana and Archana are also part of the Malayalam television industry.

Arya is a part of the popular Malayalam comedy program Badai Banglavu, telecasted by Asianet every week. This show includes eminent movie personalities like Mukesh Babu, Darmajan and Ramesh Pisharody. Badai Banglavu is a weekly comedy program, where Arya and Pisharody portrays the roles of husband and wife and entertain various celebrity guests at their house. Arya’s role as the bold and beautiful Pooja in the mega serial Sthreedhanam is gaining many accolades from the industry and audience. Arya initiated her acting profession with a Malayalam teleserial "Officer", telecasted by Amrita television channel. Later, she went on to act in several Malayalam and Tamil serials like Kuchiammayum Anchu Makalum, Achante Makkal, Maharani, Mohakkadal, Ardram,  Chandralekha , Sarayu and so on. 

This talented actress has many other achievements to her credit other than acting. She was a star performer in the dance reality show Munch Stars. Arya has anchored several shows including the widely popular program names Taste Time. She has also been a sought after model and has recently modeled for a leading jewelry from Kerala. Arya was also a part of several stage shows in India and in abroad countries.

Ambika mohan is an Indian film actress, who has acted in more than 175 films. She was born in Ottapalam and bought up in Munnar. Ambika got married to a K.S.E.B engineer “Mohan”, the couple have two daughters. 

She is known for her roles in Malayalam TV serials. She has also acted in a few devotional albums which raised her popularity. We could also see her in some of the advertisements of Jayalakshmi silks, Amala hospital, Kerala handlooms and a lot more. 

One of her best performances was for the movie ‘Kasthooriman”, her character “Vanaja” was outstanding with her natural performance. The movie was directed by the late director Lohithadas, with Meera Jasmine and Kunchacko Boban in the lead roles. Her movie became super hit with the performance of Meera Jasmine, who is a versatile south Indian actress and is two time recipient of Kerala state awards. 

Her debut TV serial was Sargam which was broadcasted in Doordharsan in 2006. She has acted in telefilims Umma Ariyatha Katha in Kairali TV and “Mothiram” in Doordharsan were commendable. 

She made her debut through the movie Meghamalhar directed by “Kamal” in 2001. The film is considered as one of the best Malayalam romantic poetic love story. Ambika Mohan acted as the hero’s sister in law. The movie bagged many awards including Kerala state film awards. Ambika Mohan was lucky enough to show her presence in most of the Malayalam movie which were commercial hits. She has been active in the Malayalam film industry from 2001 to till date and is still doing handful of moves every year. Some of Her upcoming projects are: Nirameghangal, Abduvinte Swantham Ammaku, Wonderful Journey and Mallanum Mathevanum. Presently she is acting in two serials named “Balamani” telecasted in “Mazhavil Manorama” and “Bala Ganapathi” telecasted in Asianet.

Nagashree is also called as Nagasri and suman, was born on 15th June in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She has Aquarius as her zodiac sign. Nagashree is 163cms tall and weighs 65 kgs approximately. She is a professional TV and film actress. She currently resides in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Nagashree did her primary and secondary education from his hometown.

Actress Suchitra Bandekar is a TV celebrity who is married to renowned Marathi actor Aadesh Bandekar. The couple made an appearance in Sachin-Supriya’s Marathi show - Jodi Tujhi Majhi and shared their experiences how they got married and had a long innings together in their life. Her husband, under his banner ‘ Soham Productions’ was the producer of the crime based Marathi Television show ‘Lakshya’ that was telecasted in Star Pravah. This actress also appeared in Marathi movies. But she preferred switching to the small screen and appeared in some Rajshri’s TV show such as ‘Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara’ which was telecasted in Star Plus and another serial ‘Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali’ which was aired on Life OK. For’ Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara’, she was seen playing the on-screen wife of Anil Dhawan. Anil Dhawan is a veteran actor of 1970’s who is a film and television actor(FTII, Pune) and acted with Jaya Bhaduri too in many films. The actress was seen with Rajshris’ other favorites such as Alok Nath and Renuka Shahane in serial ‘Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali.' This actress has now a hope that she will be cast in Rajshri’s film as well. She has appeared so far in three TV show of Rajshri’s and being part of Rajshri Productions is just like a dream come true for her. She finds the work environment in Rajshri as wonderful always. This actress shot to fame playing Babli in Balaji Productions “Hum Paanch”, a serial that had run for four years and had Vidya Balan in the cast too. Later, she went to act in Creative Eye’s ‘Betiyaan’. She later appeared in tele-show ‘Khamoshiyaan’, where she played the lead role as 60-year old grandma.

She was born on October 31 in Vijayawada, new Capital city of present Andhra Pradesh state. She was grown up in the same city and her education was also completed in the same city. Her father was a business man. She studied up to intermediate.

During her school age she was always excited to participate in cultural activities and it’s the driven force for her present life. She was always busy participating in cultural activities everywhere.

Once she was spotted and an opportunity knocked her door, when she was in 8th class she was offered a chance in local TV channel in Vijayawada for anchoring children shows. She got popular along the city. She felt thrilled being an anchor; afterwards she put a halt to her studies and took up anchoring as the profession.

She fell in love with her colleague at the same TV channel, she later married him. Her husband was ‘Shivaji’ who also later became a famous artist in Telugu film industry. She was married at very young age. Couple were blessed with a cute daughter.

Later on she got opportunities to act in movies. She acted in about 60 Telugu movies. Her first movie was ‘Seenugadu Chiranjeevi Fan (movie based on hero Chiranjeevi follower)’. She was charming and beautiful for which she got many opportunities for good roles and acted in supporting roles and also a comedian in few films. Her big projects include ‘Ye Maaya Chesave (a Gautham Menon film)’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Oye, ‘Baadshah’, ‘Bommarillu’ all the movies are blockbusters.

Surekha Vani anchored shows like ‘Maa Talkies’ and ‘Heart beat’ along with her husband on MAA TV.  She also appeared in a show ‘Moguds Pellams’ which was directed by her husband. All the above shows are related to couples.

She was presently busy with Telugu movies. She recently acted in big projects like ‘Power (starring mass hero Ravi Teja)’.

Dubbing Janaki is a popular South Indian television and film actress. Her real name is Janaki but when she dubbed for different characters, the film industry changed her name to Dubbing Janaki. She usually portrays motherly roles in almost all her movies and she became famous for it. Janaki was born in Pedhapuram, Vishakapatam, Andhra Pradesh. She was also a stage artist and acted in stage dramas when she was in her 4th class. Goli Ramakrishna Garu was her guru. Janaki completed until her 7th class only.  She received many awards as Best Actress for her performances. She prefers to do dramas. She was married at her early age to a military employee. After their marriage, they moved to Chennai.

Bhuvaneswari was born on 4th June’1975 in Chittoor, Andhrapradesh. Her height is 5.6”. She is a famous Telugu TV serial and film actress who has acted in more than 50 films in Tamil and Telugu languages. She is best known for her negative roles in many serials. Her acting abilities in antagonist roles are acclaimed by critics. She got stardom with the Tamil and Telugu film- Boys, in which she played the role of Rani, a prostitute.  She has acquired the image of lady villain with her TV serials.                                                    

She played vamp characters with a villainy touch in many films. Some of her Telugu films are- Donga Ramudu & Party, Charminar, Boys, Valliddaru Okkate, Gudumba Shankar, Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu, Nuvvante Nakistam, Chakram, Wall Poster, Nagaram, Kuberulu, Ranga the Donga and Kurkure.

She has acted in the Telugu serial Kumkuma Rekha which was telecasted on ETV. She is presently acting in a negative role in Oru Kai Osai serial which is being telecasting on Zee Tamil and Chandralekha serial which is being telecasting on SUNTV.

Meena Kumari is a popular TV and film actress. She was born on September 24, 1981, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India but got settled in Chennai. She started acting when she was 14 years old on the famous TV series, Antarangalu, which aired on ETV. She played the role of Priyanka, a young girl who bothers her father. Then she received several TV show offers when she was in 10th class. She did various TV series, and also made her debut in a Telugu movie with the name Hitler where she played as one of Chiranjeevi’s sister. Meena spent ten years in TV and film industry.

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Chithra Laksmanan was born on January 22, 1948. He is a journalist-turned actor, producer and director. When his friend, P. Bharathiraja became a director, Chithra has the chance to work with him as an associate director. He worked in over 25 Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. His very first project as a film producer is from the 1983 Tamil film, Mann Vasanai under the direction of P. Bharathiraja. Later, he produced many films with several actors, producers and directors like Kamal Hasaan, Karthik, Prabhu, Sathyaraj and many more. Then in year 1987, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran governed the 100th day function of the Tamil crime film, Jallikattu which he produced along with Chitra Ramu, under the direction of Manivannan. He was also the producer of the films, Vaazhkai and Chinnappadass.

He was debuted as a director in the 1988 Tamil film, Soora Samhaaram which stars Kamal Hasaan. Subsequently, Chithra directed the 1997 Tamil drama film, Periya Thambi with actor, Prabhu. He also produced and directed the 1999 Tamil film, Chinna Raja which stars Karthik in the main lead role.

Chithra works in the Tamil Film Producers Council for a span of four years as a Secretary. He also works in the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, FFI or the Film Federation of India and in Tamil Film Directors Association as an Executive Committee Member for several years. In 2002, he was also one of the Jury in the National Film Awards and he was also voted to be an Executive Committee Member in the Tamil Film Producers Council in 2011.

Chithra became an actor as Munusamy Guide in 1985 Tamil film, Japanil Kalyanaraman and since then, he got the chance to work in over 50 films like Periya Thambi, Unnai Ninaithu, Bose, Giri, London, Kusthi, Dhanam, Boss Engira Bhaskaran, Saguni, Isakki, Settai, Pattathu Yaanai, Ya Ya, Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham, Nimirndhu Nil and a lot more.

He was debuted as a television actor in Sun TV’s Ganga Yamuna Saraswathi along with M. S. Bhaskar. Then he appeared as the father of Reshmi (played by Sabarna) in Sondha Bandham in 2012. Then he was casted in the mega serial, Idhayam on Sun TV, followed by the Tamil super hit serial, Anantham.

In 2011, Chithra published the first part of the book, 80 Years of Tamil Cinema. The book is all about the Tamil Cinema’s History comprising of some very rare photos and latest information about the growth of Tamil cinema from the year 1931 to 2011.

Vijay Krishnaraj is an actor of Indian origin who has enlightened the audience with his skills of acting. He has been part of many television soap operas and films in Tamil industry. He works in the Kollywood film industry where he has starred alongside many popular stars of the entertainment industry. The skills and talent of Vijay Krishnaraj were never in question. Since the beginning of his career, he has made to be unique in his roles, irrespective of the nature of the character. His debut film got released in early 1988. The film named "Kalaiyum Neeya Malaiyum Neeye" was directed through the lenses of R Sundarrajan, who was known in the 90's for his acute direction and later on started acting.

Sravan Rajesh is a Tamil and Telugu serial artiste who is working in the serial Deivam Thantha Veedu. He has also worked in the Telugu serial Radha Kalyanam. He is also a model. 

Suresh Krishnamoorthy is a Tamil TV actor, known for his role on Sun TV’s Chandralekha. Chandralekha is a soap opera with main elements of drama and comedy and has been aired since October 6th, 2014. Suresh plays the role of Varun’s father in this show. His character’s name is Rajashekhar and is also the second male villain in the show. 

Thiagarajan was born on 21st June 1945 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a very important figure in the Tamil film industry as well as other South Indian Film industries like Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu and has contributed to their boom and modernization in many ways. Initially, Thiagarajan started his career as an actor and later progressed to become a tycoon of filmmaking, having worked in most of the fields associated with film making such as writing, directing, producing, artwork, costume, and production managing. His first film was ‘Alaigal Oivathillai’ in 1981. He plays as an important supporting character and his realistic portrayal of the character gained him another chance in ‘Malaiyoor Mambattiyan’ in which he plays the character of a forest bandit.

Suttilal Halwai is the name through which most of his fans know him. He played the role of the owner of Buvette in Lapataganj. Lapataganj is also the name of the TV serial, (26 October 2009 – 15 August 2014), which aired on SAB TV, and was among the most favorite television shows of its time. In the TV serial, the tea and Samosa from his shop are fancied by all the occupants of Lapataganj, yet he usually complains about being not able to pay bills. 

Rishi is the Tamil actor-cum-host, who was born to a Tamil father and a Gujarati mother. He is best known to the TV audience through the program, “Deala No Deala.” He has also hosted, “Kaiyil Oru Kodi- Are you Ready”, a reality game show.

Saakshi Siva is one of the most leading actors in Tamil and Telugu series industry. He is well-known for his character in “Anandham” in which he has portrayed the role as an “Asst. Commissioner”. This role has earned him great fame and honour. The roles that he portrays create a lot of impression in the hearts of the audience, and hence his works are well appreciated by them.

Arun Kumar Rajan is a Tamil television actor who debuted with the serial ‘Azhagi’, which is broadcasted by the Sun TV network. The serial was premiered on October 10, 2011, and it has already completed 500 episodes. Due to its immense popularity among the audience, the serial has been remade in Telugu and Malayalam languages. The talented television star plays ‘Somasundaram’ aka ‘Somu’ in the serial, who is Mathi’s husband.