1. Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silver spoon. Neither did he have a family background that had deep roots in cinema field. He was rejected even for the role of a junior artist. But it was his hard work and continuous struggle, that made him a star that he is today.
He was born in Rajapalayam but moved to Chennai where he had studied and even had his graduation from a reputed college in Chennai. He did all kinds of odd jobs that came to him (salesperson, cashier, telephone booth operator or account assistant) to lead his life normally.
Later on, he moved to Dubai as he had to take care of three siblings. During his stay in Dubai, he fell in love with Jessie, whom he married later. He returned to Chennai again and had take...
2. Rishinanth Rajendran
Rishi Nath Rajendran is an actor in Kollywood who featured in 'Bench Talkies -The First Bench' (2015) which was a Tamil anthology film written and directed by six directors. Rishikanth Rajendran starred along with Sarath Kumar in the movie Puzhu which was directed by Charukesh Sekar.
Puzhu is an interesting film made by Charukesh Sekar. It begins with two injured men, lying at the bottom of a secluded hillside. Both the characters, Sarath and Rajendran, struggle to stay alive in this part of the short movie, but ironically, they have an intense desire to kill each other, which in turn keeps them alive. The facial expression of Rishinanth and his body language was the highlight of his acting.
He received recognition for this role which gave him an opportunity to showcase his talent. His performance was appreciate...
3. Sananth Reddy
An actor by profession, Sananth Reddy was born on 6th of September 1991. He was born in Chennai situated in Tamil Nadu. He is active since 2014 in the Tamil film industry. He is an actor based in India and predominantly working in Tamil film industries. The 24 years old actor did his first venture and came in front of the audience in 2014 with Madhu. It was a short film and a Rathnakumar’s directorial venture. Critic world and audiences gave him clearly appreciating verdict for his performance. The short movie was also selected to be the part of Bench Talkies. After this huge success, the actor in no time made way to every director’s favorite list.
5. Karthik Subbaraj
Karthik Subbaraj is a Tamil director. He lives in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has completed his matriculation and higher education from SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai. He was a very discipline student during his school days with excellent academic records. Karthik has also attended Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-15 to complete his engineering degree. He has specialised in mechatronics. He started his career with Infosys Bangalore working as a software engineer. His tenure of working in Infosys was five years out of which he has spent two years in the US. While he was working in Bangalore, his interest in film making developed. During weekends, he used to make short films. He attended a one day workshop called as Film Camp of Sanjay Nambiar. In this workshop, he learned the basics ...
6. Anil Krishnan
Anil Krishnan is an Indian director, writer and film editor. He graduated from the GRD School of Science with expertise in the field of colour grading and film editing. Krishnan is a born prodigy, according to some, who began editing film songs by the age of 15 and had decided that he wanted to make a career in the entertainment industry. He shifted to Chennai with his family in search of a job. It was here that he met director RS Prasanna at a film editing workshop, who was later to become his mentor. Krishnan wanted to become a director, but became popular for his editing skills after he worked on a TV show called "Naalaya Iyakunar". A Post that he made a short film titled "Kanupuddi" with director Arun Sudhakar. Krishnan went on to open Pixelite Studios, which he runs in partnership with Jerin Raja, a friend and ...
7. Charukesh Sekar
Charukesh Sekar is a Chennai-based filmmaker with over four years of experience in writing lyrics, direction, and production of mainstream and independent films. He has also done short films like 'Puzhu,' 'Life and Death of a Rebel, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, etc.
Also, he also has focused his talent in the production of TVC and commercial films too, and they include his commendable works like 'Black & While Salon'(TVC), a corporate film on 'Primex Scans Labs’ and a corporate video on 'Ford Figo,’ etc.
Although Chandrasekhar is known for his film 'Bench Talkies - The First Bench' in which he was one of the directors along with Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, and others. This director is even known for his lyrical works in Tamil movies.
Charukesh Sekar directed a part ...
8. Guru Somasundaram
Guru Somasundaram is a growing actor in Tamil cinema. He never intended to become an actor and considers his entry as something great. In 2002 he got introduced to the acting workshop and that’s how he got interested in films.
Guru Somasundaram is born and brought up in Madurai. He had a humble background. He lived in Tanjore district for some time. He pursued his Dipoma in Mechanical Engineering and later worked in TVS as junior executive. Then he was at crossroads in his career. He was ...
9. Rathna Kumar
Rathna Kumar R M is a film director and screenwriter who is based in Tamil Nadu near Red Hills area. At earlier stages of his career, he started as a short filmmaker, but later evolved himself as an independent film director.
While it is true that the work on cinema reel determines the work of a director will get in future, there is some flexibility: in the world of cinema too. If all of you have seen a reel of a short film “Madhu’’ (Bench Talkies), you can understand that Rathna Kumar can easily get hired to direct a feature film, as long there is something in his earlier short film that generated heat in the industry circles.
Hence, we can claim how Rathna Kumar became a known director in Kollywood now after he directed "Meyaadha Maan."
Rathna Ku...