Tamil Movie Review Darbar - Cast & Crew

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.

'Rajinikanth' is the name that is known in every nook and corner of India. He is a popular Indian cinema star who has fans worldwide. Born as Shivajirao Gaekwad, this simple-human started his career as a bus conductor. He made his film debut in 1975 in ‘Apoorva Raagangal’, starred by Kamal Haasan and Srividya. Though he appeared in a small role in that film, he was noted for his style.

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 Sivakarthikeyan and directed by Thirukumaran, his assistant. Madurai Meenakshi is the first film, which released with the dialogues written by A.R. Murugadoss. 10 Enradhukkulla and Akira are the upcoming movies in the list of A.R. Murugadoss. Out of which Akira is directed by him and 10 Enradhukula is produced by him. Some of his popular production works are Raja Rani, Engaeyum Eppothum and Vatthi Kucchi. This great director from Kallakurichi, a small town near Trichy did his schooling in the Government Higher Secondary School.

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..

Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is a film director, producer, and cinematographer, of the Indian cinema. Santosh is an FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) graduate and has so far has done 41 documentaries and 45 feature films. Not only is he a founding associate of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), but also is the bigger of the highest number of Director of Photography (DOP) award in India. Sivan is the first ever Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific area to achieve an American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) fellowship.

Yogi B is an Indian playback singer, popular amongst the regional audience for his work on the soundtracks of movies like Ezhumin (2018), Aadukalam (2011), Enthiran (2010), Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari (2019), Kuruvi (2008), etc. Mostly known for her major involvement in the music albums of Tamil short films, documentaries, TV shows, reality shows, daily soaps, and Kollywood movies, Yogi has been a prominent part of the South Indian film and music industry for more than ten years now. Over the years, Yogi has often been admired and applauded by numerous critics and local spectators for the exceptional skills he possesses as a playback singer, especially his vocal depth and versatility.

Vivek Velmurugan is an Indian lyricist predominantly working in the Tamil Music Industry. He has also worked in other languages such as Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam. He made his debut as lyricist in 2015 in Tamil films. He later received critical acclaim for his writing in 36 Vayadhinile (2015) and Jil Jung Juk (2016). Vivek was born in 1985 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He later moved to Chennai, India at a very young age. He completed his higher secondary education from Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School. Then he studied engineering at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology in Chennai.

Arjun Chandy is a well-known playback singer in the film industry; he is basically from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a keen interest in music since his childhood. At the age of 14, he started singing for a quartet in middle school. Afterward, he joined the University of North Texas music school, for studying choral music and jazz studies.

Nakash Aziz, is an Indian playback singer and music composer in Bollywood industry. He was born on 24 February, 1985. Basically Nakash Aziz comes from a petit town Moodbidri, near Mangalore, Karnataka. He is well known for his hit songs like “Sari Ke Fall Sa” and “Gandi Baat”, both songs came from the movie ‘R… Rajkumar’ (2013) and another song ‘Dhating Nach’ from a film ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’ (2013). All these songs are picturised on ‘Shahid Kapoor’. Nakash has also assisted a very famous and “The Living Legend Composer and singer” Mr. A. R. Rehman on Hindi films such as ‘Delhi 6’,’I’, ‘Rockstar’, ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Highway’. Before becoming a playback singer he worked as music composer for TV serials. He also composed for Marathi films like ‘Raada Rox’ and ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahe’. Nakash comes from a musical family, and his taste was influenced by his father and uncle. They were famous for voice-alike of very famous singers ‘Kishor Kumar’ and ‘Mukesh’ in hometown Mangalore. During his initial days in Mumbai, Aziz got a small-time job in a reality show where A.R. Rehman was one of the judges. And now in 2015 he is performing in ‘IIFA awards’ with a new singer in the block, ‘Sonakshi Sinha’ and ‘Mika Singh’. Aziz says, “I want to be anything that music allows me to be, even if it comes up with a small musical idea like introducing a slight variation in my singing for Amit Trivedi’s Aisha title song”.

T Santhanam is a Tamil Art Director in the Kollywood industry. His work is highly commendable in the industry, and people appreciate efforts and hard work he puts in. He is an interview told that his inner artist revealed when he was in 10th standard and started drawing diagrams for chemistry and physics classes. He believes that art has a lot of technical aspects like when script and characters go hand in hand, three things should be carefully checked about design- the colors and characters should not contrast even if it perfectly matches with the set, the colours should not get in conflict with the scene's look and should be absolutely blended with the script. He does not consider the movie genre before signing it, he believes that his major job is to mingle with the story.

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.

A Chennai boy born in Karaikal to the immigrants of Vietnam is famous for his stunt sequences and action director and choreography. He was born and brought up in Chennai itself. He belongs to Tamil Chettiar community. He started off as an extra stunt fighter in many regional films. His first venture as a full-time action director is Murari. Earlier he has worked with pioneers like Kanal Kannan, Ram Gopal Verma, Vijayan, etc. he has done quite a plenty of films in Telegu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He earned critical appreciation and fame through his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, etc. Ram Gopal Verma, impressed by Hein offered him to work for James and thus it was his ticket to Bollywood. His next Bollywood venture was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

Chemban Vinod, who was originally named Vinod Jose, was born in Angamaly in Kerala. He was born to Maliackal Chemban Jose and Annise as their first child. Chemban got his primary education from a school in his birth town. Later he went to get his degree in Physiotherapy from the Institute of Physiotherapy at Kempegowda. After receiving a professional degree, Chemban started his career as a physiotherapist. He married Sunitha, also a physiotherapist in New York in the year 2010. They have a son named John Chris Chemban.

Dalip Tahil is one of the most renowned evergreen actors in the Bollywood film industry. He is well known for his serious and villainous roles in films like ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ in the year 1988 as ‘Dhanraj Singh’ and in ‘Darr’ in the year 1993 as ‘Captain Mehra’, and in ‘Baazigar’ as ‘Madan Chopra’ which was also released in 1993.

Guru Bhullar is an actor and singer from Punjab. He has worked in numerous Punjabi movies and TV serials and is currently working in Bollywood and Kollywood. Since childhood, Guru has been an admirer of music and movies. He considers Gurdasman as his idol. Right after Guru finished his schooling, he began his journey as a performer.

Jatin Sarna was born on 2 November 1984, to a Punjabi family in New Delhi. He is a Bollywood movie Actor, Composer and also, theatre Actor/Director. Jatin has acted in several famous movies and plays. He is currently living In Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Jeeva is a Tamil Film Comedian Actor. He made his debut in one Television air-comedy show. He has popularly known as Lollu Sabha. Lollu Sabha was hosted on famous channel Vijay TV. The show acts about doing the spoof on some famous Kollywood movies over that; they express the comedy. JEEVA acted alongside with the comedian actor Santhanam and Manokaran. His appearance is predominantly in Tamil Film industries.

Nawab Shah is an Indian TV and film actor who started his career with small and minor roles with nondescript characters in TV serials. He was first noticed in the serial Saarathi on Star Plus during 2004. it was produced by Neela Telefilms and directed by Qayeed Kuwajerwala. The serial was a modern day Mahabharat and the story of fight between brothers and their families and resultant disaster. Nawab played the role of Mansen Goenka, the character comparable with Dhritarashtra. It was one of the main antagonist roles and the performance of Nawab was highly appreciated. He also put up a great performance in the role of Afzal Khan in the serial Veer Shivaji. 

Nawab was also continuously trying to make a successful entry into Bollywood movies which was his childhood dream. He started his career with the movie Raja Ko rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya. Manisha Koiral and Arvind Swami were in the lead roles but the role played by Nawab went unnoticed.  His next movie Belagaam also did not do very well. Then came his next movie ' Body Guard' where he acted as an antagonist against Salmaan Khan. The movie was a super hit and established Nawab as a villain in the Hindi film Industry.  He also acted in Lakshya and another superhit of Shahrukh Khan Don2 with great success.

With manly look and rough and tough appearance, Nawab appears to be all geared up to become a legend in the Bollywood Film Industry.

Pradeep Kabra is an Indian actor, who mainly plays negative roles in films. Starting as a small-time bodyguard role in movies, he has grown into a Dada of Bollywood Industry. He has acted in several TV commercial advertisements such as Amul macho, Dairy Milk, Asmi Diamond Jewelry, BSNL 3G, Bajaj Allianz. He started out in 2004 in the movie Run. It was followed by Family: Ties of Blood. In 2009, he played the role of Aseem in Siddharth: The Prisoner and in the same year he had a chance to play in the movie Wanted.

The debut performance of Prateik Babbar was seen in the movie produced by Aamir Khan named Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. In this movie he got to work with Imran Khan and Genelia D’ Souza. He played the character of brother of Genelia. He got the role of an attention seeker and annoying brother. In his very first movie he got much appreciation and also won many awards. He was nominated for the best male debut and the best supporting actor in the 54th Film Fare Awards. It is because of the environment, he has got at home since the very beginning of his life that he does not get much time in becoming adept to the world of show business. Moreover, the guidance which he gets from his parents is also very valuable for him in his acting career.

Vikrant Koul is an Indian film actor who has worked mainly in Bollywood. He entered the Entertainment industry with a short film of 13 minutes – ‘Ek Shaam’, directed by Rohit Saxena. He later made his Hindi film debut with Rani Mukherjee’s ‘Mardaani’. The actor wants to flow through different media- theatre, films, OTT. He has already worked with actors like Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, and Rani Mukherjee.

Yogi Babu is one of the famous actors in Indian films. His appearance is there in only Tamil movies. At present, he is a regular comedy actor in Tamil films. Babu was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu. His acting career started from 2009 onwards. He was famous for his outstanding movie called Maan Karate (2014); a fantasy oriented Tamil film under the direction of Thirukumaran. There are some prominent stars in this movie namely Sathish, Vamsi Krishna, Soori, Hansika Motwani and Sivakarthikeyan. Famous writer Murugadoss wrote the entire script for this movie and went on to screens under the production of Escape Artists Motion Pictures. Anirudh Ravichander gave an outstanding music for this movie. Mr. Babu was also notable for his famous film Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), a comedy horror movie under the direction of debutant Deekay. It was under the production of Elred Kumar with casting by Anaswara Kumar, Oviya, Kreshna and Rupa Manjari.