Maalavika Sundar
Shakthisree Gopalan
Sri Divya
Nithyashree Venkataramanan
Sonia Bose
Ravi Arasu
S Michael Rayappan
Annamalai
Na. Muthukumar
Harihara Sudhan
Ranjith K Govind
Siddharth Mahadevan
Vandana Srinivasan
Aadukalam Murugadoss
Aadukalam Naren
V Jayaprakash
Saravanan Abhimanyu
G V Prakash Kumar
Atharvaa
Azhagam Perumal
R N R Manohar
Ashvin Raja
Vetrimaaran
Selva
MC Vickey
1. Maalavika Sundar
Maalavika Sundar is an Indian Singer, Actor, YouTuber, and a model. Her journey with music started when she was merely 2 and a half years old. She quotes that, it was the time when she started to sing along MS Subbulakshmi’s Hanuman Chalisa and the other classic cassettes that her family listened to. She regards Srimathi Padmavathi Ananthagopalan, the younger sister of Lalgudi Jayaraman as her Guru. She was so emotionally attached to her Guru that when her dad talked about moving to New Delhi, she refused and said that she wanted to stay in Chennai and continue her passion for learning music.
She says that from her guru, she not only learned the nuances of music but also traditions and customs. Her participation in the reality show, Super Singer, proved to be a turning point in her life. Maalavika has performed in more th...
2. Shakthisree Gopalan
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...
3. Sri Divya
She was born on 25 May 1991 in Hyderabad, Telangana. She pursued her secondary school education in Kendriya Vidyalaya. She attended school very rarely and was busy with shooting as a child artist. She has an elder sister Sri Ramya, who is also an actress. She started her career at the age of three as a child artist. She appeared in films like ‘Hanuman Junction,’ ‘Yuvaraju (starring Mahesh Babu),’ and ‘Veede (starring mass hero Ravi Teja).’ She acted in about ten movies as a child artist. She also acted in many small screen soaps and shows. She acted in the serial ‘Ruthuragalu,’ a daily mega hit serial on Doordarshan as a child artist.
She debuted as Heroine in 2010 through a movie named ‘Manasara’ directed by Ravi Babu. Her first commercial su...
4. Nithyashree Venkataramanan
Nithyashree, the young music champ was born in Chennai in the year 1999. Her parents are Mr. S. Venkataramanan and Mrs. Lakshmi. Nithya did her schooling at S.B.O.A School in Anna Nagar. Nithyashree’s elder sister, Vhaijaiyanthi Shree was learning the Carnatic music and hence Nithya learnt a lot by listening to her sister’s singing.
When Nithyashree turned five, she began to sing in her father’s band. She pursued her Carnatic lessons at the age of 6 from Mrs. Lakshmi Raman. Later, she learnt music from Mrs. Lalgudi Padmavathy Ananthagopalan and Mr. T. S. Venkatraman. Though she is interested in Carnatic music, she is also a passionate towards the light music. While seeing her passion, her parents joined Nithya in a Child Orchestra named “Isai Mott...
5. Sonia Bose
Sonia is an Indian film actress popular in South Indian movies, mainly in Malayalam. She had her debut in movies as a child artist in 1979, at the age of three, in the Malayalam film Ival Oru Naadodi. She appeared in many films as a child actor by the name Baby Sonia. During her childhood she has dubbed for many child artists, including Baby Shalini. She won the National award and Kerala state award for Best child artist. She also acted in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu movies.
Sonia’s best remembered performances as a child artist were as Laxmi in My Dear Kuttichathan, as Gigi in Nombarathi Poovu and as Manikutty in Thaniyavarthanam. My Dear Kuttichathan was the first 3-D film made in India in 1984. Sonia played the school girl L...
6. Ravi Arasu
Ravi Arasu is an Indian film director. His career is studded with just one movie till now. He was born on 1 January 1980 in Chennai situated in Tamil Nadu. The director is 5'8" in height and is very passionate about his direction. He says directing movies is not just a part of life but a constant motivation of life. He made it into Tamil film industry with his first movie called Eetti. The movie was based on sports and can also be considered among the action genre movies. The movie had actress Sri Divya and actor Atharvaa in the lead role.
Every who's who was present in the premier of the movie and raised their support for the director and his team. The movie received all on all a mixed response from the critic world. Some said it connected with audiences wh...
7. S Michael Rayappan
S. Michael Rayappan ( Siluvai Michael Rayappan) born on March 19,1963 in Nandhankulam Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu is a film producer, an official Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Radhapuram constituency and an Indian politician. He is currently 54 years of age. His father’s name is Siluvai Anthony. Rayappan is from Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party- a party which is formed by Tamil Film Actor, Vijayakanth. Under the banner of Global infotainments, he produced many films like Sindhu Samaveli, Naadodigal, Goripalayam, etc. During the elections of 2011, Rayappan earned 67072 votes with 48.36% of voting from Radhapuram Constituency. His voting symbol was Nagara and was 48 years of age at that time.
He won the elections with a margin of 21475 votes against Indian National Congress (INC). Curre...
8. Annamalai
Annamalai is a Lyricist in the Tamil Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he has worked as an actor include Ennul Aayiram, which released on 22nd April 2016, and it is directed by Krishna Kumar. Some of the movies in which he has worked as a lyricist include Madha Gaja Raja, which released on 22nd October 2020, and it is directed by Sundar C. Kuthoosi, which released on 25th January 2019, and it is directed by Siva Sakhti. Kalavu Thozhirchalai, which released on 22nd September 2017, and is directed by T Krishnasamy. Saithan, which released on 01st December 2016, and is directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy. Angusam, which released on 09th May 2014, and is directed by Manu Kannan. Haridass, which released on 22nd February 2013, and it is directed by Kumaravel.
...9. Na. Muthukumar
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...
10. Harihara Sudhan
Harihara Sudhan is an Indian-Singer. He mainly works in the Tamil Film Industry. He is thinking of working the other film industries which include the Hindi Film Industry, Telugu Film Industry, Kannada Film Industry, and Malayalam Film Industry.He is a hardworking and dedicated Playback Singer. He works in the Television Industry and the Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he has sung include F2- Fun, and Frustration, which gets released in the year 2019.In the coming years, he has signed some upcoming projects and he has started working on them.
Harihara Sudhan has gained popularity due to his hard work, and efforts.
...11. Ranjith K Govind
Ranjith is a very famous and versatile south Indian singer. He has a vibrant personality and can make the crowd tap their feet with his energetic songs, can make them emotional with his soothing voice and is a mass entertainer. He was born on February 21, 1977. He is a very well-known playback singer and has worked for many films. He is mainly working for the Karnataka, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam film industries. Ranjith was born in a Malayali family, in Chennai. His family belongs to a small town, Kalluvazhi, Kerala. Ranjith grew up listening to various types of music he stayed in a society where social-programmes were a trend. The localities used to participate in these programmes. Once, a family friend suggested training Ranjith for classical music.
He is trained in Hindustani music and Carnatic music by Vidwan Cuddalore S...
12. Siddharth Mahadevan
Music composer and singer, Siddharth Mahadevan, is the son of a very acclaimed music composer and singer, Shankar Mahadevan (a part of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy). Siddharth was born on 3 March, 1967.
In the year 2013, singer Siddharth Mahadevan sang the song "Malang" in the film ‘Dhoom 3’, along with Shilpa Rao, which became a super hit. In the same film, his youngest brother, Shivam Mahadevan, who was just 12 years old then, had sung another track called ‘Bande Hain Hum Uske’ with co-singer, Anish Sharma. Both the brothers got a break under the music composer, Pritam. In the same year, another movie had released before ‘Dhoom 3’, which became the most talkative movie for vocal rendition in Bollywood. The track of ‘Zinda’ and the title song ’Bhag Milka Bhag&rs...
13. Vandana Srinivasan
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...
14. Aadukalam Murugadoss
15. Aadukalam Naren
Aadukalam Naren was born in Chennai the heartland of Tamil cinema, in a family which took keen interest in movies. He was interested in acting and was also encouraged by his family members, and so he decided to go through formal training before he could enter the industry.
In fact he was originally christened Narayan, but as was the prevailing practice he abbreviated it to Naren, and that was the name by which he came to be well known. He received his formal training in acting an...
16. V Jayaprakash
V Jayaprakash is a Tamil film actor and producer, known for his production of “Gopala Gopala,” “Porkkaalam,” “Thavasi,” “April Maadhathil,” and “Julie Ganapathi,” among many others. Jayaprakash has also featured in more than 50 movies, including Tamil and Malayalam. Jayaprakash started off with productions of various films right from the beginning of the millennium decade, and is the owner of the production house, “GJ Banner.” 2007 saw Jayaprakash cast in the Tamil director, Cheran’s “Maya Kannadi,” which saw the inception of his career as an actor. Consequently, Jayaprakash featured in various movies in memorable supporting roles such as in Pandiraj’s “Pasanga,” and other films such as “Moodar ...
17. Saravanan Abhimanyu
Saravanan Abhimanyu, also spelt Saravanan Abimonyu, is an Indian cinematographer. Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India is where he was born. Saravanan Abhimanyu has worked previously in the Kollywood entertainment industry, with his artwork appearing in Tamil films.Movies he has worked in are Aynaran (2022), Pei Irukka Bayamen (2021), Kalavani Mappillai (2018), Eetti (2015), and Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013). Etti has been one of his best-known& high rated films.
In the upcoming crime thriller 'Theeyavar Kulaigal Nadunga,' that is cinematographed by Saravanan Abhimanyu and directed by Dinesh Lakshmanan, the core concept of the movie revolves around the story of autistic children.
...18. G V Prakash Kumar
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...
19. Atharvaa
20. Azhagam Perumal
Azhagam Perumal is associated with the Tamil film industry as an actor and a director. He belongs to Kulasekharapuram village of Tamil Nadu. Azhagam’s parents wished their son to become an engineer. Azhagam applied for the Adhyar Fillm Institute, situated in Chennai. His family opposed his decision. He made his parents proud by winning the Gold Medal from the Institute when he passed out in 1991. Azhagam started to work with the Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, Mr. Mani Ratnam, as an assistant in 1991. His first movie was the Tamil Crime drama Thalapathi that was released in 1991. He worked as an assistant to Mani Ratnam till 1997, for the movie Iruvar. Azhagam also happened to debut his career in acting with Mani Ratnam’s movie Alaipayuthey that was released in 2000.
...21. R N R Manohar
RNR Manohar has worked as a Tamil actor, director and a film writer who has worked in many Kollywood movies. He is best known for his work as a director in the movie “Maasilamani,” which also happens to his debut. Maasilamani is a typical playful love story and was released in 2009. The movie was not much of a success because of its basic story line. But his work as a director was appreciated and well acknowledged.
Later in 2011, came the movie “Vellore Maavattam” (a police drama) which had Nandha and Poorna as the lead actors and was released on October 5, 2011. The movie got...
22. Ashvin Raja
Ashvin Raja is an actor in the Tamil movie industry. He plays comedy roles and character roles. This multitalented star was born on 21st November 1989 in Choolaimedu, Chennai. He began his career in director Rajesh’s movie, ‘Boss Engira Bhaskaran’ (2010). His character of ‘Paalpandi’, son of the money lender from whom the lead borrows money, became a sensation and offers began to rain for this star. The scenes where he shows the knife and eats apples in the tutorial and laughs at the lead when he comes to borrow money became quite famous.
In his second film ‘Kumki’(2012) he plays ‘Undiyal’ where he has character present throughout the movie and plays the role of a companion to the main lead along with that of a comic ...
23. Vetrimaaran
Vetrimaaran is an Indian director and screenwriter in Tamil Film Industry. Born in Cuddalore, Vetrimaaran is from Ranipet, Vellore District, Tamilnadu. He was born to Dr. V. Chitravel who was a veterinary scientist and Megala Chitravel who was a well known Novelist. Vetrimaaran studied till his tenth grade in Ranipet. Later in 1994 he moved to Chennai to pursue English Literature from Loyola College. Vetrimaaran discontinued his Master's degree and showed interest in making a career in the film industry. The Loyola department of visual communications offered him an elective course known as Television presentation. As Vetrimaaran completed this course, he started developing an interest in filmmaking. Vetrimaaran started his career as an assistant director to Balu Mahendra for Kadai Neram for Sun TV.
24. Selva
Selva is a South-Indian actor and has mainly done work in Tamil films as leading and supporting actor. He was born in the village Lakshmipuram of Theni district to a Tamil family in Tamil Nadu. Selva’s father D C Vardharajan was a retired police officer. He has attended Madras Christian College in Chetput and was grown up in Annanagar. Selva’s elder brother Rajashekhar was a leading actor who had appeared in many Telugu Films.
Selva tried hard since childhood to try his luck in acting and finally found success when he made his acting debut in 1991 in the village drama film with Kasturi, and the movie was named as ‘Aatha Un Koyilile’, directed by Kasthuri Raja. His next film was Thambi Oorukku Pudhusa directed by R Umashankar. Selva starred in another film Kizhakku Veedhi...
25. MC Vickey
MC Vickey is the playback singer, who was born on 9th April. He was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is one of the notable personalities of the southern film industry. His real name is Mubashir Ahmed while he is famous for his reel name MC Vickey. Apart from being the playback singer, he is also the music composer, rapper, beatboxer, and lyricist.
MC Vickey is known for his music in numerous movies such as ‘Boologam’ in 2015, ‘Sarrainodu’ in 2016, ‘Thikka’ in 2016, ‘Dear Comrade’ in 2019, etc. He has done his professionalism in music composition, music programming and audio mixing. Some of his prominent songs include ‘Comrade Anthem,’ ‘Private Party,’ ‘O Sone Sone,’ ‘Hot Shot Hero,’ ‘High Voltage,’ &lsq...