1. Janani Iyer
With her beautiful eyes and charismatic onscreen presence Janani Iyer is indeed a future promise of Southern film industry. Born on March 31, 1989 in Chennai, she did her schooling also in the same city. Later she pursued a Computer Science course in an Engineering Institution. During this juncture she got into modeling thinking it would be helpful with her studies.
In order to earn more she performed in several advertisements in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She has over 150 TV advertisements to her credit. She did advertisements for money but was mainly interested in acting; she even confessed her love for acting once. Janani did a couple of films, Thiru Thiru and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa while she was a busy model. The roles were small in these movies but she was noticed for her unique performance.
Tamil director A. L. Vijay introduced Janani to director Bala and eventually the latter called her for audition, and Janani came out in flying colors. This is how she got her offer in Avan Evan and that film proved to be box office success. Thegidi, Kazhugu and Paagan are some of the other Tamil films that Janani acted. Thegidi was well received both critically and commercially.
Later she experimented with Malayalam film industry. Janani Iyer gradually entered into Malayalam films and managed to get some acting assignments during 2013. She debuted in Malayalam film industry with ‘3 Dots’. She shared screen space with Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Prathap K Pothan and Narain in this film. The film was a big box office success. Her success in Malayalam film industry provided her with four assignments there. The nickname of Janani Iyer is Jaanu. Janani,who is a Tamilian, does not dub for her voice and that is an strength for her. Her childlike face is also an added strength.
In 2014, Janani played an important role in the critically and box-office acclaimed film, Thegidi. She then appeared in few more Malayalam films like 7th Day, Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal, Koothara, Ithu Thaanda Police, and Ma Chu Ka. She later returned in Kollywood in appeared in films like Adhe Kangal, Mupparimanam, Balloon, Vidhi Madhi Ultaa, and she’s currently filming the upcoming romantic comedy film, Thollaikatchi, alongside Ashwin Kakumanu in lead roles. Just a few days ago, Janani joined the second edition of the Bigg Boss Tamil and has become the house captain in Week 1.
...2. Deepthi Shetty
Deepthi Shetty is a renowned Indian Actress and an eminent personality, famous for her distinctive roles and natural acting skills onscreen. She was keenly interested in acting from an early age and always aspired to become a good Actress. Deepthi has worked mainly for South Indian films so far. 2017 was a turning point in Deepthi's life as she started her journey as an Actress with two films in the same year. She appeared in Sriramudinta Srikrishnudanta, a Telugu movie directed by Naresh Penta. She was the lead actress in the film opposite Sekhar Varma. Her second film was on March 22, a Kannada movie directed by Kodlu Ramakrishna. In 2019, Deepthi was featured in Gilli Bambaram Goli, a Tamil movie directed by D Manoharran. She shared the screen with Naresh Vijay Krishna and Ganja Karuppu. She is winning the audience's hearts with her fantastic acting skills and commendable contributions across South India.
...3. Nagakrishna
Naga Krishna is a Tamil Cinematographer who has been working in the Kollywood industry for more than 22 years. He is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has studied Bachelor's in history and commerce from Ramakrishna Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has been working as a freelance cinematographer since 1993. He was also brought up in a family with a cinematic background. His father, PL. Nagappan was an operative cameraman who worked in a film called 'Aayirathil Ooruvan.'
...4. Snehan
Snehan, born as Sivaselvam is an actor, poet, lyricist and motivational speaker from Tamil Nadu. He was born on 23 June 1978 in Pudhukariyapatti, a small village in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. He was the youngest brother out of all eight and belonged to a well to do agricultural family. After completing his education, he moved to Chennai to find work. There he worked for the noted poet and lyricist Vairamuthu as his protégé. He stayed with the five years and the work familiarized him to the literary world of Tamil Nadu.
...5. Karthik
6. Mukesh
He is a Malayalam actor and producer, famous for his comedy and drama roles. He was initially a theater artist, writer, and started Kalidasa Visual Magic to produce plays. His first play was Chayanmukhi, directed by Prasanth Narayan, which say him essay Keechaka’s role. He completed his schooling from Infant Jesus School Kollam and BSc from Sree Narayana College, Kollam and also has an LLB degree from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He married twice. His first wife was actor Saritha with whom he has two sons Shravan and Tejas, who are pursuing their academics from Dubai and New Zealand respectively. His second wife is Methil Devika, dancer, whom he married in 2013.
...7. Surmukhi Raman
Surmukhi Raman predominantly works in Tamil cinema. She is both a playback singer and lyricist. Her recent song Aandipatti Kanava Kathu from the film Dharmadhurai garnered 26 million views on Youtube. She has tried her luck in Kannada and Telugu films as well.
...8. Mounam Ravi
Mounam Ravi is a Public Relation Officer for the Tamil (Kollywood) industry. He's been a part of many blockbuster movies and had worked with many dignitaries. His work involves; understand and support his clients in matters related to how to portray their image in public and what steps should bring their client reputation, through using all forms of media and communication, reputable. He was born in the southern part of India and did his schooling from there. He started his career as a Public Relation Officer pretty soon in life, and today he is a well-heeled PRO. Being a PRO is not an easy job.
...9. Naresh
Naresh is a famous South Indian Actor who has acted in various Telugu movies. He was born in 1960’s in Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh. He started his career at a very young age of 7. His debut movie as a child artist was ‘Pandanti Kaapuram’ which released in 1972. He always dreamt of being an actor and loved the words ‘Lights, camera and action’. When the movie ‘Pandanti Kaapuram’ was being made, the child artist who was supposed to act in the movie was sick and he was given the opportunity to replace the child’s character. He was willing to do it and requested the director to finish the shooting before his mother came on the sets. His mother, Vijaya Nirmala who is also a South Indian Film Actress, Producer and director, wanted him to concentrate on his studies. His father is Late K.S.Murthy.
After working as a child artist, he made his debut as an actor in a lead role in the movie ‘Prema Sankellu’ in the year 1982. This movie was directed by his mother. After this movie was released, he worked on another movie named ‘Nalugu Stambhalata’ in the same year. This was a very successful movie and he feels that the bold them of the movie, the climax, etc worked well with the audiences. In the movie, he falls in love with a woman who bears his child and then gives it to him and his wife asking her if she can sleep on his lap one last time before her death. Naresh feels that the story line was very strong and that was the reason that the movie was a big hit.
Naresh is also fond of writing and poetry. He informs that he also received a few offers to direct movies. However, he was held up at that time and he is considering direction and will direct a movie soon.
...10. Ganja Karuppu
11. Thalaivasal Vijay