1. Sneha
Suhasini R. Naidu, more popularly known by her screen name ”Sneha” is a south Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam Film Industry.
She was born on the 12th of October, 1981, to parents Rajaram Naidu and Padmavathy Rajaram. She began her career in the year 2000, debuting in the Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi where she played the role of an aspiring dancer, where she performed for 7 classical songs. Her first commercial hit was the 2001 movie Aanandham, a family drama by the hugely successful director N. Linguswamy.
Due to her appearance in several commercially successful movies in the 2000’s, she has become one of the most contemporary lead actresses in the Tamil movie industry. Her debut in Kollywood was in the movie Ennavale where she...
3. Gopal Balaji
Gopal Balaji is a digital imaging technician who works predominately in the Tamil film industry. He is a digital cinema designer who works for the Indian cinemas. His noted works include Spanish masala, thanga meengal and idhu kathirvelan kadhal. Gopal Balaji was born on 18th December 1975 in Chennai. Commonly known as Balaji he did his graduation in computer applications and further did advance diploma in multimedia. Later on, he was also a participant of an ICA colorist course.
He started his career as an assistant film editor but after some time moved to VFX and digital cinema. Presently he works as a digital cinema designer, stereoscopic 3D specialist, compositor and online artist and colorist as well as handles various jobs of supervising films from shoot to final delivery in theatres. Balaji started his career professiona...
4. Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony is an actor, composer and even playback singer in Tamil movies. He made his debut with Tamil movie ‘Naan’ that released in 2014 which was a hit. He followed up with another hit movie ‘Salim’ and his third movie ‘India Pakistan’ did only average business. His wife produced the film “India-Pakistan'. After receiving the overwhelming response from audiences for two films ‘Naan and ‘Salim’, the actor has emerged as the reliable actor in Kollywood.
His forthcoming films include ‘Nambiar’, ‘Pichaikkaran’ and ‘Thirudan’. The filming of ‘Pichaikkaran’ is being credited by his production house Vijay Antony Film Corporation and is expected to release in 2016...
5. 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.
...6. Maalavika Manoj
Maalavika also known by Mali was born on 16 September 1993 in Chennai to Malayali parents from North Malabar. She is an Indian independent musician and songwriter presently based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She started her music career as a member of the underground band, Bass-in-Bridge, but soon became a solo artist after the band was disestablished in 2011. Maalavika’s passion for music stems from her childhood as she says she has been listening and appreciating music from her childhood days. Though her parents were not musicians, they would play a lot of the 1970s and 1980s style music to her, even though she was fairly young. Her father listened to a lot of electronic music in early 1990’s. When Maalavika was five years old, her parents decided to enroll her in various extracurricular classes ranging from swimming, Bharata ...
7. Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the UN General Assembly Hall for the finale of the International Jazz Festival on 30 Apr...
8. Raja Mohammad
Raja Mohammad is an editor for Indian films and is involved in the working of the Malayalam and the Tamil film industries. Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Raja Mohammad has received much critical fame in his career. In his early ventures, Raja was involved in the editing and work on Malayalam movies. The first movie he worked on was in 2002 by the name 'Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari’. In the coming years, he worked on subsequent films - ‘Kaazhcha’ in 2004, 'Thanmathra’ in 2005 and 'Palunku’ in 2006.
'Nal Damayanti’ was his first attempt at Tamil movie editing of a 2003 movie under Kamal Hassan’s production banner. The editors’ consistent work in many more films led him to receive an award for his 20th movie 'Paruthiveeran&rs...
9. Soori
Soori is a South Indian actor in Kollywood. His nickname is “Parotta Soori’ which has been derived from his Tamil movie that he had acted. In 2009, he acted in a film ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’(2009) where a scene was shot with a crew of actors, who sit together and eat Parotta by keeping a challenge who eats more Parotta’s. In this scene, Parotta Soori performed his best, so people coined his name as Parotta Soori. Basically, he appeared as a comedian in many Tamil movies. After the film became a blockbuster, he never looked back. He is doing five to six films in a year. Today, this dusky lad with the moustache look has placed him in line with other comedians like Vadivelu, Santhanam and Goundamani. He is in peak of his career today playing comedian roles and doing a nu...
10. Yugi Sethu
Yugi Sethu is a multi-talented man. He is an actor, screenwriter, director, writer, producer and a show host. So many qualities in one person are rare to find. He was born on 28th January in Chennai. He belongs to Oothukaadu, which is a small town near Kumbakonam. He has done his graduation in Commerce and his masters in Political Science. Though he studied two subjects, his interest was more towards fine arts, but he could not pursue that. Well! None of the three subjects could give him the success and fame that he has today. He is married to Amritha Kalyani and has two children with her. As an actor, he has done only a few films. He has played the lead roles as well as supporting roles. He is mainly a screenwriter. He applied his diversified skills in the less known Tamil movie ‘Maathangal Aezhu&rsq...
11. G N R Kumaravelan
He is an India-based film director who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of the legendary director G.N. Rangarajan who has made films with superstar Kamal Haasan. He is famous for directing movies like ‘Haridas’ and ‘Yuvan Yuvathi.’ He has worked with all the legendary names in the Tamil film industry. Born to G.N. Rangarajan in Tamil Nadu, he was exposed to film making and direction from his childhood. His father has made films like ‘Maharasan’ and ‘Meendum Kokila’ after collaborating with Kamal Haasan. He was assisting the famous director Balu Mahendra in ‘Sathi Leelavathi’ as an early job and then went to superstar Kamal Haasan as an assistant director for movies like ‘Marudhanayagam’ and ‘Ladies onl...
12. Pradeep Rawat
13. Prasanna
Prasanna is a South Indian actor who was born on 28 August 1982. He has acted in Tamil and Telugu films. He had always dreamt of being an actor since his school days. His father worked for Bharath Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and his mother a home maker. His father wanted Prasanna to complete Engineering and look at a profession in that field. However, destiny had other plans for this talented actor and he soon got a chance to prove himself. During his second year in college, he saw an advertisement that changed his life forever. The advertisement was for an audition to play a role under Manirathnam’s Production. Prasanna applied for this audition and was shortlisted to play the lead role in the movie ‘Five Star’.
Initially his parents were not happy and were against his decision to enter movies. Prasanna even wanted to...
14. Kishore Jayaram
Kishore was born in the year 1974 in Karnataka. Basically, he was a theater artist. When he was doing his graduation in National College, he started to act in various theater plays. He is a Masters Degree holder in Kannada Literature. After his graduation, he started to work as a teacher. Then, he worked as a fashion designer. Kannada movie ‘Kanti’ was his debut movie, which gave him a good career. It got released in 2004. He got the State Award for the Best Supporting role for the movie ‘Raakshasha’. His role in the movie Akash was widely appreciated by the critics. He acted as the brother for four sisters, who brought them up strictly. This movie has the resemblance of the Malayalam movi...