1. Sai Dhanshika
Dhansika is a Tamil actress who went to get acclaim and recognition for supporting roles. Known for her performances in films such as ‘Aravaan’ and ‘Paradesi’, she is now in the news for playing superstar Rajinikanth's daughter in his 159th film ‘Kabali’. Dhaniska was recently signed in a project for playing Rajinikanth's daughter. Director Pa. Ranjith is expected to shoot the film in three foreign locations such as in Malaysia, Bangkok and Hong Kong with the multi-star cast very soon. In this film, the superstar Rajinikanth will be portraying the character of Don. Much awaited film ‘Kabali’, is expected to take her career graph in the right direction. At the start of her career, she took up some odd roles including ‘Thirudi’ and ‘Manathodu Mazhaikalam’.Â
She made her debut with film Thirudi. Later on, she played a lead role in few films that she had acted. Her talent was well received in the film like ‘Vanapechi’ and ‘Paradesi’. She received awards for her performance in these two films. With her performance as supporting actress in her first film, where she played one of the four female leads, she went to act in Maanja Velu with Arun Vijay and Aravaan with actor Aadhi. After her stunning performance in Aravaan, she was considered to play a second heroine role in Sivakarthikeyan's 'Ethir Neechal', but later Nandita Swetha replaced Dhaniska opposite hero Sivakarthikeyan. Dhanishka complained that her remuneration was not higher for the role in 'Ethir Neechal'. Vasanthabalan's Aravaan had really helped her a lot to attain the next level actress altogether. It was a periodic film, and her role had shades of playing a village girl of Madurai during 1910. Soon after this film, she established herself as a demanding actress who can shoulder complex roles. This film actually revamped her career graph. Her forthcoming films are ‘Kitna’, which is being directed by Samuthirakani. Another film, ‘Kaala Koothu’, will see her playing one of the two female leads which is being directed by debutant Nagarajan, Recently, audiences have seen her playing charcter of Saroja Devi in film Vizhithiru, which had Krishna Kulasekaran and Venkat Prabhu in stellar roles.
...2. Anjana Rajagopalan
Anjana Rajagopalan is an Indian musical artist associated with the Tamil industry. She is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is a music composer, producer, and playback singer. Her genres are Indian Film Pop and South Indian. She works as a music producer in Firdaus Orchestra, and is a part of Firdaus Studio by A. R. Rahman. She is known for contributing to films like Kolai in 2023, Iruttu in 2019, etc. She has also worked on several albums including Poi in 2023 and Hatya by Girishh G and Bhashyasree. Songs like O Variya, Yaar Nee, Thedal, Evar Nuvvu, and Sneham Maaruna are popular hits of Anjana. She has also participated in prestigious music festivals such as the Global Sai Symphony concert series, Concert with the Arko Chamber Orchestra, Skopje, Macedonia in 2018, Indopolish Cross-cultural collaboration in 2023, etc. Anjana is also a music tutor and mentor, who aims to contribute to the musical development of various genres including Italian Art songs, Opera, Carnatic, Lieder, Western Pop and Musical theatre.
...3. Shilpa Natarajan
Shilpa Natarajan is an Indian acoustic singer, vocal instructor, and songwriter from Chennai. She is also a music presenter on Chennai Live 104.8 FM, based in Chennai, where she hosts the show ‘Live Café.’ She has been experimenting with acoustic covers, indie-pop, and the indie-folk genre.
...4. Vimala Raman
Vimala Raman is a renowned model and actress. She is also known for her skills in Bharatnatyam dance. She is basically from Sydney, Australia. She was born on 23rd January 1982. She basically belongs from south India. Along with her education, she also got trained in an Indian classical dance form, that is, Bharatanatyam. She took her training in Natanalaya Dance Academy which is based in Sydney. She took her lesson in this dance form under the training of Jayalakshmi Kandiah. In the year 2006, she came into the limelight of the Indian cinema with a Tamil film, 'Poi'. After her debut, she went on doing South Indian films like, her first Malayalam film was ' Time'.
...5. Indra Soundar Rajan
'P. Soundar Rajan'Â popularly known among his fans by the pseudonym of Indra Soundar Rajan, was born on 13 November 1958 in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Currently, he resides in Madurai. He is a long familiarly known Tamil author of television serials, screenplays, short stories and novels.
Some of his popular television serials are Krishnadasi, Sivamayam, Marmadesam, Nagamma, and etc. He is known to be an expert on South Indian Hindu mythology and traditions. His selected works on fiction include Neelakkal Modiram, Nandi Ragasiyam, Kan Simittum Ratthinakkal, Mahadeva Ragasiyam, Ragaisyamaai Oru Ragasiyam, Pallavan Pandiyan Baskaran, etc. His screenplays include Sringaram, Anandha Purathu Veedu, etc Â
These stories typically deal with cases of ghosts, divine intervention, reincarnation, supernatural occurrence and are generally based on and inspired by regional true stories reported from various areas in or around Tamil Nadu.
His novels are published in Crime Story and Today Crime News publications.
Today, he is the face of South India.
6. R Sudharsan
R. Sudharsan was born on 29th May in 1988. His birthplace is Chennai. He is a professional editor in Indian cinema. His main area of work is in Tamil films. He is a very young member of the industry. He has worked in collaboration with editors like R. Parthiepan. Sudharsan is also known by the name V. Harsan. Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA was a Tamil film released in the year 2013 under the direction of Manivannan. This film marked the debut of Sudharsan as a film editor. Sudharsan is a Computer Engineer.
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8. V. Z. Durai
V. Z. Durai’s former name was Peer Moideen. Durai was his nickname, given to him by his grandmother and it later stuck as everyone continued calling him that. He is an Indian Director. He works in the Tamil Cinema. He is one of the few Muslim Directors in the Industry. The director, Durai, had a long struggle period in the Tamil Cinema. He has admitted to multiple sources and also in various talks that it took him a long time to get noticed in the Industry. He has been rejected by over five Producers consecutively, but he did not let this break his belief in himself and his work. He continued to look for a Producer who will be interested in the script and will see what he sees in it.
...9. Yogi Babu
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.
...10. VTV Ganesh
VTV Ganesh is a renowned Tamil film actor, comedian, and producer. He was born as Ganesh Janardhanan in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. He became popular for his hoarse voice. Ganesh has appeared in many of Silambarasan’s films. He was debuted in Gautham Menon’s Tamil musical romantic drama film, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010). His performance as a cinematographer, who assisted Silambarasan in connecting with Trisha Krishnan’s character in the film, earned him a nomination at the Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor.
...11. Mohan Rajan
Mohan Rajan is an Indian Lyricist. He works in the Tamil Film Industry. Mohan was born in the year 1984. He was born in Valayapatti, Tamil Nadu. He pursued his Master’s Degree from Loyola Degree College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in Tamil Literature and Media arts specializations. Mohan started his career as a lyricist with the film Easan (2010) where he penned the song Jilla Veettu.
...12. Vijay Rathinam
India is a more than billion strong nation but the career choices still remain limited to the mainstream doctor, engineer, architect and the maximum deviation for the majority is being a teacher. But, there are people like Vijay Rathinam who go for the relatively less explored or in this case mainly unexplored and make a mark for themselves. Vijay Rathinam for your information is a Sound Design specialist with about 15 years of experience inclusive of both national and international projects. Vijay, a native of Madras has worked on over 70 South Indian films as a sound editor –performing various roles as the need be.
...13. Johnson
Johnson is a PRO, a Public Relations Officer in the Tamil industry. He has handled the PR of various Tamil movies. Johnson is from Nagercoil, a city in Tamil Nadu. His mother is Johannal, and his father, KGA John, is an ex-naval officer. He has six siblings. He married to H.J. Mano in 1994. Johnson always dreamt of being a filmmaker. He aspired to assist the Indian actor R. Parthiban. He left his city, Nagercoil, and moved to Chennai to fulfill his dream. He met the editor of the magazine Kungumam, Paavai Chandran. Paavai brought him into the world of magazines. There, he started to write snippets about Tamil films. The films he wrote about were handled by Nellai Sundarjan as a PRO.
...14. Dinesh Kasi
Dinesh Kasi is an Indian action choreographer who primarily works in the Tamil cinema industry. Poikkal; Kuthirai, which debuted in theatres in 2022, was Dinesh's previous motion picture. The movies Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku(2022), Shiva Shivaa(2022), and Poikkal Kuthirai are well known by Dinesh Kasi (2022). He played various roles in Tamil movies as an Indian stunt director, action director, and stunt coordinator. Most of the Stunts in Tamil Action movies are getting performed by him and his Team. He directed many hit and famous Action movies in Tamil Film Industry. He is also preparing more scripts for his upcoming Movies. He has achieved a lot at this age and dominated the Tamil Industry.
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