Nithya Menen
Latha Rao
Neeti Mohan
Shreya Ghoshal
Snigdha Chandra
Veena Sundar
Gowthami Gowda
Sangeetha Krish
Shashaa Tirupati
T Sivakumar
D Imman
Praveen Antony
Chikkanna
Imman Annachi
Mukesh Tiwari
Prakash Raj
Sudeep
K S Ravikumar
Nassar
P. Ravi Shankar
Rockline Venkatesh
Soorappa Babu
Jithin Raj
Sakthi Amaran
Sathya Prakash
Vijay Prakash
Achyuth Kumar
Sadhu Kokila
Sathish Krishnan
Sharath Lohitashwa
Ravi Chetan
Sai Ravi Kumar
Rajarathinam
1. Nithya Menen
Born on April 8, 1988 Nithya Menen is indeed a star to reckon with. She has worked in South Indian films, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Hailing from Calicut, she was brought up in Bangalore. Before joining films, she passed Journalism from Manipal Institute of Communication. Though, she wanted to do a course in Cinematography things didn’t fructify. After working as a child artiste in the film Hanuman, she did a film with Mohanlal during the year 2008. This got her many accolades and she was nominated in the category of Best Supporting actress.
During one of her entrance exams Nithya met director Nandini, who was instrumental in making Nithya ...
2. Latha Rao
Is it that Latha Rao and her husband Rajkamal made a pact? Yes it’s interesting and also surprising to watch that lovely couple wearing the same colour dress always!! Latha Rao is born on 5 the of June in Bangalore but brought up in a small town called Bavani sagar near Sathyamangalam, Tamil nadu. Her father was a government employee and mother, a home maker.
Her entry into serials is a surprise for herself. She came to Chennai for attending a function and there was a shooting happening nearby. Out of curiosity she went and was watching that and that’s when her debut into small screen happened. That was the famous “Metti Oli” serial’s shooting and because of her good looks she was offered a small role in that serial. Following that she acted in more than 30 serials in Tamil, telugu, Malayalam ...
3. Neeti Mohan
Intro: Neeti Mohan appeared on Hindi television while performing as a competitive singer and soon she won the hearts of millions with her performances. Now she is a celebrity singer with huge success.
A beautiful diva with a golden voice is how one can introduce Neeti Mohan, the dazzling young star. She first appeared with her golden voice on television for the musical programme Popstars which was aired on Channel V in the year 2003. She won the show and along with other winners, created a musical group Asma. Under the auspicious guidance of Shankar Mahadevan, she also represented the team of Shankar’s Rockstars on the musical competitive show Music Ka Maha Muqabala. This show was aired on Star One in the year 2009. Since then, she is a regular member of A.R. Rehman live shows performing all over the world.
4. Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became ...
5. Snigdha Chandra
Snigdha Chandra is an Indian playback singer and lyricist who has worked mainly in Tamil film industry. Mudinja Ivana Pudi, Kotigobba 2, Sigaram Thodu, Indumathi, Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga, Jilla etc. are the films that she worked.
...6. Veena Sundar
Veena Sundar is an actress who works in the Kannada film industry. She made her debut in 2010 on the silver screen with Aaptharakshaka, a horror movie. She has mostly played supporting roles only.
Then after three years, she came back in Padhe Padhe. She went on to appear in over 20 movies, some of the other most popular movies like Jaguar, Kaffi Thota, 5 Adi 7 Angula and many others. She also received the Filmfare nomination for best supporting actress in the movie Kaffi Thota where she was praised for her role as the quirky aunt.
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7. Gowthami Gowda
Gowthami Gowda is a famous television actress and has flattered many fans with her good looks. A follower of Hinduism, she started her career by acting in TV shows, and after gaining popularity went on to act in films. She is currently a contestant on the third season of Bigg Boss 3 Kannada and is winning hearts of many. She is going strong in this reality show, and we hope she returns as a winner. She also succeeded in securing the fourth position in ‘Kuniyonu Baara,’ a reality show.
Before entering the Bigg Boss house, she signed director MD Kaushik’s movie Muthina Pallaki. She said in an interview that she had been waiting for such a brave role since she started her career as a television actress and is quite excited about working wi...
8. Sangeetha Krish
When contemplating a serial TV star, one cannot possibly shot the eyes against an outstanding actress in person of Sangeetha, one of India’s TV actresss who was born into the family of Mr. Balan in Chennai in India. Suffice to say, Sangeetha’s grandfather originally was into film production and he was well very famous in this field, Mr. K. R. Balan must have inspired the screen goddess Sangeetha to have keen interest in acting in his hay days. It is on record that Sangeetha’s grandfather had successfully produced a total of about twenty Tamil films. Also her interest in acting led her to vie into a kind of Indian dance choreography called and popularly referred to as Bhanumathy. The filming activities and productions definitely runs in her family as information have it that her ...
9. Shashaa Tirupati
Shashaa Tirupati is a Indian playback singer and was born on 21st December 1987. She is also a lyricist and gives her voice. Her first song as an individual singer is “Vaada Vaada” from the Tamil movie Kochadaiiyaan, under the musical direction of AR Rahman, starring Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone But, this song did not get her talent noticed the song “Aye Mr Minor” from Kaaviya Thalaivan, starring Siddharth and Vedika gained her immediate fame. With her second song, she was nominated for theprestigious Big Music Awards: Tamil 2015. OK Kanmani is one of her recent albums. She has been singing since the age of six. She presented her first stage show when she was only eight.
With a keen interest in music, she started learning Hindustani Classical music fromthe age of ten . Coming to her formal education,...
10. T Sivakumar
He is married to Lakshmi Kumari and has three children - two sons and a daughter. His sons Surya Sivakumar and Karthik Sivakumar are actors. Also, his elder daughter-in-law Jyotika is a famous Kollywood actress. T Sivakumar is a devotee of Lord Sri Murugan. He is ambidextrous which means he can use both his left and right hand equally well.
He entered into the industry in 1965 as a supporting actor. But in the late 1960s, he performed as the lead hero in a few Tamil movies namely Kandan Karunai, Uyarndha Manidhan and Thunivae Thozhan. Till 1974, he was seen as a supporting actor in films with M.G. Ramachandran, Gemini Ganesan, Shivaji Ganesan and R. Muthuraman in the leading roles.
He also performed supporting roles in 7 movies with Jayalalithaa. But after 1974, he introduced himself to his fans as the lead actor in fil...
11. D Imman
Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran, acknowledged as D. Imman, is an Indian big screen musician and songster mainly for Tollywood. Imman was in Chennai in Sothern parts of India on 24 January 1983. He did his schooling Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai and completed his graduation in Pachaiyappa's College. He did his Master's from Madras University. Immanuel got married on 24th April 2008 to Monica Richard, and the couple is blessed with two adorable daughters.
...12. Praveen Antony
Praveen Antony is an editor in the South Indian Film industry. He has done a lot of renowned work in the Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada film industries. He was born on the 2nd of February 1990 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Praveen made his debut with director Gautham Menon as a non-linear editor in the film ‘Neethane En Ponvasantham’. It is a Tamil – romantic drama released in 2012, starring Jiiva and Samantha in the lead roles. This film was a box office hit. It was later dubbed into its Telugu version ‘Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu’.
Praveen worked as an associate with another film editor Anthony in his initial days. He has excellent experience as an assistant film editor which included four of Gautham Menon’s films. He considers Gautham Menon and Anthony as his mentors and educators. He also ...
13. Chikkanna
Chikkanna was born in Ballahalli district of Mysuru city in Karnataka, India. He has been working in the show-business since 2011. He is best known for his works in the Kannada cinema. He has played many comic roles in various south Indian films. He debuted on television in a Mysore-based comedy show, titled Drishya Kalavide.
His second show was a comedy TV series on Udaya TV. Chikkanna did his first film in 2011, titled Kirataka. The movie was a Kannada comedy film by Pradeep Raj. The film starred Oviya and Yash in the lead. The film was a remake of the film, Kalavani (Tamil). Chikkanna did a supporting role and was well appreciated for his work. This movie led to his increased publicity. In 2013, he did a Laskhmisri Combines’ film, titled Raja Huli. The film was directed by Deshpande Guru and produced by K. Manu. The fi...
14. Imman Annachi
Imman Annachi is one of the most popular television anchors in the history of Tamil Television. He is also a well-known actor and comedian and is best known for his sense of humor. He gained popularity through popular television shows such as 'Kutty Chutties' and 'Sollunganne Sollunga'. He was born as Immanuel in the city of Thiruvaluthinadar Vilai in the district of Thoothukudi in Eral in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was a talented young man since his early life and got his fame and recognition after he appeared on a talk show on Makkal TV.
15. Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari is an artist known for his work in the movie Gangajal, Golmaal and The Legend of Bhagat Singh. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie China Gate in which he played the role of Jageera. He had a small but significant role in the movie. Many directors recognized his acting skills. Thus, in the year 2000, he starred in the movie called Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke. The movie was a huge failure but since Mukesh had a small role in the movie, it didn’t have much effect on his career. Thus, in 2001 Mukesh appeared in many movies. He exclusively appeared in either supporting roles or negative roles. He played the role of Danny Mendoza in the movie Aaghaaz in 2001.
In the same year, he app...
16. Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films. He hails from a Tulu and Kannada-speaking household and is fluent in various other languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. He also has an actor brother named Prasad Raj. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boy’s School, and subsequently, at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Both institutions are in Bangalore. Prakash has three children, Meghana, Pooja, and Sidhu, from his earlier marriage to the actress Lalitha Kumari. His son, unfortunately, passed away in the year 2004....
17. Sudeep
Sanjeev Sudeep, known by the short name, Sudeep is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, and producer. He has mostly worked in Kannada cinema. He has also appeared in Big Boss version of Kannada television. Sudeep, being a Mechanical engineer by graduation first had the opportunity begin his acting career with a television advertisement title 'Premada Kadambari'.
Sudeep debuted in the film industry with 'Brahma' in 1966 which however could not make it to the theaters. His second film 'O Kusuma Bale' also shared the similar fate. After sincere efforts and patience in 1997, his third film 'Thayavva' was released. This Kannada film co-casts Umashree with Sudeep and Charan. Sudeep later appeared in Sunil Kumar Desai...
18. K S Ravikumar
Director KS Ravikumar(KSR), started his career in Tamil cinema as an assistant director to Bharathiraja for sometime before becoming an independent director. He has made 40 movies, out of which six films are re-makes.
KSR has made the most number of movies with actor Sarath Kumar (10) and actresses Simran and Ramya Krishnan. Interestingly enough to know that his stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan had collaborated with KSR in 16 films so far.
His first project in Tamil film world was in the year 1990, when he made a genre-breaking film Puriyaadha...
19. Nassar
Nassar is one of the multi talented actors in the Indian cinema industry. He has achieved various awards for his acting performance. He is not only an actor, but a producer and a good director too. Mehaboob Nassar is his full name and Nassar remained as his stage name. He is married to Kameela and has three children. His debut was through Kalyana Agathigal, a Balachander movie. He has acted in various films with different roles. Most of his roles depict him as a villain. After few years of his successful villain roles, he jumped to character roles that yielded him fame. He did a good role in Roja as a good Police Officer. His role in Thevar Magan made him to get a good name. He made his debut as a director through Avatharam in the year 1995. He acted in a lead role in the film alongside Revathi. Revathi acted as Blind ...
20. P. Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar Pudipeddi a.k.a Sai Ravi is a popular face in the world of the South Indian cinema, or rather a popular voice, as he’s noted for his extensive dubbing work which covers nearly 2600 films. He’s also been an actor and director as well, working for the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries in all the three fields.
Born to the popular dubbing artist P.J.Sharma, Ravi Shankar along with his brother, the popular actor Sai Kumar, have both inherited the appealing and majestic voice that made them dubbing artists as well.
Although Ravi Shankar entered the film industry as an actor in the late 80’s with films like Madhuranagarilo (in which he plays one of the four young heroes), he did not really succeed as an actor as much as he did as a dubbing artist. He’s dubbed ...
21. Rockline Venkatesh
He started making movies with real life incidents and remakes of other languages as well. He was one of the top producers and directors in Kannada movie industry. He has worked with some of the big shots of Kannada industry like, ‘Shivaraj Kumar, Ambareesh, Vijay, Upendra, Dr.Vishnuvardhan’ and many other super stars. He has also w...
22. Soorappa Babu
Indian film Producer Soorappa Babu is well for films like kotigobba 2, Dashmukha. He credited his work predominantly in the Kannada film industry. He is in the news recently due to a mob attack on him. Recently, the mob that was against the Kannada dubbing attacked him.
Soorappa Babu produced several famous movies including, Kotigobba 2, Dasha Mukhammad. Kotigobba 2 ( released in 2016). In 2018 he produced Kotigobba 3 under Rambabu Productions banner. Film starrer Kichcha Sudeep and Madonna Sebastian. Soorappa Babu also worked as a director in Kannada film.
...23. Jithin Raj
Jithin Raj is a playback singer as well as an actor who has sung mainly in South Indian movies. He is a native of Malappuram, a district in Kerala but settled in Chennai for achieving more heights in the field of music.
Before moving to Chennai, he completed his schooling in the year of 2007 from St. Paul’s English Medium Higher Secondary School, Thenhippalam which is located near to his hometown. Besides being a singer, Jithin Raj is an engineering graduate. He studied Electronics and Communication Engineering at Kalasalingam University in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.
During his college days, he participated in a reality show named Airtel Super Singer 3 in 2011 but got eliminated from the competition in one of its rounds. After hi...
24. Sakthi Amaran
Sakthi Amaran is an album singer who has sung some title song like 'Lipstick' for the album m Glassmates. It was an emotion displayed by a boy to his girl. The song deliberately mentions the girls make up with Lipstick and the song was sung by Sakthi Amaran. Jeffrey Jonathan composed music and penned the lyrics too. Since album songs need actor's performance, the song was performed by artists who had to display the emotions in various forms in different scenes. The song demanded an incredible dance sequence which has been choreographed by Brinda master starring Shanthanu and Keerthi.
Ashish Vijay Kothari produced the video song album. The song narrated the boy's demand for giving a kiss, come closer to her, and he demands her 'okay' in the relationship. The director of photography of the song was Malay P...
25. Sathya Prakash
Sathya Prakash is a popular south Indian villain actor, who hailed from Odisha. His father was a government staff and Sathya got a place in the government school and he completed his schooling. Sambalpur, Burgad and Burhampur are the places, where Sathya completed his graduation and post graduation. Sathya did his MBA in Kolkata. He was a bank employee for a few years.
After a few years, he got placed on the defense. Almost he was in Odisha till his thirty years. But he was interested in acting and so, he resigned his job and travelled Chennai. He says, being born in a poor family, it was through the god’s blessings, he is in his current position. Sathya Prakash is a very big fan of Amitabh Bachchan. Sathya doesn’t know any...
26. Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.
He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam movies. He has also hosted the renowned reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed in shows with the great Indian percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain. Prakash is one of the four singers of the song ‘Jai Ho’, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The song also won a Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Medi...
27. Achyuth Kumar
Achyuth Kumar was born in Bangalore. He has acted in both Kannada and Tamil movies. He was trained in "Ninasam", a cultural organization committed to the development of drama, films and publishing, in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. He made his debut in the Kannada film 'Josh' in 2009. He is widely known for his spectacular performances in the Kannada films, Lucia and Sidlingu. However, he gained widespread critical acclaim and fame for his character as movie theatre owner Shankaranna in the super hit film Lucia, which made him an overnight star and bagged him prestigious Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of the tremendous performers in the emotional roles and character-based roles. He shot to fame and people started to notice his acting abilities from the super hit movie &l...
28. Sadhu Kokila
Sadhu Kokila is a Kannada actor who primarily works on comedy roles. He is also a director and music composer. Rakta Kanneeru, Om and Shhh are some of the movies that he directed and also acted. The Vijay starrer Devru was also directed by him.
Born on 24th March, 1966, Sadhu Kokila, also known as Kokila Sadhu, hails from a family of musically inclined people. His father was a violinist in a music group of Karnataka Police Department. His sister and mother are singers. Layendra, Kokila’s brother, is also an actor. Kokila pursued his schooling at St. Joseph’s Indian High School in Bangalore. Kannada star Upendra provided him with the name Sadhu Kokila.
Kokila kickstarted his career in the film industry as a musician and eventually he was referred to Kasturi Shankar, another m...
29. Sathish Krishnan
Sathish Krishnan has worked in the Tamil Industry and is an Indian Choreographer and actor. He is the instructor of Flyerz dance company for more than 10 years and is also seen in many Television serials like Aattam Paatam and Dance Machi Dance, Maanada Mayilada (won the title on Best Dancer), Jodi Number One Season Four and many such shows.
He made his debut as a choreographer in the movie ‘Neethane En Ponvasantham’ and has worked in several hit movies like ‘Yennai Arindhaal’, ‘Sutta Kadhai’, ‘Vaalu, Madras’ etc.
He was seen acting in the film Unnale Unnale in 2007. He then got a lead role by Gautham Menon in the movie Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam and by Srikanth in the film Mudivilla Punnagai. His other big hits include Endrendrum and Uppu...
31. Ravi Chetan
Ravi Chetan is an Indian actor who is mostly seen in supporting roles in the Kannada film industry and the Malayalam film industry.
Ravi Chetan was born on 26th of December. He is a married man. He has completed his schooling from St. John’s High School, in Vijaynagar, Bangalore. He was a student of KLE Society's S Nijalingappa College.
One of his first-ever appearances on cinema was in the movie, Chandu. This movie released in the year 2002. He played the role, Soori. Famous Sandalwood actor, Sudeep, was the lead character in this film. He then went on to feature in numerous movies like Ranna, released in the year 2015, Kraanthiveera Sangolli Raayanna, released in 2012, Kotigobba 2, which released in the year 2016, Mukunda Murari, which released in the year 2016 and various others. He has also appe...
32. Sai Ravi Kumar
Sai Ravi Kumar is a well-known Telugu actor. He has done many amazing roles in many films and the audience really appreciate his performance. He has all the qualities that an actor should have. He has done the movie ‘Mudinja Ivana Pudi’ and the movie released in 2016. This genre of the movie is Action and Drama which is a great combination. The director of the movie was K.S. Ravikumar and he had written the screenplay as well. The entire team had worked well on the script. The story is about how people chase the truth. There is also a twin role in the film which maintains the flavour of comedy as well. The plot of the story is amazing and it has noteworthy action scenes as well. Sai Ravi Kumar has also acted well in the film and his performance is appreciated by the audience very much.
He has also done the movie &ls...