Tamil Movie Review Rathnam - Cast & Crew

Priya was born in Pondicherry on 31st December, 1989, to Bhavani Shankar and Thangam Shankar. They are natives of Mayiladuthurai. Although she began working as a software engineer for Infosys, she later quit her job to enter the mass media field.

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Mohan Raman is a Tamil actor who appears mostly in comedy and supportive roles in cinema and as lead negative roles in TV serials. In addition to being an actor, he is also a Management trainer and Philatelist.. He is the son of politician V.P.Raman and the brother of P.S.Raman, a former advocate general of Tamil Nadu. His daughter Vidyullekha Raman is also an actress now.

Born as Vishal Krisna Reddy, he is called upon as Vishal as a stage name. Being the son of a producer, Vishal Reddy has enough experience about the film industry. Before making his debut as an actor, he worked as an assistant director of Arjun. Vishal Reddy’s brother Ajay Krishna alias Vikram Krishna is also an actor, who appeared in Poo Parikka Varugirom alongside Malavika.

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.

Samuthirakani has carved a niche for himself in the Tamil cine industry not only as a director but also as an actor. He has tried his luck in screenwriting and voice-over too. One of his earlier films, Nadodigal, was a huge hit at the box office. It was released in the year 2009. Later, this movie was remade in three different languages. Samuthirakani has acted in numerous movies and is best known for his performance in the movies like ‘Sattai’, ‘Easan’, ‘Visaranai’, and ‘Subramaniapuram’.

Ramachandra Raju is a producer cum actor in the Kannada and Tamil entertainment industries. He majorly works as a villain, and supporting actor. He was born in Karnataka, India. The year since he has been active in the industry is 2018. He got major popularity through the movie K.G.F Ch 1, which has released in 2018. It was also the movie through which he made his acting debut. The role he played in the movie was of a villain named Garuda. The movie was released in several languages, including Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. He was also cast for the same role in the sequel of the movie K.G.F Ch 2. His other movie, which was a mega-hit, was Sulthan, where he played Jayaseelan. It is a Tamil film that released in 2021. His other movies are Jana Gana Mana (Tamil), Bumper (Kannada), Kodiyil Oruvan (Tamil), and Karma (Tamil).

Gautham Vasudev Menon is known for his directional capabilities and bringing his intense films to life in the Tamil Industry. He was born on 25th February and has established himself as a heroic director. He is most known for his work where he, portrayed the life of real men on screen. One of such work named Vaaranam Aayiram was a blockbuster and won him the prestigious National Film Award for the category of Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language. And since then, he started his try to produce such films in multiple languages. He got much acclaim when another of his film Thanga Meengal, brought him another very prestigious and devoured National Film Award for Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language.

However Gautham Menon, has not always been a film personality, he has completed Mechanical Engineering from Trichy, where he was highly influenced by English movies to bring the characters to celluloid that he has dreamt of. He has been an avid movie buff and has celebrated the growth of his cinema from one genre to another. He has been at the helm of Tamil direction for much longer now. He is married to Preethi Menon and is also known by a short form GVM. He is loved for his work not just in Tamil Cinema, but his work is appreciated by throughout the country.

Hareesh Peradi, a sublime actor who blends so well with the roles portrayed by him, is from Chalappuram, Kerala. Hareesh is the son of Govindan Nair and Savithri Nair. As a teenage boy, he was engaged and interested in dramas and had received several prizes as well. He is wedded to Bindu, who is a dance teacher. They have a son, Vishnu, and a daughter, Vaidhi. Hareesh has studied in Zamorin’s College.

Vijayakumar is a very famous actor in Tamil films and television serials. He has acted in more than 400 movies in very popular characters, from child roles to hero roles to supporting roles to father roles to grandfather roles. You name any famous artist in Tamil, Vijayakumar would have acted with him or her. That is the reach he had in the Tamil filmdom.

Vijayakumar’s real name was Panchaksharam Ranaswamy. He wanted to act in movies from a very young age and apparently acted in a movie as a child artist. But, not many called him for future films, so he was discouraged and went back to his home town. Later, when he was a young person, he returned to try movies where he got some very good offers. Movies such as Aval Oru Thodarkathai, Ponnukku Thanga manasu, gave him a good break. After that he started appearing in popular movies regularly. He even acted as hero in some movies. He also acted in few Telugu, Malayalam movies during this time. His emotional type of acting was well received by directors as well as fans.

Vijayakumar started acting in television serials in roles similar to his movie roles. He mostly acted as a person who is well respected in the society, which was true in his real life also. His wife, son, daughters all acted in movies and became famous. Vijayakumar’s super hit television serials include Thangam and Vamsam. His well-known movie performances are Agni Natchathiram, Naattaamai, Kizhakku Seemaiyile, Andhi Mandhaarai, Saamy etc.

It's no secret that most celebrities use stunt doubles when filming particularly challenging scenes, but it's not something we always remember when caught up in the energy of an action-packed movie. In Indian film industry, particularly in Kollywood and Bollywood, stunt actors are indeed a must. 

Livingston is a noteworthy supporting actor and comedian of Tamil cinema. His work as a solo lead in the flick Sollamale, where he played the role of a low confident lover, got him much acclaim. Apart from acting, Livingston has also tried his luck in penning scripts. During his early stages of his career his screen name was Ranjan. 

Livingston is active in the industry since 1988. Sundara Purushan, Kanni Rasi, Engalukkum Kaalam Varum and Sollamale are the works for which he is known for lead roles. He penned screenplay for Kaaki Sattai and Kanni Rasi by joining hands with G M Kumar of Avan Ivan fame. The flick Thandachoru introduced him as a music composer (he had aspired for it for a long time) and director. This movie is yet to be released. The 1988 flick Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran is the first film in which he got a starring role. Initially Livingston was into singing by perfoming star shows. He also had the aspiration of becoming an actor. Right from his childhood days Livingston was a huge fan of MGR. He worked in several shows before venturing into acting. Eventually he sang a number for the flick Moonram Powrnami and Athey Manithan. Sundara Purushan, Poomagal Oorvalam and Sollamale are the successful films of Livingston as a hero. He is in the industry for many years through his sheer patience. 

The comedy of Livingston has an innocence in it. Initially Livingston was working in roles with gray shades, and supporting roles. Then only he got prominent roles. He was a fan of K Bhagyaraj’s flicks and hung around his home for almost a year. Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal and En Uyir Thozhan are landmarks in this talented actor’s career. On the personal front Livingston is married to Jacintha and is blessed with two children.

Muthukaalai is a South Indian actor. He has done predominant work in the Tamil film industry. He is popularly known for the comedy roles he portrays in his films. HE was born on the 6th of February, 1965. Muthukaalai was born in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu. He always wanted to become a stunt choreographer. At the age of 18, he attained a black belt in karate. He made his debut on the big screen with the movie ‘Ponmanam.’ Ponmana is a 1998 Tamil drama film directed by S.P.Rajkumar.

Muthukumar is an Indian actor famous amongst the Tamil audience for his work in the movie '36 Vayadhinile.' Mostly known for his involvement in the Tamil cinema, plays, and multilingual TV shows, in 2015, Muthukumar made his first notable contribution in the Tamil film industry when he was featured in the drama film 36 Vayadhinile, directed by Rosshan Andrrews, starring Jyothika Saravanan, 'Rahman,' and 'Abhirami' alongside him. The film was declared a hit at the box office.

Karthik Subbaraj is a Tamil director. He lives in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has completed his matriculation and higher education from SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai. He was a very discipline student during his school days with excellent academic records. Karthik has also attended Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-15 to complete his engineering degree. He has specialised in mechatronics. He started his career with Infosys Bangalore working as a software engineer. His tenure of working in Infosys was five years out of which he has spent two years in the US. While he was working in Bangalore, his interest in film making developed. During weekends, he used to make short films. He attended a one day workshop called as Film Camp of Sanjay Nambiar. In this workshop, he learned the basics of film making. Later he enhanced his film making skills in the US.

Karthikeyan Santhanam is an Indian film producer, who is connected to the Tamil industry. He was born in Chennai. He is associated with films like Marcury(2017), Meyadha(2018), Maan(2019), Penguin(2020). He has worked in the IT industry for eight years. He is an engineer. He became a producer in 2014 at the suggestion of his friends. He produced five films and introduced five new directors into the industry.

Hari is a Tamil director and was born in Katchana vilai near Nazareth in Tuticorin District. His father, Gopal Nadar, is a vessel merchant. Later for his schooling and graduation they moved to Chennai. Once he plunged into the filming, he began as an assistant director with K Natraj in the movie ‘Valli’ and some more projects like ‘Parthen Rasithen’, ‘Amarkalam’ with the director Saran.

After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song for Salman Khan, starrer "Ready", South Indian composer Devi Sri Prasad, has been getting numerous offers in Bollywood. Devi Sri Prasad liked the evergreen film ‘Sholay’ so much in his youth days, that he has seen the movie many times in his young days, and had then made his thoughts to make his journey to the film world. 

M Sukumar was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a professional cinematographer in the Indian Cinema. He has worked in movies in languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and much more. M. Sukumar’s brother M. Jeevan was a photographer in the Tamil Film Industry. Sukumar began his career in the Tamil Film Industry by helping his brother. The year when he began working was 1995. He was pursuing a course on agriculture in a college when he started to assist his brother Jeevan. Jeevan was appointed to do a photo session in Minsara Kanavu, which was a film directed by R. Menon in the year 1997. M. Sukumar made his debut in the Industry with this movie.

T S Jay is an Indian film editor who has primarily worked in the Tamil language film industry. T.S. Jay was born in Palakkad, Kerala, India and resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. T.S. Jay is known for his notable work in several Tamil films like Thirunaal, released in 2016, directed by Ramnath; Rathnam, released in 2024, directed by Hari; action film Singam 2 and Singam 3, released in 2013 and 2017 respectively, both directed by Hari; and comedy film Eli, released in 2015, directed by Yuvaraj Dhayalan; emotional film Brindavanam, released in 2017, directed by Radha Mohan, and many more. 

Dhilip Subbarayan is a stunt choreographer, producer, and actor. He has worked in South Indian film industry. His main of contribution lies in Tamil film industry. After a long time of being a stunt choreographer, he made his debut in Sangu Chakkaram. He was born in Tamil Nadu. His father, Super Subbarayan also has served in the industry as a successful stunt chorographer, for many years. He showed interest in the action and fast lifestyle which is practiced. Like his father, he also dreamed of being in the industry and started working in many movies. He was first noticed in ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ in the year 2011. The movie was a full action phased based on the life of the gangster. The movie was a huge hit and received a world première at the South Asian International Film Festival in the city of New York. He had continued his working with many big and small budget movies in Tamil and Malayalam movies. The movies include Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Arima Nambi, Puli, and the latest movie Theri. In 2013, he turned himself into a produced and produced Anjala. T

Viveka is a lyricist, who works in the Tamil film industry of South India. Viveka started as a lyricist in the year 2015. Viveka was born in 1985, and currently resides in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. Before venturing into the film industry, Viveka studied engineering and then law. Inspired by the work of Vairamuthu, a famous lyricist of the Tamil industry, he also began penning down poems. In the year 2015, he received his first breakthrough movie, “Enakkul Oruvan”, for which he wrote the lyrics of the songs “Poo Avizhum Pozhudhil”, and “Yaar”. After that, there was no looking back for this star lyricist. In the same year, he wrote lyrics for movies like “36 Vayadhinile”, "Indru Netru Naalai", “Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam”, and “144”. These included songs such as “Happy”, “Pogiren”, “Vaadi Raasathi”, “Kadhale Kadhale”, “Ennodu”, ” Mokka Piece”, “Mora Saiyyo”, and “Sarakka”. In the year of 2016, he has worked on four films, namely: “Kathakali”, “Irudhi Suttru”, “Aranmanai 2”, and “Jil Jung Juk”. He is working on the upcoming film, “Oru Naal Koothu”. These five in total include around ten songs that are being written by Viveka.

Alankar Pandian is a famous producer and actor. He was born in Singapore. He started his career as a producer with Sandalwood Entertainment Industries. Here, he worked on many Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi movies. He started his own company named Invenio Origins. The names of some of the films made by him are Kabzaa (2023), Vikrant Rona (2022), Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023), Anbirkiniyal (2021), Window Seat (2022), and Ayushman Bhava (2019). He has also worked with many audio brands like Innovative Studios. He partnered with it so that it could improve its sound technology. Apart from this, Alankar also became the associate sponsor for South Indian MasterChef. The show is made in four versions - Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

Nikkil Murugan is one of the leading PROs in the Tamil film industry. He has been the PRO for legends including Rajinikanth and Kamal haasan. He was acclaimed as the best communication man by India Today. Nikil, as he is also called, has also taken the role of media manager of Kamal Haasan for several years. The wide coverage of Kollywood movies throughout the world is done by him. He is also closely associated with music director A R Rahman. Nikkil Murugan is regarded as very media friendly. He believes in the efficient application of technology for his PR communications. He has been associated with more than 200 movies. Born on 1967, Nikkil Murugan also had close association with ace directors Shankar and Maniratnam. He can communicate in over 5 languages.

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