Priya Himesh
Shruti Haasan
Sanam Shetty
Shamna Kasim
Tejaswi Madivada
Sukanya
Angana Roy
Aamani
Nadhiya
Yalamanchili Ravi
Devi Sri Prasad
Viveka
Sooraj Santhosh
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Mahesh Babu
Brahmanandam
Rahul Ravindran
Rajendra Prasad
Sampath Raj
C V Mohan
Naveen Yerneni
Koratala Siva
R. Madhi
Jagapati Babu
M M Manasi
Mukesh Telugu
1. Priya Himesh
Priya Himesh is a renowned female playback singer primarily working in South Indian Film Industry. She has sung in various languages including Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Odiya etc. His most popular song across the whole India remains RingaRinga from movie Aarya 2 for which she also won Film fare Awards South. Priya was born 10 February 1982 in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. From a very early age, she was into singing and had classical training within her family. Then she started to participate in many local singings show and got the attention of local crowds. After completing her studies at Chennai University, she started auditioning to try her luck in the film industry as a singer.
He started as a backing vocalist & extra in many films. Priya got his first big break when famous music director Devi Sri Prasad gave her...
2. Shruti Haasan
Shruti Hassan is an Indian film actress born on 28 January 1986 to the veteran Tamil actor Kamal Hassan and Sarika. Her original birth name is Shruti Rajalakshmi Hassan. Shruti Hassan studied at Abacus in Chennai and later on moved to Mumbai to study Psychology. She has a younger sister Akshara Hassan. Shruti Hassan is well known for her singing and acting skills in kollywood, tollywood and bollywood.She entered into films as a child artist in her father’s film HEY RAM. At the age of 23 she did her first film LUCK in bollywood. She got the interest in music and finally travelled to USA to learn music. She did many films both in Tamil and Telugu and received positive reviews for her act. Shruti Hassan sang her first song at the age of six for her father’s film named Thevar Magan.She even composed music for a Tamil movie Unna...
3. Sanam Shetty
This Indian beauty belongs to Bengaluru, Karnataka. Her date of birth is still a mystery to be solved in the industry. Sanam is a qualified Software Engineer and used to work for a software company in the UK. Sanam had done modeling in her college days and continued with it even while working in the UK. She got many offers for movies while working in the UK, but she didn't accept any; instead returned to India, taking a break from her job to give acting a shot. She started with her auditions and was soon selected. Sanam's debut movie was "Ambuli" with actor and director R. Parthiepan.
She enacted the role of Poongavanam in the film. It was the first stereoscopic and an experimental movie in Tamil industry. Later she appeared as Deepika in "Cinema C...
4. Shamna Kasim
Shamna Kasim is a well known Indian film actress and model. She is popularly known by her stage name ‘Poorna.' She was born in Kannur to a Muslim-Malayalee couple Kasim and Ramla. She has done her schooling from St. Teresas Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Kannur after shifting from Ursuline Senior Secondary School. She shifted her school to concentrate more on her dancing skills.
Since childhood, she started learning different forms of classical dance. The different classical dance forms she knows are Kathak, Bharata natyam, Mohiniyattam. She represented her school in various competitions. In school, she also secured Kalathilakam of Kannur for four years. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from correspondence.
She won third place in a reality show named Super Dancer on Amrita TV. Super...
5. Tejaswi Madivada
Tejaswi Madivada is an actress from South India who is featured mainly in Telugu movies as Andhra Pradesh happens to be her place of birth, but she has also performed as an actress in various Tamil films. Tejaswi graduated in Mass Communication and Journalism from St. Francis College in Hyderabad. After her education, she worked as a dance instructor and choreographer in various schools and multi-national companies situated in and around Hyderabad.
In 2011, she participated in a beauty pageant contest in which she was lucky enough to have won the runner-up, which gave her an opportunity to appear in a film. ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ was her first Telugu movie, and it was released in 2013. She appeared as a supporting cast in the film and in th...
6. Sukanya
Sukanya is an actress, music composer, singer, Bharatnatyam dancer, and voice actor in South India. She has acted in all the South Indian industries: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her debut movie was in Tamil cinema with 1991’s Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu. Her other Tamil films include Thirumathi Palanisamy, Thambi Pondatti, Senthamizh Paattu, Ilavarasan, and Solaiyamma. She has also acted in 1993’s Thalattu, 1994’s Mahanadi, 1996’s Puthiya Parasakthi, and 1997’s Thambi Durai. Her other films include 2000’s Good Luck, 2001’s Krishna Krishna, 2002’s Sri Bannari Amman, 2006’s Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, 2008’s Aayutham Seivom, and 2014’s Chandra. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress. <...
7. Angana Roy
8. Aamani
Among the rare breed of actors who are the perfect blend of talent and striking beauty, Aamani is one. This Tamil and Telugu actor of the late 80’s and 90’s has got a list of some very special, unforgettable movies in her film career, Mr.Pellam (a popular telugu movie directed by Bapu) and Subha Sankalpam (starring Kamal Hassan and by the director Viswanath) being some of them. Aamani has been one to bag some prestigious awards like the National Film Award and the Nandi award in her career as well.
Starting off with the comedy film, Jamba Lakidi Pamba (starring Naresh, Bramhanandam and a host of comedians), and winning hearts with her very first film, Aamani had no turning back after the movie became a huge hit. Her career graph went up after that and she bagged roles opposite bigger actors like Jagapathi Bab...
9. Nadhiya
Zareena is the original name of the south Indian actress Nadhiya. She was born in the year 1966 in Mumbai to the Muslim father, Moidu and the Hindu mother, Lalitha. Nadhiya has a younger sister called Haseena. In 1984, she entered the film industry through the Malayalam movie ‘Nokketha Doorathu
10. Yalamanchili Ravi
Yalamanchili Ravi is an Indian producer who worked for the Telugu film industry. He worked in many South Indian movies some of them are Srimanthudu, Rangasthalam 1985, Dear Comrade, and Janatha Garage. Ravi also worked with big South Indian celebrities like Mahesh Babu, Shruti Hassan, Vijay Deverakonda, and Rashmika Mandanna. Srimanthudu was an action and drama film which hit the theatres on 7th August 2015. It was a block-buster hit film and won about 14 awards and 10 nominations, including Filmfare Awards South, IBNLive Movie Awards, South Indian International Movie Awards, and many more. Koratala Siva worked as the director and writer of the movie,
while the lead cast includes Mahesh Babu, Shruti Hassan, Sampath Raj, Rajendra Prasad, Nikitha Anil, and Joy Badlani. Rangasthalam 1985 is an action and drama film which hit the t...
11. Devi Sri Prasad
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.
He stated that music in’ Sholay’ could always be an inspiration for his generation. Thus, he always wanted to be part of Bollywood and entertain the music lovers throughout India. He has so much passion for music and the film industry that he does not miss any music show hosted for his fans in abroad. Though offers from Bollywood are in the pipeline, he wants...
12. Viveka
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 i...
13. Sooraj Santhosh
Sooraj Santhosh is a multilingual versatile playback singer who has made a noteworthy contribution in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Badaga music. The singer is well known in the Bollywood and Tollywood as well. He was born on 19th September 1987 at the Kollam village in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He is well known for his polyglot and fluent knowledge about various types of music and has achieved overwhelming success in the same. Sooraj's father, Santhosh Kumar worked in forest department and his mother, Jayakumari is a high school teacher. He has a younger brother who presently works at IBM as an engineer.
He lived with his small and sweet family in Thiruvananthapuram and completed his schooling there itself at the Government Model Boys Higher Secondary school. Further, he took a Bachelor...
14. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao- The most wanted editor for the directors of Indian Cinema. He was born in David in Krishna district which is located in Andhra Pradesh. Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao is a film editor in Telugu cinema industry. He is not only an editor but he also produces a lot of films. He started his career in the year 1977. He lived in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. And he served as the president of Andhra Pradesh film federation along with his younger brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao. He had been in that post for almost six years. He married Sujatha and he has two daughters namely Padmaja and Neeraja.
Unfortunately, his brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao died on 6th November 2012. His elder brother took care of his family after their father's death. At that time Venkateshwara Rao was not interested in academics. He did not cont...
15. Mahesh Babu
Born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Mahesh Ghattamaneni is a South-Indian actor and philanthropist. He was born and brought up in Chennai. His father is Krishna Ghattamaneni, a yesteryear superstar of the Telugu film industry. Mahesh Babu completed his schooling at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and graduated from Loyola College with a bachelor’s degree in commerce. He further underwent training in acting from director L. Satyanand. Mahesh first faced the cameras when he was just four. His debut was in ‘Needa’ and did nine films in total as a child artist. In 1999, he debuted opposite Preity Zinta in ‘Rajakumarudu,’ a rom-com Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film got him his first Nandi award as well. He is best known for hi...
16. Brahmanandam
Brahmanandam was born on 1st February 1956. He was the seventh son to Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kannaganti Lakshmi Narsamma. He completed his high schooling from a high school at Sattenapalle. He later pursued his intermediate and graduation from D.N.R College, Bhimavaram. He completed his post graduation in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam had worked as a lecturer in Atthilli for nine years.
Brahmanandam is considered as one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. He has gone ahead to receive many accolades in the world. In the year 2007, he was in the Guinness World Record for appearing in the highest number of films...
17. Rahul Ravindran
Rahul Ravindran is a Tamil, Telugu and English movie actor. Rahul was born on 23 June 1982 in Chennai. He did his graduation from Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School and went on to do Masters in Business Management. Rahul also did the job of Assistant Brand Manager for a leading media company in Mumbai before pursuing his career in acting.
Rahul married a singer, Chinmayi Sripada, whom he met through a mutual friend and started dating in June 2013. Rahul also has a younger brother, Rohit, who is a professional photographer. Rahul got noticed at a dining restaurant in Mumbai, and it was there he was landed his first offer to give an audition for a TV commercial that was to be directed by Dibakar Banerjee and it opened many gates for him to do more commercials.
Amidst this, he was also busy dubbing Power...
18. Rajendra Prasad
19. Sampath Raj
'Sampath Raj' was born on 25 December 1968 in Chennai. He adopted film field as his profession for more than a decade by acting in a 2004-released film titled ‘Neranja Manasu’ .Though he played only a small role in the film, he gave it his best and had a series of films to his credits almost every year since then. Though born in Chennai, Sampath is not partial about the languages of the movies he acts in, nor is he bothered with the type of role that he gets to play in the films.
He was featured in more than sixty films till date. His impartiality and his wish to accommodate movies from various states in the country has gained him a lot of reputation in the subcontinent. Though Tamil is his mother tongue, he is fluent in various south Indian lang...
20. C V Mohan
CV Mohan is an Indian film Producer. He predominantly worked for the Telugu movie industry. He has worked in Uppena, Gangleader, etc. One of the recent releases is Uppena in the year 2021. This movie is a love story. He is also well known for his films like Amar Akbar Anthony(2018), Janatha Garage(2016), and Srimanthudu(2015). Apart from producing CV Mohan, also does acting and is indeed a skilled actor.
...22. Koratala Siva
Koratala Siva is a screenwriter and film director from India. He works mainly in Tollywood. Koratala Siva has penned many scripts for films like Munna, Brindavanam, Oosaravelli, Okkadunadu and Bhadra. Apart from writing skills, Siva is also popular for his directorial skills. In 2013, he directed the action drama movie Mirchi in Telugu, and later in 2015, he directed the movie, Srimanthudu. Both fared well at the box office. For his movie Mirchi, the acclaimed singer, Kailash Kher won the Telugu Filmfare Award for the best playback Singer. Before his directorial debut in Mirchi, Koratala Siva pursued his graduation in engineering and often worked as an assistant to one of his relative, Posani Krishna Murali, who also happens to be a director.
Siva’s first exp...
23. R. Madhi
R Madhi is an Indian-Cinematographer. He is born on 7th January 1971. He is born and brought up in Nannilam, Tiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, India. He primarily works in the Tamil Film Industry. He is thinking of working in the Hindi Film Industry, Telugu Film Industry, Kannada Film Industry, and Malayalam Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he had worked include Punnagai Desam which got released in the year 2002, Machi which got released in the year 2004, Gurudeva which got released in the year 2005,
Oru Kalluriyin Kathai which got released in the year 2005, Kalabha Kadhalan which got released in the year 2006, Veyil which got released in the year 2006, Ninaithale which got released in the year 2007, Nepali which got released in the year 2008, Silambattam which gets released in th...
24. Jagapati Babu
25. M M Manasi
M. M. Manasi – The versatile playback singer, who started her singing career in the movies at the age of 9. She was born on 8th January 1993 and her native place is Chennai. She was trained for 15 years in Hindustani vocal. Though her hometown was Chennai, she was brought up in Mumbai. She started to learn the music at the age of 2. Her first performances were during the festivals such as Navaratri and Ganapathi Chaturthi. Her family encouraged her a lot, and good encouragement can go a long way. Manasi has mentioned her t parents' encouragement in a lot of interviews and stages. Her inspiration was K. Pop and Ilayaraja. She is not only a playback singer but she is also a dubbing artist. She finished her studies in the D. g. Vaishnav College in Management.
She can sing in 5 languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, ...
26. Mukesh Telugu