1. Andrea Jeremiah
It is sometimes fascinating to read about how film stars, especially in the South, get into the industry from totally diverse fields, and with no conscious intentions to be in movies. Andrea Jeremiah’s career seems to fit into this category. Her childhood ambition was to go for higher studies and get to become a psychiatrist. But music was always in the background, as she started learning classical Western piano when she was just eight, and she quickly showed her prowess when she formed her own troupe called Young Stars which also was a precursor for her later singing and music composing career.
However, entry into acting came to her via the theatre route, as it was hard to refuse offers from Girish Karnad, in whose “...
Age:
43
Gender:
Female
2. Sanchita Shetty
Sanchita Shetty was born in the Bangalore district of Karnataka, India. She has been an active figure in the film industry ever since her appearance on screen in the 2006 movie- ‘Mungaru Male’ which was in Kannada. Her ambition was not limited to a film career in Karnataka alone and for widening her fame and reach, she takes roles in most of the South Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Initially, she played only supporting roles in her movies, but after her performance in three consecutive films in Kannada as supporting roles, she gets the opportunity to act in Tamil movies, and her biggest break came in the year 2010 when she is presented the opportunity to act opposite the well-...
Age:
35
Gender:
Female
3. Nalan Kumarasamy
Nalan Kumarasamy is a Kollywood film director, writer, and actor. His debut directorial venture was a 2013 Tamil black comedy film, Soodhu Kavvum. This movie starred Sanchita Shetty and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. This film got selected for screening and was the only Tamil movie to be screened at the Zurich Film Festival. He was born in Chennai city in the state of Tamil Nadu. He started off with event management and business in real estate. He will come up next with a romantic comedy that will be produced by C V Kumar, which he is still scripting.
He has participated in a reality television show, Naalaya Iyakunar in which he made a short film about a fil...
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
4. Santhosh Narayanan
Santhosh Narayanan was born on 15 May 1983 in Tamil Nadu. He is a musician and a movie composer by profession in Tamil movie industry. Santhosh attended school at RSK Higher Secondary School and did his college from J. J. College of Engineering and Technology. Initially, Santhosh started his career as a recording engineer, and one of his first works includes working as an assistant with A. R. Rahman. He was also a member of a folk music band ‘La Pongal.’
In 2012, the film “Attakathi” marked Santhosh’s debut as an independent music director. He even gave chances to others singers to sing. After “Attakathi” he composed for movies lik...
Age:
40
Gender:
Male
5. Chinna
Chinna is a south Indian actor. He is not only an actor, but also a director. His real name is Arugunta Jithender reddy. He is from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. His mother tongue is Telugu. He is son of A. Ramachandra reddy and A. Rajeswari. He has two daughters: A. Mounika and A.Bhavana. He had almost acted in 50 movies. He had acted many movies in Telugu. He is a comedian. His first movie was Madhura Nagarilo. He got fame in 'Shiva' movie in 1989 and from onwards his name has been changed to Chinna because in this movie his character name was Chinna. After this movie he got many offers on movies. He was a character artist, but he also played a main hero role in Dhayyam movie with heroin...
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
Age:
58
Gender:
Male
6. Divya Ramani
If you listen to songs frequently on Raaga, then you will know about this singing sensation. Having shot to fame a few years ago, in the hit movie ‘Soodhu Kavvum,’ this playback singer has gone on to deliver five hits in the five songs that she has sung for quite a few producing houses. Amongst her first songs were ‘Kadalil Kanmashi Pole,’ where she collaborated with famed artist Nivas, and the south Indian cinematic universe failed to overlook her raw talent. Since then, she has gone a long way, writing & composing songs, if not singing, successfully creating a wave amidst the rising competition in the current singing profession.
Ramani was born in 1987, in Tamil Nadu. Displaying a love for music from...
7. Leo John Paul
Leo John Paul is a film technician in the field of editing and has over a decade of experience. This film editor of Tamil Film industry has earlier been associated with the making of the “Kolaveri-D song” as a video editor. Since then he has never looked back and has grabbed the attention of cinemagoers of editing many Kollywood movies one after another. Now, he is an independent film editor and has worked in every CV Kumar’s film productions till date.
After getting a visual communication degree, the editor was involved in making of short films and documentaries. In the year 2007, he worked as spot editor in Gautam Menon’s movie ‘Vaaranam Aayiram ‘ and had got to learn editing aspect by workin...
Gender:
Male
8. Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi was not born with silver spoon. Neither did he have a family background that had deep roots in cinema field. He was rejected even for the role of a junior artist. But it was his hard work and continuous struggle, that made him a star that he is today.
He was born in Rajapalayam but moved to Chennai where he had studied and even had his graduation from a reputed college in Chennai. He did all kinds of odd jobs that came to him (salesperson, cashier, telephone booth operator or account assistant) to lead his life normally.
Later on, he moved to Dubai as he had to take care of three siblings. During ...
Age:
46
Gender:
Male
9. Ashok Selvan
Ashok Selvan is primarily a film actor, who has played major lead roles in Tamil movies like Soodhu Kavvum (2013), Pizza 2 : The Villa and ‘Thegidi’ (2014). A native of Tamil Nadu, Ashok was born on 8 November 1989 in Erode. He graduated in visual communication from Loyola College and gained a lot of movie making experience during his college days. Since his early years, he was immensely attracted to the entertainment world. After getting a degree in the visual communication, he decided to make a foray into the world of entertainment.
