1. Yuvina Parthavi
Yuvina was first known as a child actress in the AVM Productions television serial Uravukku Kai Koduppom. AVM is the only production company in South India, which has kept promoting only social drama that had a strong message to viewers. She was just two-and-a-half-year-old, when the director K. A. Bhuvanesh, used to flash the camera arc lights upon her face. But the child artiste would deliver any emotion with the good modulation.Â
She was totally fantastic as a child who was seen being reborn in the family (as shown in the serial). The director had spotted her in a tour, and he was so impressed with her astuteness that recommended her to A M Saravanan. The producer signed Yuvina for the project, and her electrifying screen presence clicked well with the audience a...
2. Devayani
Devayani, born as Sushma Jayadev on June 22, 1974, is one of the leading television actresses in Tamil small screen now. She has acted in more than 75 films alongside stars like Vijay, Surya, Kamal Haasan, etc. She is currently settled in Mumbai with her husband, Rajakumaran. She has won two Tamil Nadu state film awards for her brilliant portrayal of characters in the late 90’s movies: ‘Surya Vamsam’ in 1997 and ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ in 1996. She says her life changed after ‘Kaadhal Kottai’ opposite Ajith Kumar. The movie also earned her a title ‘the homely heroine’. She has also played small cameos in hit movies like Panchathanthiram alongside Kamal Haasan and also pulling off comedy easily in ‘Thenali’ where she played opposite Jayaram. She also received ma...
3. Avani Modi
Avani Modi is an Indian model and a film actress, who got noticed for her role in Madhur Bhandarkar's drama film Calendar Girls. Her father, Vinod Modi, had worked with Kajol’s dad, Shomu Mukherjee at Filmalaya studio, suburban Mumbai, before shifting base to Gujarat.Â
Later, his father moved his base as a bureaucrat in Narendra Modi’s (who was Gujarat chief minister) office in the publicity and information office but still had his heart in creative pursuits. Vinod encouraged Avani to create a mark in the world of entertainment, glamour and fine arts. Avani was also a model before making a foray into films.Â
However, her dream seems to have got fulfilled as she was noticed as one of the calendar girl from Pak...
4. Pa Vijay
P Vijay (Pa Vijay) is a Tamil poet and film lyricist, who wrote the award-winning lyrics for the song’’ Ovvoru Pookalume’’ in Cheran's Autograph in Kollywood film industry. This lyricist had an extensive impact on Tamil cinema and was considered to be a gem writer of many songs that had featured in many movies. This poet and lyricist-writer were born in a middle-class family where his mother was a school teacher, and his father worked as a spinning master in a textile mill in Coimbatore. The actor was born in Coimbatore on 20 October 1974 and did his MA Literature in Tamil from Annamalai University. This poet was a discovery of director K Bhagyaraj, who was his family friend. He was associated with K. Bhagyaraj in the magazine ‘Bhagya’ and even got a chance to pen his lyrics for the film Gna...
5. Rama Narayanan
Rama Narayanan was an Indian Producer and Director in the Indian Cinema. He was born on the 3rd of April in the year 1949, and he passed away on 22nd June, 2014.He was 65 years old when he demised. During his time in the Industry, he has been known to be inspired by various muses. In the 1980s, he was known to specialize in commercial films. His love and affection for animals could easily be seen in his movies as animals played a vital role in it. In the latter decade of the century, he did multiple flicks with devotional subjects of the Hindu religion and spirituality as the underlying theme. Furthermore, he was the head of the Tamil Film Producers Council aka TFPC for three consecutive terms. However, he resigned from his post in 2011. He died in a Singapore hospital due kidney related ailments following a brief illness.
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6. Taj Noor
Taj Noor is an Indian film background score and soundtrack musician, who has prevalently scored music for many Tamil films. He was born in the local area of Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu. His parents are  Usman Ali Khan, who was a district collector and Habibonisha. He has two older siblings and two older sisters. He finished his schooling in the city of Salem, going to the Bharatiya Vidyalaya and the Pavadi Boys High School. After that, he proceeded with his university training at the Government Arts College in the city of Salem. He graduated with a major in Physics department.Â
Taj Noor assisted the music director A. R. Rahman, after joining his team in the year 1996. At first, his significant obligation was to keep up all the back-ups for the records done...
7. 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.
8. Joe Malloori
Joe Malloori is an actor who works in the South Indian film industry. His residential abode is in the city of Chennai. Joe is known for his commendable and highly impactful acting skills. He was hugely appreciated by everyone for the performance that he gave in his debut film. The movie with which he made his debut was named Kumki, which was directed by Prabhu Solomon. This film came out in the year 2012. He played the role of Mathayaan, who is a leader of a tribe and also the father of the female lead. He received widespread appreciation, and he was welcomed into the industry with open arms. Audiences, as well as the critics, thought that the best thing that Prabhu did for his movie was to cast Joe for the role he did and that it was laudable.
After receiving wonderful ...
9. Robo Shankar
Robo Shankar is an upcoming comedian artiste in the Tamil cinema who was noticed as a mimicry artist in ‘’Rowtrhiram’’, that released in 2011. But while editing the movie, his role was cut fully, and the actor could not get any recognition.
As a comedian, he works very hard on the scripts and found that needed updating with the trending talks of today’s youth has become very necessary to understand the pulse of the audience to pull them to the screen. In order to be a successful comedian, he feels, one artist has to update himself with trending talks of youths witnessed in college and even schools.
The actor feels that today’s audiences are smart enough and it is harder to make them laugh in theatre. Basically, the actor analyses what whatever today’...
10. Samuthirakani
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’.
When Samuthirakani entered the film industry, he wanted to be a great actor. He was discouraged in the beginning. Many people told him that he did not have looks and physique of what an actor has. He consoled himself that insults are a pa...
11. Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy is a popular and veteran television down the South Indian entertainment industry known for his impeccable comic timing and who is mostly seen playing strong supporting character roles in popular Tamil daily soaps and Tamil movies. Mayilsamy is also an acclaimed stage performer, stand in comedian, TV host and a theatre artiste, In short, he is a multifaceted and multitalented personality of the Tamil television industry.
Born on June 5, 1956 at Sathyamangalam in Tamil Nadu, India, Mayilsamy was involved in various stage performances and in theatres from his early childhood days and performed and travelled across Tamil Nadu with a local famous comedy troupe. He has been active in the Tamil film and television industry since the year 1985 and has a long line hit a...
12. Thambi Ramaiah
Thambi Ramaiah, an Indian film actor, and director is considered as the busiest actors in Kollywod appearing in maximum movies that released in 2014. Once upon a time, he did not even how to make a foray into Kollywood. Anticipating for someone to give a chance in films, he had to wait till his luck could get him a status of an actor.
Things changed when he got the national best-supporting actor in the year for ‘Mynaa’ (released 2010). But he had to wait till 2013-14 when he was at the peak of a career. He works for up to four films a day and even stays 25 days (2013-14) on location for shooting his various films that were under production. He took in-charge of his make-up and costumes in the films that he starred the most.
13. Ashok Raja
Ashok Raja is an Indian choreographer who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. He was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He finished his schooling at Model Higher Secondary School, Saidapet, and Avichi Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He finished his graduation at Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Tambaram, Chennai. Ashok has worked as a film assistant director and model. He also worked in Vijay Television and The StarNight Eventz. Ashok Raja is known for “Viswasam”, “Thulluvadho Ilamai”, and “Chithiram Pesuthadi 2.” He almost worked with all the leading actors like Ajith Kumar, Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Dhanush, Vikram, Jiiva, Suriya, Vijay, and Jayam Ravi in the Tamil film industry.
He has worked on over 150 films and he also won the Best Choreographer Award for “Th...