Uma Devi K
Padmalatha Ramanand
Brinda
Neeraja Kona
Rakul Preet Singh
Scarlett Mellish Wilson
H Vinoth
SR Prakash Babu
Sathyan Sooryan
M Ghibran
Vivek
Aravind Srinivas
Armaan Malik
Sachin Sudhakaran
Balakesavan Shanmugam
K Kathir
Perumal Selvam
Dhilip Subbarayan
Karthik Sivakumar
Abhimanyu Singh
Bose Venkat
Jameel Khan
Kishore Kadam
Rohit Pathak
Hari Haran
1. Uma Devi K
Uma Devi K is a lyricist predominantly working in the Tamil Film Industry.She hails from Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. Uma belongs to a family of street-theatre artists, and her brother is a poet as well. She holds a Ph.D. in Tamil from the Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai. She is currently working as an assistant professor at Ethiraj College of Women. Uma Devi debuted as a lyricist in the 2014 drama film “Madras.” She penned lyrics for the song, “Naan Nee” which became highly popular.
Since then, she has worked in numerous movies, all of which have had chart-busting music.Some of her famous albums are Kabali(2016), Magalir Mattum(2017), Aramm(2017), Kaala(2018), 96(2018), NGK(2019), and Walter(2020). Uma Devi resides in Chennai and juggles between teaching and writing lyrics for movies.
...2. Padmalatha Ramanand
Padmalatha Ramanand is a South Indian playback singer. She was born on 15th of August in the southern metropolitan city, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She has sung over 500 songs for more than 150 films that include her work in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, and Tulu. Apart from the songs, Padmalatha also takes interest in gingles, devotionals, and albums.
Her talent has fetched her many awards including President’s gold medal in All India Radio Music Competition. Some of her songs were also remarked by, BBC Asian network, in its top songs list. Padmalatha was born and brought up in Chennai. She did her schooling from GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya and later graduated from University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Her first stage performance was at the age of just 5. She performed then, with her mother standing beside her....
3. Brinda
Brinda is one of the best choreographers of South Indian cinema and Bollywood. Her name comes in the list of the greatest artist of the 21st century. Brinda through her talent and dance moves made it to the South Indian film industry and Bollywood also. Brinda has worked in the glamour industry for past 20 years as a professional choreographer. Brinda dedicated all her life to choreographing and assisting various notable actors.
According to Brinda, she was not a good student in school and had an inclination towards extra-curricular activities like acting in plays and dance. She is not a highly educated person and has studied till class 12th only. Brinda listed English as her favourite subject in school and her interest in dancing started because of her ...
4. Neeraja Kona
Neerja Kona is a costume designer and a stylist and works predominantly in the Tollywood and Kollywood cinema. She was born on April 29 in the year 1983. She is a native of Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. She currently stays in Hyderabad in Telangana.
She began her career as a stylist assistant for the movie Badshah which is a 2013 release. She worked for Jr NTR and Kajal Aggarwal for the Badshah. An important and significant point in her career was when she styled the famous Nithin for the project Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde which went on to be a tremendous success and received a lot of appreciation.
Nithin recognized her potential and went on to give her work on the two film he was working on next. So, it is though Nithin is how she got Courier Boy Kalyan as well as Puri Jagannadh’s Heart Attack. She hit yet another su...
5. Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet Singh is a famous Indian model working predominantly in South India. She has got a wide range of craze in a short span of time. She was born on 10 October, 1990. She was born in New Delhi to an army family. She completed her schooling from Army public school and graduation from Jesus and Mary College. She is a professional Golf player and has played National level golf competition. She is a huge fan of Sharukh Khan. Rakul has been passionate about acting since her childhood. So, she opt Modeling as her career. She started modeling when she was just 18. She debuted with the Kannada film Gilli. Next she played a small role in Tamil film, Keratam.
Though she was on the screen for a short time she gained a lot of fame for the movie. She did Yaariyan in Hindi and ...
6. Scarlett Mellish Wilson
Scarlett Mellish Wilson is a British model and actress who works in Indian Cinema. She was born on 9th May 1989 and grew up in Folkstone, Kent, UK. Her mother Rosalind was a dancer, and it was her influence that Scarlett started dancing as soon she learned to walk. She started singing and acting at a tender age of 13. At the age of 16, she studied performing arts at Tiffany Theatre College in London where she trained professionally in dance forms like ballet and jazz. She came to India after college in 2009 after being offered a modeling contract in India. She then worked across many cities on various television projects and some commercial ads and also assisted for the choreography of TV show Chak Dhoom Dhoom. She has worked with many notable Indian choreographers and actors such as Bosco-caesar, Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali ...
7. H Vinoth
H Vinoth is a director and a film writer. H Vinoth was born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. He currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He made his debut in the film Sathuranga Vettai (2014) produced by actor and director, Manobala and the movie was distributed by Thirupathi Brothers Film Media.
H Vinoth was the director and writer of his first film, Sathuranga Vettai. The movie received appreciation from the audience as well as from the critics. The film was referred to as a “con” film. Vinoth said that his film is about the pace at which everyone wants to make money in their lives.
It's about the anger of a common man, who thinks money can solve all his problems. When there is an imbalance in nature, people experience tsunami and earthquake. Likewise, his story is about no balance in the society...
8. SR Prakash Babu
S R Prakash Babu started his career as a producer with Studio Green, which also had Gnanavel Raja and “S R Prabhu.” He produced various films, among which Singam tasted a great success. Prakash Babu is the nephew of veteran Tamil actor “Sivakumar.” Suriya Sivakumar and Karthik Sivakumar are his cousins. Most of his films are with Suriya and Karthi. In 2010, S R Prakash Babu teamed up with his brother S R Prabhu to lay down the foundation of Dream Warrior Pictures, a production company based in Chennai. This company deals with film production as well as film distribution. Dream Warrior Pictures had produced eight films of different genres. “Saguni” starring Karthi and Pranitha Subhash was the first project of Dream Warrior Pictures. “Kaashmora,&rdquo...
9. Sathyan Sooryan
Sathyan Sooryan is an Indian film Cinematographer in the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam movie industries. His early works include ‘Yuddham Sei’(2010) and ‘Mugamoodi’(2012). In 2014, he worked on ‘100 Degree Celsius’. Based on a real-life incident, ‘100 Degree Celsius’ revolves around the lives of five women — IT professional, a housewife, TV reporter, banker, and a college student.
It was the Malayalam cinema’s first two-part film. In 2015, Sathyan worked with the Tamil horror movie ‘Maya,’ released on October 10, 2014.
This movie revolves around issues faced by a single mother while being haunted by a ghost. ‘Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae’ produced by Fox Star Studios and Atlee was one of his many known works. ‘Sangili Bungili Kadh...
10. M Ghibran
Ghibran is a Music composer in Indian film industry. As one among his experiences, initially, he worked as the composer for ad-films where he was the main composer for more than 800 television commercial jingles covering various languages. After that, he shifted his career towards music composing in Indian Films. From Trinity College London he completed his Grade 8 in Music Theory and Piano. From LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore he obtained the degree in Classical music composition and film scoring under the guidance of Lindsay Vickery from Australia. He has his studio situated at Chennai. Ghibran was born in Coimbatore. He cultivated his interests in music at the age of ten by seeing the performance of Yanni on Television. Initially, he just went to learn Keyboard as a part time from Paul Augustine. ...
11. Vivek
Vivekanandan is the birth name of the versatile comedian Vivek. He is introduced by the legendary director Balachander through the film Manadhil Urudhi Vendum. It is the film in which Ramesh Arvind was also introduced. They both acted as brothers of Suhasini in that film. He got famous through Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, as his dialogue Innaikku Seththa Naalaikku Paal reached the viewers well. He acted with top actors and reached fame within a short span. He performed with Rajini in Uzhaippali, Veera and Sivaji. His role in Kadhal Mannan, an Ajith starter, was loved by many people. Vivek acted with Vijay in Kushi and Priyamanavale. He performed with Vadivelu in few films and the notable one is Middle Class Madhavan, a Prabhu movie. Both Vadivel and Vivek performed humorously in that film. After the invasion of many comedians like Santhanam ...
12. Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas is a well-known Singer from the Tamil Film Industry. His birthplace is Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His notable movies as a singer are Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru, released in 2017 and directed by H. Vinoth Vijay Sethupathi, released in 2019 and directed by Vijay Chander Eeswarudu, released in 2021 and directed by Suseenthiran, Eeswaran released in 2021 and directed by Suseenthiran, Taanakkaran released in 2022 and directed by Tamizh, Koogle Kuttappa released in 2022 and directed by Sabari Saravanan, Ponniyin Selvan: II released in 2023 and directed by Mani Ratnam, and many more movies.
...13. Armaan Malik
On 22 July, 1995, Armaan Malik was born in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a playback singer by profession. Armaan belongs to a music family. His father, Daboo Malik, is also a singer and music director. The singer is the nephew of the famous Hindi music director, Anu Malik. Armaan has a brother, Amaal Malik, who is also a music director.
He is a student of Qadir Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab and Mrs. Rita Kaul, who have been training him for the past ten years. At a very young age, Armaan started his music career by participating in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs. It was a music reality show. He was a finalist and stood eight in the show.
Earlier, the singer was with Universal Music India, but now works under the banner of T-Series for his singles. The singer started singing fr...
14. Sachin Sudhakaran
Sachin Sudhakaran was born in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He went to the Indian School in Muscat, Oman. Then pursued a Bachelor of Tectechnology from Model Engineering College, Kochi, India, and then he completed a Diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in Chennai, India.
He is a co-founder of Sync Cinema.
Sachin Sudhakaran is a well-known professional sound engineer with good work experience and has worked with many movies in his music career. He deals with all the sounds and music as a project manager involved in the research and development of enhancing audio, alongside monitoring, recording, mixing, and mastering sound and all sorts of music creativity so that the audience can feel the story.
15. Balakesavan Shanmugam
Balakesavan Shanmugam is a sound effects editor predominantly working in the Tamil and Telugu Film Industries. He hails from Erode, Tamil Nadu. Balakesavan was inclined towards cinema from a very young age. He debuted as a sound editor in the 2016 horror-comedy “Jackson Durai.” Dharani Dharan directed the motion-picture. Sibiraj, Bindu Madhavi, and Sathyaraj played prominent roles in the flick. The movie released on 16th June 2016 to average reviews from critics and audiences alike. Balakesavan has served as a sound designer for several films that have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful. Some of his prominent works include Vikram Vedha (2017), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Taxiwaala (2018), Nota (2018), Yatra (2019) and Mafia (2020). Balakesavan resides in Chennai.
...16. K Kathir
K Kathir is an Indian Art Director. He worked in the Tamil Film Industry. He started his professional career with the film Bangalore Naatakal (2016) by Bhaskar. The film is a remake of Superhit Malayalam film Bangalore Days (2014). The film Bangalore Naatakal revolves around three cousins Arjun, Kannan, and Divya. They move to Bangalore for various reasons. After moving to Bangalore, their lives transform in a specific way. The film has Arya, Sri Divya, Rana Daggubati, Parvathy Thiruvothu, and Bobby Simha in the lead roles. Kathir later worked in the Tamil film Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017) by H. Vinoth. The film revolves around a cop who investigates a serious case of the ruthless highway robbers who rob houses and kill every person in the house.
The film is a spun-off frm the real-life mission called Operation Bawaria....
17. Perumal Selvam
Once upon a time, the story of a film used to be the most centered part in making the movie. Even the audience used to encourage the films which had a good plotline. Then, there wasn’t much importance for other players in making the cinema. The directors too couldn't get as much importance as the actor in the films got. Way back in the olden days, the movies become famous with the name of the actors. The promotion process used to go in the name of the cast, but not with the credit of the main makers like directors, producers, etc. Though the work is of the directors and the other crew, it might have been a bit discouraging then, and the days went on without much suffering. Those days are like that. But now, the tradition has changed. People and critics start estimating the film from the very base roots like the photographer, ...
18. Dhilip Subbarayan
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 t...
19. Karthik Sivakumar
Karthik Sivakumar, or popularly known as Karthi, is a prominent film actor, who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He was born on May 25, 1977, in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, to Tamil actor, Sivakumar and Lakshmi. He studied at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, and later attended St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. He obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Crescent Engineering College in Chennai. Post graduation, he started working as an Engineering Consultant in the city and pursued higher education abroad. During those times, Karthi was earning 5000 every month, until he thought that he wanted to do something more. He had his scholarship in the USA and studied at Binghamton University in New York, where he took Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. While doing hi...
20. Abhimanyu Singh
Abhimanyu Singh is a popular Indian film and television actor who works extensively in the Bollywood industry. He was born in Patna, Bihar, India, and later moved to Delhi to attend college. He worked in some school dramas during college, until one day, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career. The first two months of his stay in Mumbai was really tough for the actor, since he couldn’t get any decent roles and had to wait for the producers for long hours just to cast him in any good films. He took his chances and decided to do theatre. He joined the group, Ansh, headed by Makarand Deshpande, who became his acting guru. One day, he got a call from his co-actor, Manoj Bajpai, and told him that he will be casted in the Hindi supernatural thriller film, ‘Aks’, which stars Amitabh Bachchan in 2001. T...
21. Bose Venkat
Bose Venkat Commonly Known as Venkat, is an Indian Tamil Film and Television Actor who often plays supporting roles. He was born on May 15, 1975 in Madras, Tamil Nadu. He is married to Malayalam film actress, Sonia on September 5, 2003. They have two sons named Rudraksh Venkat and Tejaswin Venkat and a daughter Bavatharani. When he was 17 years old, he came to Chennai and wished to be successful in films. But, he was unlucky at the start of his career, so he worked as auto rickshaw driver while doing some auditions.
22. Jameel Khan
The only way one can fulfill their passion for something is just by going for it. Until you get involved, you have to try, and finally, you have to achieve. Here is a guy who got acceptance from the family but couldn't find means of gaining it. But he went ahead and won. He is the actor and director Jameel Khan.
Bollywood never knew that there is another face to Jameel Khan as creative director apart from being an actor until he directed a film, and it is a hit. Jameel Khan studied at Sherwood Boarding School, and from his childhood, he was very much interested in acting and theater. His winning the Geoffrey Kendall Trophy during his schooling days is proof that he did well then itself. Later, he did Bachelors of Arts in History from Aligarh University. His taste for theater made him for taking part in Saba...
23. Kishore Kadam
Kishore Kadam rose as a playwright and actor in Mumbai when the period was considered as age of modern Indian playwriting in Marathi. For many decades, he has been composing lyrics, plays and even had acted in theater and films too. Kishore Kadam got his introduction in Marathi stage play “Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi” where he portrayed the character of 'Harilal'. This Marathi play was also later translated in Hindi, which depicted the life persona of the Mahatma and his relationship with his eldest son Hiralal (Kishore Kadam). Seema Biswas, played the character of Kasturba in it. He had a passion for acting while he was in college even. After graduation, he met Satyadev Dubey, who took an initiative to graduate him in his own acting school. After learning the basic of act...
24. Rohit Pathak
Rohit Pathak is an Indian film actor well known for his role as a supporting artist in the movies such as Teheran Adhigaaram Ondru, Once upon a Time in Mumbai, and many more. He was born in a middle-class family, in 1984. He is the youngest in the family and is most loved by everyone. He completed his schooling in Pune, Maharashtra India, and later went to Bangalore for his higher studies.
He was very interested in Film industry rather than studying since his childhood. He was among the mischievous kids in the school and often got himself into trouble. He was also good in sports and used to participate in various events. Since his childhood, Rohit Pathak loved performing on the stage. He was the member of his school’s theatre club and also used to take part in street plays with street players. He won various awards as a k...