Tamil Movie Review Vaanam Kottattum - Cast & Crew

Aishwarya Rajesh, commonly known as Iyshwarya, is an Indian actress who works in the Tamil film industry. She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 10th of January, 1990. She was born into a family that was famous and had its mark in the film industry for three generations.

Radhika is a famous actress in multiple of languages like Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. She did her education in different places like Sri Lanka, India, and the United Kingdom. She was born in India. Her father is a famous Tamil comedian actor, M. R. Radha, and her mother is Geetha Radha. She has married with Sarathkumar at Chennai. She has a son and a daughter.

Date of Birth: 25th October 1988 Shakthisree Gopalan is an Indian singer. She is also a lyricist and performer. Her genres are Soft Rock, Jazz, Western Classical Music and Pop. She was born and raised in Kochi, Kerala. She completed her schooling from Rajagiri Public School, Kalamassery. She completed her graduation in Architecture at the Anna University's School of Architecture and Planning after she moved to Chennai. In 2008, she won SS Music's Voice Hunt – second season. She was auditioned in November 2008.

Eka Lakhani is a costume designer in Kollywood and Bollywood from Patiala, Punjab. She chose an exciting career designing costumes for many major films. Her costume design takes a focus on the actors’ appearance. Her costume design often lies at the heart of the stories of the actors in movies who want to show and tell the audiences how they look in the particular movie.

Madonna Sebastian is prominently a Malayalam cinema actress and singer. In 2015, she came to the industry making her debut in the Malayalam movie, Premam under the director Alphonse Putharen. She was born in Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala. She did her graduation from Christ University, Bangalore. Christ University is one of the top colleges in India and Madonna holds a B.Com degree from there. She has a deep passion for singing and is also enthusiastic about it. She is, therefore, a trained Carnatic and Western music singer. She has her residence in Edappally, Kerela. Madonna has sung some tracks for the popular composers Gopi Sunder and Deepak Dev.

Vikram Prabhu works in Tamil films as an Actor. From the film Kumki (2012) of Prabhu Solomon he made his debut.In Ivan Veramathiri and Vellaikaara Durai he played a protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan and Sivaji Ganesan are his father and grandfather respectively. Both his father as well as grandfather were actors. On 26 February 2007 he married Lakshmi Ujjaini.

Sarathkumar is famous south Indian film actor. He is also a acclaimed journalist, politician and film critic. He was born and brought up in Delhi. He has acted in more than 150 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. His debut performance was in a Telugu movie “Samajamlo Sthree” whose producer was his friend. His character was having negative undertones. The film was a block office failure and didn’t create appreciation.

While he was working in Chennai, he got the opportunity to work in Tamil movies. He cast the role of a business man in “Pudu Padagan”. His appearance in “Velai Kidaichuduchu” was also noted. The film tells the struggle of youth to end up with a job. The film received good response and was declared a box office hit.

He also made a magnificent performance in the move Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan. This was his debut performance in a Malayalam film. The film was well received and a box office hit.

Dhana Sekaran also recognized as Dhana is a story writer and film director in the Tamil movie industry. His recent directorial debut film is the movie Padaiveeran released in Feb 2018 starring Vijay Yesudas, Amritha Aiyer, and Bharathiraja. Earlier he has worked as an assistant for the shows Mani Ratnam for movies OK Kanmani and Kadal.

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker deeply rooted to mainstream Indian cinema. His all films have garnered commercial success. This great filmmaker successfully combined features of both art and commercial cinema, an early example of this was ‘Roja’( a love story that gets lost in country’s terrorism issues), which was both a commercial and critical success. It paved the way for a new wave in Indian cinema too. Man Ratnam became thus one of India’s most successful filmmakers, who also reflected the changing middle-class-ethos (Alaipayuthey).

Siva Ananth, born on June 23, 1973, in Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, is a multifaceted personality who has made a name for himself in the Tamil film industry. He is an actor, writer, executive producer, and director. His works have been released in different languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and English. He has regularly collaborated with well-renowned filmmaker Mani Ratnam on various films including 'Dil Se,' 'Yuva,' and 'Guru' and their working relationship dates back many years. He worked with Mani Ratnam on adapting the critically acclaimed 'Ponniyin Selvin (2022)' into a historical drama. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu romantic comedy movie 'Chukkallo Chandradu' in 2006 which explored the complexities of relationships.

Indian-American playback singer and music producer Sid Sriram was born 19 May 1990 in Chennai. He spent his childhood in Fremont, California. Sid graduated from Mission San Jose High School. After that, he admitted in the Berklee College of Music and completed his graduation in Music Production and Engineering. He is famous for his musical collaboration with A. R. Rehman and Bharata Natyam dancer, Pallavi Sriram (sister).

Anthony Daasan is an Indian singer, traditional Tamil folk musician, lyricist and an artist hailing from Reddiyarpalayam, Puducherry,Tamil Nadu. He currently lives in Chennai, India. He was born on 26th April 1977. He completed his education from the Government High School of Tanjore. Music is an associated and ever-lasting part of his life. He connected to music from a very young age. His vision and dreams lead to him celebrating the flavor of folk music internationally.

Sanjeev Thomas is a Malayalam music composer, producer, singer and guitarist. He is the founder and chief mentor at Rainbow Bridge - Music School and Production studio in Bangalore. Sanjeev has played and worked with musicians in India and globally including John Beasley, Taku Hirano, Oscar Seaton, Sivamani, Hariharan, Leslie Lewis, and Rabbi Shergil. Some of his other works include David, an action, crime, and drama film in 2013, directed by Bejoy Nambiar, written by Natasha Sahgal, Bejoy Nambiar, and Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande, and starring Vikram, Vinay Virmani, and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

S Sivakumar is an Indian audio engineer and sound mixer, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in the music departments of movies like Lagaan (2001), Rockstar (2011), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Swades (2004), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil and Hindi short films, TV series, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Sivakumar has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than twenty years now.

Varun Venkataraman, who has a Master’s in Structural Engineering, is also an Honours Diploma Holder in Sound Design for Visual Media from Vancouver Film School. He works as a sound designer and re-recording mixer for feature films, Television, OTT series, and games, with filmography of over 50 titles spanning Amazon series, Netflix series, regional and international movies, and various award nominations. Varun Venkataraman has worked with Mani Ratnam, A R Rahman, and many more. His projects include Mani Ratnam’s Vaanam Kottattum, A R Rahman’s 99 Songs, and the Amazon anthology film - Putham Puthu Kaalai, Kallachirippu, and Addham.

Johnson is a PRO, a Public Relations Officer in the Tamil industry. He has handled the PR of various Tamil movies. Johnson is from Nagercoil, a city in Tamil Nadu. His mother is Johannal, and his father, KGA John, is an ex-naval officer. He has six siblings. He married to H.J. Mano in 1994. Johnson always dreamt of being a filmmaker. He aspired to assist the Indian actor R. Parthiban. He left his city, Nagercoil, and moved to Chennai to fulfill his dream. He met the editor of the magazine Kungumam, Paavai Chandran. Paavai brought him into the world of magazines. There, he started to write snippets about Tamil films. The films he wrote about were handled by Nellai Sundarjan as a PRO.

Amitash Pradhan was born on 1991 in Chennai, and he has successfully carved a recognition for himself in the Tollywood industry at such a very young age. He had a flare for acting ever since his childhood and according to him. He chose to become an actor at the tender age of three, after watching one of Shah Rukh Khan’s movies. Since his decision of selecting acting as a career option was made at tender age, his family pressured him for a degree in electronics.

Balaji Sakthivel is an extrusive director and writer of the Tamil film industry. He is famous for his movie Vazhakku Enn 18/9, for which he has won awards. He was born in 1964 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. He is known for Samurai (2002), Kalloori (2007) and, Ra Ra Rajasekhar (2018). Balaji Sakthivel started his career as an assistant director under Shankar Shanmugam.

Madusudhan Rao is a very popular Tamil and Telugu actor. He has done many amazing films. He has got an appealing personality. The audience likes his performance very much. He has done the movie Goli Soda in the year 2014 and did a great job.

Nandha Durairaj is a Tamil, film actor. He was born as Govind Sendrampalayam Durairaj in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in India to Rani and Durairaj. Nandha is a grandson of a former minister and politician, M. Kannappan. He has a brother named Karthik. They both studied at P.S.G. College, where he took B.Sc. in Computer Science. However, due to his strong passion for acting, he was unable to complete his graduation. He is married to Vidyaroopa. He started his acting career when Kalaippuli S. Dhaanu, a film producer, spotted him in a family event.

Having a filmy background, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj is an actor and belongs to Tamil film industry. Leading his father’s footstep, Shanthanu, started his career in films from 2008. He also was an assistant director in his sister’s film. Even though he is an actor and has a movie background, he completed his studies too and is nowadays experimenting with himself in movies as an actor. Personal Life: Shanthanu Bhagyaraj belongs to the famous actor and director, K. Bhagyaraj. Being a son of an actor and director he tried his hands at acting too and got mixed reviews. Born on 24th August 1986 in South India, he completed his schooling from Sishya School, Chennai. Later he graduated from Loyola College in Chennai in 2007 with a degree in Economics. His family includes K. Bhagyaraj(father), Poornima Bhagyaraj(mother) and Saranya Bhagyaraj(sister). His sister is also a notable actress. Shanthanu married TV anchor Keerthi on 21 August 2015. Keerthi is the daughter of famous choreographer, Jayanthi Vijayakumar and is popular as an anchor on television show 'Maanadu Mayilaadu' and 'Naalaiya Iyakkunar' which is aired on Kalaignar TV. Career: Shanthanu started his career in movies as early as a child, which was directed by his father only.

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