KS Chithra
Shreya Ghoshal
Sujatha Mohan
Bhumika Chawla
Gunasekhar
Mani Sharma
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Karthik
Shankar Mahadevan
Udit Narayan
Ashok Kumar
A Sreekar Prasad
Mahesh Babu
Chandra Mohan
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Mukesh Rishi
Prakash Raj
Rajan P Dev
1. KS Chithra
Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number...
2. Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became ...
3. Sujatha Mohan
Sujatha Mohan (Sujatha or Baby Sujatha) is one of the most prolific singers after S. Janaki, P. Susheela, and K.S. Chitra. She has sung nearly 10,000 songs in many Indian languages and has performed over 5000 live concerts in her career. She came to spotlight while singing songs with K.J. Yesudas in musical concerts. This fetched her recognition, and she got her first break as a playback singer when she was in the sixth standard.
Sujatha’s debut was in the year 1975 when she sang for a Malayalam movie ‘Tourist Bungalow.' She then sang for two other movies ‘Kamam Krodham Moham’ (music composer Shyam) and ‘Aparadhi’ (music composer Salil Chowdhury ). During this time, she also sang non-filmi songs. In 1998, she...
4. Bhumika Chawla
Bhumika Chawla or Rachna Chawla is an Indian actress born on 21 August 1978 in New Delhi. Bhumika was born in a Punjabi family, and her father was in the army. Bhumika did her schooling from New Delhi and later moved to Mumbai with her family in 1997. She made her debut in the South film industry with Yuvakudu in 2000 where she played the role of Sindhu. Before her debut in the Telugu film industry, she used to do Ads and video albums. Bhumika won Filmfare Award for Best Actress- Telugu for her role as Madhumitha in Khushi (2001). Meanwhile, Bhumika also made her debut in the Tamil film industry with the movie Badri as the role of Janaki opposite actor Vijay. One of her films Okkadu in 2003 was one of the highest grosser of the year and made her popular among the film industry. After a numerous super hits i...
5. Gunasekhar
Gunasekhar is a literature enthusiast, a theatre artist and now an Indian film Director and Screenwriter. He was born on 2nd June 1964 in Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. Since he was a child he had an interest in literature and he also wrote short stories. As he developed an interest for theatre, he started taking part in different plays and writing plays. Keeping in mind his movie buff, he moved to Chennai to pursue a career in the same. He worked under various writers and directors.
He was an Assistant writer under Kasi Viswanadh and then as an Assistant Director under D.V. Narsaraju and Director Kranthi Kumar. He gave his Directorial Debut, Lathi in 1992 and won Andhra Pradesh Nandi Award for the Best Directorial Debut. His next directed flick was Sogasu Chooda Tharama, w...
6. Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma is a famous music Director in Tamil and TelughMovies. His full name is Mani Sharma Yanmandra. Mani Sharma was born in a small district of Andhra Pradesh. His Village name is Machillipatnam which is situated in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He spent his childhood in Chennai.
He started his career in late 80’s as keyboard player. Music Director Shri Satyam was his teacher and guide. He got married to Shri Vani Sharma. They have a son named Swara Sagar Mahathir who is also a well- known Music Director in Tamil movies. Mani Sharma has performed in many live stage performances in India as well as in abroad. He was a troupe member of well-known Indian play back singer Shri S.P.Balasubramaniam.He has performed in many countries such as U.K, U.A.E, USA, E...
7. Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry is an Indian Lyricist and Poet. He works in the Telugu Film Industry as a Lyricist. His actual name is Chembolu Seetharama Sastry. Sastry was born on the 20th of May in the year 1955. He was born in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently staying in Hyderabad, Telangana. Seetharama Sastry had his debut with writing songs for the legendary director K. Vishwanath.
His first song was for the film “Janani Janmabhoomi” (1984). He wrote songs for the film “Sirivennela” (1986). The songs were loved by the audience. That is the reason he got renamed from Chembolu Seetharama Sastry to Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Some of his famous works are “Lasku Labo,” “Yennadu Vidiponi,” “Love Me,” “O Chilaka,” “Nee Kosam,” “...
8. Karthik
9. Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and famous music composer, and singer. An accomplished musician in Tamil cinema, he is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that provides music to Bollywood and other International films. He has won various Indian and multiple National Film Award. His most famous albums include, “Breathless“- Album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings throughout the whole song without pausing to breathe and “Nine” - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc. He was also invited by UNESCO and the US State Department to perform at the UN General Assembly Hall for the finale of the International Jazz Festival on 30 Apr...
10. Udit Narayan
11. Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar hails from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. His mother tongue is Telugu. He has pursued a Law degree and has practiced as a lawyer for some time.
Ashok Kumar is a Telugu TV and film actor. He has 25 years of acting experience. He has acted in theatre plays since his childhood. Acting is a passion and hobby for him. He has acted in many hit serials on DD. Some of them are- Tenali Rama Krishna, Bhojaraja Kathalu, Bhatti Vikramarka etc. Tenali Ramakrishna serial has brought him fame and popularity. His role as Tenali Ramakrishna was well received by the audience. With this serial, he became a television super star over night. He has acted in the serial Sri Bhagavatham directed by the famous director Bapu in the role of Narada. This role was also received well by the a...
12. A Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.
He was joined into Limca Book of Records as People of the Year, 2013 for his pledge to the Indian film in a couple of lingos and moreover for holding a record making collection of eight National Awards which includes a Special Jury Award. He was a graduated class in Literature from the University of Madras.
He took in the specialty of film modifying from his father in Telugu films. Notwithstanding the way that he started with Telugu films, he rose to national acknow...
13. 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...
14. Chandra Mohan
Chandra Mohan was born on 23rd May 1945 in Pammidimukala village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Chandra Mohan’s original name is Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao. He has done his graduation at the Agriculture College, Bapatla. His brother’s name is Chinnayya.
Chandra Mohan is a versatile and popular Telugu actor. He was introduced with the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. He has acted in nearly 500 films. He has acted as a hero, as a supporting actor and as a comedian. Some of his Telugu films are- Sukhadukhalu, Kotha Neeru, Siri Siri Muvva, Shankarabharanam, Seetamalakshmi, Rendu Rella Aaru, Radha Kalyanam, Ram Robert Rahim, Chandamama Rave, Padaharella Vayasu etc. He has also acted in Tamil films. Naalai Namadhe is Chandra Mohan’s fir...
15. Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam was a popular comedian cum character artist in the Andhra Pradesh film industry. He was not only a cinema star, but also a Serial artist. He was born in the year 1960 in Komminenivari Palem in Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in over 800 films right from Jayammu Nischayamurra. Anando Bhrama, a popular serial in Doordarshan paved the way for him to enter the cinema industry. The serial was telecasted in the year 1980. He began his career as a government employee, but slowly moved to the acting field, due to his passion. He was popular for his humor sense as well as for his dialogues. He stood unique from other comedians and pronounced the language differently and got a huge name and fame from the audience. He also worked as a director in the movie, Thokaleni Pitta. This film had Naresh as the hero. Dharmavarap...
16. Mukesh Rishi
Mukesh Rishi is one of the best actors who has done negative roles in Hindi cinema. Mukesh is from Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, from a Gujjar family. He completed his graduation from Chandigarh and worked in Mumbai for some time, he left India and moved to Fiji. In Fiji, he met his future wife of Fijian-Indian descent, Keshni Rishi and gave birth to two children, a son, and a daughter. They moved to New Zealand after marriage where he worked in an office job for some time and at the same time he started his career as a model. He worked in commercial jobs for seven years and despite the great efforts towards modeling he was not happy and finally moved back to Mumbai to start his acting career and enrolled himself at Roshan Taneja’s acting school.
In 1988, he got his f...
17. Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films. He hails from a Tulu and Kannada-speaking household and is fluent in various other languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. He also has an actor brother named Prasad Raj. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boy’s School, and subsequently, at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Both institutions are in Bangalore. Prakash has three children, Meghana, Pooja, and Sidhu, from his earlier marriage to the actress Lalitha Kumari. His son, unfortunately, passed away in the year 2004....
18. Rajan P Dev
Rajan P Dev, a Malayalam stage and cinema actor bid adieu to film world, theatre, at the age of 58. His association with theatre gave a new lease of life to Kerala theatre, and he had been in the forefront in reviving the mainstream theatre in Kerala, which was in a bad shape then. When the performance style in theaters became stale, he brought back the audience again to the theater. This could happen just because as a theatre personality, Rajan P. Dev was confidence personified. Industry sources felt that his rude face of a villain was Dev’s plus point. Even at the age of 20, when he acted in plays, he could portray the character of 60-year old.
This versatility was seen in a play ’Kattukuthira’ when he played the character of ‘Kochuvava&...