Tamil Movie Review 100 - Cast & Crew

Sara’s full name is Sara Vijayakumar. She is a Tamil Costume Designer, American Media Proprietor, and Fashion Stylist at Movie industry in Singapore. She was born and raised up in Singapore. Currently, she is residing in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. In 2008, she completed a Bachelor of Design in Fashion Marketing & Management at the Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Singapore. In addition to this, later she did a dressmakers course for a year. In December 2007, while Sara was pursuing her final year of her bachelor degree, she took part in an Indian version of the “Project Runway,” a design competition/ reality show which took place for a month in Chennai and comprising of various creative challenges. The reality show was aired on Vasantham TV, a National Television channel in Singapore. She won the competition. As a winning prize, she was awarded with a contract from the movie production company Sathiya Jyothi Films to design costumes for their Tamil Feature film “Baana Kathadi.” This made the beginning of her career in the Tamil film industry and colourful experiential journey in India. From 2012 to 2014, she worked as merchandiser and event organiser in Singapore. She has organised and participated in a total of six sales exhibitions in various venues.

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.

Madhumitha or Jangiri Madhumitha is a Tamil Serial and Film actress who was born on January 1, 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She was first seen in the comedy series, Lollu Sabha on STAR Vijay. Later, she acted in a few films and television serials. She was first featured in the Tamil romantic-comedy film, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi under the direction of M. Rajesh. She was paired with actor, Santhanam and played the role of Jangiri.  Her performance in this film received appreciation by the viewers and made her popular. She even got the Vikatan Award for Best Actress in Comedy Role in 2012.

Sam Anton is a Tamil director who is currently making his presence felt in the Kollywood industry. His first film was showered with accolades and compliments from the audience and soared its way into being a commercial success. He is currently working on his next project which is slated to be released in June 2017. Born on January 1, 1982, the young director became a thorough professional in the field with the release of his first movie named Darling. Geetha Arts and Studio Green were the producing banners, and when it was unveiled on the theaters during early 2015, it made a long-lasting impact in the Kollywood industry.

S. Saravanan is a cinematographer-turned-director who made his directorial debut with Silambattam that released in 2008. The film was the 25th film for "Lakshmi Movie Makers” which was launched in AVM Studios. The film was launched at AVM Studios on 7 December 2007 and a 40- member of the unit had participated in the 10-day long shoot of the movie at a stretch for ten days. 

Born on July 30, in Munnar, Kerala, Sam C. S. is an Indian film singer, music composer, songwriter and producer. He prevalently works in Tamil cinema. He hails from Chennai. He comes from a Christian family. A music lover from his initial youth days, Sam was effectively engaged with music and took part in competitions.

Umesh J Kumar was born in the house of a bank officer and a housewife. He was a middle child of the parents. He has done his schooling from the Don Bosco School and he has done his under graduation and MBA from LIBA Loyola institute of business management. He began his career as the art director in 2013.

Sathish Krishnan has worked in the Tamil Industry and is an Indian Choreographer and actor. He is the instructor of Flyerz dance company for more than 10 years and is also seen in many Television serials like Aattam Paatam and Dance Machi Dance, Maanada Mayilada (won the title on Best Dancer), Jodi Number One Season Four and many such shows.

Suresh Chandra is a renowned Public Relations Officer, working primarily in the Tamil film industry and for some movies in the Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industry. He celebrates his birthday on 10 May. He is credited as the P.R.O. for a whopping 190 movies. He is the publicist of famed actor Ajith Kumar. Suresh started his career as a P.R.O. in the Ajith Kumar starrer, Mankatha (2011). This Tamil action thriller follows the story of a suspended cop who gets caught up in a gangster’s world. Directed and written by VenkatPrabhu, this movie garnered positive reviews and got nominated for several awards.

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 the city of New York. He had continued his working with many big and small budget movies in Tamil and Malayalam movies. The movies include Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Arima Nambi, Puli, and the latest movie Theri. In 2013, he turned himself into a produced and produced Anjala. T

Antony Ruben or Livingston Antony Ruben (by birth), is a film editor in the Tamil film industry. He acquired a degree in Visual Communication from the Loyola College in Chennai. Gautham Menon advised him to visit Anthony for further help. Ruben had visited Anthony earlier as well. He approached ace director, Gautham Menon, to become his assistant, but the latter redirects him to director Anthony, to work as his assistant editor. Under Anthony’s mentorship, he worked on the film Vettaiyadu Vilaiyaadu, which was a hit. He was given a bright chance to work on film trailers, which ultimately helped him work on films like Thoranai, Avan Ivan and Vedi. His debut as a full-fledged editor was in the film, Kandaen in 2011.

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu was born on March 10, 1980. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his education from College of Engineering, Guindy and University of Queensland. He is an Indian lyricist, software engineer, a professor, research associate, and a film dialogue writer. His parents are Vairamuthu and Ponmani; his father is a poet and a lyricist.

Arjun Chandy is a well-known playback singer in the film industry; he is basically from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a keen interest in music since his childhood. At the age of 14, he started singing for a quartet in middle school. Afterward, he joined the University of North Texas music school, for studying choral music and jazz studies.

Benny Dayal is an Indian Pop-Singer. Born in Kollam, Kerala, India on May 13, 1984. He was a member of the S5 Pop Band in India. He started as a playback singer and known to have work with various reputable composers.

He finished his studies from Abu Dhabi Indian School (ADIS) and took Journalism in Madras Christian College. His Indian-Pop-Electro-Rap-Reggae infused songs made him so famous and with unique quality compared to any singers. This made him one of the most loved singers by doing such mix-ups of traditional Indian music to a new-era’s songs. You’ll be so moved in listening to any of his songs.

He worked before as an Event Coordinator for RR Donnelley Printing. He also worked as an HR Executive for a BPO when he received a call and inviting him to audition for ARR Studio. He first thought that it was just a prank and ignored it for some time. He tried to call again the phone left for him to contact if he need anything and he found out that it is for real. He also reminisced that he couldn’t even create and prepare his own demo since he doesn’t even have money to produce it. He took his chances and decided to quit his job from the BPO Company and started to work as a singer. His songs were widely used different Indian Films since 2007. He received the award “RD Burman Award for New Music Talent” and “Max Stardust Awards for New Musical Sensation” in 2009. He performed stunning and applauded performances in Gima Awards and many more.

Filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer D Satya Prakash (Kannada) has won national awards for his work in these areas. Social and interpersonal relationships are frequently the subjects of his writings. Ondalla Eradalla is the sequel to his breakthrough film, Rama Rama Re. Man of the Match is his newest business endeavor. Prakash directed the short movie Jayanagara's 4th block before he started managing commercial movies. The Karnataka state film award for first-time directing went to Rama Rama Re.

Haricharan Seshadri is an eminent Carnatic singer who gives his vocal in many Malayalam, Tamil, and other regional movies. He made his debut through the Tamil flick ‘Kadal’, in which he got the chance to sing two solo songs "Unakkena Iruppaen" and the title song "Kaadhal". In the same movie, he also had sung a duet song ‘Thottu Thottu’ with Harini Shankar. 
 

Naresh Iyer is once again a popular face, but mainly due to his singing talent. This 34 year old singer hails from Mumbai. There is no end the number of hit songs he has produced over the years. Likewise, he owns a series of awards that have been rightfully given to him. His contribution to Bollywood has been tremendous.

In spite of having a degree in Commerce, Iyer decided to study Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music. His career has just looked forward from then on.

He got recognition from A.R. Rahman in the reality talent show which was called Channel V’s Super Singer.  His beautiful rendition of Roobaroo, which was an A.R.Rahman composition for the movie, Rang De Basanti, won his a lot of accolade. He went on to win the national award for the Best Male Playback.

He then worked on a number of projects including Raanjhaana and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and a number of praiseworthy Tamil projects.  The former is a story about a boy who fell in love with a girl since his school days whereas the latter is a love story again between two friends who realise that they actually love each other towards the climax of the movie. He has been appreciated for his work with the R.D. Burman award for Best Male Debut which is a very prestigious honour in the country.

He is also the vocalist in Mumbai based fusion band that goes by the name of Dhvani.

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).

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

Arun Seenu is a well-known audiographer. He is famously known for his workings in movies such as Soorarai Pottru (2019) directed by Sudha Kongara; the film was inspired by events from the life of G R Gopinath, founder of Indian low-cost airline Simplify Deccan. Seenu has also worked in movies such as Action Hero Biju (2016) an Indian Malayalam- language police procedural comedy film directed by Abrid Shine and Super Deluxe (2019) an Indian Tamil-language film co-written, co-produced and directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja. Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Super Deluxe has won a lot of love and appreciation from the audiences. The film has created an offbeat and unpredictable. One of the major contributors to this movie is the work done by the film’s sound department.

Akashdeep Saigal is a model turned TV actor. He was born on October 29th, 1974. He did his schooling in S.S. Sahani High School. He completed his graduation in Commerce from MMK College. During his days of modeling, Akashdeep was reported to be dating former Miss India Madhu Sapre. Following this, he dated Farah Khan, after which he dated Shazahn Padmasee. Currently, he is in a relationship with Pooja Bedi, whom he met during his stint in ‘Bigg Boss’. Upon consultation with a numerologist, he took his alias name, 'Sky Walker'. He won the 'supermodel of the year' award from which he earned popularity. During 1998, he was seen in Shweta Shetty's music video. It was during the year 1999; he began his acting career through 'Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi' movie.

Mime Gopi’s original name is K.Gopinathan. When he was young, his father passed away and he was taken care of by his sister and brother. He did schooling at a government school and was not very good at academics but he had interest in extra-curricular activity. He always had respect for his teachers and liked two teachers the most, his Tamil teacher Veeraiya and Nagamuthu, because they were a great source of motivation for him. When he was studying in school, he had the opportunity to participate in a fancy dress competition and enacted the role of a mentally challenged person who he had seen on his way, back to home. He had been influenced by the person and replicated the acting on the stage, which rewarded him with a first place in the competition. He was highly appreciated by his teacher Nagamuthu and that’s one reason for his liking towards teacher.

Radha Ravi is a populous actor cum producer in the Tamil cinema industry. He has come from a cinema background family, where his father, brother, and sisters were the actors. He is the son of the popular actor M R Radha, who is well known for his villainy and character roles in the early 50s and 60s. Radha Ravi was born in the year 1952. He did his graduation in the New College in Chennai. He has a brother called M.R.R.Vasu and three sisters namely Rashya, Rani and Radhikala. Radhika and Nirosha are his half-sisters.

Rahul Dev is an Indian model turned film and television actor. He was born as Rahul Dev Samra on September 27, 1968 in New Delhi, India to a Khatri Punjabi household. He studied at St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he used to be a fast bowler. Gursharan Singh, a former cricket player saw him bowling and he got impressed so he asked Rahul to join his academy. However, Rahul is more focused on his studies at that time. His father was once a police commissioner in Delhi and his brother, Mukul Dev is also an actor. In the early 90’s Rahul has donned modeling. He was the first Indian to be featured in GQ Magazine’s London Edition with 6-pages story. He is also a regular face of the popular brand, Hugo Boss.

Rahul Dev was supposedly debuted as an actor through the unfinished Bollywood film, Dus in 1997. But the director, Mukul S. Anand died during the time that the film was still in production. He was then debuted in the 2000 film, Champion which stars Sunny Deol and Manisha Koirala. He played the villainous role of Naseer Ahmed, the threat to the life of Abbas (played by Abhishek Sharma) and his performance gained him nomination for Best Performance in a Negative Role at the Filmfare Award, Best Actor in a Negative Role and the Most Promising Newcomer at the Screen Award. Since then, he started to do villain roles in many films including the Punjabi film, Dharti in year 2011.

Rahul has done more than 60 films including Aashiq, Asoka, Takkari Dhonga, 23 March 1931: Shaheed, Parasuram, Supari, Kyon?, 88 Antop Hill, Omkara, Aan: Men At Work, Kyon Ki, Mazhai, Vidyarthi, Fight Club – Members Only, Sarhad Paar, Pournami, Munna, Tulasi, U Me Aur Hum, Premi No. 1, Yodha, Mirza The Untold Story, Naayak, Shadow, Jatt Boys – Putt Jattan De, Yevadu, and a lot more. He was also part of the Oriya-language film, Mahanayak in 2007. Rahul also donned the Malayalam film, RajadhiRaja which stars Mammootty and the Punjabi film, Hikk Naal in 2014. Also, in year 2003. His performance as Shekhar Srivastav in the Hindi crime thriller film, Footpath won the Best Villain Award at the Zee Cine Award in 2004.

In 2013, Rahul made his debut in television. He bagged the role of Demon Arunasur who will fight against Lord Shiva (played by Mohit Raina) in the drama series, Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev on Life OK. 

Rahul got married to Rina Dev in year 1998 but she dies on May 16, 2009 due to cancer. Their son, Siddharth was only eleven years old when his mother died

Ramesh Khanna is Tamil Film director and actor. Ramesh was born on 30th November 1955 in Coimbatore. He is the third child to his parents. He lives in Chennai. He is married and has two children. Ramesh is into acting since the age of 5. In ‘Nadaga Kavalar’ drama troupe of R S Manohar, Ramesh did around 1000 dramas till the age of 10.

VTV Ganesh is a renowned Tamil film actor, comedian, and producer. He was born as Ganesh Janardhanan in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. He became popular for his hoarse voice. Ganesh has appeared in many of Silambarasan’s films. He was debuted in Gautham Menon’s Tamil musical romantic drama film, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010). His performance as a cinematographer, who assisted Silambarasan in connecting with Trisha Krishnan’s character in the film, earned him a nomination at the Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Yogi Babu is one of the famous actors in Indian films. His appearance is there in only Tamil movies. At present, he is a regular comedy actor in Tamil films. Babu was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu. His acting career started from 2009 onwards. He was famous for his outstanding movie called Maan Karate (2014); a fantasy oriented Tamil film under the direction of Thirukumaran. There are some prominent stars in this movie namely Sathish, Vamsi Krishna, Soori, Hansika Motwani and Sivakarthikeyan. Famous writer Murugadoss wrote the entire script for this movie and went on to screens under the production of Escape Artists Motion Pictures. Anirudh Ravichander gave an outstanding music for this movie. Mr. Babu was also notable for his famous film Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), a comedy horror movie under the direction of debutant Deekay. It was under the production of Elred Kumar with casting by Anaswara Kumar, Oviya, Kreshna and Rupa Manjari.