Brinda
Poonam Kaur
Meenakshi Dixit
Seetha
Roja Selvamani
Shaji Kailas
Srikanth Deva
Samjith Mohammed
Super Subbarayan
Ajay Rathnam
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ilavarasu
Karate Raja
Mohan Raman
Mohan Sharma
Radha Ravi
Raj Kapoor
Rajiv Krishna
Sangili Murugan
Thalaivasal Vijay
Thalapathy Dinesh
Visu
Thambi Ramaiah
R K
T. P. Gajendran
Madhan Bob
Bayilvan Ranganathan
1. 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 ...
2. Poonam Kaur
Poonam Kaur is a Hyderabad based actress and model. She appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She is commonly known as Deepa in the film industry since it is her first name. She has done her schooling from Hyderabad Public School. She also was a fashion designing student at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Delhi.
Her first release was a Telugu film named ‘Mayajalam’ in 2006. Though her debut film was Oka Vichitram directed by Teja. Mayajalam got released earlier. She then appeared in many Telugu films. In 2008, Kaur got nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award for her film ‘Souryam’. She made her Tamil debut of ‘NenjirukkumVarai’, and her Kannada debut from ‘Bandhu Balaga’.
3. Meenakshi Dixit
Meenakshi Dixit is an actress and a dancer well known for her works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. She was born on 12th October in the year 1988 in the city of Raebareli in the state of Uttar Pradesh. She was born to parents Geeta Dixit and Ishwar Chandra Dixit, her father who worked as a Senior Lawyer.
After completing her higher secondary education, Meenakshi sought graduation in Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University formerly known as Kanpur University in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Science with Zoology, Botany and Chemistry. As a young girl, Meenakshi was trained in various dance forms like western styles and classical dance forms like Kathak. She participated in ‘Nachle Ve with Sar...
4. Seetha
Seetha was born on 13th July’1964 in Saurashtra. Her father’s name is Mohan Babu. He is yester year’s Tamil actor. Her mother’s name is Chandravathi. She has two brothers named Dudhyanth and Pandu. Seetha fell in love with Tamil actor Parthiban and married him in 1990. They gave birth to two daughters and a son named Keerthana, Abhinava and Raakhi. Seetha took divorce from Parthiban in 2001 and married TV and film actor Satish in 2010.
Seetha is a film and TV actress and producer. She has started acting from 1985 and continued up to 1990 and took a break from acting for some time and started acting agai...
5. Roja Selvamani
She has completed her degree in ‘Political Science’ and she has also learnt, Kuchipudi. She was a dancerwho later moved to the film industry. Roja started her career with Telugu movies; her first experience in films was with the movie ‘Prema Thapassu’, the movie was completely sh...
6. Shaji Kailas
Shaji Kailas is an Indian film director who directs predominantly Malayalam movies and known for his commercially successful movies in Kerala circuit. He had a long association with screenwriters Renji Panicker and Ranjith. With his association with both the screenwriters, he directed most successful movies in Mollywood.
Shaji Kailas started ‘News’ simultaneously with ‘Sunday 7 PM’, but ‘News’ (1989) became his debut release followed by ‘Sunday 7 PM’. These films did not get wider acceptance. There was a magic touch in screenwriter Renji Panicker and as many as five films Shaji and Renji got associated together broke the box office records in the industry. In 1993, three films ‘Stha...
7. Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva, an Indian music director who had done work in Tamil films. Srikanth started his career by debuting through the film Doubles in the year 2000 as a music director. His father too was a Tamilian music director and singer, Deva. Deva was a very famous man in the Tamil industry.
He had composed music for more than 400 films. Srikanth was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Srikanth has worked in several movies which includes M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Chanakya, Githan, Vetrivel Sakthivel, Bambara Kannaley, Naalaya Pozhuthu Unnodu, Vetrivel Sakthivel, Nenjai Thodu, Sila Nerangalil, Puli Varudhu, Thiru Ranga, Guru ...
8. Samjith Mohammed
Samjith Mohammed is a film editor who has worked on almost 60 films in his career in Hindi, Tamil, and majorly Malayalam. He was born in Tirur, Kerala. Mohammed started his career as a graphic artist on Kairali TV in Kerala. Later, he moved to Dubai to work with Asianet. He eventually turned to editing. Earlier, he was editing in TV serials and was seldom called for spot editing.
His work impressed director Shaji Kailas who gave him a break later. His debut was Shaji Kailas’ Redchillies in 2009. After this, he worked on many films, which included big budget projects like Rajnikanth starrer Lingaa (2014) and Policegiri(2013). Some of his films are The Hit List, RakshadhikariBaijuoppu, Lucifer, Kerala Cafe, Beyond Borders, andEdakkadBattallion 06.
...9. Super Subbarayan
Super Subbarayan is an Indian actor and an action choreographer/ stunt master in the Tamil film industry. He was born P. Subbarayan in Tamil Nadu. He started his career as an extra fighter in the year 1980 with I.V. Sasi’s bilingual film, Kaali; followed by the 1983 Tamil film, Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey. Super has been in the industry for more than two decades and has worked with several leading actors in Kollywood. Initially, he wanted to become a teacher, but it did not happen. His passion for martial arts led him to enter the tinsel town.
Now, he has worked in over 100 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Some of the films he worked on include Manaivi Solle Manthiram, January 1, 24 Mani Neram, Chain Jayapal, Vikram, Vasantha Raagam, Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran, Urimai Geetham, Thaai Naadu, Anjali, Avasara P...
10. Ajay Rathnam
Ajay Rathnam is a Tamil cine actor who also appears in TV serials and movies. He is known for his supportive and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies.
Ajay Rathnam first starred in the movie ‘Nalaya Manithan’ in 1989. His role was appreciated in that movie and he started appearing in negative roles mostly. Owing to his height and his physique, he got roles of a cop in many movies.
Ajay’s roles in ‘Indian’ and ‘ Kuruthipunal’ were widely appreciated and the movies too did well at the box office. He also starred in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies in such roles. He was even cast as the hero in the Kannada movie ‘KA-99 B-333’ which was the remake of a Hindi movie starring Nana Patekar.
He did an important role of Hindu God &...
11. Ashish Vidyarthi
12. Ilavarasu
Ilavarasu is the cinematographer turned actor in Tamil cinema. He was born in the year 1964 in Melur in Madurai. His original name was Ilavarasan and his cinema friends called him Ilavarasu and the name stayed with him, till now. He was popular as a cinematographer in the year 1996, with the film Panchalankurichi with Prabhu and Madhubala in the lead. In 1997, he was offered with another Prabhu movie named Periya Thambi, which was directed by Chithra Lakshmanan, who is the popular producer and character artist now.
In 1998, Ilavarasu cinematographed two movies named Iniyavalae and Ninaithen Vandhai. The two movies, which he did in the year 1999, bagged him with the awards as a Best Cinematographer and the awards are given by the Tamilnadu Governme...
13. Karate Raja
Karate Raja is a popular villain and character artist in Tamil movies. He has acted with actors like Rajinikanth, Vijay, Kamal Haasan, Ajith, Suriya, Vikram, etc. He is known for movies like’Virumaandi’ where he played actor Kamal Haasan’s friend. This movie was produced, written and directed by Kamal Hassan himself. In the same year, he appeared in another Tamil movie ‘Ghilli’ where he played actor Prakash Raj’s henchman. The movie had Trisha and Vijay in lead roles, and the movie was a box office success. In the same year 2004, he also acted with Kamal Haasan in an another movie 'Vasool Raja MBBS' which was a remake of Hindi movie 'Munnabhai MBBS'. In this movie, he played the role of Margabandhu/Mark. Thus, Karate Raja was a lucky co-star who had acted in most popu...
14. Mohan Raman
Mohan Raman is a Tamil actor who appears mostly in comedy and supportive roles in cinema and as lead negative roles in TV serials. In addition to being an actor, he is also a Management trainer and Philatelist.. He is the son of politician V.P.Raman and the brother of P.S.Raman, a former advocate general of Tamil Nadu. His daughter Vidyullekha Raman is also an actress now.
Born in 1956 as PattabhiVenkat Ram, Mohan Ram attended VidhyaMandir and the MCC School. He is a graduate in Physics and pursued MBA in XLRI, Jamshedpur. He calls himself as the only ‘Entertrainer’ in south India.
Raman did several child characters in his young ages. After completing college, he a compered national level stage dramas and was a famous public speaker. He debuted in the Tamil movi...
15. Mohan Sharma
Mohan Sharma is a prominent Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was born in Thathamangalam in the district of Palakkad in Kerala. He completed his studies in Thathamangalam and Chittur. In a span of ten years, Mohan has been in the examiners’ panel in Anna University. He can speak, read, and write Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and English languages. He has a passion for cooking mainly Palghat Cuisine. Mohan was the first South Indian actor who graduated from FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) in Pune.
He has carved his niche as a leading actor in the South Indian film industry. In a career that spans almost four decades, he already acted in more than 100 films in all South Indian languages films. He also produced over 15 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, an...
16. Radha Ravi
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.
17. Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor was a renowned actor, director, and producer of Bollywood cinema. He was given the title of “The Showman” as his film attracted a huge number of audiences from Asia and Europe. He was honored with the Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian cinema.
The Indian Film Industry gave him the title of Clarke Gable of India. His parents Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni Kapoor named him as Ranbir Raj Kapoor. He was born on December 14, 1924, in Peshawar province of Pakistan. He studied in Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and then finished his graduation from St Xavier’s Collegiate School.
In 1935 at the age of 10 he made his debut with the movie ‘Inquilab’. He reached the pinnacle of success with his film ‘Neel Kamal’ in...
18. Rajiv Krishna
Rajiv Krishna is an actor and screenplay writer; he has worked in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam film industries. He lives in Bangalore. His birth name is Rajiv Gopalakrishna Menon. Rajiv’s film career started with the Malayalam film ‘Devaraagam’, released in 1996, in which he played the role of Parthasarathy.
In 1997, he acted in the Tamil film named ‘Aahaa’ which was a big success. Rajiv further worked in Hindi film industry also along with Malayalam and Tamil. Rajeev has written the screenplay for the Hindi films Woodstock Villa and Soundtrack. In the Hindi films, he is credited as Rajiv Gopalakrishnan.
...19. Sangili Murugan
Sangili Murugan or Muthuvel Servai Murugan is a Tamil actor, an amazing script writer and an equally amazing producer. Murugan is the founder as well as the owner of the production and distribution company MURUGAN CINE ARTS; one of the well-known production houses of the Tamil film industry.However, the list does not stop here. He has also done the job of a production controller in some movies. Having been born on the first of January in the year 1945 in Pothumbu village of Madurai, this man was known for his negative and supporting roles. The word ‘Sangili’ was actually added to his name after the character he played in his film Oru Kai Osai. Later on, he produced as many as 12 movies.
He is currently married to Kalyani Murugan and has a son named Nikhil. His journey started as an actor in the Tamil movie industry ...
20. Thalaivasal Vijay
21. Thalapathy Dinesh
Thalapathy Dinesh, a fight master/action choreographer who is known for his work mainly in Kollywood. He is famous for his work in "Ejamaan"(1993) Born on May 17, 1963, in Tamil Nadu. He started his career in Kollywood in "Naan Sigappu Manithan" as merely an extra fighter. But slowly, he rose to become an actor and an incredible stunt master. The stunting skills run in his family. Hari Dinesh, who is his son, is also a stunt actor.
His first film was Uthama Purushan, which came out in 1989. From there, his journey began, and he did many films such as Mallu Vetti Minor and Nandigan in 1990. Kalkandu in 2014. Last year, he gave movies like Ivanuku Thannila Gandam and Kamara Kattu. His recent work is Machan(2016).
...22. Visu
Visu is a very respectable figure in the South Indian industry. His actual name is M. R. Vishwanathan, and Visu is his stage name. He is a writer, a director, a film and television actor as well as a talk show host. He was born on Jul 1, 1945, in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
He is the eldest of his brothers, Rajamani, Kishmu and Kuriakose Ranga. He tied the knot with Uma, a homemaker. He has three beautiful daughters Lavanya, Sangeetha and Kalpana. His association with the stage goes back to his school days when he was a stage artist. Professionally, he kick-started his career as an assistant to the great K. Balachander and continued to do so until he gained the experience and expertise to become a director himself.
He indulged into acting through his own directorial, called Kudumbam Oru Kadambam. The movie is reme...
23. 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.
24. R K
R. K. is an Indian actor and producer. He had a real estate business called, Velcome City before he entered the film industry. R.K. was born on 03 February 1959 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. He made his debut with movie Villu Pattukaran (1992). Poi (2006), Thoondil (2008), Azhagar Malai (2009), Puli Vesham (2011) and Jilla (2014) are few of his other work.
His another movie, Ellam Avan Seyal, is a Tamil version of Malayalam movie titled ‘Chintamani Kola Case’. The film is a thriller where the lead actress, an innocent and brilliant medical college student, gets killed, and nine atrocious spicy girls are held responsible for it. En Vazhi Thani Vazhi, Pulan Visaranai and Vaigai Express are his latest release.
Anothe...
25. T. P. Gajendran
T. P. Gajendran is a famous Tamil actor and also a movie director. He played many minor roles in many films over the years. His mother is the famous Tamil actress T. P. Muthulakshmi. Earlier he worked as an assistant to the director Visu.
M. K. Stalin and Gajendran used to study in the same college. Gajendran directed a series of small budget comedy-drama movies in the year 2000 starring Prabhu in mostly lead characters. He directed the movies Budget Padmanabhan in the year 2000, Middle Class Madhavan in the year 2001 and Banda Paramasivam in the year 2003.
Gajendran’s filmography includes many films as a director like Veedu Manivi Makkal in the year 1988, and Nalla Kalam Porandachu in the year 1989. He worked in man...
26. Madhan Bob
S Krishnamoorthy is the original name of Madhan Bob, who is a famous comedian of Tamil film industry. His recurrent laugh in films is sure to irritate you or rather tickle your funny bones, but that is one of his strengths. Madhan Bob ventured into the film industry by donning the role of a musician. Madhan Bob is active in the industry since 1992. Madhan Bob is also associated with Sun TV as one of the judges of the show Asathapovathu Yaaru.
27. Bayilvan Ranganathan
Bayilvan Ranganathan is a Tamil film and television actor. His home town is Siruthondanallur, Thoothukudi. He currently lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in Sri Muthumalaiamman Hr Sec School in Siruthondanallur. He did his college at Pope’s College in Sawyerpuram. He made his debut in the Tamil Industry with the film ‘Aayusu Nooru’ in 1987. Je mainly does comical roles and supporting roles.
Before becoming an actor, he wanted to become a policeman. He was named Bayilvan by M G Ramachandran, who was the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He won the title of Mr.Chennai, which pushed him into becoming an actor. His date of birth is 19th March 1968. His zodiac sign is Pisces. His real name is Payilvan Ranganathan or Bayilwan Ranganathan.
His hobbies include watching TV, giving speeches, ...