Tamil Movie Review Leo - Cast & Crew

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.

Born on 4th May, 1983 in Palakkad by Krishnan and Uma Krishnan as her parents. Before starting her carrer in modelling and acting, she did her schooling from Sacred Heart Matriculation school in Church Park and then BBA from Ethiraj College for Women (Chennai). She entered into film industry after making a mark as a model and winning several beauty pageants like Miss Salem and Miss Madras in the same year. In 2001, she won Miss India Pageant “Beautiful Smile” award. She got her first acting break in Tamil film Jodie. After that, she got her first lead role in Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) opposite Surya and won critical acclaim.

Lokesh is a famous writer and director in Tamil Film Industry. He joined the industry in 2014. He is an alumnus of PSG College of Arts and Science. The director did his graduation from Anna University. He has done his schooling from PMHS. Before coming to tinsel town, he was a bank employee for almost 4-5 years at a private company. Mr. Kangaraj made a short film for his company’s cultural event, fetched him the first prize. Kalam is his entry to Kollywood. He idealizes Karthik Subbaraj as his mentor, as he helped and encouraged him in his journey.

Santhosh Krishnan is an Indian film actor, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016). Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil short films, TV series, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Santhosh has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than five years now.

Lalit Kumar is an Indian-Producer. He primarily works in the Tamil Film Industry. He is thinking of working in other film industries which includes Telugu Film Industry, Hindi Film Industry, Malayalam Film Industry, and Kannada Film Industry. He believes in becoming a multi-tasking person, so he is exploring more in the media industry. He is a dedicated and hardworking Producer.

We fall short of words to describe this immensely talented, inquisitive, and courageous young director, Deeraj Vaidy. The latest youth icon says that he was passionate about writing and also wanted to work for out of the box ideas. It was this passion which thrust him into short filmmaking. The 24 years old director says that when he came to Coimbatore from Chennai, he did enough work on short documentaries and recalled that they were low and sometimes a zero budget project. He was doing great with his short films on various unspoken and unfolded topics of society. But this was never going to satisfy this budding talent. At the final year of the degree, he thought of pursuing filmmaking as his career. His decision was becoming more firm and strong with time as well as the awards which his short film projects brought to him. The young director believes the most in self-learning and says that doing assistantship under another director was never his option. The curious director did not do haste while making this decision. He gave himself nine months before making it fully to the show biz world. For these nine months, he was working with a leading software company. The director’s first project was closed in mere six months and now as we all know waiting for his project Jil Jung Juk.

Rathna Kumar R M is a film director and screenwriter who is based in Tamil Nadu near Red Hills area. At earlier stages of his career, he started as a short filmmaker, but later evolved himself as an independent film director.

Manoj Paramahamsa is a renowned cinematographer for the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industries. He is bestowed with many awards and accolades for his mind-blowing work. Born to UV Babu, a director by profession, on 15th April 1981, this 34-year-old cinematographer has set milestones by his work. Manoj has stated in an interview that his father was the one who wanted him to become a cinematographer”. UV Babu himself has directed many movies in the Telugu film industry. Manoj usually accompanied his father to his shoots and cinematography was all he could think of doing. He often referred cinematography as “the magic of the camera.” He has graduated from Film and Television Institute at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The name Anirudh does not need any introduction down South among the music lovers. With his boy next door looks, he can really amaze you by his skills when it comes to composing and singing. This music Rockstar will rule our playlists whenever his new album is released. He can make you go 'Gaga' right from the first time you hear his songs. His recent movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' has took the town by storm. This is not the first time he has done this. He did the same on his debut movie '3' (Three). He evolved as a star overnight after the music release of '3' and became the talk of the town. Indeed Kolaveri made him get famous worldwide and it got him more fans.  

Anirudh is always good with experimental aspects in music. His movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' is the first of its kind as all the songs from the movie got released as single tracks on specific dates, just to increase the hype & curiosity among the fans. Indeed, it worked out well. His tracks in the film Vellayilla Pattathari have become a huge hit, due to his different composition style. The song “Amma Amma” from the movie VIP brings tears to us with his tunes. His latest tracks from the movie “Maari” have also fetched him fame, especially the songs ‘Don Don Donu’ and ‘Maari’. He won the Best Music Director award for his works in VIP and Ethir Neechal. 

Born on 16th Oct 1990, Anirudh is the son of Ravi Raghavendra (an actor) and Lakshmi, who is a dancer. He is the nephew of superstar Rajinikanth. He is not only a music director, but also a playback singer and he gave many hits even as a playback singer. His upcoming projects to name a few are VIP 2, Naanum Rowdydhaan, Singam 3, Vedhaalam, etc..

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.

Satheesh Kumar, The talented Tv actor is active in the Tamil TV industry from the year 2003. The actor got his first break from ‘Anandham’.This daily soap of television was beautifully directed by Cheyyar Ravi, and T.G Thyagarajan was its producer. The actor was born in Chennai and had been working in serials of the Tamil industry. He was also a part of many popular shows like ‘Ranga Vilas,’ ‘Thirumathi Selvam,’ and ‘Annakodiyam Aindhu Pengalum.’ He has also worked with many prominent actresses like Sailatha, Vandhana, Abitha, Srithika, and Srivithya. His latest performance is in the series, ‘Kula Deivam.’

Praveen Raja, born on May 5, 1992, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is an actor and costume designer who predominantly works in the Tamil film and television industry. He starred in the movies Chennai Palani Mars (2019), an adventure comedy-drama directed by Biju Viswanath, starring Rajesh Giriprasad Anbirkiniyal (2021), a thriller drama directed by Gokul, starring Keerthi Pandian and Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (2022), directed by Vishal Venkat, starring Ashok Selvan. He has worked on several movies as a costume designer, namely Maanagaram (2017), an action thriller directed by Lokesh Kangaraj, Meyaadha Maan (2017), a romance comedy directed by Rathna Kumar, Nenjil Thunivirundhal (2017), An action drama directed by Suseenthiran, Vanjagar Ulagam (2018), an action crime drama directed by Manoj Beedha, Mercury (2018), a horror thriller directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Petra (2019), an action drama directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Mehandi Circus (2019) directed by Raju Saravanan, Kaithi (2019), an action crime drama directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020) directed by Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Rajiv Menon, Jagame Thandhiram (2021), an action crime drama directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Mahaan (2022), an action thriller directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Rathasaatchi (2022), a thriller drama directed by Rafiq Ismail and also on the TV series Navarasa (2021), starring Azhagam Perumal, Suriya and Siddharth.  

Philomin Raj is an Indian industry film editor who has predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. Raj is recognized as one of the most professional workers in the industry and has a reputed image within the top stars of the Kollywood industry. He has been active in Kollywood cinema for more than ten years and frequently collaborates with Lokesh Kanagaraj.

Glen Castinho is a colorist and DI Consultant. He has been working as a freelance colorist and DI Consultant at Outer Space Employment Agency since June 2015. He was born on April 21. He completed his senior secondary school at Monte De Guirim, Goa. Later, he took a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree at the University of Mumbai. He shared some highlights from his experience in locations around the world, including India, the UK, the USA, Poland, and Germany.

Dinesh Pawar is a producer, who predominantly works in Bollywood films. He also works in the Miscellaneous Crew, location and production management. Dinesh Pawar is currently living in Mumbai. He worked in many famous Bollywood films, including Ghajini, Special 26, Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty, Pad Man, Monsoon Shootout. Dinesh Pawar produced a film named Mentalhood in 2020. He worked in the miscellaneous Crew in two movies that are Boygiri in 2017 and A Flying Jatt in 2016. He also worked as a production manager in many films such as My Dear Prime Minister (2017), Parched (2015), Any Body Can Dance 2 (2015) and Rajjo (2013). 

As they always say, "it runs in the blood", the same has been proven in Vijay Joseph's life. His dad is a very famous Tamil movie director, S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay's mother is a famous playback singer. He began his acting journey as a child artist in a film called "Vetri". He acted in many movies as a child artist supporting veteran heroes like Vijayakanth and Ajith Kumar. His career started as a leading hero with the movie, "Naalaiya Theerpu", in 1992. He won the "Cinema Express Award for New Face" for this movie.

Arjun Sarja was born as Srinivasa Sarja. He is an Indian film director as well as an actor. Arjun Sarja was born on 15th of August in the year 1964 to a Kannada film actor Shakti Prasad and an art teacher Lakshmi, in Mysore, Karnataka. He also had an elder brother. Arjun Sarja's father always disagreed in letting him enter the film world as he himself has been an experienced actor and he did not want his son get into an acting career.

When Babu Antony (real name Bob Anthony) holds up his report card it looks to be a very impressive one and more than his 175 plus movies in 6 different languages, what stand out are his other attributes in the nonfilm and academic domains. Apart from a degree in English Literature and a Masters in HRM, he was also captaining the University Volleyball and Athletic teams, justifying all of his six ft. Plus height and 185 lbs build and teaching martial arts as well in college days. It was Bharatan, one of the successful directors of that time who got him into films in 1986, launching him with “Chilampu” on an impressive career with several hits and critically acclaimed films, including some that got recognition in international forums. Being basically from Kerala his prime focus has obviously been Malyalam films, and he has an impressive record to boot. Out of the 31 movies chosen to showcase 75 years of Malayalam movies, two of Babu’s movies (“Vaishali” and “Sayahnam”) were also chosen alongside so many other big names in the industry. Coincidentally both the films had a mythological basis, the former being based on the Mahabharata, while the latter is in the Old Testament. He has had several hits to his name and that too in several languages, including action movies like “Chanda”; “Hathya” etc. and multi-lingual versions like “Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal” made in Hindi as well as 4 Southern languages. He had a brief respite from films in between, but soon made a comeback through the 2012 film “Grandmaster” featuring the famous Mohanlal as his co-star. However, in his own estimation it was “Aparahnam” which gave him maximum satisfaction. Here he portrays the role of a terrorist who is suffering from a dilemma about his purpose in life. Some of his later hits include the double version “Kanchana” in Tamil and Telugu, as well as “Ek Deewana Tha” in Hindi, amongst many others. And finally, he is also giving free rein to his versatility by taking up the direction of a Malayalam film entitled “Piano”.

Gautham Vasudev Menon is known for his directional capabilities and bringing his intense films to life in the Tamil Industry. He was born on 25th February and has established himself as a heroic director. He is most known for his work where he, portrayed the life of real men on screen. One of such work named Vaaranam Aayiram was a blockbuster and won him the prestigious National Film Award for the category of Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language. And since then, he started his try to produce such films in multiple languages. He got much acclaim when another of his film Thanga Meengal, brought him another very prestigious and devoured National Film Award for Best Feature Film in the Tamil Language.

However Gautham Menon, has not always been a film personality, he has completed Mechanical Engineering from Trichy, where he was highly influenced by English movies to bring the characters to celluloid that he has dreamt of. He has been an avid movie buff and has celebrated the growth of his cinema from one genre to another. He has been at the helm of Tamil direction for much longer now. He is married to Preethi Menon and is also known by a short form GVM. He is loved for his work not just in Tamil Cinema, but his work is appreciated by throughout the country.

George Maryan is an Indian comedian and actor who works predominately in Tamil cinema. He was born on the 23rd of March in the year 1963 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. George started his career as a theatre actor in the year 1989; he continued to perform in play up to 2002.

Mansoor Ali Khan was born in the small village called Pallapatti in Tamilnadu. He is the popular villainy actor in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Mansoor made his debut to the cinema industry through the movie Captain Prabhakaran in the year 1991. He acted as an antagonist in the movie opposite Vijayakanth. This movie gave him a good name and he got opportunities frequently. Rudra is his next movie with Bhagyaraj, Gouthami and Lakshmi.

In the year 1992, he took a hero Avatar through the film, Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan. This movie was directed by Balu Anand and Mansoor Ali Khan composed the music too. As the name was very different, the movie became popular. Most of the roles he did was villainy, and in between, he did some character roles too. Mansoor Ali Khan was naturally a humorous person. So, his movies were filled with humor. In some of the movies, he has acted as a comedy villain. In certain movies like Padayappa, he did some different characters. In the Vikram movie Kandhasamy, he acted as a Police Inspector.

In the year 2013, he again acted as a hero in the movie Lollu Dhada Parak Parak. He was the music director for that movie. But the movie did not hit the theatres as expected. He also appeared in the movies Singam 2 with Surya, Tenali Raman with Vadivel, Kaaviya Thalaivan with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Pulan Visaranai 2 with Prashanth. Mansoor Ali Khan is very famous for his controversial speeches. Some controversies about him rise, as and when. Overall, he is a talented actor, who wants to trial out all the fields in the cinema, like directing, music composing and acting. He also got committed in the politics and he belongs to the Patali Makkal Katchi, led by Dr. Ramadas.

He was born on 16 October 2002 who made his recognition in 2019 from the movie Kumbalangi Nights. The 16-year old kid form Thiruvamkulam, Ernakulam, joined Gregorian Public School, Kochi after, which he auditioned for Kumbalangi Nights as Franky Napoleon. Mathew also went to Bahrain while his parents were there for a temporary purpose. His parents, namely Biju John Thuruthiyil and Susan(works as a civil engineer and maths teacher respectively), supported his talent and inspired him to go on with his career. He also has an elder brother named John Thomas. After the commercial success of Kumbalangi Nights, his casting was as a lead in Thanneeer Mathan Dinangal as Jaison. He also has a part in the movie that was released in the year 2020 named Anjaam Pathiraa.

Mysskin was born on 20 September 1971. His language of education was in Tamil. His insatiable predilection for books and novels inspired him to change his name to Mysskin. He was motivated to keep this name from a novel by Dostoevsky called The Idiot. Mysskin’s accidental acting career commenced when he met a director named Kathir in the book store that he worked in. he agreed to befriend him and stayed with him for eight months but didn’t work in any films. He is a Tamil director, an actor, a singer, producer and a screenwriter. Then he began his acting career as a result of accepting a movie offer by Vincent Selva and worked in two subsequent movies called Youth and Jithan.

July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of cinema Sunil Dutt and Nargis gave birth to the ‘Munna Bhai’ of Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt in Bombay. Almost all are aware that Sanjay Dutt’s life is like a roller coaster ride with so many ups and downs in his personal as well as professional life. But this man has never lost hope and is still struggling to get into a normal life as he is behind the bars since 2013 because of the TADA case. He went to Lawrence School, Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh. In his teenage years, due to peer pressure, he started taking drugs. For almost nine years he took heroin and cocaine as drug intakes and after a long period he realized that he should quit it all and wished to live a normal life.

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