Tamil Actors Profile

Prithviraj Profile

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Name: Prithviraj Sukumarana

Nick names: Prithvi, Raju

Profession: Actor, Model

Date of Birth: Oct 16 1983

Birth Place: Kerala

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Malayalam

Height: 6′ (1.83m)

Family:

       Father: Sukumaran (actor)

       Mother: Mallika Sukumaran (actress)

       Brother: Indrajith (actor)

       Sister-in-law: Poornima Indrajith

       Niece: Prarthana

Education: Schooling – Sainik School, Kazhakkoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

College: Computer Engineering at the University of Tasmania, Australia

Languages known: Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil

Qualification of Prithviraj: Computer Engineering at the University of Tasmania, Australia

Debut film Malayalam: Nandanam(2002)

Tamil: Kana Kandein (2005)

Introduction: Fazil introduced him to screen playwright Renjith who was searching for a new face in his first directorial venture Nandanam

Brand Ambassador: LG India for the Kerala Sector.

Dream: To be an ambassador for Malayalam cinema

Achievement: The youngest ever to win the Kerala state best actor award

Favourite directors: Blessy, Roshan Andrews and Anwar Rasheed

Memorable moment: When Rajinikanth called and congratulated his performance in Mozhi

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Tamil Actor Vijaykanth Profile

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Name: Vijaykanth

Real name: Vijayaraj

Nick Names:  Puruatchi Kalaignar, Captain Vijayakanth,Karuppu MGR, Captain, ‘poor man’s rajinikanth’

Profession:  Actor, Producer, Politician

Date of Birth:  25, August, 1952

Birth Place: Madurai

Nationality: Indian

Education: S.S.L.C

School: St.Mary’s , Madurai

Family Father: K.N.Alagarswamy

Mother: Aandal

Wife: Prremalatha Vijayakanth

Sons: Vijay Prabhakar, Vignesh Pandian

Siblings:

Brothers: Nagraj B.A.

            Selvaraj

            Balraj

            Ramraj

            Prithiviraj B.E

Sisters: Dr. Vijay Lakshmi Devaraj M.B.B.S.;D.G.O.

            Thirumala Devi Muthuraman M.A.B.Ed.

            Chitra Rajaram

            Meena Kanniah

            Shanthi Sakethram

Marriage date: Jan 31, 1990

Best friend: Ibrahim Rowther

Debut movie: nikkum Ilamai

Job held before entering the filmdom:  Managing own rice mill

Lucky number: 5

Guru: Guru Sitha yogi Sakthi Bapaji      

Birthday: Vowed to celebrate his bierthday in a grand manner only after Prabhakaran wins in Sri Lanka

Favourite Dress: Khadhar Dhoti and Khadhar Shirt

Favourite Colour: White and Orange

Favourite Sport: Gymnastics

Hobbies:  Watching action movies, Cricket and Football

Total films acted: 147

Pets: Dogs and Rabbit

Credits his success:  to hard work, devotion and some good luck

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Tamil Actor Vishal Profile

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Name: Vishal          

Birth Name:Vishal Krishna Reddy

Also called:Puratchi Thalapathy

Profession: Actor, Assistant director

Date of Birth: 29th August 1977

Place of birth: Andhra Pradesh

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Telugu

Height: 6’1″

Weight: 84 Kgs

Father: G.K.Reddy (film producer)

Brother:Vikram Krishna Reddy (a) Ajay (actor & director)

Education: B.Sc., in Visual communication, Loyola college.

Languages known:  Tamil, Telugu, Hindi & English

Debut Tamil: Chellamae

Inspiration and role models:  Rajnikanth & Ram Gopal varma

Favourite Hero: Rajnikanth, Prakashraj.

Favourite Heroine: Sridevi, Simran

Favourite Director: Ram gopal varma

Favourite Music Director: Ilayaraja and Haris Jayaraj

Favourite Singers: Hariharan and Harini

Favourite Color: Black

Favourite Food: Seafood

Favourite Indoor games: Chess

Laptop: Can be seen with it always

Ambition: to become a director

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Tamil Actor Jeevan Profile

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Name: Jeevan  

Birth Name: Vickey

Profession: Actor 

Date of Birth: 6th July 1975

Birth Place: Chennai, Tamilnadu

Height: 6′ 2″

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Father: Rangaraj (Industrialist)

Mother: Rajive (working in father’s company)

Brothers: Gautham (Banker)

Sister: Lavanya, Durga, Madhavi

School – St.Betes

College – B.A Theatre Arts in Stella Adler Academy of Acting, Los Angeles

Debut Film: University

Entry into film industry: Through his friend Muthu Raj, an Art Director

Role model: Rajnikanth, Kamalhaasan

Rose to fame: Kaaka Kaaka

Definition of love: “Love is a very special feeling and it is like two hearts in one pack.”

Happiest Moment: “Every moment in my life, I am happy”

Depressing Moment: When his pet dog died

Hobbies: Travelling, reading books, cooking

Aim: To be an actor

About Life: “Life is like a box of Chocolates, you never know what you get.”

Favourite Actor :

Hollywood – Sydney Poiter

Bollywood – Manoj Vajpayee

Kollywood – Rajinikanth

Favourite  Actress :

Hollywood – Meryl Streep

Bollywood – Kajol

Kollywood – Nandita Das

Favourite Director :

Hollywood - Stanley kubrick

Bollywood – Ram Gopal Varma

Kollywood - Mahendran

Favourite  Music Director :

Hollywood – Eminem

Bollywood - Anandji

Kollywood - Illayaraja

Favourite Singer :

Hollywood – Celine Dion

Bollywood - Latha Mangeshkar

Kollywood – S.Janaki

Favourite Food/Drink : Western Drinks

Favourite Book and Author : ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho

Favourite Cartoon: Winnie the Phooh

Favourite Place: Newyork

Favourite Color: Black

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Tamil Actor Vijay Profile

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Actor Name: Vijay

Nick Name: Ilayathalapathy

Actor Full Name: Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar

Family:

Father:  S.A. Chandrasekharan-

Mother: Shobha Chandrasekharan

Wife: Sangeetha

 Son: Jason Sanjay, Divya Saasha

Nationality: Indian

Eye Colour: Brown

College Days: Loyola College, Chennai

Date of birth: June 22nd , 1974

First Film: Naalaiya Theerppu in Tamil

Awards: Kalaimamani award in 1998, Tamil nadu state Best Hero award in 1997 for Kaadhalukku Mariyadhai.

Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar is an Indian film actor. Vijay began his career doing minor roles as a child artist in the Tamil cinema industry, while also attending a theatre for stage plays, to follow his dream to act.  After five years of minor and unnoticed roles in Tamil language films, he gained Indian cinema’s attention in 1996 by playing the role of Raja in Poove Unakkaga.

His first blockbuster and since then Vijya has acted in over forty Indian films, with his main intention being Tamil language ventures, earning him the prestigious title of Ilayathalapathy in 1996.

The title name is now mentioned in the credits of all his projects. Vijay is currently the third most popular Indian actor of Tamil origin in the world after, senior actors, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.

He comes from a family which has strong experience in the film industry. S. A. Chandrasekar, his father, is a popular director and mother Shobha is an accomplished playback singer.

He performs predominantly in leading roles in high-budget and major studio films, ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers.

His most popular films include Poove Unakkaga in 1996, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai in 1997, Ghilli in 2004, and Pokkiri in 2007.

Vijay made his debut as a child in the film, vetri. His first film, as hero, was Naalaya Theerpu. Vijay hit films like poove Unakkaga, Love Today, Nerrukku Ner, Once More, Kadhalukku Mariyathai, Ninaithen Vandhai, Endrendrum Kadhal and Thulladha Manamum Thullum have, one after the other, helped him to established himself as the next Tamil Super Star.

Vijay has also appeared in several commercial like Coca-Cola & Sunfeast Milky Magic Biscuit. Vijay is the youngest actor to have won the MGR award from the Tamil Nadu Gouvernment and Kalaimamani award. Vijay latest hits include Khushi, Priyamanavale, Madhuray, Ghilli and Pokkiri which directed by Prabhu Deva, is declared a blockbuster in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Tamil Actor Arjun Profile

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Actor Name: Arjun

Original name: Sreenivasa Sarja R. Ashok Babu Arjun

Title(s): Action King

Date of birth: August 15th

Brought up in: Bangalore

Qualification: B.Sc

Father: J.C.Ramaswamy Alias Shakthi Prasad

Mother:  Lakshmi Devi

Wife:  Niveditha Arjun

Daughters:  Aishwarya Arjun and Anjana Arjun

Brother ( Elder ):  Kishor Sarja

Sister ( Younger ): Chickkadevajammanni

Favourite colour: Lemon Yellow

Favourite Hero: Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Karthik

Favourite heroine: Kajol

Favourite Food: Chicken Dishes

Favourite Holiday spot: Countryside in Switzerland

Special talent: Karate

Hobbies: Photography, Internet Browsing, Watching Movies, Listening to Music, Playing with his Children

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Tamil Actor Rajinikanth Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Rajinikanth

Actor Brith Name: Shivaji Gaekwad

 Date of birth:12th December 1949  

 Profession: Actor

 Mother Tongue: Marathi

 Birth Place: Bangalore

 Hight: 5’6″

 Education:  Early education in Acharya Patasala and later in  Raamakrishna Mission, Bangalore

(PUC discontinued) and Studied in the Film Institute

 Father:Ramoji Rao

 Mother: Rambhai

 Sister: Shrimathi Aswathamma

Brothers:Sathya Narayana Rao & Nageshwara Rao

Wife:Latha

Daughters:Aishwarya and Sowandarya

Grandson: Yatra

Earlier Worked as: Carpenter, Bus Conductor

Marriage Date: 26.02.1981

Spiritual Guru: Satchithananda Swamiji

Guru: K. Balachander

Ardent Devotee of: Shri Raghavendra

Favourite Books: Books written by Shri Ramana Maharishi

Favourite City: Chennai

Favourite Colour: Black

Favourite: Drinks Juice & Curd

Favourite: Foods Chicken & Mutton items

Favourite Dress: White Kurtha

Favourite Place: Himalaya

Favourite Place: in House Pooja Room

Favourite work: Self-driving

Favourite Language: English

Favourite Writer: Jayagandhan

Favourite Poet: Kannadasan

Favourite Musician: Illayaraja

Favourite Film: Veera Kesari (Kannada)

Favourite Politician: Singapore President Lee Quan-u

Favourite Hollywood Actor: Sylvester Stallone

Favourite Indian Actor: Kamalhaasan

Favourite Actress: Rekha (Hindi)

Favourite Role: Romantic Roles

Rajinikanth was born on December 12 1949 in Karnataka, India. He was the fourth child to his

parents, Jija bai and Ramoji Rao Gaekwad. His original name was Sivaji Rao Gaekwad. He lost

his mother at the age of five.

He had his schooling at the Acharya Patasala in Bangalore and then at the Vivekananda Balak

Sangh, a unit of the Ramakrishna Mission. His mother tongue is Marathi, though he has not

done many films in it.

There is a famous saying about Rajinikanth in southern part of India, recited as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Rajini is a Super Star. Before starting his career in the film industry, he had to take up all sorts of odd jobs.

He served as a bus conductor for Karnataka state transport corporation in Bangalore. It was during this time that he nurtured his acting interests by performing in various stage plays.A friend helped him to join the Madras Film institute where Rajinikanth completed basic acting course in 1974 at the age of 25.

He started his acting career in Kannada in the movie Kathaa Sangama, directed by Puttanna Kanagal, in 1976.

In Tamil, he started with playing supporting roles, beginning as a cancer patient in Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander, who assigned him his stage name Rajnikanth. After several villainous roles, his first positive role was Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (1979), in which Rajnikanth played a failed lover in the first half and a do-gooder in the second.

After several films in the Eighties, he played a Hindu saint in his 100th movie, Sri Raghavendra. Many others followed, among them dramas, comedies (notably Thillu Mullu, a remake of Amol Palekar’s Golmaal) and, at the end of the eighties, action-oriented family entertainers like Velaikkaran and Manidhan.Annamalai, which released in 1992, was the first Rajini film to gross almost Rs. 100 million at the box office.

Unlike the eighties, several movies during his nineties were successful, like Muthuor Basha. At 53, his Baba released amid fanfare. Although the film grossed enough to cover its budget, it was viewed as a miserable showing and fell short of market expectations accumulating heavy losses for the distributors. Rajnikanth himself returned the losses back to the distributors who had immense faith in him. The whole affair cost him dear in terms of repute of making a comeback.

Chandramukhi, a remake of the Malayalam movie Manichitrathazhu. Chandramukhi was claimed as one of the most successful Tamil films ever as it ran in theatres (particularly in one theatre in Mount Road, Chennai) for over 600 days since release and still running. His next film, Sivaji: The Boss, directed by S. Shankar will be released in 2007.Apart from Tamil, Rajnikanth has acted in over 160 movies, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali. He has also acted in a Hollywood movie Bloodstone in 1988.

Rajnikanth was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in the year 2000 and was rated as one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek. Rajnikanth has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award, South on 2 occasions.

He is the highest paid actor in India and the second highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie ChanRajinikanth was requested by his fans for many years to stand in the State election of Tamil Nadu, but has consistently resisted entering politics directly. But he did some indirect attempts in politics by announcing support to a Political Party in Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Actor Surya Profile

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Actor: Surya Sivakumar

None expected, indeed the actor himself. Saravanan Sivakumar completing his graduation at Loyola College never knew that he would make it so bigger in tinsel town.

Actor Name: Surya

Original Name: Saravanan Sivakumar

Date of Birth: 23rd July, 1975

Native Place: Coimbatore

Family Members: Actor Sivakumar, Younger Brother Karthi (Paruthiveeran fame Karthi), Younger

Sister Brinda (Married), Mother (Name Unknown), Jyothika (Wife), Diya (Daughter)

Schooling: PSBB Coimbatore, St. Bede’s Chennai

College: Loyola College, Chennai

Graduation: B. Com (Completed)

Career: Earlier Merchandizing Manager at Garment Factory, Now an Actor

Favorite Food: Curd Rice, Dosa

Favorite Hobby: Long Drive in Car with good music, hunting for new places and camping overnight.

Awards: Kalaimamani Award (2005)

            Filmfare Best Award (2003 and 2004)

Turning Point: Nanda, Pithamaghan

Though Saravanan had a sound knowledge about film due to his father’s presence, he had no plans to step into film industry. As his close friends say, ‘We were completely astonished to hear that Saravanan is going to make his debut in Tamil film industry’. First, he joined a garments factory as a merchandizing manager. For everyone’s surprise, his first month salary was Rs. 1000/- and he gifted his mom with a saree.

Directors Mani Rathnam and Vasanth had just met him at an occasion and called forth a photo shoot, which he took up casually. Well, a particular snapshot was about him putting his around Simran that he felt shy…. Then as he made his debut with ‘Nerukku Ner’, he happened to be the uprising star.

Filmography

His debut Film Nerrukku Ner was released in 1997. Directed by Vasanth, he teamed up with his college mate Actor Vijay. Actress Simran paired up with him. The very next year beginning had his film ‘Kadhale Nimmadhi’ where he paired up with Actor Murali. The film was released in January 1998. During the same year, his film ‘Sandhipoma’ was released in June.  The very next year in 1999, ‘Periyanna’ had him featured alongside with Actor Vijayakanth. Again, Surya was casted by Director Vasanth in his ‘Poovellam Kettupar’ and it was the same film where Jyothika was introduced. Indeed, Director Vasanth was the matchmaker for both of them miraculously. Again, Surya-Jyothika paired up for ‘Uyirile Kalandhadhu’ that hit the screens where his father Sivakumar donned the same role.

Again, on Jan 14, 2001 both Surya and Vijay paired up for ‘Friends’ directed by Siddique. The film happened to the most stunning comedy entertainer with emotional factors. The same year Surya witnessed the greatest turning point in his career. Yeah! It was all about Bala offering him to perform the lead role of a different shade in his ‘Nandha’. The film won him the biggest laurels across the globe as hit the screens on November 14, 2001. It was a no turning back situation for the actor… His next film ‘Unnai Ninaithu’ again featured Surya together with Laila (she was the heroine in Bala’s ‘Nandha’). The film directed by Vikraman had Sneha too in the female lead. It was a poignant touch of romance and won awards for a good entertainer film. A couple of months later, his another film ‘Sree’ was released where he played an action packed mass hero role and indeed it turned to be a flop movie. During the yearend, his film ‘Mounam Pesiyadhe’ was released on Dec 14, 2002. Director Ameer made his debut directorial with this film.  The film introduced Trisha to the film industry and Laila performed a cameo role.

And here comes the most top-notching films from Surya where every piece turned to be great grosser at box office.

‘Kaakha Kaakha’ directed by Gowtham Menon had again made Surya, Jyothika to pair and this was the moment when both of them became so closer. The film was released on August 1st, 2009 and within couple of months for Diwali another magnum opus ‘Pithamaghan’ was released for Diwali. Directed by Bala, the film had Surya and Vikram and won several awards…

On May 6, 2004, ‘Perazhagan’ had Surya and Jyothika playing dual roles. During the same month, another film ‘Aayitha Ezhuthu’ directed by Mani Rathnam was released on May 21, 2004…. The film had Madhavan, Trisha, Meera Jasmine, and Siddarth together in lead role.

And nearly for a year, he didn’t take up any projects….

On March 2005, ‘Maayavi’ directed by Bala’s assistant Singam Puli had Surya and Jyothika pairing up together…. The same year had yet another blockbuster ‘Ghajini’ directed by Murugadoss hitting screens on September 2005. Yearend was another commercial entertainer ‘Aaru’ releasing.

‘Sillunu Oru Kadhal’ directed by Gowtham’s assistant Krishna featured Surya and Jyothika in lead role. The film was released on September 8, 2006. He took a long break after his marriage and joined hands with Director Hari for ‘Vel’ releasing in November 9, 2007. Again after a year, on November 14, 2008 his magnum opus ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ was released. The directed by Gowtham Menon had Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana and Simran in lead roles. A

His forthcoming film ‘Ayan’ is ready to hit the screens where he pairs up with Thamannah and directed by K.V. Anand. Also, he has started shooting for K.S. Ravi Kumar’s ‘Aadhavan’. Meanwhile, he has signed up for another films ‘Singam’ directed by Hari and ‘Mugamudi’ that will have Mysskin handling direction…

Family life…

Surya isn’t just a perfect actor, but a great family man too. Being an obedient son, he won his parents’ wish in marrying Actress Jyothika. The marriage took place on September 11, 2006. The following year, they were gifted with a beautiful daughter ‘Diya’. His sister Brindha was married first before his nuptials. His brother Karthi made his debut in ‘Paruthiveeran’ and it was scoring triple century on debut match…

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Tamil Actor Kamal Hassan Profile

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Actor Name: Kamal

Actor Full Name: Kamal Hassan

Family: Srinivasan Iyer-Father, Rajalakshmi-Mother, Charu and Chandra- two brothers, Shruti and Akshara-his daughters

Date of birth: November 7th, 1954

Born and Brought up in:  Paramakkudi of Ramanathapuram District

First Film: Kalathoor Kannamma in Tamil

Lanuguages acted in:  Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi

Special Talent: Classical Dance

Awards

Padmashree, Kalaimamani Awards and states awards from Tamil Nadu government.  National award for best actor for Mundram Pirai (1963), Nayakan 1988 and Indian 1996.

Based in the south Indian film industry Kamal Haasan is a highly acclaimed and highly versatile Indian film actor. He a was born to Rajalakshmi and Srinivasan as their fourth and youngest child. Kamal’s  all three sibling has the suffix Haasan as a sign of his friendship to one Mr. Haasan.     

He entered the film world as a child actor at the tender age of 6 in the film Kalathur Kannamma and has been associated with the film world since then.  Kamal Haasan learnt the fine arts in his early years instead of school work.

When he was a teenager, he started working as an assistant choreographer in movies and it was during this time that his long and fruitful association with notable Tamil film director, K. Balachander began.

Kamal’s acting career spreads over four decades.  Kamal is known in the Indian film industry for his talent and versatility he has capably played a diversity of characters in his films. Kamal has appeared in movies made in six languages, including the four major South Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Kamal other forays were into the North Indian movie indusrty via Hindi and Bengali films. He is also an actor, director, producer, screenplay writter, lyricst, comedian, dancer, singer. Kamal acted in commercialised films for a major portion of his career, but then moved away from the purely commercial ventures. Kamal is also a trained playback singer and sometimes pens the lyrics for the soundtracks of some of his recent films. He is also an able performer of the Bharatanatyam dance form. Kamal had assisted in choreography early in his career and he is easily the greatest actor Tamil cinema has ever produced.He is a three-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Actor for the films Nayagan, Moondram Pirai, and Indian. Kamal also won the national award for Best Child Actor for his performance in Kalathoor Kannamma. Kamal has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam respectively. Six of Kamal movies have been sent as India’s official entry to the Oscars- The only actor to achieve this feat in the sub-continent. He has won the Filmfare awards 18 times. Kamal was awarded the fourth highest recognition given to Indian civilians – the Padmashri in 1990. Kamal was conferred an honorary doctorate by Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai in 2005.

He has won a total of 171 awards which is more than any other actor in the world living or dead. Kamal was named as kalaignani meaning – an idiol of art, by M. Karunanidhi for his classical work towards tamil cinema.

In Kamal upcoming film Dasavatharam, he is playing 10 different roles, an act which is the second of its kind in the world, after the Tamil movie Dambachari (1936). Kamal  was married to Vani Ganapathy and later married Sarika with whom he has two daughters (Shruthi and Akshara) and with whom he is now separated.

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Tamil Actor Vikram Profile

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Name : Vikram

Birth name: John Kennedy

Nick name: Chiyaan | chiyan | Kenny

Date Of Birth: 17th April 1965

Birth Place: Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India


Nationality: Indian


Eye color:Brown


Star Sign:Aries


Spouse: Shyla Vikram


Schoool Days: Montfort Boys Anglo-Indian School, Salem


College Days: Loyola college, Chennai, India


Education: Mount Fort School, Yercaud


Graduation: Loyola College, PGDMBA – LIBA


Profession: Film Artiste

Favorite Color: Black


Favorite Food: Pazhya Sadam ( Porridge ) And Karruvattu Kolambu ( Dry Fish )


Favorite Attire: Hawai Chappal And Dirty Pair Of Jeans & T-Shirt


Favorite Actors: Rober Deniro, Rajinikanth


Favorite Actress: Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts


Favorite Rock Band: Michael Bolton


Favorite Song: Can I Touch You There – By Kenny Loggins


Favorite Composer: Yanni


Favorite Hangout: Home


Chiyaan Vikram, born in Paramakkudi, Ramnad district,TN as Kennedy, is an Indian born actor who has starred in a number of top-grossing Tamil films and is currently one of the reigning heroes of Tamil Film Industry (aka Kollywood). His screen name is Vikram in Tamil. Vikram is also affectionately called as Kenny in close circles. With numerous blockbusters to his credit, he has carefully inched a place for himself on the silver screen.

The film that gave him the star status include Sethu, Dhill, Kasi, Dhool, Saamy, Gemini, Pithamagan and Anniyan. After the success in the film Sethu, Tamil Nadu gave him the title or prefix honour of being addressed as Chiyaan , named after his character in the film, hence, the name Chiyaan Vikram.

Vikrm won the prestigious National Film Awards of India for his performance as an undertaker in Pithamagan, 2003. The move Sedhu, which released in 1999, was Vikram’s first blockbuster though he made his debut almost a decade earlier, grossed over Rs.50 million at the box office. Vikram shared a good rapport with its director Bala.

Vikram’s second blockbuster, Dhill, came in 2001. The film grossed over Rs.100 million at the box office and the director Dharani was a school-time friend of Vikram. Vikram’s third blockbuster Gemini came the next year in 2002. It grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office but by then, the trade began comparing him with long established superstar Rajnikanth.

His fourth blockbuster Dhool and fifth blockbuster Saamy both came in 2003. The film Saamy, grossed over Rs.300 million at the box office and the film prompted director Shankar to notice his rising graph and booked him for his mega project Anniyan.

Vikram’s latest blockbuster Anniyan released in 2005. The film played for 150 days in Kollywood and 240 days in Tollywood and it grossed over Rs.500 million at the box office

Tamil Actor Ajith Profile

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Actor Name: Ajith

Actor Full Name: Ajith Kumar

Titles: Lucky Star, Ultimate Star.

Height: 5′ 11″

Brought up in: Chennai

Mother tongue: Tamil

Family: Subramaniam-Father, Mohini-Mother, tow brothers and Shalini-Wife

Date of birth: May 1st 1971

First Film: Prema Pusthagam in Telugu and Amaravathi in Tamil

Favourite Dress: Jeansand T-Shirt

Favourite Holidays spot: London

Special Talent: Racing

Awards

Dinakaran Cinema Award, Film fare Award for the film Vaali 1999, Film fare Award and Dinakaran Cinema Award for the film Villan in 2003, Best New Face Award from Bharatmuni Art Academy for his debut film Prema Pusthakam (Telugu). Ajith is also a recipient of Cinema Express Best Artiste Award.

Being the middle son of three children, Ajith was boron, to Sindhi mother and Palghat Tamil lyer father. He dropped out of Asan Memorial Sr. Sec.

School in 1986, to become a 2/4 wheeler mechanic, part-time and garment exporter, full-time.Since then gradually working his way into modeling for advertis due to Business exigencies and print media and into Tamil films. After the surgery for his broken vertebra he lost feeling in his legs. Then he recovered and walked all the way form his home in Madras to the Balaji Shrine in Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh.

In Hyderabad India, where he began his career doing various jobs while attending a theatre for stage plays in Andhra Pradesh. Ajith hit big in move Aasai in 1995 after three years of acting in minor roles and small-budget ventures in Indian films.

After his first blockbuster, he as acted in over forty Indian films, with his main option being the Tamil Cinema industry earning him the prestigious title of Ultimate Star in 1999 Ajith is now one of the most popular actor in South India with fan bases worldwide beating the number of fans for Rajinikanth. He is now married to Shalini who is also a Indian actress.

One of Ajith hobbies is motor car racing, before retiring in 2005,  he took part in Formula 3 championship for the minor outfit, Mango Racing.  He as India’s third best friver after Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandok in 2004.

As a celebrity and an accomplished dramatic actor he won several awards at a regional award including State Awards from Tamil Nadu. He performed predominantly in leading roles in high budget and major studio films after that.

He was now for movies ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers.

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Tamil actor Simbu profile

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Actor Name: Simbhu

Actor Full Name: Silambarasan Rajendran

Nick Name: Chimbu,Simbu, Little superstar

Date of birth: February 3rd, 1983 

Profession: Actor

 Place of birth: Chennai

School: The Ashram

Education: Completed an audio engineering course

Father : T.Rajendar- actor, producer, director, politician etc

Mother : Usha Rajendar – former actress

Sister: Ilakiya

Brother: Kuralarasan

Aunt: Swarna mukhi – a great dancer

Debut: As a childartist – ‘Uravaikkaaththa Kili’, As a Hero – ‘Kadhal Azhivadillai’

Experience: 19 films as a child artist

Mentor: His father – T.Rajendar

Music Director: Was a Co-Music Director in the film ‘Monisha’

Screenplay Writer: Penned the story and screenplay for the movie ‘Manmadhan’

Favourite actors: Rajinikanth, Jackie Chan

Favourite food: Non – vegetarian

Dream: “There is a long way for me to go and I dream of doing good characters in future”

Silambarasan Rajendran is a prominent Tamil film actor, film director, playback singer and song writer.  He is known fondly by his fans as Simbhu and Little Super Star. Simbhu was a popular face in Indian television even before he made his maiden film debut.

He acted in Tamil films as a junior artist in projects like Monisha En Monalisa, Shabash Babu, Rajadi Rajavan, and Thiruvalla in minor roles. Simbhu’s debut in movies as a hero came in the form of Kaadhal Azhavitazhallai, a Tamil language movie also debuting Charmi, a popular Telugu actress.

The film, Kaadhal Azhavitazhallai, was highly hyped but the film flopped at the box-office and it was followed by Dhum and Kuthu with Rakshitha and Ramya respectively. These films also flopped at the box-office and criticism was heaped on Simbhu for his self-acclaimed title of Little Superstar and his deliberate copying of actions which were normally used by the Tamil superstar, Rajinikanth.

 The move Alai with Trisha Krishnan followed, it became his first film to run over 50 days at a cinema but once again he faced controversy due to some scenes between Trisha Krishnan and himself. Simbhu next film, Kovil with Sonia Agarwal was an average grosser at the box-office. He then took a year’s break to concentrate on Manmadhan project, which he wrote the screenplay for.

This move starred Jyothika, Mandira Bedi and Yana Gupta opposite him and the film became a runaway triumph at the box-office breaking many records especially in Madurai and it ran for 275 days in Kollywood.

The move earned rave reviews and changed many peoples minds about Simbhu’s career. Simbhu next film, Thotti Jaya also was a big hit, in which he had paired with Gopika.

For Thotti Jaya Simbhu sported a black beard in the role of an orphaned gangster who finds love.

Saravana was released in 2006 and after the success of Manmadhan, he paired up with Jyothika to act in the film directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film was a hit despite being released with Paramasivan and Aadhi, which it eventually ran for 100 days. Simbhu decided to turn director in Vallavan, which has become the most anticipated film of the year of 2006 and it was released on Diwali 2006 and stared Nayantara, Reema Sen and Sandhya alongside himself. Simbhu has also written the screenplay and has also sung 2 songs in the film.

Simbhu will act in Aezhumazhai vs Chitra with Asin Thottumkal in a forthcoming project in 2007. Simbhu was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.

Simbu as shown in the wallpaper for the film, Manmadhan Simbu Silambarasan was born to a famous Kollywood couple, T. Rajendar and Usha, they were both actors. Simbu’s has a younger brother, Kuralarasan who appears as a child actor in several films. Simbu’s sister, Illakya, is a college student at Loyola College, where he had also completed his education.

At Ashram school, Simbu studied with the Tamil actor, Rajinikanth’s daughter, Aishwarya. Both were rumoured to be in an affair before she disbanded with him.

Aishwarya later married, rival actor, Dhanush. Simbu was apparently not invited to the wedding and was left fuming over this. Manmadhan dealt with the story of lovers cheating and Simbu refused to deny claims that it was based around his childhood love, Aishwarya and no comment was made from either side.

During the first photo shoot of Vallavan, there was another controversial picture of Simbu biting Nayantara’s lips. Since then, they confirmed on several interviews they are in love with one another, but on November 20, 2006 she stated their separation for personal reasons.

Simbu also in Vallavan decided to give much more scope and praise to Nayantara than to Sandhya or Reema Sen. Reema Sen has recently criticized Simbu for favoring Nayantara during film shootings, and she has also revealed that the project, Vallavan had stopped her from signing other projects.

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Tamil Actor Madhavan Profile

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Actor Name: Madhavan

Actor Full Name: Ranganathan Madhavan

Nick Name: Maddy

Family:Ranganathan-Faterh, Saroja-Mother, Sarita-Wife, Vedant- Son and Devika- Younger Sister

Date of birth: 1st of June 1970

Birth Place:Jamshedpur, India

Nationality: Indian

Height: 6’1″

Eye Colour: Black

Language: Tamil, Hindi and English

Profession: Actor and Model

First Film: Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi (Kannada), Alaipayuthey (Tamil) and Rehna Tere Dil Me (Hindi Debut)

Awards

R. Madhavan, also called Maddy is a prominent regional Indian film actor, a game show host, a mobile game character and an active PETA campaigner. Madhavan started to act in Hindi television serials and appear in advertisements and commercials before he started his film acting career.    He also currently acts in regional industries across India with the Tamil film industry being his main focus. Madhavan has acted in Hindi films, English films, Telugu films, Malayalam cinem, the Kannada film industry and the Bengali film industry.

Madhavan is known by his fans as the Chocolate Hero Madhavan’s breakout role as a leading actor came two years later after his film career began with 2000′s Alaipayuthey by director, Mani Ratnam, which he became a pin-up boy after Madhavan’s performance as Karthik.

The film, gave him a solid foundation to build his career and several other films he has starred in, have become blockbusters in South India, due to this he also built up a prominent market for Madhavan’s films in Bollywood and in overseas markets.

As a seasoned actor, he began to take on more varied roles and projects, including another Mani Ratnam film, Aayitha Ezhuthu where he portrayed the gangster, Inba. While filming for Ramji Londonwale, he caught the eye of UTV, and became a game host in, Deal Ya No Deal, but it only lasted for one series. R. Madhavan is a prominent figure in India’s entertainment business.

Madhavan’s parents are Ranganathan and Saroja and his sister named Devika . his father, Ranganathan is an ex-army man. Madhavan’s mother, Saroja Ranganathan is a homemaker. Madhavan’s youngest sister, Devika is an aspiring model. In 1988, Madhavan was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from his college to Canada after his graduation.

At the age of 22, Madhavan was awarded the Maharashtra Best Cadet enabling him to make a trip with three others as MCC Cadets to England, because of this honour, Madhavan received training with the Royal Army, Navy and the Air Force but it was to no avail.   

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.   

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.   

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.

Madhavan then initiated a ten-day crash course on Public Speaking course; this is where he met his future wife Saritha. Madhavan is married to Saritha, a former air hostess whom he married after 3 years of courtship. Madhavan and Saritha have a son Vedaant who was born in 2006. Madhavan who is a self-confessed animal lover and an advertiser for PETA, personally owns two dogs, named Simbha and Princess and he also owns a parrot.

 Madhavan has recently moved property near the Boat Club area of Chennai from his rented house in Kilpauk.Madhavan shares great rapport with several experienced actors in the industry especially Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan whom both have worked with Madhavan in several projects each.Madhavan is well known for his vegetarianism and has advertised several brands.

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Tamil Actor Dhanush Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Dhanush 

Real Name: Prabhu Kastoorirajan

Birth Name: Venkat Prabhu

Date of birth: February 25, 1978

Birth Place: Chennai, India

Nationality: Indian

Star Sign:  Pisces

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour:  Light Brown

Father: Kasthuri Raja

Brother: Selvaraghavan

Spouse: Aishwarya

Venkat Prabhu is a popular Indian actor who appears in Kollywood films under the screen name Dhanush.At the age of 20, he made his Kollywood debut in the film Thulluvadho Illamai in 2002, which was directed by his brother Selvaraghavan.  

This movie was a surprisingly huge success and started his career in the industry. This was followed by Kadhal Kondein and Thiruda Thirudi (2003), both of which turned out to be successful at the box office.

With these continuous string of blockbuster his salary skyrocketed to Rs.30 million per film.

However succeeding films tumbled one by one and his career seemed to be have come to a standstill until the release of Pudhupettai. His action venture Sullan (2004) started good but then turned out to be a box office failure. His other films Pudhukottaiyill Irindhu Saravanan, Dreams (2004), Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam (2005) did poorly at the box office.

After a long spell of low budget films, he came back with the Pudhupettai (Dhoolpet in Telugu) which was again directed by his brother but that flopped. However he came back with a blockbuster in 2005 with, Thiruvilayadal Arambam.

His upcoming films are Parattai alias Azhagu Sundaram and Desiya Nedunchalai.

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Tamil Actor Arya Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Arya

Real Name: Jamshad

Date of birth: 11th December 1980

Birth Place: Trikaripur, India

Complexion: Fair

Height: 5′ 9″

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Light Brown

Mother Tongue: Malayalam

Nationality: Indian

Studied in School: SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai

Studied in College:Computer Engineering from Crescent Engineering College in

Chennai

Profession before Acting: Modelling

Brothers: 2 Younger brothers, Sathya (Shahir) and Razi

Languages Acted: Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu

Facts: He owns a production company named “The Show People”

First Film: Ullam Ketkumae

First Film Released: Arinthum Ariyamalum

Awards: Best New Male Face Award at the Filmfare Awards for movie “Arinthum Ariyamalum”

Family Business: His family owns a restaurant “Sea Shell” at Anna Nagar in Chennai

Jamshad popularly known as Arya, (born 11 December 1980) is a Malayalee-born Indian movie actor who has appeared in Tamil films.

Arya started off as a computer engineer,his passion for filming brought him to modelling before debuting in Jeeva’s Ullam Ketkumae which also marked the debuts of Asin Thottumkal and Pooja Umashankar.

The film also starred Laila and Shaam, but the film was delayed only releasing after Arinthum Ariyamalum. In Arinthum Ariyamalum, Arya played as son to Prakash Raj in a critically acclaimed role which won him Best New Male Face Award at the Filmfare Awards.Arinthum Ariyamalum and Ullam Ketkumae both made it large at the box-office.

Oru Kalluriyin Kathai also made it big at the box-office and Arya was touted as the next pin-up boy of Kollywood. His next, Kalabhak Kadhalan was an average grosser in Kollywood as it shared a striking resemblance, with the Kollywood’s all time best thriller.

His forthcoming projects are: Oram Poo and Xerox with Pooja Umashankar, and Naan Kadavul with Bhavana Balachandran.

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Tamil Actor Bharath Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Bharath   

Date of birth: July 21st 1983

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Religion:Hindu

Nationality:Indian

Profession:Actor

Father:Srinivasan

Mother:Lakshmi

School: DAV

College: New college

Debut Tamil: Boys

Debut  Malayalam: 4 the People

Debut Telugu: Yuvaseena

Favourite Actors:Vijay and Ajith, Russel Crowe and Mel Gibson.

Favourite Actress: Simran and Jyothika

Favourite Music: Hip hop, rock and Indian folk.

Favourite Movies:Nayakan,Indian

Hobbies: Dancing,music, gym, travelling, roaming

Bharath (born July 21st, 1983) is a brilliant Kollywood actor. A trained dancer by profession, his luck brought him into movies. He debuted in Boys directed by S. Shankar. The film was a musical hit and it fared well in box-office. 

He then acted in the remake of the Malayalam film 4 the people, 4 Students which was a musical hit and was a blockbuster in Kerala. One of his recent movies Kaadhal by a debutant director (assistant of S. Shankar) and Produced by Shankar was a blockbuster of the year. Kaadhal was well received everywhere and his performance as the naive but sweet lover was highly praised. His film Pattiyal, brought him even more great recognition for playing a dumb and deaf lover.

His latest releases are Chennai Kadhal and Veyil both released on December 8, 2006. He has received great accolades and the film is a hit. He was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

His next projects are Killadi directed by Salem A. Chandrasekharan , Nepali, directed by Dhurai, and an untitled movie with director Ravikumar. Bharath’s forthcoming Tamil release Khilladi is going to be dubbed in telugu too.

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Tamil Actor Cheran Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Cheran (director)

 

Cheran is a Tamil film director and actor, who has a reputation for directing and producing culturally strong films. His movies are characterised by their realism and the strong social messages that they convey. He has won the National Award twice, one for Most Entertaining Film in 2004 (for Autograph) and the other for Vetri Kodi Kattu (which won Best Film of 2000 dealing with social issues).

Born at Pazhaiyurpatty, near Melur in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. His father was a cinema (machine) operator and his mother was a school nursery school teacher. Cheran nurtured his acting skills by the stage dramas enacted in those days during local festival seasons.

He went on grooming himself and his dreams by undergoing self-designed rehearsals by himself standing in front of the mirror, speaking out the film dialogues of Sivaji Ganesan, which he carried out with the accompanying acting gestures.He was worn out after he ran away from home to Chennai with dreams of becoming an actor.

As his endless chasings after people and cinema studios for getting cinema chances proved to be failures, his hopes were shattered. At last, putting an end to his day-dreaming of becoming a film actor, he succeeded in turning his attention towards the other sides of film-making.

He learnt the art of film direction under the mentorship of director K.S Ravikumar.He earned the reputation of remaining a good film director capable of making quality films. This became possible only through his directional ventures, starting from Bharathi Kannamma to Paandavar Boomi. While directing Paandavar Boomi he demonstrated to the artistes how to enact their part.

The film’s cameraman Thangarbachchaan noticed this and identified the actor in him during such instances and introduced him as an actor in Solla Marantha Kathai. The people, on their part, have accepted him as an actor too. Cheran is a person who is against selling pirated VCD’s. He conducted raids in his own style to stop them.Cheran began his career as an assistant to K.S. Ravikumar. The young man caught the attention of the film producer, Henry.

Henry was the producer of the Malayalam film Yavanika directed by K.G. George. Consequent to the success of that movie,he made his entry into Tamil Cinema with Kolangal, a subject based on a girl rescued from the red light area in Mumbai who faces social problems back home in Chennai. Henry insisted that the film should not only be commercial but also have a strong social theme.

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Tamil Actor Jeeva Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Jeeva

Birth Name: Amar Choudary

Date of birth: January 4, 1984

Birth Place:Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Eye Colour:Brown

Height: 5’11″

Father: R.B. Chowdry

Mother:Mahijabeen

Brother: Suresh, Jeevanand Ramesh

School Days: Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Chennai

Languages:  Tamil, Hindi, English

Hobbies:  Listening to music, watching films, playing cricket, playing comuter games

Favourite Directors: Mani Rathnam, Vikraman, Shankar,

Favourite Stars: Rajini, Kamal

Favourit colour: Black and White

Favourite Food:  South Indian Dishes, Anything cooked by my Mom, burgers, pizzas

Favourite Sports:  Badminton, Cricket

Profession: Acotr and Model

First Movie: Aasai Aasaiyai

Jeeva is an upcoming actor. He is the son of known Indian film producer, R B Choudary.   Jeeva debut performance as a film hero was his father’s 50th production, Aasai Aasaiyai. Jeeva 2nd film Thithikuthe, a Tamil remake of Uday Kiran’s Telugu film Manasanta Nuvve, was also from his fathers banner, Super Good Films. Jeeva has three older brothers: B.Sursh is the joint producer in Super Good Films. Another brother Jeevan is a business magnate. Next is Ramesh.   Jeeva is also an actor, now known as Githan Ramesh. Jeeva started off as a child star in 2 of his father’s film productions, one of them being the Sarath Kumar blockbuster Sooryavamsam. Audiences remember Jeeva as the cute boy who brought an estranged father and son together in Sooryavamsam. 

He is the youngest and inarguably the cutest with the boyish charms and killer smile that made people stand up to notice in his debut film Aasai Aasaiyai itself. Jeeva’s father, R B Choudary, produced numerous films, introduced now-famous directors and heroes and is a noted South Indian film producer despite having Hindi as mother tongue and hailing from Rajasthan, a north Indian state.After Aasai Aasaiyai and Thittikudhey, which were romantic Tamil flops, he found himself in a spot of bother, with no good film offers coming his way. Then in 2005, he came back with the mega blockbuster Raam which put him in contention with other young actors in Kollywood like Jayam Ravi, Bharath and Silambarasan. Raam was a one-of-a-kind Tamil movie by critically acclaimed director of the 2002 sleeper hit Mounam Pesiyathe, Ameer Sultan; it falls in the genre of a murder mystery thriller, yet it is primarily a character study. He played Ramakrishna, an autistic schoolboy, desired by the rich girl next door and later accused by her father for murdering his own mother.

Jeeva hardly talked throughout the movie, letting his body language demonstrate his character. The movie was one of the highest grossing movies of the year, it was screened at Indian Panorama and later at the Cyprus International Film Festival(CIFF), where it won two awards – the Best Actor award for Jeeva and the Best Musical Score Award for its Music director Yuvan Shankar Raja. For 22-year old, it was not only the first International Award he received, but also his first ever acting award. The only other time a Tamil actor received an international award was when Legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan received the Best Actor Award for his film in 1959, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, at the Afro-Asian International Film Festival in Cairo, Egypt in 1960.

Thanks to Raam and Jeeva, this was indeed an honour for Kollywood in 21st century. From then onwards, he has had a successful stint in Dishyum with Kaadhal actress, Sandhya, proving a musical hit. Jeeva played another different role in Dishyum, that of a stuntman in films, this role was different from usual heroic roles in Tamil Cinema. Although the title Dishyum gave viewers the impression of an action-packed film, Dishyum was predominantly a romance between that of a cocksure stuntman and a practical arts student.

This film won accolades due to the remarkable acting and an impressionable direction by Sasi, director of former hits such as Sollamalae and Roja Kootam.  Among his films, Raam, Dishyum, Keerthi Chakra and E are the ones that have done well at the box office. Jeeva’s flops include Aasai Aasaiyai, Thittikudhey, and Pori. Hence, his hits and misses are balanced. Aran was not a flop it was considered a success and his upcoming films are Thamizh MA, Thenavattu and Rameswaram. Jeeva is considered a better actor than his brother Ramesh.

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Tamil actor Mammootty Profile

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Actor Nick Name: Mammootty

Birth Name: Muhammed Kutty

Date of birth: September 7th, 1953

Parents: Krishna and Indira Devi

Brother: Ramesh Babu

Sister: Padmavathi, Manjula and Priyadarshini

Edution: B.Com., Loyola College, Chennai

Favorite Hero: Super Star Krishna

Favorite Heroine: Sri Devi

Favorite Game: Cricket

Mammootty as Muhammed Kutty at Chempu near Vaikom, Kottayam (district, Kerala) is a popular Indian film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films, which is most of them in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of 4 National film awards for Best Actor, five State awards and 5 Filmfare awards in the best actor category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1998 and he is called as the Super Star of Malayalam Cinema along with Mohanlal. Mammootty is rated as one of the talented actors in Indian film indusrty. He is also the current Chairman of TV channel Kairali.

He was born to Ismail (an agriculturist) and Fatima (a homemaker). Mammootty has two younger brothers, Ibrahim and Zakariah; and three sisters, Ameena, Sauda and Shafina. Mammootty received his education from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam and then studied law at Ernakulam Government Law College.

It was during his days at Maharajah’s that Mammootty got his first role in Anubhavangal Paalichakal (1971). He practised as a lawyer in Manjeri, Kerala for two years.

He got married in 1980 to his wife, Sulfath, and has a daughter, Surmi and a son, Dulquar Salman. Mammootty first film as an actor, Devalokam (World of Gods), was not released in theatres. Famous writer and auteur M. T. Vasudevan Nair and Film director K. G. George played an important part in his career.

Mammootty’s talent was noticed in films like Vilkanundu Swapnangal directed by M T Vasudevan Nair and films like Mela and Yavanika, by K.G George. One thing that sets him apart from his contemporaries is the fact that from the beginning itself, he has been able to treat both art-house cinema and commercial potboilers with ease.

He made his mark during the early period of his career itself by enacting roles in films of stalwarts like M. T. Vasudevan Nair, K.G. George, Padmarajan, P.N. Menon, and Bharathan. Later on his talent was utilized by internationally renowned directors like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, T. V. Chandran, and Pavithran. Mammootty was a regular in movies of Harikumar, Mohan, et al.

The movies by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and Padmarajan, arguably among the best of Malayalam writer-directors, widened Mammootty’s acting horizon. It may be mentioned that two of M.T. Vasudevan’s movies which bear his autobiographical elements were enacted by Mammootty – Aksharangal and Sukrutham (Harikumar).

The film New Delhi, directed by Joshy, was a turning point in his career and the film was based on the novel, The Almighty by Irving Wallace. The hero’s portrayal of a victimized journalist, who systematically took revenge on politicians who beguiled him, was noticed and well accepted well by the masses. By then he had achieved superstardom.

His, Oru CBI Diary kurippu, was also a major landmark in the history of Malayalam Cinema. It brought to fore a new concept of an investigative thriller, fresh presentation of politicians and above all a refreshing idea of the hero.The film went on to create box-office history in Kerala.

Following the success of the first CBI film three more murder mysteries sequels were produced with the same cast of characters: Jaagrutha (1989), Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004) and Nerariyan C.B.I (2005, all directed by K Madhu, with Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, an efficient but unassuming CBI officer.

He touched the pinnacle of his career in [[Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha]] (roughly translated as northern heroic folklore), again an M. T. Vasudevan Nair creation. His depiction of a Chekavan of distinguished velour but vilified by circumstances won him the top honors of the country, National Award for best acting.

His histrionics matched the literary genius of M. T. in each and every minute detail. It was his acting talent, coupled with his willingness to go to any extent to rationally portray the roles that enabled him to act in both offbeat and commercial movies.

He became almost a regular face in Adoor Gopalakrishna’s films. Mammootty starred in three of his movies, Anantharam (Thenceforth), Mathilukal (alls) and Vidheyan (The Servile) and the easiness with which he illustrated on screen the protagonist in Mathilukkal(based on Mathilukal, a novel by the Malayalam literary genius Vaikom Muhammad Basheer) was also instrumental in getting him his first National Award for Best Actor. His performance in two commercially off-beat movies, Ponthan Mada by TV Chandran, and Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Vidheyan won him the award for the second time. His performance in Ambedkar, an English movie by Jabbar Patel, won him the National award for a third time.

Mammootty is also a recipient of Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India. Mammootty had briefly crossed the boundaries of Malayalam cinema and acted in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Though he proved that only a moderate success in Tamil after Mani Ratnam’s Thalapathi, his fan following is on par with other Tamil film stars. Mammootty’s notable successes in Tamil include Anandam by Linguswamy and Kandukondain Kandukondain by Rajiv Menon. Unfortunationaly however, his maiden Hindi film, Dhartiputra went unnoticed.

Mammootty, nonetheless made his presence felt on the national level with the biographical film on Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Directed by Jabbar Patel. All though he has been criticised as unable to portray comic roles, his latest movies Rajamanikyam, Thommanum Makkalum, and Thuruppugulan gave a fitting reply to critics.

He, though a hugely popular star, is an exception in Indian films where dancing skills have to be a necessary part of an actor’s repertoire but the emotion and the depth that he lends to his characters makes him a well revered actor and makes up for his shortcomings.

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Tamil Actor Prakash Raj Profile

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Actor Name: Prakash Raj  

 

Born:March 26, 1965

Place of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka

Occupation: actor and producer

Spouse: Lalitha Kumari (1994-2009)

              Pony Verma (2010- present)

Prakash Raj is a famous actor and producer from Karnataka in South India and  has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi films. His original name Prakash Rai, in Kannada screen was rechristened to Prakash Raj by K. Balachander, for Prakash Raj’s, debut movie in Tamil Duet. Prakash Raj’s mother tongue is Kannada.He began his acting career with Kannada serials, like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha. He later took up small supporting roles in Kannada films, like Raamachari, etc. Prakash Raj’s breakthrough role came in form of Harakeya Kuri starring Vishnuvardhan and Geetha.

His performance in the movie was noticed by Geetha and she in turn introduced Prakash Raj to her mentor, the noted director K. Balachander. He re-entered Kannada films with a bang through Nagamandala in 1997, directed by the award winning director T.S Nagabharana and continues to act in a number of Kannada movies every year.

He is a very famous actor in South India for a wide variety of roles that he has performed, most notably as a villain and of late, as a character artiste, in Tamil and Telugu; he is considered to be one of the most natural actors in the film industry, and has a good reputation for his acting skills. Prakash Raj was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

Prakash Raj has also won several awards including two national awards:

One for the Best supporting actor in Iruvar and also a special jury award for his exemplary performance in Dhaya – his first directorial venture.

 Recently Prakash Raj took on the mantle of producer and has produced 3 movies in Tamil (Kollywood). Out of the three movies he produced two are box-office hits and also are critically acclaimed. Prakash Raj’s movies are generally acclaimed by the audience as good quality movies and are also considered as family entertainers. Also as a producer Prakash Raj’s selection of movies typically have natural storylines. He is now producing a movie named Poi,lie in English, which is directed by his mentor and veteran director K. Balachander, who is incidentally directing his 101st film.

Also as a producer Prakash Raj’s selection of movies typically have natural storylines. He is now producing a movie named Poi,lie in English, which is directed by his mentor and veteran director K. Balachander, who is incidentally directing his 101st film.

Tamil Actor Prashanth Profile

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Actor Name: Prashanth   

Nick Name: Kathal Ilavarasan

Date of Birth: 6th of April 1973

Height: 5′ 11″

Eye Colour: Light Brown

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Family: Thiagarajan-Father, Shanthi Thiagarajan-Mother Preethi- sister

Languages: Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam

Hobbies:  Books, Music, tennis, horse Riding, Karate, Swimming, Billiards and Chess

Profession: Acor and Model

First Film: Vaikasi Poranthachi in 1990

Awards

Kalaimamani award from Government of Tamilnadu, Best New Appearance award of year in 1990 from Cinema Express and Best actor award of year in 1998 from Roja Magazine

Prashanth, born in Chennai, India, to Thiyagarajan, an actor and director, and his wife Shanti. He has a sister, Preeti, and got married to Grihalakshmi on September 1, 2005. Prashant studied Computer Graphics and Multimedia and went to Trinity College of Music in London before embarking on an acting career.

Prashanth was studying 11th standard at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School when he joined filmdom.

Prashanth has filed a divorce petition in court. Prasanth had given 29 complaints about his wife Grihalakshmi.

Including her sister-in-law’s relationship with Ajith’s brother.  He has also made allegations about his wife’s drinking habits. Recently, Prashanth has filed a petition in court to allow him to see his new born baby.

At the age of 17, he made his debut in 1990, in Vaigasi Poranthachu. The film fared very well at the box office. Several successful movies in several languages followed, among them Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Since his debut, he as worked with many well-known directors, aming them Mani Rathnam, Balu Mahendra, S. Shankar, R.K. Selvamani, Agathiyan and Vasanth.

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Tamil Actor Ravi Profile

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Name: Jayam Ravi

 

 

Birth name: Ravi Mohan

Date of Birth: Sep 10, 1980

Birth Place: Chennai, India

Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English

Nationality: Indian

Hair colour: Black

Eye colour: Brown

Father: Mohan

Mother: Varalakshmi

Brother: M. Raja

Sister: Roja

Schoool Days: Jawahar Vidyalaya, Chennai

College Days:Loyola College Chennai

Profession: Actor

First movie: Jayam, 2003

Favourite Colour:Black and White

Favourite Dish:Chicken

Favourit Film: Mouna Ragam

Favourit Actor: Kamal Hasan

Favourit Actress: Sridevi Boney Kapoor

Favourit Music Director: Ilayaraja and AR. Rahman

Favourit Singer: SPB

Pet: Dog named Julie

Dream Role: One which get into the hearts of the people permanently

Hobbies: Cricket, snooker and Listening to Music

Ambition: To be a well Known and Well accomplished actor

Jayam Ravi is a Tamil Cinema actor. He is the upcoming star of Tamil Cinema. He debuted with “Jayam” released in 2002 produced by his father editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. Jayam Ravi is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from LoyolaCollege Chennai, Jayam Ravi decided to get into the acting industry.  Jayam Ravi father is Mohan, an editor, his mother is Varalakshmi. Jayam Ravi has one brother, M. Raja, who is a successful director, and a sister, Roja, who is a dentist. Ravi was first schooled at Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and later at the Loyola College, Chennai and earned a Bachelor degree in Visual Communications. Jayam Ravi studied dancing with the Bharatnatyam dancer Nalini Balakrishnan and performed his arrangetram (debut) when he was twelve years old. Jayam Ravi has also undergone training in acting with Kishore Namit Kapur Institute, Mumbai.He is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai, he decided to get into the acting industry.

He is one hero who has the conventional good looks and has undergone all formal training to become an actor. Jayam Ravi debuted with Jayam, a remake of the Telugu movie Jayam released in 2002 produced by his father Editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. (Hence, the name Jayam avi.) Jayam Ravi’s next venture was M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, a remake of the Telugu movie Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2004.

Then came Daas,Mazhai, a remake of the Telugu movie Varsham and Idhaya Thirudan. Something Something  Unakkum Enakkum , the remake of the Telugu hit Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana which hit the screens in July 2006 is also a big hit. Trisha Krishnan has reprised her role in the

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Tamil Actor Sarath Kumar Profile

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Actor Name: Sarath Kumar  

Born: July 14th, 1954

Place of Birth: New Delhi

Native Place:Thalakavur in Sivaganga District

Mother Tongue:Tamil

Father: Late Mr. M. Ramanathan

Mother: Mrs. Pushpaleela

Sister: K.Mallika

Wife: Saya (divorced), Radhika

Daughters:  Varalaxmi, Pooja, Rayanne(step daughter)

Occupation: Journalist, actor and politician

Languages Known:  English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada

Favourite colour: Red

Favourite Dress: Ethnic / Western – anything

Favourite Food / Drink : All cuisines

Favourite Hangout: Flame Le Meredian / Home

Favourite Actor: Silvester Stallone, Bruce Willis,Arnold Schwarznegger

Favourite Actress: Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, etc

He has good reputation as actor in Kollywood, and also is the present president of South Indian Film Artistes Association.

Sarath Kumar started his career in Kollywood as a villain, and slowly transformed to second hero in Vijaykanth movies and after few movies as second hero, KS Ravikumar launched him as lead hero in his project which was a success at Box-office.

After that KS Ravikumar worked with him in several projects which were box-office hits, and also promoting him as one of the leading heroes in Kollywood in late 90′s.

He mainly plays the role of a honest cop out to cleanse the society.

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Tamil Actor Srikanth Profile

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Actor Name: Srikanth  

Nick Name: Sree

Actor Full Name: Kantham

Date of birth: February 28, 1979

Earlier Jobs: Was in Modelling

Debut: Tamil, Rojakuttam and Telugu, Okkarikku Okkaru

Father: Krishnamachari

Mother: Jayanthi

Brother: Sudhir (software engineer USA)

Education: School: SBOA Annanagar, College:Hindustan college of science (B.Sc comp science)

First Film: Kothalam in Tamil, okkariki okkaru in Telugu

Fan of: Rajionikanth, Kamalahasan, Vikram andVijaykanth

Pet: A dognamed Tweety

Best Friend: Kavi Siddarth

Childhood Dream: To be a Cricket player

Favourit God: Tirupathi Venkatachalapathy

Favourit Book: 7th Secret by Irwing Wallace

Favourit Films: Nayagan,Lagaan

Favourit Bollywood: Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai

Favourit Hollywood: Al Pacino, Julia Roberts

Favourit Drink: Tender Coconut

Favourit Color: Black and White

Favourit Dress: Jeans and Cotton Shirt

Favourit Song: Oh Butterfly

Srikanth is a good south Indian film actor. Srikanth debuted in the Tamil movie Roja Kootam. Srikanth’s debut was a big plus for him. The movie was directed by Sasi and the music was scored by Bharadwaj and the movie was a hit.

Srikanth tried some action movies which didn’t give him enough success at box-office. Srikanth was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.Srikanth debut was a big plus for him. The movie was directed by Sasi and the music was scored by Bharatwaj and the movie was a great hit.

Srikanth second movie was April Mathathil in which he paired with Sneha for the first time, directed by S.S.Stanley and this movie was not appreciated at all. Then, in his forthcoming movies he paired with Sneha in the movie Parthiban Kanavu and this movie was directed by the debut director Karu.Palaniappan and the movie was a block buster.

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Tamil actor Vadivelu Profile

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Name: Vadivelu

 

Nick Names: Vaigai puyal, king of comedy, India’s Charlie Chaplin, Vedivelu

Profession: Actor

Native place: Madurai

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Previous acting experiences: street-corner theatres

debut Comedy: T.Rajendar’s “En Thangai Kalyani”.

Hero: ‘Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi’

Rose to fame: The role of Essakki in Thevar magan

First car: TATA Sierra

Hairstylist: Nehru

Political affiliations: none

Songs sung by him: “Vandhutan Vandhutan” and “Frea vudu frea vudu”.

Mentors: Raj Kiran, R.V.Udayakumar, and later Kamal Hassan

Vadivelu (sometimes Vadivel) is a leading comedian in the Tamil movie industryt.2000 he has dominated the movie scene in Kollywood, along with comedian Vivek. Born in the southern city of Madurai, Vadivelu is nicknamed. Vaigai puyal (the Vaigai storm, after the river Vaigai, which flows through the city). Starting as a sidekick to the famed Goundamani-Senthil comedy duo, he rose to prominence after his role in Kadhalan. His accent which resembles the Tamil spoken in southern Tamil Nadu landed him roles in Tamil movies with a village background.

In most movies, he plays a simpleton with good intentions but lands in trouble because of the circumstances or the eccentricities of the people he comes across. These roles involve heavy use of slapstick and puns, which has lead him to being typecast. However, recently, he has transitioned his comedy to suit urban audiences too, playing more varied characters..

 His performances in Bharathi Kannamma, Vetri Kodi Kattu and Winner have brought him laurels and accolades from all quarters. He does sing for some songs in his movies. Some of his popular songs are Vandhutan Vandhutan and Frea vudu frea vudu.Vadivelu is opted to play the role of Spiderman in the film Vyapari directed by Shakthi Chidambaram

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Tamil Actor Vivek Profile

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Actor Name: Vivek  

RealName:Vivekananthan

Star Title:Chinna Kalaivanar

Birth Date: 19th November 1961

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Eye colour:Black

Strength: Comedy

Hair Colour: Black

Spouse: Arulselvi Vivekananthan

Debut Movie: Manathil Uruthi Vendum

College: The American College, Madurai

Vivekanathan is a Tamil film comedian from India. In contrast to other comedians in Tamil cinema, Vivek is more of a satirist than a slapstick comedian.   His movies draw humor from scenes of daily life in Tamil Nadu (especially Chennai) and the surrounding regions.

His jokes often relate to serious subjects, such as bribery, over-population, and political corruption among other things. He is more conscientious and his comedy has more serious undertones than that of his contemporaries.

He often targets hypocrisy in Indian society and politics and uses satire well to point out contradictions which are often taken for granted by people. He is also well known for his readiness to spoof almost any celebrity. He is mostly popular with urban people as his comedy is of more immediate relevance to them.

In rural areas, he is less popular than other comedians such as Vadivelu, Senthil, and Goundamani. He has starred in numerous films since the early 90s as a supporting actor and now as a main comedian.

He has entertained many in his most noted films such as Run, Namma Veetu Kalyanam, Dhool, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, and many others. He is famously called as Chinna Kalaivanar for his message-oriented comedies.

Vivek will appear in other films to come. He is most expected in the upcoming film Sivaji starring Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran. Vivek is playing the lead in the movie “Solli Adippen. Recently the CD release for Solli Adippen was held and Superstar Rajnikanth, Director Shankar, Director K. Balachander presided the function.