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First Indian to work for Walt Disney in the New York Broadway Musicals. Actor-turned-Singer. Krish debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), with the song Manjal Veyyil. His song June Ponal from Unnale Unnale made him a household name, after which he was a predominant singer for Jayaraj's compositions. The songs Oru Mugamo from Bheema, Karu Karu from Pachaikili Muthucharam, and Adiye Kolluthe from Vaaranam Aayiram are some of his most popular songs composed by Jayaraj. Krish sung two songs in the film Kandaen, whilst he also made a debut as a lyricist in the film. Krish is known for his On-stage Skills. He is One of the Best Performer so far in the South Film Industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Acted in several live shows over 5 years. Sung in Light Music Concerts over 2000 shows in 7 years. Performer in Cats, the only New York Broadway show. Performer in 5 mega New York Broadway shows in Walt Disney's Production The Lion King 1998. First Indian ever to work for Walt Disney on the New York Broadway Musicals. Played the Lead Role in the Walt Disney Production Aladdin 2004 Television Advertisement for Macys & Staples

TELEVISION: Presenter Ooh La La La on Sun TV - A talent for the best band in South India spearheaded by Mr. A R Rahman Presenter Vijay Musical Awards 2007

AWARDS: Best Singer USA Award in 2002, Indian Foundation, Pittsburg, USA. Best Supporting Actor 2002 CATS Bravo Filmfest Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for Vettaiyadu Velaiyadu Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Vijay Musical Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Jaya TV Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Kalaiyar TV Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2008 for the movie Unnale Unnale for Star Vijay Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2008 for the movie Vaaranam Ayiram 25 Awards. Best Song of the year Award for Chinna Thamarai Vijay Awards

Krish grew up in New York originally. He got married to actress Sangeetha on February 1, 2009 at Thiruvannaamalai. In one of his interviews, Krish has described his passion for music and acting, and that is the reason he equipped himself with western music skills and a degree in acting. He also studied Computer Science, just in case he failed to make it to his desired field. He also appeared as a chief guest in St. Michael's Academy in November 2010.Currently Acting in 2 Films in Lead. One of the film Produced by the Famous Rowther Films called Puriyaadha Aanandham Puthidhaaga Aarambam.

Vijay Antony is an Indian music composer, playback singer and actor working in the Tamil film industry.
Vijay Antony( Antony Cyril Raja) was born in Nagercoil, Kanya Kumari District and studied in St.Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He holds a degree in Visual Communication from the Loyola College, Chennai.

He made his debut as a Music Director in the 2005 film Sukran, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar.
He is the first Indian to win the 2009 Cannes Golden Lion for the Nakka Mukka commercial (for The Times of India) in the Best of Music category. Nakka Mukka raised his fame and that song was played in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
In 2012, he made his acting debut, enacting the lead role in the thriller film Naan. His next venture as an actor and music director was Salim, in which he portrayed the same character from Naan; both Naan and Salim were sleeper hits.India Pakistan, his next release, a romantic comedy, was the first film he starred in but did not compose music for.He has acted in Pichaikkaran, collaborating with his Dishyum director Sasi.

Mithran Jawahar is a Tamil film director.His debut venture was the 2008 film Yaaradi Nee Mohini, starring Dhanush and Nayantara, which was a runaway hit. His next two films, both again featuring Dhanush in the lead role, also became successful.

In 2014, he began work on Saamiyattam produced and featuring Srikanth in the lead role.He will then move on to direct a remake of the Malayalam film Thattathin Marayathu.

Anu Hasan is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1970 to Chandra Hasan, brother of the National Film Award-winning actor, Kamal Haasan. Anu Hasan married Vikas ten years ago. Anu later divorced Vikas on grounds of incompatibility. In 2010, she became engaged to London-based banker Graham Jay in Trichy. They got married on 4 November 2010 at the Marriott Hotel in Chennai. She was educated at St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Girls' Higher Secondary School, Trichy, and earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed film Indira (1995) and has since appeared in a few Tamil films, playing supporting roles. She hosted the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons. She is also an entrepreneur, model, musician and martial arts expert. She is considered as one of the best anchors in Star Vijay
Her love for music showed up as a jazz singer when she performed at the U.S consulate in Kolkata. BITSians who were on campus between 1988 and 1993 remember Anu Hasan in some of the English Drama Club productions of the day including Fiddler on the Roof and Spartacus.She is a martial arts student (Kalari art; she has trained in Chiramam, Silambam, Kurunthadi and Kaipor) and also a proficient basketball player who represented the Trichy district.
She has acted under her cousin (Charuhasan's daughter) Suhasini's direction, who is a National Award winning actress herself and married to the noted film director Mani Ratnam, in the Tamil film Indira (1995), which was Anu's debut film.Afterwards, she appeared only in a few films, playing supporting roles such as the mother, sister or wife character of the lead actor. Among her films, her notable ones are Run (2002), in which she starred as the protagonist's sister, which earned her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Nala Damayanthi (2003).By 2000, she ventured into television,acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award-winning novel Sister of My Heart.For her performance in the series, she received accolades and several awards. She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on Vijay TV. The show, which she hosted for over three years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.She also currently presents Kannadi for Jaya TV.
In 2009-2010 she was awarded the Kalaimamani Award by the Tamil Nadu State Government.In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas

Renuka is a Tamil television and film actress who is known for playing the lead role Premi in K. Balachander's tele-serial of the same name. She has also acted in some Hindi and Malayalam films in her career.


According to an interview given by Renuka to The Hindu, her family hailed from the town of Srirangam. Due to adverse circumstances caused by the early death of her father, she was compelled to move to the city of Chennai at an early age in search of work. In a short while, she was able to get a job as a drama artiste with Komal Swaminathan's troupe.


Renuka got a break in Tamil films with the 1989 movie Samsara Sangeetham directed by T. Rajender. Renuka had done a few Tamil films and about 75 Malayalam movies when she was introduced to Tamil film director K. Balachander by colleague Geetha.


Renuka was cast in a supporting role in the teleserial Kaialavu Manasu directed by Balachander. Following Kaialavu Manasu, Renuka also did a supporting role in Kadhal Pagadai, which made her very popular and lead roles in Premi, Jannal and Ganga Yamuna Saraswathi. She also earned good reviews for her performance in Premi.

James Vasanthan is a popular Indian television anchor and film music composer. For more than a decade, he worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV, Vijay TV and Makkal TV before turning into a film music composer in the Tamil Film Industry.

James Vasanthan was born in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), studied at Bishop Heber School and later, graduated in English literature in Bishop Heber College. Later, he graduated in Carnatic music from Madras University and in Western Music from Trinity College, U.K. and even holds a diploma in Theory of Music. Though music was his "first love" , he forayed into TV channel business by working as an anchor in some popular Tamil TV channels.

In 2003, James Vasanthan launched his maiden venture, Vaasanai, a Tamil pop album featuring other prominent TV personalities like Swarnamalya, Uma Padmanabhan and Vijay Adhiraj. Even before that, he has composed music for many good Christian cassettes numbering around 300, like "Amarntha Meliya Satham"(Lyrics:Suresh Frederick), "Sinthanai Sei", "Friends", "Iravin Amaithiyil Yesuvodu" etc. In 2008 then, he eventually entered the Chennai film industry as a music director by composing the songs and score for the Tamil film Subramaniyapuram, directed by M. Sasikumar, who was a student of him in high school, which brought him into prominence with the film`s soundtrack gaining fame and being praised and the song Kangal Irandal topping the charts and being cited as the "anthem of the year among the youth".

The song "Kangal irandal" is believed to have made a record in digital downloads at that time. It was the most favourite song of most composers in the south, which was mentioned by themselves in various interviews across various media.

Hema Malini ("Hema Malini Chakravarty") (born 16 October 1948, Jeeyapuram (Tiruchirappalli), Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian actress, director, producer, dancer and politician.1963 she made acting début in Tamil film "Ithu Sathiyam" as a dancer/supporting actress. Malini first acted in main role in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), and went on to feature in numerous Bollywood films, primarily as the lead actress. In most of her films, she starred opposite her husband; Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna and Dev Anand.

Malini was initially promoted as the "Dream Girl", and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. She has played both comic and dramatic roles, as well as being a dancer.She has appeared in more than 150 films.During her career, Malini received eleven nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, winning the award in 1972.

In 2000, Malini won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and also the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India.In 2012, the Sir Padampat Singhania University conferred an Honorary Doctorate on Malini in recognition of her contribution to Indian cinema.

Malini served as chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation. In 2006, Malini received Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts (SaMaPa) Vitasta award from Bhajan Sopori in Delhi for her contribution and service to Indian culture and dance.

From 2003 to 2009, Malini was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament, as a representative of the Bharatiya Janata Party.In 2014, Malini was elected to the Lok Sabha. Malini has been involved with charitable and social ventures.

Malini was the third child born of a Tamil-speaking family to her mother Jaya Lakshmi Chakravarti, a film producer and VSR Chakravarti. Malini attended the Andhra Mahila Sabha in Chennai where her favourite subject was history.Malini studied at DTEA Mandir Marg and in 12th Standard left to begin her acting career.

Malini's first film with Dharmendra was Sharafat (1970), and they got married in 1979.Dharmendra was already married at the time and had children, two of whom are Bollywood actors Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. Malini converted to Islam and married Dharmendra. They have two children, Bollywood actress Esha Deol (born 1981)and Ahana Deol, an assistant director.

Malini's niece is actress Madhoo who played the female lead in Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Roja (1992) and Annayya (1993).

Malini was a supporting artiste in Idhu Sathiyam (1963) and portrayed a danseuse in Pandava Vanavasam (1965). In 1968, Malini played opposite Raj Kapoor in Sapno Ka Saudagar.That was the beginning of her promotion as the "Bollywood dream girl."

In Johnny Mera Naam (1970), Malini took a lead role and she took other challenging roles; for example, a young widow in Andaz (1971) and a poor woman in Lal Patthar (1971). In 1972, Malini played opposite Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar in Seeta Aur Geeta.Malini received a Filmfare Best Actress Award for this film.Within four years of making her début, Malini was an established lead actress in Bollywood and classical dancer. Malini's films of the 1970s include Sanyasi (1975), Dharmatma , Pratigya (1975). In Sholay (1975), Malini played the role of Basanti, a talkative girl. Other works of the period include Trishul, Joshila, Khushboo (1975), Kinara (1977) and Meera (1979).

Malini performed with Dharmendra in 28 films including Sharafat, Tum Haseen Main Jawan, Naya Zamana, Raja Jani, Seeta Aur Geeta , Patthar Aur Payal, Dost (1974), Sholay (1975), Charas, Jugnu, Azaad (1978) and Dillagi (1978).

After her marriage, Malini made films including Kranti, Naseeb (1981), Satte Pe Satta, Rajput, and Ek Nai Paheli (1984). Malini portrayed the role of a classical singer in the film opposite Rajesh Khanna, which Times of India called one of the top film couples.

Her works also included Aandhi Toofan, Durgaa (1985), Ramkali (1985), Sitapur Ki Geeta (1987), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), Rihaee and Jamai Raja (1990).

During this period, Malini performed with Dharmendra in Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, Baghavat, Samraat, Razia Sultan, Andha Kanoon (1983), Baghavat, and Raaj Tilak (1984).

She directed the film Dil Aashna Hai with Divya Bharti and Shahrukh Khan in the leading roles. Following this, Malini focused on dancing and television work.

After taking a break from films for a number of years, Hema made a comeback with Baghban (2003).for which she earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. She also played a substantial supporting role in the 2004 film Veer-Zaara. In 2011, she directed her second feature film Tell Me O Khuda which featured both her husband Dharmendra and her daughter Esha Deol.

n 1999, Malini campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Vinod Khanna, a former Bollywood actor, in the Lok Sabha Elections in Gurdaspur, Punjab. In February 2004, Malini officially joined the BJP From 2003 to 2009, she served as an MP to the upper house- the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by the then President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. In March 2010, Malini was made general secretary of the BJP, and in February 2011, she was recommended by Ananth Kumar, the party general secretary. In the 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, Malini defeated the Mathura incumbent, Jayant Chaudhary (RLD) by 3,30,743 votes.Malini was then elected to the Lok Sabha.

Malini is a supporter of the animal rights organisation, PETA India. In 2009, she wrote a letter to the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner urging him to ban horse carriages from the Mumbai`s busy streets.In 2011, she wrote to the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, urging him to ban bull fighting (jallikattu).She said, "My friends at PETA have organised investigations at jallikattu events and documented that bulls are pulled roughly by their nose rings, punched, pummelled, hit with sharp sticks and crammed into trucks so tightly that they can barely move".Malini won the title of "PETA Person of the Year". As a vegetarian, she said, "Knowing that my food choices are helping the planet and animals too, makes me happy".

Malini is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Her daughters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are trained Odissi dancers. They performed with Malini in a production called Parampara for charitable events.She also performed with her daughters at the Khajuraho Dance Festival.
Malini studied Kuchipudi with Vempati Chinna Satyam and Mohiniattam with Kalamandalam Guru Gopalakrishnan. She has played a number of dance roles including Narasimha and Rama in Tulasidas's Ramcharitmanas.In 2007, she performed in Mysuru on the eve of Dussera, where she played the roles of Sati, Parvati and Durga.

Malini owns the Natya Vihar Kalakendra dance school.

Malini has appeared in television series such as Jai Mata Ki (2000), directed by Puneet Issar. She played the role of goddess Durga.Other television series appearances include Kamini Damini on Sahara One where she played twin sisters and Noopur which Malini directed and in which she played a Bharatanatyam dancer.

Malini owned the editorship of New Woman, a Hindi women's magazine. In 2000, Malini was appointed as the first female chairperson of the National Film Development Corporation for a term of three years.

In 2007, Malini entered a promotional contract with Kent RO Systems, makers of a mineral water purifier system.Malini also became a brand ambassador for Pothys, a textile showroom in Chennai.

Kaka Radhakrishnan (c. 1925 – 14 June 2012) was an Indian film actor who acted in Tamil language films from the 1940s onwards. He is also notable for having introduced his childhood friend, Sivaji Ganesan, into films.  Kaka Radhakrishnan had the prefix "kaka" (crow) attached to his name after a role he essayed as a young boy, in a film made in his debut film Mangaiyakkarasi (1949).

In the film he literally climbed a tree to catch a crow and since has been associated with the crow, earning him the nickname.

Radhakrishnan died on 14 June 2012 following a brief illness.

Javar Seetharaman alternatively spelled as Javert Seetharaman or Javar Sitaraman or Jawar Seetharaman (Tamil: ஜாவர் சீதாராமன்) is a Tamil author, script writer and actor.

N Seetharaman was a lawyer from Trichy. He joined Gemini Studios to pursue a career in films. Besides acting, he also wrote the script and dialogues for a number of Tamil and Hindi Films.He came to be called as Jawar or Javert due to his memorable portrayal of Javert in the 1950 Tamil film, Ezhai Padum Padu based on Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.

Vanitha is an Indian film actress. She was a prominent lead and comedy artiste during the 1980s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has done nearly 150 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.

Vanitha is born to Ganeshan and Kamala as the youngest of four children at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Her father is from Manjeri, Kerala, whose paternal ancestors originally hails from Tamil Nadu and her mother is from Tiruchirappalli. She has two elder sisters, Sai Prashanthi and Sai Jayalakshmi and an elder brother, Sai Ram. She had her primary education from RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli. She stopped studies after tenth grade since she became busy with movies by then.

She married Malayalam actor and singer Krishnachandran on 11 May 1986 with whom she had starred in Eenadu, Vanithapolice, Belt Mathai, Deeparadhana and a few other films.The couple have a daughter, Amritavarshini born in 1990. They currently reside in Thiruvananthapuram.

Vanitha entered the film industry as a 13-year-old and her debut film was Padai Maarinal directed by national award winning director Durai, in 1979 in which she played a school girl.She played the lead role in her first Malayalam film, Chandrabimbam and became popular among Malayalis with her roles in Eenadu, Kaikeyi, and Enickum Oru Divasum.

She acted opposite Mammooty and Mohanlal, in 'Vikatakavi and Chakravalam Chuvannappol, respectively. She said "I worked round-the-clock in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films" and "cut down my assignments following my marriage". The last film she did before marriage was Kalyana Agathigal which was her 100th film.

In 2001, In Tamil, she made a comeback with a negative role in K. Balachander's television serial Kaalmulaitha Aasai. She has continued to act in serials in Tamil, such as Alaigal, and Kolangal, and in Malayalam. She portrayed Jalaja teacher in K. K. Rajeev's serial Amma Manasu , and has said that it was the real break in her second innings.She also played the role of a mother in Tamil films like Kana Kandaen, Kalabha Kadhalan and Parijatham and in many Malayalam films.