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Pragathi Guruprasad born September 14, 1997 is an Indian playback singer from United States. She was the runner-up in the third season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer Junior. She had several years of training in Carnatic music and Western music. Her fame continues to grow after she was the runner-up in Super Singer Junior 3. She has sung for music composers such as Anirudh Ravichander and G.V. Prakash Kumar.

Pragathi Guruprasad was born to Guruprasad and Kanaka on September 14, 1997 in Singapore. In Singapore, her dad taught Carnatic lessons, which shows their dedication towards carnatic music. Both her parents are passionate fans of Carnatic music. Since a the age of 5, she has been learning Carnatic Music. At a very young age, she moved to the United States of America, from here where which she continued her Carnatic and Hindustani career. Although she was learning from her father at first, she began learning Carnatic from Sangeetha Swaminathan, a disciple Sudha Rughunathan. She also took interest in learning the Veena. Pragathi was exceptionally talented, pulling of both Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. She did both Carnatic and Hindustani concerts.She won many competitons, and has gotten critical appreciation from her mentors and spectators. Besides singing, she has taken interest in table tennis. On Twitter, she stated that if it weren't for her musical excellency, she would have gotten serious about table tennis. She also learned how to write and speak Sanskrit, which allows for her perfect diction when speaking Hindi and other North Indian languages. Other than Sanskrit, she can speak fluently in English, Tamil, Kannada. She has also learned a little bit of French. Now currently, she goes to school in California, and is currently a sophomore. She has an elder sister, Prithvi Guruprasad. Pragathi has more than 180,000+ fans on Facebook and 15,000+ followers on Twitter, a sensation that began when she participated in the reality show Airtel Super Singer Junior 3 She has won many singing competitions throughout the US, including Spandana Super Singer Junior 2010 and Carnatic Music Idol 2011(featured on Jaya TV). She did various Carnatic kacheris(concerts) and competitions across the USA. Now, Pragathi is doing shows across the USA, Europe, and India. Also adding, she sings at many programs at various organizations, such as the Tamil Sangams across North America, and other charity events, too. She also participates in lots of functions held across the globe,such as the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America Convention of 2013, Kondattam held in Toronto, shows in London, etc.

Pragathi has recently sung her first single In Europe, titled as Pattampoochi. Lyrics have been written by Jenitha Joseph. The music is by Kowtham Mohanarajan and the vocals are by Kadhalviruz and herself. This product is a result of work from 3 different countries (Denmark, Germany and America) and is also Pragathi's first song in Europe. On August 27th 2013, her song Aasai with TeeJay, a London based singer, was released, receiving critical acclamation for her singing.

Shivada Nair is an upcoming south indian film actress. She is born and brought from Kerala. She well known as director Krishna's "Nedunchalai".

Saranya Mohan is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.

Saranya was born on 9 February 1989 in Alappuzha, Kerala as the eldest daughter to Palakkad Iyer parents Mohan and Devika, and has a younger sister named Sukanya. Her mother, Devika, is a trained classical dancer, who runs a dance school in Alappuzha, where Saranya herself also learnt dancing bharatanatyam. She studied at St. Joseph's College in Alappuzha, completing her B. A. degree in English literature.

She was brought to light by Malayalam director Fazil, who had seen Saranya dancing at her dancing school. After approaching and persuading her parents, he cast her for a child character in the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathi Pravu and its Tamil remake, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Following two more roles as a child artiste, she took a break, concentrating on her studies, before enacting a supporting role in another Fazil directorial, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu (2005), in which she acted as a sister to the male lead character.

Her subsequent release, the Dhanush-Nayantara starrer Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), brought her into limelight. Her comedic performance as the younger sister to the lead female, who has a crush on her sister's love interest, won her fame and many accolades. She subsequently appeared in a number of Tamil films, which, however, were less successful. 2009, she had six releases, four of which being Tamil projects. Out of her Tamil releases, the tragedy sports film, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, directed by debutante Suseenthiran, and the supernatural thriller Eeram proved to be commercially as well as critically successful. Later that year, she made her Telugu debut with Village Lo Vinayakudu and made her comeback to Malayalam films, starring in Chemistry. In 2011 she acted in M.Raja's Velayudham which turned out to be a huge hit. Her role as Vijay's sister won her a lot of good reviews. She also acted in another film named Dharani's Osthi in 2011. She plays the role of the lover of simbhu's (osthe velan) younger brother.

Actress Raksha Raj from Kerala is paired with Murli Ram in Thoppi. “Raksha Raj is trained in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattam,” .

Renuka Menon is an Indian Malayali film actress, who has appeared in various South Indian films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.

Menon made her acting debut in the 2002 Malayalam film, Nammal directed by Kamal, which went on to become a blockbuster at the box office. Subsequently, she stepped into the Telugu film industry with the film Valliddaru Okkate, and in 2005 into the Tamil and Kannada film industries as well, through the films February 14, alongside Bharath, and News opposite Upendra, respectively. Later that year, she starred in another Tamil film, Daas alongside Jayam Ravi. However, none of the films succeeded.In 2006, she acted in the Malayalam film Vargam, pairing up with Prithviraj again after Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum in 2003, which was an average grosser, following which, she appeared in the Tamil film Kalabha Kadhalan opposite Arya and in the multi-starrer Pathaaka. The latter remains her most recent release, after which she left for the U. S. for higher studies and got married later. Her film Madhan, directed by actor Jai Akash, starring himself and Sunaina, has been pending for a long time and is expected to release in late 2009 after years-long delay.

Renuka married a software engineer based in US on November 21 2006 with whom she has a daughter. After her marriage she stopped acting and now runs a dance school in California.

Shamili better known as Baby Shamili, is an Indian actress, who has primarily acted as a child actor in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performance as the mentally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 film Anjali that fetched her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist, and as a child trapped inside a bore-well in the 1992 film Malootty that fetched her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.

Shamili hails from Kerala from an acting family, being the younger sister of actor Richard Rishi and actress Shalini who is married to actor Ajith Kumar. The family is a Protestant Christian.

She is doing a course in Singapore and holds a degree in 'Visual Communication' from Women's Christian College.

She started acting at the age of two. In 1990, she acted in Bharathan's Malootty, a film based on Jessica McClure. Her performance won her critical appreciation and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. Her breakthrough in Tamil came with Mani Ratnam's 'Anjali', in which she portrayed a mentally challenged child, which earned her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. 

She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's Harikrishnans as Mammooty and Mohanlal's sibling. In Kannada has acted with well known actors like vishnuvardhan, ambreesh, sitara, shruthi, srinath, Geetha, Meghna, Vinaya Prasad, Sunil, Sathya priya, Bhavya, Lakshmi and abhijeet. In kannada, she acted in Dakshayini, Kadambari (1993), Karulina Kudi (1995), Bhairavi (1991),Chinna Nee Naguthiru (1993) Bhuvaneshwari (1994) matte haditu kogile (1990), hoovu hannu (1993) and jagadeshwari (1998).

She played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut Oy! alongside Siddarth. Though this movie didn't fare well at Box Office, but has got critical acclamation in terms of high movie values.

Her childhood films were directed mainly by ramnarayan,she was the child artist for whom the whole film was being done with senior artist playing supporting roles and she was in high demand in her realm.

Biju Viswanath is an award winning international Film Director, Screenwriter and Director of Photography.Winner of several international awards, his movies have been screened throughout the world. Viswanath has directed movies in English, Italian, Irish, Japanese, and Indian languages. His Credits span multiple Genres: Thrillers, Dark Comedy, Mystery, Horror Romance and critically acclaimed dramas . His production house is based in Florence and Berlin. 


Biju Viswanath è un regista di cinema internazionale, sceneggiatore e direttore della fotografia. Ha vinto numerosi premi internazionali, e i suoi film sono stati proiettati in tutto il mondo. Viswanath ha diretto film in inglese, tamil, italiano, irlandese, giapponese, e le lingue indiane. I suoi crediti comprendono più generi: umorismo nero, thriller, giallo, orrore, romantico e drammatico acclamati dalla critica. La sua casa di produzione, Sol Cinema International, ha sede a Firenze e Berlino.

Shalini Ajith , also known simply as Shalini, is a South Indian film actress who debuted, at the age of three, in the Malayalam movie Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku which was produced by Navodaya. She continued to appear in many films as a child actor. After a break of several years, she returned to the industry by appearing in the Malayalam movie Aniyathi Pravu which went on to become a superhit. Her last film Niram, was a blockbuster in Kerala. She is married to Tamil film actor Ajith Kumar.

She was born in India into a Malayali Christian household. She attended Fatima Mat. Hr. Sec School, Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai and Church Park Convent, Chennai. Her sister Shamili and her brother Richard Rishi are also employed in the film industry. Shalini has stated that she enjoys badminton and has played in a few state-level tournaments.

In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Ajith began to date his co-star Shalini. At that time, their involvement made him a regular subject of tabloid gossip, a role to which he was accustomed following his previous relationship. Ajith proposed to Shalini in June 1999, and following consultations with her family, she agreed. They were married in April 2000 in Chennai in a grand ceremony. As both were of different religions, Ajith being a Hindu Brahmin and Shalini being Protestant Christian, they were married together under the customs of both religions. After their marriage, Shalini retired as an actress and became a full time housewife, following the completion of two unfinished projects. On 3 January 2008, their daughter, Anoushka, was born in Chennai

Shalini started her career as a child artist in Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku and she acted in all the films under the direction of Fazil. She went to study, she returned to acting with Aniyathipravu which was successful. Initially Fazil was keen on casting a debutant in the lead female role, but Shalini inisted that she should also star in the Tamil version. The success of the film prompted the director to make another film with the lead pair in 2000, Kannukkul Nilavu, however the film became a box office failure despite positive reviews. Her next film was Amarkalam, Saran initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time and she refused but after a three month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on as well. She was offered the role in Padayappa which she rejected.

Richard Rishi (born as Richard Sharaf Babu) is a Tamil, Telugu film actor.  He has appeared in nearly a dozen films.

He is the brother of actresses Shamili and Shalini who is married to Ajith Kumar.

He is the oldest child in his family.

Adithya Menon born on 6 April, often credited as Adithya, is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.



He was born in Mumbai and his family migrated to Dubai, UAE when he was really young. He spent his childhood in Dubai till the age of 18. He finished his schooling there in the Our Own English High School Dubai and then migrated back to India. He went to college in Bangalore at the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology where he did his engineering. He has been an Atheist from early childhood.



While in College he auditioned for a slot at being a Radio Host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the Media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into armature theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by a co-actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada Television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial that was called Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by noted comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru.



He shifted to Chennai in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called Thanthira Bhoomi directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Radaan Mediaworks India Limited. He then bagged a role in the famous TV Serial Anni directed by the famous director K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a new comer. He was cast in Anjaneya and Jay Jay at the same time. The movie that released first was the Ajith Kumar starer Anjaneya on Diwali day 2003.