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Revathi (born 26 September 1988), known by her stage name Sandhya, is an award-winning Indian film actress who acts primarily in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Tamil film Kaadhal, for which her performance earned her a Filmfare Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Sandhya was an ordinary School girl when she starred in the critically acclaimed Tamil love story Kaadhal. Initially, this role was offered to actress Gopika, however, due to date problems, this role went on to Sandhya. However, due to her rising fame, especially after the blockbuster film Dishyum, her second Tamil film, she had to discontinue her studies before even passing her 10th class.

After Kaadhal, for which she won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award of 2004, she took up a Malayalam film titled Alice in Wonderland which she played as the sister of actor Jayaram. Then came the musical romance Dishyum with Jeeva. She was also a part of Mani Ratnams stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. In her third Tamil film, Vallavan, she had only a small role, and the film had only modest box office success. She also acted in Koodal Nagar with Bharath. She will be debuting in playback singing for her new Tamil film Manjal Veiyil.

She was approached for the voice-over for Shriya Sarans character in Sivaji, however, S. Shankar later preferred actress Kanika Subramaniams 

Parvathy Nair is an Indian film actress and model. She has acted in over 100 ad-films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada.


Parvathy was born to a Malayali family in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She completed her secondary education at Our Own English High School, Abu Dhabi, and resumed her senior secondary education at St. Thomas Central School, Trivandrum, Kerala in India. She later obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University. As a school student she had won a guinness certificate for being part of team that made the longest painting in the world


She was an active member of theatre clubs in school and college and decided to pursue a career in acting. She stated, "I've always wanted to be an actor after being part of a short film we made in college".


Parvathy started modelling and was crowned Miss Karnataka in 2009 and became the face of Mysore Sandal soap. She became the brand ambassador of many leading consumer brands across the country and walked the ramp at a number of fashion shows in and out of the country before being crowned Miss Navy Queen in 2010.


After working in a commercial for director V. K. Prakash, Parvathy was offered the lead role in his feature film Beautiful. Having just completed her engineering, she said that she was not sure if she wanted to be in cinema and refused the offer. He later asked her to do a role in Poppins and by then, she felt she was ready. Although Poppins was her first release, Yakshi – Faithfully Yours was the first Malayalam film she signed. A fantasy romantic thriller, centred on the Nagayakshi concept, it saw Parvathy playing a traditional character in the past.


She had four releases in 2013, three of them bring Malayalam films. She appeared in a de-glam role in the action anthology D Company, in the segment Gangs of Vadakkumnathan, and in Nee Ko Njaa Cha, which she called "an out-and-out new-age film", and featured her in a modern avatar.Nee Ko Njaa cha was super hit in box office. In director Shaleel's Dolls, she played a medical student.The fourth release was her debut Kannada film Story Kathe.


After making her Tamil film debut with a cameo role in Nimirndhu Nil, a role she repeated in its Telugu version Janda Pai Kapiraju too,


She got a prime role in Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain. She plays a 19 year old in the film and would be paired opposite Ashwin, who plays the son of Kamal Haasan's character. She has also signed up the Kannada film, Vasco-da-Gama .


In 2013, she was chief judge and host in the first modelling based Malayalam reality show Super Models on Amrita Television. Also in 2013, she appeared in a music video, "Ariyathe Ninayathe", by Vineeth Sreenivasan.She was included in the Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women of 2013.

Ajmal Ameer is an Indian film actor, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has also acted in one English movie. He has won two Filmfare Awards South.

Ajmal was born in Aluva, Kerala. He studied medicine in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, and had plans to open a hospital in future. Ajmal has one brother Askar who is set to make his acting debut in the Malayalam film Holy Shit.

Ajmal's debut film was Pranayakalam, opposite Vimala Raman. This was followed by the Tamil film Anjathe, directed by Myshkin, in which he played an angry young man. The film became a high critical as well as commercial success, with Ajmal receiving several awards for his performance. He next starred in the Malayalam film Madambi alongside Mohanlal. Madambi remains his only hit in Malayalam. He also acted in an international production De Nova, which went unnoticed. The anti-hero character, Vasanthan Perumal, he portrayed in the 2011 Tamil movie Ko earned him a lot of appreciation. Based on an online poll conducted by The Times Of India, Ajmal won the Chennai Times Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Male. In 2013 he played an independent cinematographer in the suspense thriller Bangles.

He is currently shooting for the Telugu film Prabhajanam in which he plays the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Apart from Prabhajanam he has two more Telugu films Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi and Chaitanyam. In Tamil, his upcoming films are Vetri Selvan and Ula in which he plays a rockstar and in Malayalam he has finished V. K. Prakash's Mazhaneerthullikal.

Priya Raman is a Malayalam actress and film producer. She has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and one Kannada cinema and in television serials of both languages. Her first film was the Rajnikanth produced film Valli, in 1993. Her second film. Arthana, directed by I. V. Sasi and released in 1993 was her debut in Malayalam.

Malayalam Director Joshy cast her as an air force pilot in 1993 in Sainyam with Mammootty. In 1997 she appeared in Kalyanappittannu with Mukesh, Bhoopathi with Suresh Gopi, Asuravamsam, Thumboli Kadappuram etc. with Manoj K Jayan and Aaram Thamburan with Mohanlal. In 2003 she produced the film Bheeshmar.

Besides films, she has also appeared in a number of Tamil and Malayalam television serials like the Tamil serial Durga, Malayalam T.V serial Kavyanjali produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms (as "Anjali"), Swarnamayooram,Pavakoothu and Orma (as "Girly").

A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted his son to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends (Nedumudi Venu was his college mate while in St. Berchmans College, Changanacherry) and this group was perhaps the first mimicry team that entertained crowds. "I used to mimic stars like Sathyan, Sivaji Ganesan and Govindankutty. I learnt later that Mammootty, Siddique and Lal had seen our programmes in Kochi." He completed his post-graduation in economics with a high second class.

Since the early 1980s he has directed some 30 movies. The director started his sojourn in Malayalam filmdom with Manjil Virinja Pookkal, which was also the first movie of actor Mohanlal. Fazil has a knack for spotting talent, he has introduced some of the biggest names in films in south India. Mohanlal in Manjil Virinja Pookkal, Nadhiya in Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu, Baby Shalini in Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku, and Kunchacko Boban, all had their first acting stints under the baton of Fazil. Nagma was introduced to the south in Fazils Killer (Telugu) while Khushboo started her southbound journey with his Varusham 16.

With numerous Malayalam films, as well as several in Tamil and Telugu under his belt, Fazil has managed to win the most number of State awards for the best film with popular appeal and aesthetic value. 

His son Fahad Fazil is working as an actor.