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Samskruthy Shenoy is an Indian actress who has acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil movies. She was born on November 20, 1998 in Kochi and is the only daughter of Dr. Govind Raj Shenoy and T. A. Vidya.

As a 3 year old, she was so enamored by the song and dance sequences of the Hindi movie "Lagaan", she forced her family to watch the movie 6 times. Thus she joined Kochi Kalabhavan for training in classical dance. She has since trained in Bharatnatyam, Mohiniyattom and contemporary Indian dances. She was noticed by some people from Malayalam cinema and was offered roles at the age of 8. But her conservative family refused those offers.

She did her schooling from Saraswathi Vidyanikethan Public School in Kochi and is now a class 10 student. She participated in inter-school dance and music competitions right from the beginning and has consistently won prizes in different age group events.

In January 2012, she watched Shobhana present "Krishna" in a dance drama and had made up her mind to be a performer. Soon she was offered roles in Telugu movie, "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" produced by Kriti media and directed by debutant director Vi Anand.


She did modeling for the Kalyan Silks Ad Sale jingle and an ad-film for the PP Mall Mukkam. She also did small role in Malayalam film, "My Fan Ramu" released on 4 January 2013. She was also chosen to play the lead role in Tamil film "Kutti Puli" starring Shashi Kumar, but had to back out from the project due to exams and illness of her grandmother to whom she is very closely attached. Samskruthy was chosen as brand ambassador to launch the Amma Kitex Dezire youth bags in April 2013.


Her first major release was Black_Butterfly (2013) as Aarathy in Malayalam produced by Maniyan Pilla Raju and directed by Rajaputhra Ranjith. The movie was released amidst examination season on 15 February 2013 and turned out to be a commercial failure. But her performance along with the others was recognized and received well by critics and she started getting more offers. Her Telugu movie "Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi" is releasing on March 15, 2014. She will debut in Tamil with Thameem Creations "Kanaa", directed by C. Purushotham and co-starring Prabhu, Sukanya and new-comer Nithin Kannan. Her second film in Malayalam is "Nikkah" directed by newcomer Azad Alavil and produced under 'Anaswara' banner. It costars Sekhar Menon and Sreenath Bhasi of 'Da Thadiya' fame. Her third Malayalam film in a major role is "Vegam" costarring Vineeth Kumar, Jacob Gregory, Swapna Menon, Pratap Pothen and Shammi Thilakan. It is being produced by Fx4 movies banner and directed by Adfilm maker Anil Kumar.

Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian film actress and playback singer who works in Malayalam cinema and Tamil cinema . She is best known for her role as Jimsy in Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) and Anu in Sunday Holiday.

Aparna hails from Thrissur in Kerala, India. She was born to K. P. Balamurali and Sobha Balamurali. Her father Balamurali is a music director who has composed several musical albums, while her mother Sobha is a lawyer who has also worked as playback singer in some Malayalam films. Singer-composer K. P. Udayabhanu is her paternal great-uncle.

Aparna is trained in Indian classical music and classical dance styles such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi. She studied architecture at Global Institute of Architecture in Palakkad.

Oviya is an Indian model and film actress, who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She rose to fame with the 2010 comedy film Kalavani.

Oviya completed BA in Functional English at Vimala college in Thrissur, before director Sargunam approached her for Kalavani. The film saw her feature opposite Vimal, and the film subsequently gained positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. 

She subsequently received several offers. She was seen in half-a-dozen films in the following 12 months, including a guest appearance in Kamal Haasan's Manmadhan Ambu and the Kannada and Telugu remakes of Kalavani, in which she reprised her character from the original. 

She is shooting for several Tamil films, including Pandiraj's Marina, Sundar C.'s Kalakalappu, and Silu Silunu Oru Kadhal, opposite her Kalavani co-star Vimal.

Oviya is an Indian model and film actress, who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She rose to fame with the 2010 comedy film Kalavani.


Oviya completed BA in Functional English at Vimala college in Thrissur, before director Sargunam approached her for Kalavani. The film saw her feature opposite Vimal, and the film subsequently gained positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. She subsequently received several offers. She was seen in half-a-dozen films in the following 12 months, including a guest appearance in Kamal Haasan's Manmadan Ambu and the Kannada and Telugu remakes of Kalavani, in which she reprised her character from the original. In 2012 she was seen in Pandiraj's Marina, and Sundar C.'s Kalakalappu. Her next release was Sillunu Oru Sandhippu, opposite her Kalavani co-star Vimal. She also has acted in Moodar Koodam, Madha Yaanai Koottam and Pulivaal.


In 2014, she signed her first Bollywood project Jaat, besides a Tamil film titled Seeni.

Riythvika is an actress, known for Ninaithathu Yaaro (2014).

Kerala-based Neha Ratnakaran, who is making her cinematic debut in upcoming comedy drama "Ivanuku Thannila Gandam", says Tamil filmdom is the best place for an actor to start one's career.

Vandana Menon is a South Indian actress and model. She started her film career through the movie Mayookham directed by Hariharan.

Vandana got to fame through her character role in the movie Happy Husbands, pairing opposite to Jayasurya.

Jijesh Menon is an Indian film actor who made his debut with the Tamil-language film Manal Naharam directed by Oru Thalai Ragam Shankar. Jijesh is from Kerala and he is working at Dubai, where he is a known Model.

He had also done the hit music video Piriyuvaan Samayamaay for Kappa TV.

Govind Vasantha (born 29 October 1988) is an Indian composer, singer, and violinist who works predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films.He is one of the founding members of the musical band Thaikkudam Bridge, in which he is a vocalist and violinist.He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil for his work in 96.

Govind was born on 29 October 1988 to Peethambaran and Vasanthakumari. He hails from a musical family in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala. His father Peethambaran’s  elder brother Gopinathan was a Carnatic musician and his early exposure to music has been through his uncle. Govind changed his surname from Menon to Vasantha, taking his mother's name, becoming Govind Vasantha as an effort towards removing caste, providing an equality even on name-optics which was revealed by Vijay Sethupathi on a show on a Tamil television channel. Govind Vasantha is a founder member of the musical sensation Thaikkudam Bridge. His father Peethambaran has been a star performer of Thaikkudam Bridge, since his retirement from the Government Services in the Irrigation Department in 2012. Govind is married to his longtime girlfriend Ranjini Achuthan since 4 December 2012.

Mrudula Murali Mangalasseri, credited as Mrudula Murali, is an Indian film actress, model, anchor and classical dancer.

Mrudula was born on 8 June to Muralidharan Nair, who is working as an engineer in F.A.C.T Kalamassery, and Latha Menon in Ernakulam, Kerala.[1] She completed her secondary education at Assisi Vidyaniketan Public School, Ernakulam. She has a Bachelor’s degree from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam. She is currently pursuing her PG in Media studies at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. Her only brother Mithun Murali is also an actor who has acted as in National award winning film Vazhakku Enn 18/9.

Mrudula started as a child anchor in the program Dial & See telecast in Jeevan TV along with her brother Midhun Murali as co-anchor. She has acted numerous ad-films in Tamil and Malayalam and also shot for a Tamil film, the Ilaiyaraaja musical Kangalum Kavipaduthey in 2007,which did not get a theatrical release. She stepped into the film industry with the Malayalam film Red Chillies. She received critical acclaim for her role as Shenbagavalli in her debut Tamil film Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA.

She had no theatrical releases in 2014 but appeared in a short comedy film titled Maniyara. Her upcoming Tamil film is Chikkikku Chikkikichu, a romantic comedy that unfolds during a train journey.[5][6] She has been signed as one of the female leads in the Malayalam films Enthoru Bhagyam, which will feature her as Heera Samson, a modern girl from Bangalore, who is "bubbly and lively", and Ayal Njanalla to be directed by actor Vineeth Kumar.