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Dimple Hayathi (born as Dimple) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films.

Hayathi was born in Vijayawada and brought up in Hyderabad. She was born as Dimple, which she later renamed to Dimple Hayathi from her second film onwards.

Hayathi started her film career by debuting with the Telugu film Gulf (2017) at the age of 16. Later, Hayathi starred in a Telugu film Eureka before starring in the bilingual film Devi 2 (2019). Her next appearance was in an item number "Jarra Jarra" song opposite Varun Tej and Atharvaa in the film Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019).

Actress Karunya Chowdary Works at Telugu Film Industry TFI and Studied BCom at Andhra University and Lives in Hyderabad.

Meghna Naidu is an Indian actress and dancer. Her first major appearance was in the music video for UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" (2000), an official remix of Lata Mangeshkar's 1981 song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" (in turn, the 2002 song "Addictive" by Truth Hurts was inspired by the remix). She also featured in Saru Maini's video Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix), before eventually working in Indian films.

Meghna Naidu was born on 19 September in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her father Ethiraj works for Air India and was a tennis coach and her mother Purnima, a half-Bengali, was a school teacher. She has one younger sister, Sona. She told that she requested her mother to quit her job and accompany her to shooting locations, after her sister who used to travel with her got a job abroad. She grew up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and considers herself "more of a Mumbaiite". She studied at Bhavan's College, Andheri, Mumbai, and graduated with a B.Com degree. She has learnt classical bharatanatyam dance for seven years. She stated that she also was coaching tennis in the US for 4 years.

At age 18, she met a model co-ordinator at the wedding of her cousin in Chennai, who called her for a screen test for a feature film. She bagged a role in the Telugu film Prema Sakshi (1999), following which she appeared in one more Telugu and two Kannada films. She then appeared in UMI10's music video "Kaliyon Ka Chaman", directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, which she says happened by accident. She was accompanying her friend to the audition for the video, when she was approached by the team. She was asked to send in her photographs and within few days, she was selected for the video. "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" became a grand success and gained her recognition. She subsequently went on to do many stage performances in and outside of India.

She made her Bollywood debut with the film Hawas (2004), which dealt with extramarital affair. It was followed by lead roles in Classic Dance of Love (2005), which featured her as a dancer, and Rain: The Terror Within... (2005), in which she played a blind author. In Mashooka, she essayed a character with negative shades.

She also participated in the television shows Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi and Dancing Queen (TV series).

She got engaged with actor, Kushal Punjabi in September 2009, though the couple parted ways in March 2010.

Vijayalakshmi best known by her stage name Rambha, is an Indian film actress. She has acted in over 100 South Indian films and also in Bollywood films. She had done several successful films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She paired up with popular actors like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Mammootty, Kalabhavan Mani, V. Ravichandran, Karthik Muthuraman, Jayaram, Mithun Chakraborty, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Vijay and Govinda. She appeared as a Judge on Kalaingar TV's Maanada Mayilada.

Born as VijayaLakshmi in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on June 5 1978. Rambha married Indran Pathmanathan, the founder and chairman of Magickwoods, a kitchen and bathroom manufacturing firm based in Canada, on April 8, 2010, in Tirumala. Her Mother Tongue is Telugu. She is also the brand ambassador of her husband's firm, which has manufacturing facilities in Canada, India & China. She gave birth to a daughter in Toronto on January 14, 2011.

Rambha started her career with the – 1990 Kannada movie Server Somanna opposite Jaggesh. The same year she acted in a Malayalam film Sargam opposite Vineeth. She again paired up with Vineeth in Champakulam Thachan. She then entered Bollywood and was paired up with popular heroes.For the film Sargam, she has won State award, and the film received a National Award.

Her second Tamil movie Ullathai Allitha, which remains her biggest hit till date, gave her a major breakthrough in her career. It was from this movie she started doing glamour roles which instantly won her numerous fans. She even had a nickname 'Thoday azhagi' (Gorgeous Thighs ). She has had huge success in South Indian films from the mid 90s till early 2000s. People loved her glamour roles and especially her gorgeous smile in the silver screen. She also had very tough competition at that time with hugely popular heroines like Simran, Roja, Meena and Nagma. While approaching the mid 2000s Rambha stopped doing regular films as a new crop of young heroines started their reign in south Indian films.

Rambha started her career as a producer with help of her brother with the movie Three Roses! in which Jyothika, Laila and Rambha are the lead characters. Unfortunately the film failed in the box office despite Rambha acting glamorously.

Rambha has acted in several languages and maintained a successful balance in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Bengali. Her latest film in Malayalam titled Paayum Puli in 2007 got good reviews and despite being in her mid 30s, she did one of her most glamorous roles for this film. Most of her movies are successful. She has acted in two Bengali films and now she has three Hindi films.She also won Film Fare best actress award for the Bengali film "chatrapothy".

The last film she has acted in is a yet to be released thriller called Vidiyum Varai Kathiru. The film is being produced under Parijay creations banner and is touted as best performance ever. The film was due to release in July 2012.

After her marriage she had given up films, and has judged a very popular Tamil TV show Maanada Mayilada, and the Telugu super hit show Dhee. She is now settled in Toronto with her husband and daughter.

Kota Srinivasa Rao is a versatile Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He is known for his negative roles, character roles and comedy timing. He also served as an MLA from Vijayawada East assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999-2004.

He was a theatre artist with Rangasthalam for over 20 years. His performance in the drama inspired director-producer Kranthi Kumar. Later he decided to film the play which marked his entry into Tollywood. He made his debut with the Telugu film Pranam Khareedu in 1978.

He has portrayed diverse roles ranging from an earthly scavenger to a princely Duryodhana. His role in Aha Naa Pellanta, Pratighatana, Gaayam, Shatruvu, Govinda Govinda, and Hello Brother are highly acclaimed. He made his debut in Tamil film Saamy as a suave villain. He played an excellent negative role named Saniyan Saggadi in the Tamil film Thirupaachi.

He delivered remarkable performances in Sadhu Mirandha and Satyam. He has acted in nearly 650 films. He received the Best Villain Award for the film Chinna in 2001.

His father Kota Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu was a doctor. He initially started his career in stage and drama plays during his childhood. He worked as a State Bank employee before entering the film industry.He is married to Rukmani and has three children (2 daughters and a son). He lost his son Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad on June 20, 2010 in a road accident in Hyderabad. Prasad acted in J. D. Chakravarthy's flick Siddham and alongside his father in Gaayam 2 (2010). His acting was critically acclaimed

His younger brother Kota Sankara Rao is also an actor. He works in a nationalized bank and acts in soap operas.

Vengal Rao is a Kollywood actor.  He is famous for comic roles. He speaks Telugu and was born in a small village near Vijayawada.  He has three siblings. 

Vengal Rao came to Chennai with a dream of becoming a fighter, but later he got compensated in Chennai by doing small roles in the Tamil films.  He entered into the cinema industry as a stunt performer. Then, he got succeeded in Comedy roles. He shared his screen space mostly with Vaigaipuyal Vadivelu, who is best at comic roles.

Vengal Rao is a South Indian actor, who is popular for comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He was born in a small village near Vijayawada, in ‘Andhra Pradesh’. 

Vengal Rao has two younger brothers, and an elder sister. He learnt martial arts in his village. He came to Chennai to become a fighter in Tamil cinemas. 

Vengal Rao is settled in Chennai, doing small characters in the Tamil films. He ventured into the film industry as a stunt artist and gradually improved himself to act in the comedy roles. Vengal Rao is one of the stunt actors, who are in the field for two decades. Actor Vadivelu cheered him up and gave him an opportunity to act in comedy roles along with him. 

Vengal is still surviving in the film industry with the comedy roles. He showers his credits to actor Vadivelu, who gave him a new life. Vengal Rao, has acted in the latest movie Eli with Vadivelu. Vengal Rao’s debut movie as an actor was in Kattumarakaaran, a Prabhu film, directed by P. Vasu. 

After that movie, Vengal is now searching for new oppurtunities. After a decade, he was given an opportunity to act in comedy roles in Tamil films. Vengal Rao has performed stunts with all the most popular stars in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Orissa, Bengali, Hindi and English.