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Dhanya Balakrishna is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. After making her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu (2011), she appeared in ventures including Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham.  Dhanya Balakrishna began her acting career with performances in theatre, before being signed up to play a supporting role in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu, where she played a scientist alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles - Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi and Neethaane En Ponvasantham.

After Chennai Super Kings entered the play-offs of the 2012 Indian Premier League, Dhanya took to Twitter to vent her frustration at the elimination of the team she had supported, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Referring to the long-standing Kaveri River water dispute, she tweeted an insult directed at Chennai and subsequently faced backlash on social media for her comments. Dhanya consequently said that she had quit the Tamil film industry and would return the advance of a film she had signed fearing tension, but made a comeback in Tamil with Raja Rani.

She played a cameo in the 2013 Telugu film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Her first venture in a leading role, the Telugu film Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013), was released in November 2013, followed by Gangaraju Gunnam's Chandamama Lo Amrutham.

At one of her Bharatanatyam performances, theatre director Jai Theertha, noticed the actress's talent and convinced her to join Samasthi Sunday School of Drama. Consequently, she pursued a diploma course in drama and performed in a play titled ‘Preethi’, later having an opportunity to play the lead role in 'Sadarame’, performing all over the state of Karnataka. Krithi collaborated with director Sunil Kumar Desai, and bagged the lead role in the Kannada film Sarigama. At the same time, she met Murali from the Tamil film industry who offered her an opportunity to play the lead role in Sagakkal directed by Swami. The actress then starred in Suseenthiran's critically acclaimed Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (2011) alongside Inigo Prabhakaran, before featuring in another little known Tamil film Kondaan Koduthaan, the following year.

In 2013, she changed her screen name from Advaitha to her original name in time for the release of Snehavin Kadhalargal. She noted that the name Advaitha had been chosen for numerological reasons, but stated she did not like the way people pronounced the name. She worked again with Suseenthiran, portraying a small role in Pandiya Naadu. Her future projects include Maanga with Premgi Amaren, Sevili and the heroine-centric Snehavin Kadhalargal.

Sherin Shringar, known by her stage name Sherin or Shirin is a model turned actress, who appears in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films. She made her debut at the age of 16 with Darshan in 2002.


Sherin hails from the state of Karnataka. She was born in Bangalore as an only child to her parents. She did her schooling at Kaveri School Bangalore and later studied in Baldwins Girls Women Methodist College, which she later discontinued. She started modeling in her teen ages and she got the chance to act in her first film when she was only 14 years old in the Kannada film Dhruva. After that, she had offers to act in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam movies. She shot to fame with her debut Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai. She also acted in Juniors, a Telugu remake of Thulluvadho Ilamai, but the film failed. Later, in 2005, she acted in the film Danger directed by Krishna Vamsi; though the film received accolades, Sherin went unrecognized. Incidentally, in both the films she starred with Allari Naresh. following which she starred in Student No. 1 where she played opposite debut Sibi Raj. She was critically acclaimed for her performance in the film Whistle. Sherin did full justice to the role, which had grey shades. She recently appeared in the hit Malayalam film Moonnamathoral, cor-starring with Jayaram, Jyothirmai and Vineeth. Sherin is starring together with Nanda for the film Urchagam. Sherin also starred in Poova Thalaiya, which released on the 29th of April, 2011.

The tall leggy lass of Bollywood Anushka Sharma is a new heartthrob of today's young men. Coming from an Army Background, she has established herself in the tinsel town in very less time and so well that today she is considered as one of the leading ladies of the B-Town. Always in on and off relationship with her co-actor Ranveer Singh, the damsel is considered as a girl with a golden destiny as she got her first break in YRF films opposite Shah Rukh Khan.

Anushka is the daughter of the Army man Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma and the housewife Ashima Sharma born on 1st May 1988 in Bengaluru. She has studied in in the Army School and later joined Mount Carmel College to get a bachelors degree in Arts. After finishing her education she enrolled herself in Elite Modelling Agency where famous style expert Prasad Bidapa groomed her and helped her in improving her looks, style and lifestyle too. Prasad Bidapa know her since she was just a teenager.

Later, gorgeous Anushka walked on ramps in Les Vamps show and in the Lakme India Fashion Week in the year 2007. Simultaneously she appeared in many television commercial advertisements like Whisper, Fiat Palio, and Silk & Shine.

Charming girl Anushka got her first golden chance in Aditya Chopra's blockbuster 'Rab ne Bana Di Jodi' with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan. The film got a huge success and Anushka got very much appreciation for her role of 'Tani' in this film. She got a critical acclaim also. Later she has worked in many films like 'Badmaash Company','Band Baaja Baaraat','Patiala House','Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl', and recently 'Jab Tak hai Jaan'.

In her total filmy career, she has got a chance to work with big banners and big stars. She always uses her opportunities well and gets praise from everybody out there. Even in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola' she has managed to impress everybody with her outstanding performance in this film. This film was also considered as a hit. But Anushka says it's still a long way to go.

Currently she is busy with her new projects like 'Bombay Velvet' by Anurag Kashyap and and 'PK' by Rajkumar Hirani also starring Mr. Perfect Aamir Khan.

Nithya Menen is an Indian film actress and playback singer from Bangalore, who works in the South Indian film industry.

Nithya Menen was born in Bangalore into a Malayali family and studied journalism at the Manipal Institute of Communication.

Her father's family is from Calicut and her mother's is from Palakkad. She once said in an interview that she never wished to become an actress but a journalist as she was "an idealist", but felt journalism was "not what it used to be".  She then decided to become a filmmaker as she could express her ideas "better through films", and enrolled for a course in cinematography at the FTI Pune. During the entrance examination, she met Nandini Reddy, who "brainwashed" and convinced her to take up acting.  Nandini Reddy would later turn director and sign Nithya for the lead female role in her first project.

Nithya Menen appeared first on screen as a child artist when she was ten in the Indian English language film, The Monkey Who Knew Too Much (1998), playing the younger sister to Tabu's character.  The 2008 off-beat film Aakasha Gopuram, directed by National Film Award-winning director K. P. Kumaran, marked her debut in a leading role, in which she was paired with Mohanlal. She was in the midst of her 12th class exams when she was offered the role, after Mohanlal had spotted her on the front cover of a tourism magazine.

Her performance was well received, with critics writing that she shows "sparkle in her debut venture" and "makes her entry in an impressive role", though the film, based on the Norwegian play The Master Builder, got mixed reviews and was a financial failure.  She next made her Kannada debut with the film Josh. She essayed a supporting role in the film, which received rave reviews, and became a commercial success as well, with her performance garnering her a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 57th Filmfare Awards South.

In 2011, her first release was Nandini Reddy's romantic comedy Ala Modalaindi, which was Nithya's maiden Telugu venture as well.  The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a sleeper hit, while Nithya received critical praise for her performance. Idlebrain's Jeevi in his review cited that she "epitomized Nitya character with her fabulous performance", "looks beautiful in all kinds of dresses" and was "the best debut in recent years of Telugu cinema after Samantha in YMC", while another critic wrote that she was a "charming find" and "...quite the Genelia replacement that our cinema so badly needs right now." She eventually won the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Further more, she also sang two songs for the soundtrack album of the film, tuned by Kalyani Malik.  Nandini Reddy, later, went on to describe Nithya as "the discovery of the decade".  Following Ala Modalaindi, she starred in Santosh Sivan's historical fiction Urumi as part of an ensemble cast.

She portrayed a Chirakkal princess named Bala, playing the love interest of Prabhu Deva's character, which gained positive remarks, with a Sify review claiming that she "looks pretty and is a scene stealer".  Nithya quoted that much of her character was based on "Santosh's perception of who I am", with Sivan stating that he had written that role for her and that only she could play it.  She next appeared in ad-filmmaker Jayendra's bilingual venture 180/Nootrenbadhu, made and released in Tamil and Telugu, in which she played a photo journalist named Vidhya.  She described the character as "bubbly, full of life, nosey, wide-eyed and innocent in life" and to be similar to herself.  Later the year, she was seen in Sibi Malayil's Violin in Malayalam and the Gautham Menon-produced Veppam in Tamil.

Her first 2012 release was the Telugu romance film Ishq with Nitin Reddy. She acted in Karmayogi, a Malayalam adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. For the Kannada film Aidondla Aidu she had sung and also choreographed one of the songs, titled "Payasa".  She was seen in two Malayalam projects, T. K. Rajeev Kumar's Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty, in which she portrayed a village woman whose daily life is filmed and broadcast as a reality show for a month, and Ustad Hotel directed by Anwar Rasheed.

In 2013, she starred in three Telugu films, Okkadine, Jabardasth and Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde. She played a character with two shades in Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde and she dubbed for her as well as for the character of her co-star Isha Talwar.  She also signed a film of director Cheran in which she is going to pair up with Sharwanand.

Niveditha, formerly known and credited as Smitha, is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada films. She attracted notable attention with her performance in the film Avva that fetched her the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her father Jagadish worked as a deputy commissioner of commercial taxes, her mother Lakshmi is a housewife. She did her schooling in chikmagalur; later she studied at the Marimallappa High School and completed her PUC at the Marimallappa Pre-University College in Mysore, both part of Marimallappa’s Educational Institutions. As a student, Smitha, who described herself as a tomboy, was also an NCC cadet. After graduating as an engineering student from the CMRIT College, Bangalore, she went on to work at the software company Infosys for a year. She quit the job to pursue an acting career; when she was offered a role, she first joined actor Anupam Kher's acting school, Actor Prepares and took a crash course.

Smitha was first signed on for a role in the film Akasha Gange by Dinesh Baboo, however as the film got delayed, several films she had signed later, including Kallarali Hoovagi, Sixer, Mathad Mathadu Mallige and Avva released before. Among her early releases, the Kavita Lankesh-directed Avva remains her most notable. The film particularly made headlines for a kissing scene featuring her and her co-star Duniya Vijay. Her performance in the film earned her the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Although completed in July 2006, Akasha Gange released only in July 2008 and eventually became her sixth release. As she got no offers in Kannada cinema subsequently, she moved on to work in the Tamil film industry. Porkkalam directed by newcomer Bandi Sarojkumar was her first Tamil film, which was panned by critics upon release.

Smitha then changed her screen name to Niveditha, according to numerology as advised by her well-wishers, when she did not receive the offers she was looking for. The first release after her name change was her second Tamil film Kathai (2010). During the period, she had reportedly bagged a lead role in National Film Award-winning director Bala's Avan Ivan; however the character was eventually portrayed by Madhu Shalini. 9 To 12 (2011) starring Kishore who she previously had co-starred with in Porkkalam, became her first release in Kannada after Akasha Gange in 2008; it opened to negative reception. Her first release in 2012 saw her enacting the title role, a Lambani girl, in Parie, based on the award-winning Kannada novel Bharadwaj. Her next release was Kiladi Kitty alongside Srinagar Kitty and Haripriya, with Niveditha lamenting after the release that her role had been cut short. Her upcoming films include Nimbe Huli, Gowri Puthra and the long-delayed Dheena.

Sanam Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. She is a qualified software engineer, who worked with an IT company in the UK, before she stepped into the film industry.


Sanam is from Bangalore. Her father is from Karnataka and mother is from Andhra Pradesh and she is fluent in both Kannada and Telugu. She was working with a software firm until 2011. She used to work in a software company in UK and had done a bit of modeling during her college days. She was also modelling as she was working. While in the UK, she received offers to act in films, but did not pursue it. But she took a break from her job, and landed in Chennai to test acting.


Sanam's first film was Ambuli, an experimental film, which was also the first stereoscopic Tamil film, with actor-director R. Parthiepan, after which she did Cinema Company in Malayalam. She decided to stay in films and quit her job in the UK. She next shot for the Malayalam film, Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus in which she was paired opposite Megastar Mammootty.


Sanam Shetty is set to make her debut in Telugu films with her film Intinta Anamayya. She plays an NRI rock star with a very modern outlook in the film. In Tamil she will be seen playing the lead in Kalaivendhan, directed by Parasuram and starring Ajay Rohan. She plays a dual role in it. Her other upcoming release is Ravu directed by Ajith Ravi Pegasus. She also signed director Aabavanan's next film, a heroine-oriented action film in which Sanam plays a Black Belt Kung Fu expert. In 2014, she has signed two more Tamil films Katham Katham and Vilasam in which she will be seen in a "de-glam" role as a college girl.

Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 11 November 1986), credited as Radhika, is an Indian film actress and producer. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films and was considered a lead actress in the Kannada film industry in the early 2000s.


Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film Neela Megha Shama (2002) when she had just completed her ninth class. Her first release was Ninagagi opposite Vijay Raghavendra, which was followed by Tavarige Baa Tangi starring Shivrajkumar; both films were highly successful ventures. In 2003, she appeared in five Kannada films, including Hemanth Hegde's directorial debut Ooh La La, Hudugigaagi alongside S. P. B. Charan, Yograj Bhat's maiden feature film Mani, in which she played the daughter of a prostitute, Mane Magalu and Tayi Illada Tabbali, all of which were commercial failures. In spite of the film's poor box office returns, Radhika's performance as Gowri in Tayi Illada Tabbali won her the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress. Due to the successive failures of her Kannada films, Radhika began to work in Tamil cinema subsequently, acting in five Tamil films in quick succession. Her maiden Tamil film was S. P. Jananathan's award-winning debut directorial Iyarkai (2003). The Hindu in its review noted that Kutty Radhika as the "impulsive, immature and obdurate Nancy looks just right for the role".Three of her four releases in 2005—Rishi, Masala and Auto Shankar—featured her alongside another lead female character. Her final release of 2005 saw her collaborating with the Tavarige Baa Tangi team, with Shivrajkumar and Radhika again playing the elder brother and younger sister, respectively.


The following year, she was again seen in five Kannada films and one Tamil film, Ulla Kadathal that remains her last Tamil release. On her performance in Hatavadi, Rediff.com's critic R. G. Vijayasarathy wrote, "Though this is essentially a Ravichandran film, it is to Radhika's credit that she stands up to a superb performance. Her emotions are perfect and she is presented very well on screen". After the long-delayed devotional film Navashakthi Vaibhava (2008) that featured her as a goddess alongside eight other lead actresses she went on a 5-year hiatus.


Radhika has also worked as a film distributor and producer. She had acquired the distribution rights of her own film Anatharu (2007), co-starring Upendra and Darshan. In 2008, she bought the rights of her film Ishwar, which was launched in 2007 as Narasimha. and revived it, although she was unsuccessful in releasing it. She later established a production studio named Shamika Enterprises, named after her daughter, and produced the film Lucky starring Ramya.


In 2013, she made a comeback to acting with Sweety Nanna Jodi which she also produced. With regards to her performance, Sify stated, "Radhika...is a treat to watch and has given a brilliant performance" while Rediff wrote, "Radhika looks ravishing and comes as a surprise for those who have watched her earlier films". Her Telugu mythological film, Avataram by Kodi Ramakrishna released in 2014.


Radhika reportedly married Ratan Kumar at the Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple, Kateel on 26 November 2000. In April 2002, Ratan Kumar filed a complaint, alleging that Radhika's father Devraj had abducted her as he feared that news of her marriage may "jeopardise her career". Only few days later, Radhika's mother wanted the marriage to be annulled as Radhika was just 14 years old and told that Ratan Kumar had forcibly married her. Devraj further claimed that Ratan had tried to burn Radhika alive. Ratan Kumar died in August 2002, following a heart attack.


In November 2010, Radhika revealed that she was married to H. D. Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister of Karnataka.According to Radhika, they married in 2006. They have a daughter, Shamika K. Swamy.

Thanishka is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada and Tamil language films.


Thanishka began her career with Masanada Makkalu, an art film that showcased her credentials as a linguistically versatile dramatist. She went on to win a Special Jury Award for her performance at the South Indian Cinema Association. This was followed up by Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige, a social/family drama about water rights issues in remote Indian villages. Her sensitive portrayal of the youngest daughter of the protagonist couple (Suhasini and Vishnuvardhan) earned her much accolade, though the length of the role was not very long.


Thanishka made her foray into mainstream commercial cinema in 2007 with Savi Savi Nenapu, where she played a heart transplant patient who has received the heart of the protagonist's dead wife. Her displeasure with the film's producers for not including her in any of the publicity material was much publicized in the Kannada film press. However, much of the controversy was swept under the rug as the film took off and her performance as the damaged second heroine who gets a new lease on life was received with much praise from critics and audiences alike. She followed it up with a guest appearance in Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide, the much-anticipated acting debut of director Prem. However, as the film severely disappointed at the box office, her performance went largely unnoticed.


Thanishka got another break when she starred opposite Ganesh in his 2008 blockbuster Aramane. In this film, Tejaswini portrayed a small-town girl who tries to play matchmaker between a photographer, Arun (played by Ganesh) and her own sister (played by Roma), eventually falling for Arun herself. Thanishka's depiction of the mischievous, but lovable "Neeta", who suffers silently through heartbreak had audiences in tears, and won her many favorable reviews. Her character's delicate lisp and obscure dialect of Kannada became a fashionable speaking pattern for teenage girls to emulate. Tejaswini alleged that both the film's director (Nagashekhar) and producer (K. Manju) hid from her the fact that her character does not end up with the hero in the end. She claimed she was only informed after several days of filming had passed, and had originally signed the film with the understanding that Neeta marries Arun. Due to Thanishka's family's friendship with K. Manju, she was discouraged from taking the issue to the media. The industry felt that she was being very arrogant, considering she is still a newcomer. However, many industry insiders suspected her displeasure when Thanishka did not mention Aramane in some of her interviews and conspicuously did not attend either the soundtrack release, the film's premiere, or the 50-day celebration party. Her ire and arrogance appeared to have cooled off by the time Aramane had completed a 100-day run however, and Thanishka finally appeared at the celebration party, and accepted the Producers' trophies.


Thanishka then appeared in E-Preeti, directed by Indian-American filmmaker Priyabharati Joshi, and co-starring Diganth. Incidentally, Priyabharati had also launched Tejaswini's Aramane co-star Ganesh in his first film, Guttu.

Shweta Kumar, the daughter of film-maker Indra Kumar is a stunning Indian Bollywood actress. She was appeared in 2008 film Karzzz in the role of Tina opposite Himesh Reshamiya. Now her father re-launched his daughter Shweta with veteran actress Rekha in his recent directorial venture Super Naani.

Shweta Kumar dreamt to be an actress and prepared herself by taking up a crash course in acting and dance. She always believes in doing hard work and giving hundred percent output. The actress, whose career failed to take off after her debut film Karzz, has been offered another opportunity to make her dream big. She is much thankful to her father Indra Kumar, as he re-launched his daughter in his directorial venture. 

Super Naani is about women's empowerment, where the grandson inspires his grandmother (naani) to do something worthwhile in life. The film is based on the Gujarati play, Baa Ae Maari Boundary. Sharman played Rekha's grandson in the film. Shweta Kumar was seen as Sharman's love interest in the movie. Shweta Kumar has filled the element of romance in the film. Film has been released on 24 October 2014.