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Sindhu Menon is an Indian film actress, who has mainly starred in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.Sindhu Menon was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India into a Malayali family. She has one younger brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channel VJ and turned actor, recently.Menon is able to communicate fluently in several languages, including Malayalam, her mother tongue, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English.She was also brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.

Sindhu Menon, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the film industry when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition in which Menon participated and emerged as the winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994.[1][5] Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a full-time actress, by enacting the female lead role character in the 1999 film Prema Prema Prema, when she was merely 13 years old.

Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act in Bharathiraja's Kadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2007.

Menon then moved to the small screen, hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include Sriman Srimathi and Stree Hrudayam, before accepting film offers again.she originated as a miss world 4 years back and Currently, she is acting in the Malayalam films, Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu, and Rahasya Police. She acted in the Tamil film Eeram, produced by popular Tamil director S. Shankar.

Tej (born 7 June 1985) is an Indian film actor, who has primarily starred in Tamil and Kannada films and occasionally works as a screenwriter. After completing his Master of Business Management in Europe from a leading university,Tej worked in film and as a software engineer at Infosys Technologies, before making his acting debut in the film Tamil by K. T. Kunjomon.

The film introduced Shankar, PrabhuDeva, Sushmita Sen and also A. R. Rehman who made it big through K. T. Kunjomon in his initial days. In his subsequent years, he worked in Tamil and Kannada films.He acted in films such as Kadhalukku Maranam Illai, Konjam veyil Konjam Mazhai, Gaantham, and Kappal.

Tej was born in Devanahalli, a small town in Bangalore. He completed his schooling at St. Josephs. After completing his Engineering in Information Technology, he worked at Infosys Technologies and later received a master's degree in Supply Chain from a European university.

In 2009, Tej debuted as the leading man in the film Kadhalukku Maranam Illai, produced by K. T. Kunjomon. His performance in the film earned him a place in Kollywood and roles such as Konjam Veyil Konjam Mazhai even before the first film opened. Tej produced a film, Gaantham, also writing the story and screenplay. He is nominated for film fare best debutant and also nominated Cannes festival.

Currently, Tej is working on the movie Mozhivathu Yathanil directed by Gopal.

Anaitha Nair is famous face as 'Aliya Bose' from the hockey-flick 'Chak De India'. She is a theater actress, singer and now also a film actress. Anaitha is born on 19th July, 1984 in Bangalore. Her father is a Malayali and her mother is a Parsi. The Frank Anthony Public School in Bangalore is from where she did her schooling. Later, she was a student of Bangalore University. Post finishing her education, Anaitha shifted to Mumbai.

Her prime role as Aliya Bose in 'Chak De India' made her gain acclaim from the masses. Anaitha Nair also was a part of two Malayalam movies, 'IG' (2009) and 'By The People' (2005). A number of television commercials are in the credit of actress Anaitha Nair, such as Dairy Milk Silk, Virgin Mobile with heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, Dove, Acer, Nescafe and Medical Abortion Pills.

In the Indo-British comedy series 'Mumbai Calling', Anaitha essayed the role of Bindiya. 'Well Done Abba' (2010) by Shyam Benegal was her second release. The actress was seen as a cancer patient in the movie 'Aashayein' directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. For putting more authenticity in the character, Anaitha tonsured her head.

Apart from this, Anaitha Nair also acted in 'Jhootha Hi Sahi' byAbbas Tyrewala. 'Dum Maaro Dum' by Rohan Sippy has been her recent release. 'Ekaant' directed by Sunil Pillai is another flick of Anaitha. Also, she was a part of the film 'Force' directed by Nishikant Kamat.

Anaitha Nair does not lag behind when it comes to singing. Along with a music band S 5, she was seen in an album titled 'Isai' with Sony-BMG.

Swetha (born 31 March 1984), popularly known as Rakshita, is a South Indian film actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu language films. Rakshita made her acting debut in the 2002 Kannada-language film Appu, alongside Puneet Rajkumar, following which, she acted in many Kannada and Telugu films.

Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore. Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a popular cinematographer who had worked to all actors and many hit movies of his time and her mother Mamatha Rao who acted in Hosa Belaku.

Rakshita started her career with a Kannada movie Appu with Puneeth Rajkumar. She also acted in the remake of the same movie in Telugu titled Idiot and in Tamil titled "Dum". In Tamil she acted alongside Silambarasan also known as "Simbu". Her Kannada film career as heroine got a twist when her movie Kalasipalya became a hit. Within a short period of time, Rakshita acted with major Telugu heroes such as Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Jagapathi Babu and Ravi Teja and in Tamil she got opportunity to act with Ilayathalapathy Vijay. She also made a special appearance in a song in Lakshmi Narasimha.

After her marriage to the director Prem, she cut down on her acting profession and began supporting him in film making. She, later turned as producer with her home banner Prem Pictures, for one of the most prestigious project Jogayya starring Shivarajkumar marking his 100th movie in the lead, directed by Prem.

Tanushree Dutta was born on 19th March 1984 into Bengali family in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand state, India. She did her schooling at D.B.M.S. English School in Jamshedpur and later attended Junior College in Pune. She holds Bachelor’s degree in commerce. She discontinued her education to pursue her career in modeling. She was crowned Femina Miss India Universe title in 2004. She also took part in Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2004 and was listed amongst the top ten Finalists.


Tanushree Dutta made her Bollywood debut with musical hit Aashiq Banaya Apne in 2005 co-starring Emraan Hashmi and Sonu Sood. She subsequently appeared in numerous commercial hits like Good Boy, Bad Boy co-starring Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor and Isha Sharvani, Raqeeb co-starring Sharman Joshi, Jimmy Shergill and Rahul Khanna, Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai co-starring Vishal Krishna, Neetu Chandra, Sarah-Jane Dias and Santhanam, among other films.

Sindhu Tolani was born in Mumbai, India on 19 July 1983. She has been a Fair & Lovely cream model girl in the North as well as a successful actress.She has given many hits in Telugu cinema. Sindhu Tolani started her career with the Telugu movie "Aithe". The movie was a low budget hit which first got everyone to notice her. Her first huge hit in Telugu was Athanokkade. She shot to fame at the age of 20, at her debut in the Tamil movie Sullan with Dhanush directed by Ramana, the film went on to be a major blockbuster at B and C centres and started her career, it was released in 2004. Another hit followed in Manmadhan with Silambarasan.

Since then she has appeared in many Telugu and Kannada films and recently in Majaa with Vikram. She received critical acclaim with her roles in films like Manmadhan in Tamil and Bathukamma in Telugu.She also acted in the Television series Kutumb which aired on SONY TV. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

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Divya Spandana, known by her stage name Ramya, is an Indian film actress and Member of Parliament from Mandya constituency in Karnataka, She predominantly acts in Kannada films and also appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Presently, She is also the youngest Member of Parliament in India.

Ramya made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film Abhi, opposite Puneet Rajkumar. She subsequently starred in several Kannada films alongside lead actors and, following successive commercial successes, established herself as one of the most sought-after actresses in the Kannada film industry, becoming referred to as the "Golden Girl of Kannada cinema" and 'Sandalwood Queen'. 

Based on an online poll conducted by The Times Of India, Ramya won the Best Actor Female award for Sanju Weds Geetha.  She won Filmfare Best Actress Award twice for her roles in Thananam Thananam (2006) and Sanju Weds Geetha (2011) films.

Ramya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka on 29 November 1982. Her father is R T Narayan and mother is Ranjitha. Her parents originally hail from Mandya. She studied at St. Hilda's school in Ooty, and in Sacred Heart School (Church Park), Chennai, Tamil Nadu.  She pursued her graduation at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore, but later discontinued.

Ramya has said that the first film offered to her was Ninagagi that eventually starred Radhika.  She was then supposed to make her debut in Puneet Rajkumar's first film Appu, for which she, however, was not selected.  She made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film Abhi, alongside Puneet Rajkumar, which became a commercial success. The same year, she had another release in Kannada with Excuse Me, which also did well at the box office, and also stepped into Telugu filmdom with the film Abhimanyu.

In 2004, Spandana debuted in the Tamil film industry, also under the name Ramya, with the film Kuththu alongside Silambarasan Rajendar, which managed only a mediocre run at the box office as did her next Tamil film Giri. Her debut film, however, gave her the name 'Kuthu' Ramya, by which she was then popularly known in Tamil Nadu. She had two releases in Kannada as well, Ranga S. S. L. C. and Kanti, out of which the latter, a love story set against the backdrop of borders and language issues, was declared a major success. In 2005 she had four releases, all being Kannada films, with the latter three films Aakash, Gowramma and Amrithadhare becoming major box-office successes, whilst also garnering critical acclaim for Ramya's performance and establishing her as a leading actress in Karnataka.

In 2006 she starred in Julie, a remake of the same-titled 1975 Hindi-language film. She essayed the role of a single, unwed mother in the film, which failed to attract audiences.  After her following release, Datta did average business at the box office, her next Kannada release, Jothe Jotheyali was a successful venture, in spite of largely unfavorable reviews by critics.  Her final 2006 release, Kavitha Lankesh's Tananam Tananam, an average grosser that released to mixed reviews, fetched Ramya her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She had described her role in the film as "little complex" and "challenging."  In 2007, Ramya starred in three feature films; the first releasing, Arasu, co-starring Puneet Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine, was a huge hit.

She then appeared as a sex worker in a short film Prarambha, directed by Santhosh Sivan, which was made in order to create awareness about AIDS and was part of Mira Nair's AIDS Jaago project.  Her fourth 2007 release was Polladhavan, where she acted against Dhanush. The film, released during the 2007 Deepavali period, was considered a dark horse success and made possible Ramya's breakthrough in Tamil.  Rajinikanth was all praises for the entire crew of Polladhavan.

Her first 2008 release, the Kannada film Mussanjemaatu with Sudeep, was a big hit, for which she also received a nomination for a Best Actress Award at the 56th Filmfare Awards South. Her next film was the Tamil film Thoondil. Ramya later stated that she regretted accepting the film.  Later that year, she starred in the films Bombaat and Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu, with the former becoming declared a "super hit" as well.  Her final release in 2008 was Gautham Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram for which she changed her screen name to her actual name Divya again, which is believed to have brought her more luck.  She had also dubbed in her own voice for Vaaranam Aayiram, which became a high critical as well as commercial success. She did not have any releases in 2009, since both her films Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids and Jothegaara got delayed heavily due to financial problems.

Her first release of 2010 Just Math Mathalli which released on January 26, 2010 was a huge success and it also received rave reviews. Her role in the film was also very much appreciated.  She had two more releases that year, the long delayed Jothegaara eventually, and Kiccha Huccha. Her next release was the Tamil film Singam Puli opposite Jeeva, which released to mixed reviews, following which the romantic drama Sanju Weds Geetha released. The film opened to highly positive reviews, with Ramya being unanimously praised by critics for her performance, which was widely considered her best or one of her best in her career.

She has completed shooting for Dandam Dashagunam, a Kannada remake of Kaakha Kaakha, and Kadhal 2 Kalyanam in Tamil, starring alongside a newcomer Sathya, while currently working on the comedy drama Siddalingu, in which she portrays the role of a school teacher.  In August 2013, Ramya announced that she may quit acting if she wins the election, in order to pursue a career in politics.

Ramya Became Member of Parliament from Mandya constituency in Karnataka in Bypoll Result over by 47,622 Votes, declared on 24 August 2013 From Congress Party. She has become the youngest to become an MP in the country.  Prior to this Ramya joined the Youth Congress in 2011.

Ramya is the brand ambassador of the cricket franchise team Royal Challengers Bangalore. In April 2011,In 2013, Ramya will be making her debut in the small screen in a tele serial, Ashwini Nakshatra. Ramya will be seen in the role of a sutradhar in the serial, making an appearance every day in the first week, and she will go on to introduce the main characters of the serial.She also has launched her clothing line 'Spandana'.


Ramya's foster father is R. T. Narayan and her mother is Ranjitha.  She has often been reported to be the granddaughter of politician S. M. Krishna,which she has rejected not to be true.

Rathi (born 23 September 1982) is an Indian film actress, who appears mostly in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. She made her feature film debut in Suki S. Murthy's 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. Later, she went on to do critically acclaimed performances in Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002). She had also dubbed for actress Genelia for the 2003 Tamil movie Boys.

Rathi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to Tamil people Arumugam and Bharani. She has two siblings, one elder sister and one younger brother. She was a student of dentistry at the Mathrushri Ramabai Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital in Bangalore.She is a trained classical dancer and had her Arangetram.

She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. She starred opposite Cheran in Thangar Bachan's Solla Marandha Kadhai. She appeared in a couple more Tamil films, including Adi Thadi starring Sathyaraj, but none of them were commercially successful. She had also performed an item number in the Tamil film Anjaneya featuring Ajith Kumar in the lead role.She then migrated to Telugu cinema and acted in six films.

Tejashree (born Sonali Jaikumar Khele on July 9) is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Kollywood movies.


Tejashree is originally a kathak dancer, trained in kathak by her father Master Jaikumar Khele, a disciple of Pandit Gopi Krishna Maharaj. After a few modeling assignments, she broke into the southern film industry. She has danced in many item numbers and has good roles in big banner films. She speaks fluent Tamil, despite being a Maharastrian from Mumbai. She has appeared in many television commercials, such as advertisements for Chennai Silk Saree shop, Kritika Shikekai Shampoo Powder, and K.P.G. Jewellery. Some of her biggest box office hits include Madhurey (2003), Ottran (2003), Arya (2003).