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Priyanka Arul Mohan is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film Ondh Kathe Hella (2019) and later featured in the Telugu films such as Nani's Gang Leader (2019), Sreekaram and a Tamil film, Doctor (2021).

Priyanka was born on 20 November 1994 in Chennai to a Kannadiga mother and a Tamil father.Priyanka did her early education in Chennai and completed her engineering degree from PES Institute of Technology (PESIT).

Priyanka made her debut in the Indian film industry with the Kannada film Ond Kathe Hella and her Telugu film debut with Nani's Gang Leader in 2019. In 2019, she starred in the English version of the bilingual film Mayan; however, the film was delayed and is yet to have a theatrical release.

In 2021, she made her Tamil debut with Sivakarthikeyan's Doctor, directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. She is also playing the lead in her second successive Tamil film, Don, with Sivakarthikeyan after Doctor.She is also playing lead female role in the upcoming Tamil film Etharkkum Thunindhavanwith direct or Pandiraj, co-starring Suriya.

SaiPriya deva is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema.

Deva's family has been in the film business for almost a century. Her great-grandfather started, and grandfather (V.M. Paramasiva Mudalier) was the owner of Sri Murugan Talkies in Mint. She made her acting debut in the 2017 Tamil film Shivalinga directed by P. Vasu. She also acted in Malayalam film Ente Ummante Peru. 

Smruthi Venkat is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil language films. She debuted with the 2018 Tamil film Thadam with Arun Vijay.

Smruthi made her career in a uncredited role in the film Indru Netru Naalai (2015).

Smruthi Venkat appeared in Thadam, alongside Arun Vijay.The movie opened to some good reviews both commercially and critically. The News Minute's critic wrote, "Smruthi have limited screen space but manage to leave an impression with their competent performances.

 After Thadam, she acted in another Tamil film with Sathyaraj titled Theerpugal Virkapadum, which had a delayed release in 2021. After that, Smruthi was signed for a major role in Mookuthi Amman. After the success of Mookuthi Amman, Smruthi went on to play a role in Dhanush's 43rd film directed by Karthick Naren.

Apart from films, Smruthi has done some commercial advertisements such as Levista (coffee), Kalyan Jewellers,Tanishq and She also acted in Rap Rakesh Sethulingam Music Video titled "12 AM" Song on Woman Empowerment, Which was Released by Actor Vijay Sethupathi.

Anaswara Kumar is an Indian film actress, who works in the Tamil film industry. She started her career with Arivazhaghan's sports thriller Vallinam (2014), though the romantic comedy Ego (2013) released first. She made her breakthrough portraying Mohini in the black comedy film Yaamirukka Bayamey, which became a commercial success.

Anaswara was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and her mother tongue is Malayalam. She did her schooling from Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar and at A.V.Meiyappan Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Virugambakkam, Chennai. She then went on to graduate in Corporate Economics from Women's Christian College, Chennai.

Anaswara started her career with a supporting role in Arivazhaghan's sports thriller Vallinam (2014) after being selected from forty girls in an audition, which she had attended after being spotted at a Chennai Super Kings fans video shoot. However, her first leading role came through the romantic comedy Ego (2013) featuring newcomers. The film gained poor reviews and had a low profile release at the box office.

She made her breakthrough portraying Mohini in the black comedy film Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), which became a commercial success. Anaswara had met the director Deekay through Balaji, who had also appeared in the film, and was selected after convincing Deekay that she could convincing portray a haunted character. During production, Anaswara's make-up in her ghost avatar took up to four hours to apply, while she revealed that she got into character by "standing alone in the haunted room to imbibe the ghostly feelings". The actors in the film won positive reviews, with Rediff.com noting "the lead actors have performed admirably; there is a touch of eccentricity and wackiness to all the characters that adds to the ambience of the film."

Leon James is a South Indian music composer and playback singer. He debuted in Tamil films as the music composer in the upcoming film Muni 3: Ganga.

Raveena Ravi is an Indian voice actress. She was born to voice actor Sreeja Ravi and Actor/Singer Ravindranathan Krishnan. She started her career at the age of 2 for Thotta Chinungi (1995). She has dubbed several television advertisements directed by Rajiv Menon in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She started dubbing for lead female actresses with Saattai (2012). She debuted as an actress on-screen with Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu.

Suza Kumar is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making her debut in the Tamil film Ethir Neechal (2013), she has been seen in films including Veeram (2014) and Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi (2016). Born in Chennai, Suza Kumar initially pursued a diploma in cinematography at the New York Film Academy and then a filmmaking course at the SAE Institute in Singapore, before returning to India.

She subsequently moved into modelling, before receiving an offer from Wunderbar Films to work as an actress.  She made her acting debut through Ethir Neechal (2013), where she portrayed a brief role as Sivakarthikeyan's first love interest. She was featured in the song "Nijamellam Maranthu Pochu" and won notice from critics for her role in the film.  Her performance also got her an offer to feature in a small role in Siva's Veeram (2014), starring Ajith Kumar.

She later starred in two horror films, Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi and Kanneer Anjali, both of which had smaller budgets than her first two films.

Mahendran is an Indian film actor who works in Tamil language films. Beginning his career as a child artist, Mahendran made his breakthrough as a lead in Vizha (2013). He also holds an entry in the 'India Book of Records' for "the most number of movies as child artist"; he has acted in more than 100 movies in over six languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, as on April 2, 2013.

Mahendran appeared in several films as a child artiste, winning the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist and thr Nandi Award for Best Child Actor on two occasions each. He also appeared on the Sun TV dance show Masthana Masthana as a participant in 2009.The actor went on to appear alongside Malavika Menon in Vizha, a film directed by Barathi Balakumaran. The film is based on the award-winning short film Uthiri, and portrays the love story of Mahendran's character Sundaram, who plays the thappu instrument at death functions, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer. The film opened to positive reviews in December 2013, with critics praising Mahendran's lively portrayal.His first Telugu film, First Love opposite Amitha Rao released on the same day, with a low key release.

Mahendran's upcoming projects include Aakki, which is in its post-production stage, where he plays a hockey player. He has also shot for vindhai directed by lawraa,a commercial entertainer .shooting for his next film on full swing titled Viraivil Isai, directed by debutant Prabhakaran, The shooting of the film began at Kodambakkam this month. The female lead for the film is yet to be decided.The music of the film is composed by debutant M. S Ram and cinematography is by Shiva.

Manishajith is a south Indian actress who acts mainly in Tamil language films

Keerthy Suresh is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying actress Savitri in the Telugu film Mahanati (2018). She has also received three SIIMA Awards, one Filmfare Award South, and two Zee Cine Awards Telugu among others for her performance in various films.

Keerthy is the daughter of Malayalam film producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka. Keerthy began her career as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali.She went on to star in films such as Ring Master (2014), Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), Rajini Murugan (2016), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Remo (2016), Thodari (2016), Bairavaa (2017), Nenu Local (2017), Thaana Serndha Kootam (2018), Mahanati (2018), Sarkar (2018), Penguin (2020), Miss India (2020) and Rang De (2021).

Keerthy was born on 17 October 1992 in Chennai (then called as Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.Her father G. Suresh Kumar is a filmmaker of Malayali descent,while her mother Menaka is an actress of Tamil origin.She has an elder sister Revathy Suresh. Until class four, Keerthy did her schooling in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.She then studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram before coming back to Chennai to join the Pearl Academy, where she completed her degree in fashion design.She also spent time on an exchange program in Scotland for four months, before completing a two-month internship in London. Despite making a career in acting, she has stated that she was also "seriously considering a career in designing". Keerthy also plays the violin.