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Sid Sriram (born 19 May 1990) is an Indian-American music producer, playback singer, song writer. He is a R&B songwriter, singer and performer, works in the TAMIL FILM INDUSTRY, is a highly regarded Carnatic vocalist nd, collaborates with renowned Bharata Natyam dancer, Pallavi Sriram.  He divides his time between Los Angeles, CA. and Chennai, India.  He shot to fame in India with the song "Adiye" sung for the soundtrack of Kadal (2013) composed by A. R. Rahman.  He won the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer for his rendition of "Ennodu Nee Irunthaal" for the soundtrack of I (2015).  "Thalli Pogathe" in "Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada" and "Maru Vaarthai Pesathe" in "Enai Noki Paayum Thota", sound tracks Sid Sriram has sung have been viral hits.  Sid Sriram has been working on his Album "Insomniac Season" with multi platinum and multiple Grammy awards winner, DJ Khalil. The album will be released in April, 2017.

Personal life

Sid was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and his parents moved to San Francisco when he was a 1 year old.  His musical skills were nurtured by his mother, Latha Sriram, a highly regarded Carnatic music teacher in the San Francisco, Bay Area.  His formal Carnatic music training has been under his mother, Latha Sriram. He simultaneously started picking up R&B by listening to R&B greats. After his 12th grade, he joined the Berklee College of Music and graduated in Music Production and Engineering.

Since his graduation, he has been regularly visiting India and giving Carnatic concerts, including as a part of the December Music season-Marghazhi Utsavam.  He currently splits his time between Los Angeles and Chennai.

Vidya Pradeep is an Indian model and actress, who works in the South Indian film industry. Vidya is also a Research scientist pursuing her PhD in stem cell biology (Biotechnology) and continues to work in the profession, alongside her film commitments.  Recently her research work was published in the "International Journal of Cell Therapy".

Vidya Pradeep completed a master's degree in biotechnology and then pursued a PhD at an undisclosed eye hospital in Chennai. As a research scientist, she studied stem cell biology and continues to balance her commitments alongside work in the entertainment industry.

When Vidya had completed her Masters, she got an opportunity to act in a film by Malayalam director A. K. Lohithadas. Lohithadas died in 2009 and the project did not materialise, but his associate Meera Kathiravan offered her another role in his debut directorial Aval Peyar Thamizharasi (2010). Although she was not interested initially since it was not the lead role, Kathiravan succeeded in convincing her and she made her acting debut in the film under the stage name Dhyana.  The same year she landed her first lead role in the film Virundhali directed by Whaterman, another associate of Lohithadas; it received negative reviews and was a box office bomb. Following Virundhali's failure, Vidya took a break from acting.
In the following years, Vidya worked as a model and appeared in several print and television advertisements. During that period, she also performed a cameo role in the Malayalam film Kammath & Kammath and appeared in the music video for A. R. Rahman's "Aabhi Jaa" from his studio album Raunaq alongside Yami Gautam and several other models. She was spotted by director A. L. Vijay, who cast her in his successful family drama film, Saivam (2014) to portray Sara Arjun's mother. For the film, she reverted to her original name and put on weight to portray a middle aged woman. The film and the ensemble cast won positive reviews for its portrayal of a family. She then featured in the action drama, Adhibar (2015) as the lead actress opposite Jeevan, which opened to negative reviews.

Vidya then worked on Pandiraj's Pasanga 2 (2015) portraying the mother of a small child. In the film, she worked alongside actors Ramdoss, Karthik Kumar and Bindu Madhavi, while the producer Suriya also made a guest appearance.  The film opened to positive reviews in December 2015, with Vidya winning critical acclaim for her performance.  Critics noted that Vidya added "solidity to the film by coming up with a credible performance"and that she has done "commendably well".  She has worked on the psychological thriller Onnume Puriyala, which made the headlines for becoming the first Tamil film to be remade in Hollywood.

Vidya is the first female lead to be chosen for Shivarajkumar and Sudeep starrer Kali, directed by Prem.  Vidya made a positive impact with her portrayal of a speech impaired girl in the movie "Achamindri"

Ashwathy Warrier, also credited as Ashwathy Ravikumar, is an Indian model, actress, dancer and singer, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After making her debut in the Tamil film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey (2012), she has been in films including Neethane En Ponvasantham (2012) and Maan Karate (2014).

Career

After auditioning for Mani Ratnam's Kadal (2013), Ashwathy was encouraged by the director to continue to look for opportunities as an actress. Ashwathy made her first feature film appearance by appearing in a music video in Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey (2012), before portraying a character in Gautham Menon's bilingual films, Neethane En Ponvasantham and Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012) as Radhika, the fiancé of the lead character Varun. She has since appeared in a serial on the Puthiya Thalamurai channel, while also making an appearance as a software engineer in Maan Karate (2014) and portraying a role in the unreleased Malayalam film Ente Sathyanweshana Pareekshakal. Ashwathy has regularly featured in commercials and photoshoots for South Indian brands, while also training in acting at Anupam Kher's acting school, before getting a breakthrough with her appearance in the music video "Yedhachu".

In 2016, Ashwathy played her first lead role in Gowtham Sundararajan's directorial debut Kannula Kaasa Kattappa, portraying the daughter of a millionaire. She was signed for the role after being recommended by Gowtham's wife, Kokila Hariram, who had been Ashwathy's dance teacher.

Aishwarya Arjun is a Indian film actress. She made her film debut in the Tamil film Pattathu Yaanai in 2013.

Aishwarya Arjun was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is the daughter of Arjun Sarja. She completed her schooling from Sacred Heart, Church Park in Chennai and went on to receive her Bachelor of Commerce degree from Stella Maris College, Chennai, before making her foray into films. She has a younger sister, Anjana.

Archana Jose Kaviyil (born January 4, 1990), better known by her stage name Archana Kavi, is an Indian film actress and a television host. She made her acting debut in Neelathaamara (2009) scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose.

Archana was born in New Delhi to Jose Kaviyil, a senior journalist and Rosamma. She was raised in Delhi and studied in St. Xavier's School, Delhi. In 2006 Archana moved from Delhi to Ramapuram in Kerala to do a Bachelor of Business Administration course at the Mar Augustinose College. She stated that she came from a "typical Malayali middle-class family and acting was never considered a profession by us". She said that she wanted to be a journalist initially since her father was one and later wanted to be an RJ but that people discouraged her because of her "'great' voice, knowledge of Malayalam and 'superb' vocabulary".

Archana applied for an internship at the television channel Yes Indiavision and assist in the production of certain programmes. After a year, she anchored the show Bloody Love on the same channel, while she was spotted by director Lal Jose, who offered her the lead female role in his film in March 2009.

She made her cinematic debut in 2009 with the highly successful Neelathaamara, portraying the role of Kunjimalu, a maid in an old Nair Tharavadu (ancestral home) who falls for the young master of the house. Director Lal Jose said that "Archana has an in-born talent". Her role won lot of critical accolades. In her next venture titled Mummy & Me, which narrated the tale of the tumultuous relationship between a modern day teenager and her mother, she played the lead role of a rebellious teenager named Jewel. Archana stated the character Jewel was "so very like the real me".But her following release Best of Luck where she reunited with her Neelathamara co-stars Kailash and Rima Kallingal,failed to make an impact the box office. She made her Tamil debut in the period film Aravaan  in which she played a play a tribal character named Chimby.

In 2013 she also made her Telugu debut in Backbench Student. Archana stated that she played "a college girl caught in a sweet love tale" in the film. She acted as the lead in Abhiyum Njanum, in which she played a modern girl from Mumbai, who comes to Kerala in search of her fiancee. In Honey Bee she played a naïve Anglo-Indian girl Sara. She played s supporting role as the hero Karthik's best friend in Pattam Pole. Her next films Bangles in which she played a junior artiste, and Nadodimannan in which she played a doctor, both released on the same day.

She has signed her second Tamil film Gnana Kirukkan. She is shooting for Day-Night opposite Maqbool Salmaan. She has acted as a Muslim girl in the film Mazhavillinattam Vare, which is Kaithapram's directorial debut. She will also be seen in Nemam Pushparaj's upcoming film Kukkiliyar, in which she plays Manoj K Jayan's daughter who plays a 75-year-old. Archana also shot for a Hindi film Saroja, an offbeat film directed by Anjali Shukla, playing the role of a commercial sex worker.

She anchored Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Njaanum, a reality show for television actors on Asianet. She maintains a Twitter account. In 2010 she was only one of two Malayalam actresses maintaining an active Twitter account.

Akhila Kishore debuted with the film Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam directed by R. Parthiepan.

Sharika is an indian film actress. She has been performing for local audiences for the last two years. Now she is doing the film titled Katham Katham. He would like to thank his parents for their support.

Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan is a Tamil film actress. She is the daughter of the National Film Award-winning Tamil film director Agathiyan.

Vijayalakshmi debuted in the 2007 film Chennai 600028 under the direction of Venkat Prabhu. The film was eventually a blockbuster and she later portrayed the female lead role in the film Anjathe which was also a critically acclaimed film. After making a special appearance in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja in 2008, she has been actively working in her next films Adhe Neram Adhe Idam and the animated film, Sultan The Warrior,a forthcoming Indian feature computer-animation film, for which she will be providing her voice for the lead female character.

Vijayalakshmi is a Bachelor of Technology graduate from Easwari Engineering College. Her elder sister, Karthika Agathiyan, is a popular television anchor on Makkal TV. She also has a younger sister named Niranjani, who is an upcoming costume designer in Kollywood. Her sister Karthika's husband Thiru is the director of Vishal's Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai.

Neelam Upadhyaya is an actress, known for Sukumarudu (2013), Action (2013) and Unnodu Oru Naal (2013).

Madhavi Latha is an Indian actress. In today’s glamerous world of ‘bold is beautiful’ madhavi latha with her traditional Indian looks and outlook provides a refreshing change from all the controversy hungry starlets we usually get to see in the media. She is trained in Carnatic music and also she can speaks English, Hindi amd Tamil. Madhavi Latha made her acting debut in Ravi Babu 2008 Telugu film Nachavule! with Tanish. Her next film Snehithuda in 2009 directed by Satyam Bellamkonda.