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C Gopinath is an Indian television anchor, Radio Jockey, journalist, reporter, news reader, entrepreneur, writer and an author, currently featured on the STAR Vijay debate show Neeya Naana.  He is often called as "Neeya Naana" Gopinath.

Gopinath was born in Aranthangi, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu to Chandran and Kumudham Chandran in 1975.

Gopinath began his career in 1992 with Raj Television Network and did reporting assignments at Jaya TV, NDTV and CNBC-TV-18.  Later he joined Vijay TV and anchored ‘Makkal Yaar Pakkam’, a political analysis programme. In 2006, he started his position with Neeya Naana.

He has also been an anchor for television series such as Makkal Yaar pakkam, Nadanthadhu enna?, Sigaram thotta Manidargal and En Desam! En Makkal in 2013.He was a Radio Jockey (RJ) at Radio City, Co-hosting programmes like CitySpice, a popular mid morning show, along with RJ Aarthi, to talk about your ideas and talents.

He has written four books. The first was a collection of poems, "Theruvellam Devathaigal" and was published in 2007. The second book, "Please indha Puthagathai vaangatheenga" was based on personality development. The third was a self-motivating and self-analysing book called "Neeyum Naanum". Fourth book is "Ner Ner Thema" which is a collection of interviews.

He also wrote a series articles with the title "Neeyum Naanum" in Aananda Vikatan, is consistently known for its scripted motivation.

Other Ventures

He has an institution called 'Taalk Shop Academy of Communication' which has entered an memorandum of understanding with educational institutions to develop syllabus and also provide all technical support including guest speakers to address the students to equip them better.

Awards and Achievements

• American Government Invitation to participate in International Visitors Programme (2004)
• Young International award by "India Today" Magazine (2007)
• Best Anchor of the State by "Anandha Vikatan" (2007,2008)
• Invited for the International Health Conference, Sydney (2007)
• Outstanding Young Indian by Junior Chamber International(JCI) (2008)

Karunaas is a Tamil comedic film actor in the Tamil film industry. He has acted with many prominent actors and starred in successful films. Appearing mostly in supporting roles and providing comical relief, he also played lead roles in Dindigul Sarathy and Ambasamudram Ambani. Apart from acting, Karunas is known as a musician and singer as well.

Karunas was born as Karunanidhi in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling at Palangudi Bharathi School and later studied at Nandanam Arts, Presidency College. Karunas began his career as pop singer and dancer. He became a popular singer of 'Gaana' or Tamil Folk Music.  He then gradually appeared in films as a comedian.

Karunas is a modern day comedian and has done good comic roles. His main comedy style like popular comedian Vivek is satire which he usually diverts in the direction of College romances or stuck up snobbish beauties.

His funniest tracks include Nandha where he plays the character 'Lodukku Pandi' (this brought him the ultimate recognition in the industry), April Maathathil. Villain and Pudukotayil Saravanan where he plays a spoof of the famous hit film 'Vaali'.

As of August 2011, Karunas has appeared in 79 films.  In July 2013, he was signed to play the protagonist in an untitled French-Indian film with Angana Roy playing his love interest.

Karunas is married to pop and playback singer Grace. He has two children, a daughter and a son.

Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian film actor and director who works in the Tamil film industry. He directed the film Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan starring Vadivelu; his performance in Mynaa won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ramaiah has also worked occasionally as a lyricist.

Career

Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates.  He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years.  He got a break in 1994 and took up a job as a dialogue writer for a serial on Sun TV, doubling up as an assistant director, script writer and lyricist. He then earned opportunities to work as an assistant director in films directed by T. Rajender and P. Vasu, and he considers the latter his teacher of screenplay-writing.  He made a cameo acting appearance in Vasu's film Malabar Police (1999) in a scene featuring Goundamani. The following year, he made his directorial début with Manu Needhi (2000), which starred Murali and Napolean in the lead roles. He carried on playing supporting roles in films as well as writing comedy tracks, also directing the Vadivelu-starrer Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan (2008).

He made a breakthrough as an actor portraying a friendly cop in Prabhu Solomon's romantic film Mynaa (2010) and won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. He subsequently won positive reviews for his performances in films including Saattai, Kumki (2012) and Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam (2014). At the peak of his career in 2013-2014, he worked for up to four films a day, while being on locations for close to 25 days a month. He also served as his own manager and often was in charge of his own make-up and costumes in films.

In 2014, he announced plans to introduce his son, Umapathi, as an actor. His son later made his debut in Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay (2016).

Gemini Ganesan was an Indian actor. He was nicknamed "Kadhal Mannan" (King of Romance) of Tamil cinema for the romantic roles he played in movies.

Ganesan’s dream was to become a doctor. In April 1940 he went to Trichy to see T.R. Alamelu. Alamelu’s father proposed to Ganesan his daughter in marriage and promised him a medical seat after graduation. Ganesan immediately agreed and married Alamelu in June 1940. Alamelu lost her father and her elder sister within one month of her marriage. Ganesans dreams of becoming a doctor shattered. There was no choice left for him, but to find a job immediately as he was the only person to support his family. He got an interview from Indian Air Force. Much against Alamelu’s wishes Ganesan went to Delhi. In Delhi he met his uncle Narayanaswami who advised him to become a teacher. He married Pushpavalli and Savitri later.

Gemini Ganesan fathered the Bollywood actress Rekha, while living with Pushpavalli. He did not acknowledge Rekhas paternity during her childhood. It was in early 1970s, when Rekha was looking for a footing in the Bollywood, that she revealed her origins. Later, at the peak of her career, Rekha told a magazine interviewer that her fathers neglect still rankled and that she had ignored his efforts at reconciliation.

Ganesan was born in a Brahmin family. He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College and was one of the few graduates to enter the film world in those days. He did not take the traditional route of the theatre to the tinsel world. His first job was as a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Madras Christian College. His first cinema-related work (Production Executive in 1947) with the Gemini Studios added the title Gemini to his name.

From the casting department, Ganesan got his first break in films with Miss Malini. This was followed by Chakravarthi, in which he played Lord Krishna. However, not until 1953, when he played the villain in the film Thai Ullam, did people take notice of him as an actor. The next year, he was upgraded as a hero with Manampol Mangalyam. The film paired him with Savitri, who became the mother of two of his children — a daughter and a son. From then on, he carved out a niche for himself in Tamil cinema with films that required a lot of `romance but little `action. Ganesan was one of the Big Three of Tamil cinema, the other two being M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan. Sivaji excelled in films with drama, and MGR dominated movies with fight-sequences and, Gemini Ganesh held his own with sensitive portrayals of the yearning lover.

Fondly known as Kadhal Mannan (King of Romance) among his fans, Ganesan had acted in several box-office hits during his heyday (1950s–1970s). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1971. Gemini Ganesans performances on the screen were enhanced by some talented playback singers like A.M. Rajah and P.B. Srinivos. P.B. Srinivoss mellifluous voice in particular complemented Gemini Ganesan. Many memorable duets of P.B.Srinivos with female playback singer S.Janaki are popular even today. The song "Kalangalil aval vasantham" will always be remembered and associated with Gemini Ganesan.

He had paired with many top heroines such as Savithri whom he later married, Anjalidevi, Banumathi, Padmini, Saroja Devi, Vaijayanthimala, "Sowcar" Janaki, KR Vijaya, Devika, and Jayalalitha.

Later in his career, he switched to little different character roles. Notable among these was Rudraveena (remade in Tamil as Unnal Mudiyum Thambi), considered one of the best movies ever made in Telugu. Another notable movie was Avvai Shanmughi (1996), in which characteristically, he entered into the skin of an old man longing for an old maid. Towards the end of his acting career he kept himself busy with elegant roles in television serials. In his long film career spanning over five decades he had acted in more than 200 films, including a few in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Gemini Ganesan is known as the romance king of Tamil films.

Mr. Ganesh was a man of varied interests. In school, he was captain of the cricket team. A lover of dogs, he had a special liking for Golden Retrievers. All his life, Mr. Ganesh made it a point not to involve himself in any public controversy. Unlike Sivaji Ganesan and MGR, he kept his distance from politics. He was offered a Rajya Sabha seat by former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi but he declined it. On the personal level he was friendly with many of the top personalities but then he did not like to flatter them on stage and kept away from public functions. However, he had a close circle of friends, and always remembered those who helped him in his career.

Though there is different news about the number of wives he had, general information says that Alamelu (family woman), Savitri and Pushpavalli (actresses) were his wives. He is survived by eight daughters and a son. His children are: Dr. Revathi Swaminathan Dr. Kamala Selvaraj Ms. Narayani Ganesh Dr. Jaya Shreedhar the film actress Bhanurekha Ganesan aka Rekha Ms. Radha Usman Syed Ms. Vijaya Chamundeswari, and Mr. Sathish Kumaar Ganesan.

His end came at 22 March 2005, 13:30 IST at the age of 84 in his residence after a prolonged illness caused by Renal Failure and multiple organ failure. He was cremated with full state honours.