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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.

Iyshwarya Rajesh is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in leading roles. After winning the reality show Maanada Mayilada, she made her debut in Avargalum Ivargalum (2011) and became known after starring in Attakathi (2012) portraying the role of Amudha.


Iyshwarya\\\'s father Rajesh was an actor who had appeared in 50 films in Telugu. Her grandfather Amarnath too acted in lead roles, while her aunt Srilakshmi, is a Telugu comedy actor with over 500 films to her credit.


She studied at Ethiraj College for Women and graduated with a B.Com degree.She started to learn dance since she needed to choreograph a stage show for a student cultural fest and later entered the reality show Maanada Mayilada on Kalaignar TV. She won the show\\\'s third season and got offered roles in films thereafter.


Iyshwarya made her debut in the 2011 film Avargalum Ivargalum, playing one of the lead roles, which was followed by minor roles in S. A. Chandrasekhar\\\'s Sattapadi Kutram and Vilayada Vaa. She appeared in the 2012 cult film, Attakathi, portraying the character of Amudha. She also acted in the film Aachariyangal and Puthagam, in which she was paired opposite Sanjay Bharathi.


In 2014, she was seen alongside Vijay Sethupathi in two films, Rummy, and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum, released within two weeks. While the first film was a village drama set in the 1980s, the latter was based on a short film of the same name, and revolved around an old man and his vintage car Premier Padmini. Critics praised her performances, especially in Rummy. Hindustan Times wrote that she was \\\"extremely promising\\\" while film critic Baradwaj Rangan noted that she was \\\"expressive\\\", calling her \\\"a tonic for nerves frayed by the alabaster automatons we usually get as heroines\\\". Her upcoming films include Thirudan Police and Seenu Ramasamy\\\'s Idam Porul Eval.

Nithin Sathya, is a Tamil film actor from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His first notable role was in Chennai 600028 (2007), where he played a street cricket player. Since then he has been cast as a villain in Satham Podathey (2007) and in supporting roles in films like Raman Thediya Seethai. He has played the lead role in Pandhayam (2007) and Muthirai (2008).

Raghavan Murugaiyan (born January 9, 1976) is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Lawrence" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernized dance moves and has won 4 Filmfare Awards & 3 Nandi Awards


Lawrence had brain tumor when he was a child and rarely went to school. He got cured after his mother went to a temple of Raghavendra Swami  and Lawrence strongly believes that it was Raghavendra Swami who cured him of his tumour. He became an ardent devotee of the deity and added its name to his name. He built the Raghavendra Swamy Brindavanam Temple at Thirumullaivayal on the Avadi-Ambattur route, which opened from January 1, 2010.


He was working as a car cleaner for fight master Super Subbarayan. Rajinikanth saw him dancing and helped him to join the Dancers Union. Chiranjeevi offered him the job of choreographing the dances for Hitler. Pleased with Lawrence's work, Chiranjeevi asked him to choreograph dances for Master, his next film too.


Lawrence first appeared in a song in Donga Police in 1991, also doing some dances with Prabhu Deva. He was a background dancer in the song Chikku Bukku Chikku Bukku Railey in Gentleman. He also appeared in dance sequences in Muta Mesthri, Rakshana and Allari Priyudu. Producer T V D Prasad offered him the role of a hero in his venture Speed Dancer. That film was a flop. After that he acted in 2 Tamil films as hero and those films also flopped. Director K. Balachander invited him to act in his 100th film Parthale Paravasam.

Nandha Periyasamy is an Indian film director, who has worked in Tamil cinema.

During his period as an assistant director, Nandha Periyasamy shared was a room mate of director N. Lingusamy and the pair often narrated their scripts to one another. His first film Oru Kalluriyin Kathai (2005) was a college romance starring Arya and Sonia Agarwal and opened to average reviews, with a critic noting "the story of Nandha Periyasamy is unbelievable and the narration is slow paced." The film had a lukewarm response at the box office, and the director then wanted to do a film that would strike an instant chord with the audience. With a script in hand, he wanted to rope in established artistes but nothing materialised for nearly two years and he thus decided to come up with another script where he would not have to rely on big stars. In his second film Maathi Yosi, the director dared to touch upon sensitive issues like untouchability and casteism. Featuring a predominantly new cast and inspired by the rural milieu renaissance started by Sasikumar in Subramaniyapuram (2008), his film opened to mixed reviews with a critic noting "starting promisingly by focusing on the casteist problem, the films goes wayward and loses its opportunity to be a unique movie." During the period he took up acting roles, notably appearing in Mayandi Kudumbathar (2009) alongside nine other directors. He returned in 2013 with a venture titled Azhagan Azhagi.

Yechan Gunja Mahendran , popularly known as Y. G. Mahendran or Y. Gee. Mahendra, is an Indian dramatist, actor, singer playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the son of Y. G. Parthasarathy, regarded as one of the pioneers of modern Tamil drama and Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder and dean of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan group of schools. Mahendra is also the cousin of Bollywood actress Vyjayanthimala and the co-brother of Rajinikanth.


Y. G. Mahendran was born on 9 January 1950 to Y. G. Parthasarathy and Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy. Y.G.P. founded the United Amateur Artists (UAA), one of the first drama companies in Madras city, in the year 1952. His drama company was a success and he emerged as one of the foremost dramatists of his era. Mahendra's mother Mrs. Rajalakshmi (also called Mrs. Y.G.P.) was the founder of the Padma Seshadri Group of Schools. Starting from modest beginnings in a thatched shed in the terrace of the Y.G.P home in 1959 with a batch of eleven students as an act of social service for the members of the Nungambakkam Recreation Club the school has since emerged as one of the best schools in India.


Hailing from a family of stage-lovers, Mahendra soon developed a liking for drama from his early days. He played the part of comedian in school plays and earned acclaim. On completion of his schooling from Don Bosco Matriculation School, Egmore, Chennai-600008, he studied Chemical Engineering at A.C.College of Technology, Univ. Madras, Guindy and MBA. During his college days, he was touted as a prospective film actor. He was in his early teens when he joined his father's drama troupe, the United Amateur Artists (UAA). This gave him the desired break. His first few plays were huge successes attracting audiences by thousands. Mahendra's had become one of the prominent names in the city. Eventually, he had to choose between acting and his career and he choose the former.


Y.G. Mahendran's daughter was married to legendary actress Savithri's grandson.