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Shruti Sawant (born 21 January 1988), better known by her stage name Iniya, is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industries.


Iniya was born as second child to S.Salahuddin and Savithri at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has an elder sister, Swathi who is also a Malayalam television actress and a younger brother, Sravan.[2] Iniya had her primary education from Amritha Vidyalaya and Manakkad Karthika Thirunnal High School. She did her B.B.A course by correspondence.


She acted in several Malayalam television series, short films and telefilms as a child artist. While studying in class four, she acted in the telefilm Koottilekku, which was followed by appearances in tele-serials Orma and Sree Guruvayoorappan by Vayalar Madhavan Kutty. Iniya won the Miss Trivum title in 2005, following which she did modeling and appeared in several television advertisements as well as a number of Malayalam award-winning art films, including Saira (2006), directed Dr. Biju, Dalamarmarangal (2009) and Umma (2011), both directed by Vijayakrishnan. She also played a pivotal role in Rajesh Touchriver's short feature The Sacred Face, which focusses on child abuse.According to her she says that cinema includes the meaning of glamour, action and love. Iniya was introduced to Tamil cinema from the movie padasalai but vagai soodava is the movie showed her acting skills to the audience. After that she did several movies and she couldnt get any chance after doing a ghost movie where she plays the ghost, thanks to her height.


In 2010, she starred in a Tamil film Padagasalai and signed up four more Tamil films, all of which were cancelled or remain unreleased. She next played a supporting role as the sister to Cheran's character in Mysskin's mystery thriller Yuddham Sei. Director A. Sarkunam signed her for the female lead character in his period piece Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), for which she changed her screen name to Iniya. Her portrayal of a tea stall owner was lauded by critics. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote that she was a "welcome find", describing her as "natural, appealing, and very expressive". She played as a medical student and love interest of the hero in the film Mouna Guru co-starring Arulnidhi. Bharathiraja signed her for his film Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum, being impressed with her performance in Vaagai Sooda Vaa, but after the script was changed, her role was removed from the film.


She was part of a number of offbeat films in Malayalam like Ayaal, Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam and Radio. In 2014, she was first seen as herself in Vikraman's Ninaithathu Yaaro [12] and later in Pulivaal, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Chaappa Kurishu. She has been signed for Madhu Kaithapram's In the Limelight in which she plays a dancer.

Karthik Raj is an Indian actor who works in Tamil film and television industry.

Karthik started his acting career with the TV show, Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalooriyin Kadhai (2011-2012), where he essayed the role of Karthikeyan. Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalooriyin Kadhai was followed by Ram Vinayak’s Office. He participated in Jodi Number One Season 7 with Nancy Jennifer. He also rendered his voice as a narrator in a short film "Yaanum Neeyum" starring Vetri, his co-actor in K5.

He has acted as a lead actor in the movies 465  and Naalu Peruku Nalladhun Edhuvum Thappilla.The films, however, failed in the box office and his performance received mixed reviews. 

In 2017, Karthik essayed the role of Adithyaa in the Tamil daily soap Sembaruthi alongside newcomer Shabana Shajahan. The serial made Karthik a household name. In December 2020, however, Karthik Raj was replaced due to unforeseen reasons as quoted in the channel's official statement.

In 2020 Karthik starred in Mugilan alongside Ramya Pandian. The crime thriller miniseries released on ZEE5 streaming platform on October 30, 2020 to mixed reviews. 

Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor.

He graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 2000, after studying Architecture at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has acted with the Motley Theatre Group in plays such as Manto Ismat Haazir Hain, Safed Jhooth Kaali Shalwar, Katha Kollage II, All Thieves, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and Salome. His film career began with the Indian ground-breaking film Mango Soufflé, followed by the highly acclaimed films Maqbool and Missed Call.

Ankur played the role of Maman in Slumdog Millionaire (2008). It was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight - the most for any 2008 film-including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best adapted screenplay. It won seven BAFTA awards including Best Film, five Critic's Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. In the film, he discovers the children while they are living in the trash heaps and brings them to his Orphanage. He won a Screen Actor's Guild Award for his highly acclaimed and appreciated performance as Maman.

He also played the lead in The Forest. He was most recently seen in Telugu language film Kedi and Hindi film Striker. In Tamil cinema he debuted in Mariyan (2013) where he played the role of an oil worker.
He played Yakub, the antagonist terrorist leader, in the TV Series 24.

He then worked on Nirbhaya-A play by Yael Farber for 3 years. The play was about the gang rape on a bus in Delhi on 16 December 2012. It was also about sexual abuse, patriarchy and misogyny. It won a fringe first, an Amnesty award and a heralds angel when it opened in Edinburgh. It is considered by many critics and audiences to be one of the most important works of human rights theatre in the world.

This was followed by films like Phobia with Radhika Apte, Jazbaa with Irrfan Khan, And Yaara by Tigmanshu Dhulia. His series Betaal is on Netflix and Paatal lok is on Amazon Prime. Saina by Amol Gupte, Inside Edge, Season 3 and Baahubali, before the beginning will release later this year.

Sandali Sinha is a famous actress and model. She got into the limelight after her performance in the film 'Tum Bin' was appreciated. Sandali was born on 24th January 1981 in Muzaffarpur , Bihar. Sandali hails from an Air Force background. She lost her father at a very young age. Her mother single handedly raised 3 children. Sandali went to Jesus and Mary college in Delhi. After that she learnt acting from Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting institute. Sandali's family has many pilots and doctors. Hence in childhood, she wanted to become a doctor. But she got a small experience in a fashion show which made her rethink on taking a career in showbiz. Sandali holds a bachelors degree in commerce.

After finishing education, Sandali shifted to Mumbai for better career opportunities. Within a short span she became a model. She got into the fame when she appeared in Sonu Nigam's music video 'Deewana'. The video was directed by Anubhav Sinha. Anubhav then took her in his film 'Tum Bin' which is Sandali's debut film. She made her debut with three famous models Rakesh Bapat, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Himanshu Malik.

Sandali later appeared in films like 'Pinjar' ,'Om' ,'Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo' ,'Nigehbaan' and 'Main Rony Aur Jony' etc. She acted in one Telugu film named as 'Orey Pandu'. Sandali got married to Kiran Salaskar in 2005 and the couple has one child.

Santhanam is a Tamil film actor, who plays comedy roles in Tamil films. Santhanam hails from a middle class family from Chennai.He belongs to the Iyengar community. He did his diploma in mechanical engineering in a polytechnic institute. Santhanam started his career in Television in a comedy show titled Lollu Sabha and went on to do Tamil films starring in Manmadhan in 2004. and best known for his roles in director M. Rajesh's comic trilogy, comprising Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009), Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010) and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012), the former two earning him the Vijay Award for Best Comedian for their respective years. After Manmadhan, he continued his collaboration with actor Silambarasan, appearing in successful comedy tracks in Vallavan, Kaalai, Silambattam, Vaanam and Osthe. As of 2012, he is the most popular comedian working in Tamil cinema. And  he acted with Karthi in Siruthai (2011) and Saguni (2012) . Based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India Santhanam won the Best Actor in a Comic Role for Vaanam.

Kim Sharma aka Kim Sharma is a model and actress who came into the limelight after she appeared in YRF's 'Mohabbatein'. She was born on 21st January 1980 in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Her father was a businessman and her mother was a homemaker. Kim is a cousin sister of actor Arjun Rampal. Kim has three sisters. She went to St. Joseph's Convent in Panchgani. After finishing her school education, she returned to her hometown and enrolled herself in the Junior college. But soon she left the college to pursue the career in modeling when she was in 12th standard. It is reported that Kim was dating cricketer Yuvraj Singh for a while but eventually they broke up.

Kim auditioned for Close-up toothpaste when she was on a trip to Mumbai and got selected. After that, she did modeling for many brands like Pepsi, Sunsilk, Tata Safari, Ponds, Fair & Lovely, Liril and Clean-n-Clear. She is a brand ambassador for 'Olay' in India.

Director Aditya Sharma noticed Kim and signed her for his multistarer film 'Mohabbatein'. The film got other newcomers like Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Shamita Shetty and Preeti Jhangiani. The film was a huge box office success and boosted Kim's career in the industry.

Kim later acted in some films which were not successful at the box office. She did some south Indian films too. Some of the films in which Kim was seen are 'Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hain' ,'Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar' ,'Fida' ,'Yakeen' ,'Tom Dick And Harry' ,'Zindaggi Rocks' ,'Money Hain To Honey Hain' ,'Deshdrohi' and 'Loot' etc.

Sundar C. is a South Indian film director and actor. He has directed 25 films in Kollywood. His acting debut came in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram. Initially he worked as an assistant director to Actor/Director Manivannan and he was introduced as a director in the family drama Murai Maman. His most notable successful films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam, Unnaithedi and Anbe Sivam. Other successful films include Mettukudi, Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga , Winner, Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar, Ullam Kollai Poguthae, Kalakalappu and the most recent Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru.He recently made his directorial debut in Telugu with the film, Something Something.

Pradeep Ram Singh Rawat is an Indian actor. He is notable for playing villainous roles in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films.

He worked as a banker in U.C.O Bank, Wright Town, Jabalpur (M.P.)

Rawat's first appearance was in Mahabharat as Ashwatthama, Dronacharya's son. He also appeared in the Yug (TV series) as British Police Officer Marshal.

He also appeared in memorable roles in Bollywood films such as Sarfarosh as Sultan, in Lagaan as Deva, in Ghajini (2005) as Ram and Lakshman and in Ghajini (2008) as Ghajini Dharmatma.

Rawat was introduced into Tollywood with hit film Sye. In Tamil films, his memorable hit was Ghajini where he appeared in a double role.