Showing all artists born in July 26

An ex-model and now a Bollywood actress, Mugdha Godse is originally from Pune. She was born on 26 July 1986. In the year 2004, Mugdha was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India competition.

Mugdha is basically from a simple well-to-do family based in Pune, Maharashtra. She is having a sister named 'Madhura'. Mugdha has been a contestant in various local beauty contests. The damsel was the winner of 'Gladrags Mega Model Hunt' in 2002. She also won 'Miss Body Beautiful 2002' title in the same event.

Charming Mugdha was a participant at the prestigious 'Femina Miss India' contest, which is considered as Indian grand modeling contest. The other awards bagged by her include 'Miss Perfect 10' at Pond's Femina Miss India competition, 'Best National Costume as Miss India' at Best Model Of The World competition in 2002.

During television commercial of Airtel, the glam doll shared screen space with Shah Rukh Khan. Mugdha was also the fresh face for Close-Up advertisement. This Maharashtrian beauty ventured into modeling field for more than five years. In this period, she performed music videos, press advertisements, commercials and ramp-walk for national and international shows.

The charming Mugdha received her first golden chance in the movie 'Fashion' by Madhur Bhandarkar in 2008. In this movie, her co-stars were the established actresses like Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut. For the performance in film 'Fashion', Mugdha got nominated for 'Best Female Debut' at Filmfare Awards. Apsara Award conferred the title 'Best Female Debutante' to Mugdha. Mugdha accomplished a lot of accolades in the Bollywood industry.

Other than 'Fashion', Mugdha displayed her acting talent in films like 'Jail' in 2009, 'All The Best' in 2009, 'Will You Marry Me?' in 2012, 'Help' in 2010, 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' in 2012, 'Heroine' in 2012 (cameo), and 'Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns' in 2013 (Item number).

The upcoming flicks by this bombshell include 'Afra Tafri' and 'Oh God! Saare Hai Fraud'. The films are slated to release in the year 2013.

Abhirami (born Divya Gopikumar on 26 July 1983) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.Her height helped her in starting her career as a TV anchor for the program Top Ten aired on Asianet Channel. She is a versatile singer also. She acted in a small role in a Malayalam film Pathram in 1999. Later she acted in hit films like Millennium Stars, Njangal Santhushtaraanu, Sraddha etc.

Before acting in films, She acted in a 100 episode Malayalam serial Akshaya Pathram by Sreekumaran Thampy.She also starred as a child artist in renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's movie Kathapurushan.

She acted opposite top actors in Malayalam film industry including Superstar Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram etc. Later she shifted to Kollywood starring in films like Middle Class Madhavan, Samudhiram etc. She acted opposite Prabhu, Sharath Kumar, Arjun etc. in Tamil. Her first Tamil film was Vanavil opposite Arjun. The biggest film of her career is Virumaandi opposite Acting Legend Kamal Hassan. She won lot of critical accolades for the role she portrayed in the film. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, she acted in Telugu and Kannada films and was a popular actress in Tollywood. she acted opposite Superstar Upendra in the film Raktha Kanneeru in 2004, and in Sriram opposite superstar Shivrajkumar She is also an excellent poet and a trained costume hair stylist.

Suman Ranganathan (Kannada: ಸುಮನ್ ರಂಗನಾಥನ್; born 26 July 1974) is an Indian model and actress who has starred in Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films.

Suman Ranganath was born to Kannadiga parents in Bangalore, Karnataka on 26 July 1974.Ranganath debut was in the Kannada film Santha Shishunala Sharifa, in which she played the wife of Shareefa played by Sridhar.

She then appeared in director Shankar Nag's film C.B.I. Shankar. She appeared in Fareb (1996), her first Bollywood film, which was an Indian adaptation of Unlawful Entry (1992).

She appeared as an Indian-American socialite in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999). In 2003 she appeared in Baghban. Ranganath was also in a team of judges for the Mr India World 2007.

Chinni Jayanth (born: Krishnamurthy Narayanan) is a Tamil director, Producer, Comedian, Actor, and Mimicry Artist, who has appeared in many Main , Character and Supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular Television personality having hosted innumerable Hit shows like 'Sagalai Vs Ragalai ', 'Kalakka Povathu Yaar ' and the popular show Asathapovathu Yaaru on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also the recipient of the prestigious 'KALAIMAMANI AWARD 'given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of Cinema . He received this award from the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.

He carved a niche for himself with his unique style of comedy which included the creation of some unique words like gilfans, silfans etc. which became a rage among the youth. His supporting roles in movies like Kizhaku Vasal, Idhayam, Kan Ethire Thondrinal, and Chinna pulla, have been widely appreciated by the audience.

Chinni Jayanth is an alumnus of Wesley High School, Chennai. He went on to study at New College, Royapettah. He then completed his acting course (Diploma in Film Technology, DFTech) from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Taramani.

Jayanth began his acting career in 1984, playing the eccentric villain in director Mahendran's film Kai Kodukkum Kai the film was a disaster at the Box office, starring alongside veteran Indian actor Rajnikanth.

Chinni Jayanth is also a world famous mimic. He has been conferred the title of 'MIMICRY SUPERSTAR ' for his extraordinary Mimicry skills and also for being the Pioneer in this field having popularised this Art form not just in films but in Stage shows all over the world. 

He has the ability to mimic not just great personalities but can mimic the actions and gestures of many animals and real life characters like the vendors also. He has performed all over the world. Chinni Jayanth has performed for prestigious organisation like ATMA (American Tamil Medical Association ) and GATS ( Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam )in the US and for various other prestigious organisations across the Globe

Jayanth's performance in Chinna Pulla (1994) along with Revathy was well received. In the movie, Jayanth portrayed a mentally challenged person. This movie was also the first production of his company Ashtalakshmi Creators.His first directional venture was the film Unakkaga Mattum.  The second film he directed was Kaanal Neer, which introduced J.K. Rithesh and Manisha Chatterjee in lead roles.

He has directed the recent movie Neeye Yen Kaadhali (2010). and played a vital role in the screen play.  The film was graded by experts Suresh Menon and Brian Jennings at HD Studios, Sushma Multimedia, Chennai.

Chinni Jayanth has also anchored many hit shows in different channels, such as like Sagalai vs Ragalai and Kalakka povathu yaar on Vijay TV.

G. M. Kumar is an Indian film actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films.

Kumar debuted in films by directing Sivaji Productions' Aruvadai Naal (1986) with Prabhu in the lead role. The film won good reviews and fetched Kumar several offers to make more films, though he noted that he rejected several as the producers were unwilling to have Ilaiyaraaja as composer. Thus his market value significantly diminished and only went to make three more films despite his initial success. His decision to produce and direct Uruvam became a financial failure and put him into bankruptcy.

He ended up making his acting debut as a villain in Bharathiraja's Captain Magal (1992), before disappearing to make documentaries and to study anthropology. In the early 2000s, he was once again on the verge of bankruptcy and chose to act in minor roles offered by his proteger Raj Kapoor, in films including Ramchandra and the unreleased Sivalingam IPS. He expressed his surprise at being given an offer by Shankar's production house and took up the role in Veyil (2006) to make ends meet, winning acclaim for his role.

Bala approached him to star in Avan Ivan as a character called Highness, with his performance winning him a nomination for the Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor. Critics labelled his performance as "riveting", though the film only won average reviews.

Boodgur Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu (26 July 1910 – 8 October 1974), better known as B. R. Panthulu, was an Indian film director, producer, and actor.

He is best known for directing films in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are Sri Krishnadevaraya, School master, Kittur Channamma, Karnan, Veerapandiya Kattabomman, B. R. Panthulu which earned good name for ever for him in Indian film history converted Ma. Po.
Si.'s biography works 'Veerapandiya Kattabomman' (a movie about a local chieftain who fought with the British in the 18th century in Tamil Nadu) and Kappalottiya Thamizhan' (a movie about a disciple Of Bal Gangathar Thilak, leading lawyer, first leader in South India, called as Thilak of South India) who rebelled against the British rule that forbade Tamils operating shipping companies) to celluloid.

Before coming into the film industry, he worked as a teacher. He made his debut as an actor in the 1936 Kannada movie Samsara Nauke. Samsara Nauke was produced by Devi Films based in Chennai. Directed by H. L. N. Simha, the film starred B.R. Panthulu, M.V. Rajamma, Dikki Madhava Rao, S.K. Padmadevi, and M.S. Madhava Rao. The hero marries against his grandfather's wishes and is cast out.

His troubles do not end here – he finds no favour with his in-laws, loses his job, and finds himself accused of murdering the bride his grandfather had chosen for him.The film was adapted from a play by the Chadrakala Natak Mandali, and remained true to the original's reformist ideal. He made his directional debut in the 1957 movie Thangamalai Ragasiyam (1957), which he produced himself.He directed many remarkable Kannada movies like School master, Sri Krishna deva Raya,Kittur Channamma etc.,
He has produced and directed 57 films in all South Indian languages under the banner of Padmini Pictures