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Lakshmi Menon is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in Malayalam with Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011) and debuted in Tamil as female lead with Sundarapandian, which emerged a commercial success.

Lakshmi Menon was born to the daughter of Dubai-based artist Ramakrishanan and dance teacher Usha Menon in Kochi, Kerala.

She started learning dance at her age of 3 and learnt Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Kathakali.

In 2011 Malayalam director Vinayan who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Ideal Couple, directed by Ali Akbar.

After she began acting in Malayalam cinema, she was featured on the cover of a magazine and it caught the attention of director Prabu Solomon, who has cast her in Kumki opposite Vikram Prabhu.

Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which got released before than Kumki and made as her Tamil debut.

Nikitha Narayan is an Indian actress and model. Working as a model since the age of 10, she entered the Telugu film industry in 2011 after participating and winning beauty pageants.

Early life and family

Nikitha was born to Kannada parents on 19th of May 1992 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Her father works in the advertising and corporate communications field and her mother is a qualified interior designer, who opted to be a home maker. She has a younger sister.

She graduated in Bachelor of Management Studies from the St. Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad.  She interned as a Business Analyst at Goldman sachs Bangalore and later got placed in the Facebook company. After her first film, she worked for Amazon.com.

She studied and grew up in Bengaluru, Mysore, Chennai, Vizag and Hyderabad, where she spent most of her time. She is a polyglot and can converse in English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil.

Career

Modelling

Nikitha's modeling career began at the age of 10, when she worked with noted director Rajiv Menon on a television advertisement for Annapurna Iodised salt.  It was followed by ads for Fair and Lovely and other brands over the next few years. In 2009 she won the Dabur Miss Fresh Face of Hyderabad, after which she participated at the 2010 Miss South India contest, earning the second runner-up title along with a host of sub-titles (Miss Congeniality and Miss Beautiful Skin). She next represented the Southern region alongside three other models at the Miss Queen of India 2011.  She finished under the Top 5 and won the Miss Beautiful Eyes title.

Nikitha has also walked the ramp in many fashion shows and designer week, and has modeled for brands in various categories including jewelry and clothing.

Acting

In November 2011, Nikitha entered the film industry when she won the lead role in the Telugu film It's My Love Story directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy. The movie ran successfully for over 50 days across Andhra Pradesh and she received good reviews for her performance. The Hindu wrote that she "makes a sparkling debut" and Rediff wrote that she "looks fresh and has the potential to grow into an actor".  She was nominated in the Best Female Debutant category at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards held in Dubai.

Later, she worked for a Telugu project titled Race under Bhavya creations banner which got released on 1 March 2013. Her next film was a bilingual project titled Made in Vizag in Telugu and Nee Naan Mattum in Tamil. A remake of the Marathi film, Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai, it was directed by Kanmani.  Her first 2015 release was Ladies & Gentlemen directed by Manjunath, in which she was seen as a homemaker.  A week later, she was seen in Pesarattu, which was the first crowd funded Telugu film.

She has completed shooting for Vamsy's Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi opposite Ajmal and is currently filming for her first Kannada project, the triangular love story Geethanjali and for a Telugu project titled Naladamayanthi opposite Sri Vishnu.

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.

Madonna Sebastian, a Kerala-based youngster, will be playing the female lead in director Nalan Kumarasamy’s next, which has actor Vijay Sethupathi as the male lead. The Times of India reported that this yet-to-be-titled will be a breezy romantic drama.Madonna Sebastian is also a playback singer who has rendered a song in the recent Malayalam film, You Too Brutus. She has also performed in several episodes of Music Mojo, a popular music programme on Kappa TV. Madonna is one of the three female leads in director Alphonse Puthran’s upcoming film Premam, which has Nivin Pauly in the lead role.

Gajala is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her debut in the Telugu film Nalo Vunna Prema in 2001.

Gajala lived in Kuwait before her entry into the film industry.

An Interview with Times of India, March 17, 2014; She said that- "I don't see films as a career. Even when I started acting, I was doing films because I enjoy cinema. I never decided that I will do films till I'm 40 or 50 years old. I'm not struggling to work in cinema. If I get a good film, I'll be happy to do it. Otherwise, I'm not worried," she said." - Times of India.

R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh became an actor, worked in Bala's Tharai Thappattai and Muthiah's Marudhu.

Suresh, the son of the producer of the Murali-starrer Poo Vaasam (1999), wanted to be a part of the film industry after being told he had the looks of an actor by director Samuthirakani at a gymnasium. He subsequently began looking for acting opportunities and approached several producers to no avail.

He was offered a role as an extra in Pudhupettai (2006), but his father made him return the advance after being unimpressed about the stature of the role. Suresh then began a film distribution business and experienced success by distributing films such as Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), before first working as a producer with Salim (2014).

In November 2014, Suresh was involved in a legal dispute with actor Vijay Sethupathi, who kept delaying the start of Suresh's production Vasantha Kumaran. He posted a message in social media that he quit the film industry and stated that Studio 9's ongoing projects would be shelved. Suresh blamed Vijay Sethupathi's failure to allot dates for Vasantha Kumaran as the primary reason behind their financial problems and sought legal action against the actor.

The actor clarified that he had informed everything about the issue to the actors’ association and waiting for an official press release jointly from the producer and South Indian Film Artistes’ association.Responding to the allegations, in a statement, Vijay Sethupathi said that Suresh was trying to make the film without sorting out funding. He added that Suresh had indulged in several activities that were wrong and used a lot of bad language, and refused to accept his withdrawal notice.The pair later amicably sorted out differences and later announced another film during the following year, Dharma Durai (2016).

Suresh later signed on to appear as an actor in Bala's Tharai Thappattai, for which he received critical acclaim, and then in Muthiah's Marudhu, portraying the antagonist. The success of the films prompted him to decide to star as the protagonist and announced several films as such as Thani Mugam, Billa Pandi and Kaaka, where he would portray the lead role.

Murali (19 May 1964 – 8 September 2010) was an Indian film actor who appeared in leading and supporting roles in Tamil and Kannada films. Murali has acted with many stars including Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Prabhu Deva, Surya, Parthiban, Sarath Kumar, Mammootty and Sivaji Ganesan. In the 1990s, He has also acted with famous heroines including Meena, Simran, Roja, Devayani, Laila and Rambha.
His son, Adharvaa, debuted as an actor in the 2010 Tamil film Baana Kaathadi.

Murali was the son of Kannada director Siddalingaiah and started acting in Kannada films in 1984.

Murali started his acting career in 1984 with the Kannada film Prema Parva,directed by his father director S. Siddalingaiah. Ajeya, Prema Gange, Thayikotta Thali, Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, Ajay-Vijay are the Kannada movies he did before entering into Tamil film industry. Poovilangu was his first Tamil movie. He earned a good name with that film. He then acted in Pagal Nilavu, along with actress Revathi. The movie introduced the director Mani Ratnam to the Tamil film industry. Though this movie garnered Murali great recognition he could not sustain his success much longer.

His movies started failing at the Box Office one after another.Interestingly,the angry young man image that Murali portrayed in his first few films disappeared after Pagal Nilavu and he appeared more as a soft natured, turning violent only when required, in his subsequent films. He did a lot of romantic drama roles and was remarkably subtle -something distinctly different from his first film - Poovilangu or even Pagal Nilavu. 

Many of these movies were small and moderate successes and he continued as hero in a number of films every year. Then came 'Idhayam - the movie where he portrayed the soft romantic hero pining and longing to reveal his love to his lady. This character appeared perfectly consistent with his image and many remember him as hero of this movie (the movie had hit songs which remind many of Murali) much more than the angry young man of Poovilangu.

In 1990, he starred in Vikraman's Pudhu Vasantham along with Sithara and Anand Babu. where he played one among four friends who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. The movie was such a big hit that it re-wrote Tamil movie history, sparking a whole range of "friendship" films and also propelling his career.

He died in the early hours of 8 September 2010 from a sudden massive heart attack in Chennai.He was survived by his wife Shobha, daughter Kaavya and sons Adharvaa and Akash.

Girish Raghunath Karnad (Kannada: ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್; born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language. His rise as a playwright in 1960s, marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He is a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.[2]

For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He has translated his plays into English and has received acclaim.[3] His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan and Amal Allana.[3] He is active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, in Hindi and Kannada flicks, earning awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and won four Filmfare Awards where three are Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada and one Filmfare Best Screenplay Award.


Girish Karnad was born in Matheran, Maharashtra to Rao Saheb Dr Karnad and Krishna Bai Mankeekara. Krishna Bai was a widow and was serving as a homemaker for Rao Saheb and his bedridden wife for about five years. Rao Saheb and Krishna Bai married according to Arya Samaj tradition. His initial schooling was in Marathi. In Sirsi, Karnataka, he was exposed to travelling theatre groups, Natak Mandalis as his parents were deeply interested in their plays. As a youngster, Karnad was an ardent admirer of Yakshagana and the theater in his village. His family moved to Dharwar in Karnataka when he was 14 years old, where he grew up with his two sisters and niece.


He earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in mathematics and statistics from Karnatak Arts College, Dharwad (Karnataka University), in 1958. Upon graduation Karnad went to England and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln and Magdalen colleges in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (1960–63), earning his Master of Arts degree in philosophy, political science and economics.
Career


After working with the Oxford University Press, Chennai for seven years (1963–70), he resigned to take to writing full-time. While in Chennai he got involved with local amateur theatre group, The Madras Players.


During 1987–88, he was at the University of Chicago as visiting professor and Fulbright playwright-in-residence. During his tenure at Chicago Nagamandala had its world premiere at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis based on Karnad's English translation of the Kannada original. Most recently, he served as director of the Nehru Centre and as Minister of Culture, in the Indian High Commission, London (2000–2003).


He served as director of the Film and Television Institute of India (1974–1975) and chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of the Performing Arts (1988–93).