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Naveen Chandra reddy is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. He made his debut in the 2012 Telugu romantic comedy Andala Rakshasi (2012) and won critical acclaim for his performance, before playing leading roles in Tamil films.

Naveen Chandra made his debut as hero in Agarathi, a Tamil movie which did not receive a huge reception in the Tamil movie industry. In 2012, he entered the Telugu industry through the movie Andala Rakshasi which garnered him huge response from the viewers and professionals for his performance and won rave reviews for enacting a passionate lover Surya in the film.

In the bilingual films Dalam and Koottam, Naveen played an ex-naxalite who struggles to return to lead a normal life. The Telugu version released in 2013, while the Tamil version will release in early 2014. For his role in Sathyashiva's Sivappu, he lived incognito as a labourer in his friend's construction company for two weeks in order to get into his character. The film will also release in 2014, as would a third film Therodum Veedhiyile, which he had shot for in 2012.

He was also signed as the second lead in the Tamil film Brahman, which will become his first acclaimed release in Tamil, since his first movie was not a commercially successful film that did no justice for his acting abilities. He has also signed on for the lead role in producer C. V. Kumar's Sarabam.

Ashwin Kakumanu  is an Indian film actor, who is best known for his role in Venkat Prabhu's action thriller, Mankatha.


From his childhood, Ashwin has always been a movie buff and grew up watching films of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Each and everyone of their movies served as an inspiration to him. Initially he was interested in filmmaking; but now more inclined towards the acting career. He would like to work with Vidya Balan in terms of actresses and Trisha in kollywood.


Ashwin initially unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The director Gautham Menon was close to giving him the role. But Ashwin was noticed by the assistant directors of the film and recommended him for the role as Arjun, the boyfriend of Sameera Reddy's character.


Ashwin Kakumanu was later signed to portray a role in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha which featured an ensemble cast including Ajith Kumar, Vaibhav Reddy and Arjun after Prabhu was impressed with a short film which Ashwin had directed and acted. Ashwin appeared as a local Dharavi police officer, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman who had pulled out of the film. Mankatha released to critical and commercial acclaim in August 2011, with Ashwin gaining recognition for his portrayal. He was next seen in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu in a supporting role as Ashwin, a young scientist, who helps put together a plan alongside the characters played by Suriya and Shruti Haasan. He also appeared in a supporting role in Gautham Menon's Ekk Deewana Tha featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson.

Mumtaj is a Tamil film actress, probably best known for her performance in Kushi.

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)