Showing all artists born in October 8

Dharan Kumar is an Indian music composer, who mainly produces film scores and soundtracks in the Tamil film industry. He made his film debut Parijatham, featuring the hit single \\\"Unnai Kandene\\\".

Dharan was born on 8 October 1983 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling at St. Johns, Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Anna Gem schools in Chennai. He started working as an assistant to composer Harris Jayaraj in the films Kaakha Kaakha, Chellame and Anniyan.

Dharan used to participate in music programs in the college, director K. Bhagyaraj\\\'s daughter Saranya studied in. For her debut venture, Parijatham, directed by her father, Saranya recommended Dharan as the film composer. The album became a chartbuster, with the song \\\"Unnai Kandaene\\\" being listed among the top ten songs of the year. Sify in its review described Dharan\\\'s songs and background score as \\\"a major highlight\\\" of the film, which became a commercial successful as well.

His next release was the soundtrack album to the low-budget horror thriller Sivi that starred newcomers. The album received very positive reviews and response as well, while Dharan\\\'s background score was highly appreciated by critics and described as \\\"haunting\\\", and \\\"top-class\\\" that gives the film \\\"its true color\\\". Behindwoods, in particular, praised his work, citing that Dharan had \\\"enjoyed his work and threatened [the audience] continuously with his music\\\", further adding that he had understood his role \\\"perfectly well\\\" and \\\"delivered the goods with a sharp flourish\\\".The film, despite garnering favorable reviews, performed poorly at the box office. Only 2009, his next album, the soundtrack to the gangster film Laadam, released, which was based on Hip-hop music, featuring Malaysian rappers Dr. Burn and Emcee Jezz. The film, directed by Prabu Solomon, also bombed at the box office, failing to propel his career.

In 2010, Dharan first release was Bharath\\\'s Thambikku Indha Ooru, which, too was highly unsuccessful at the box office, while his next release would be Siddu, collaborating again with K. Bhagyaraj. The soundtrack to the film was released in 2009, for which he made composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and director Venkat Prabhu to sing each a song, with the former\\\'s song \\\"Poove Poove\\\" emerging a chartbuster. He made his Malayalam debut with The Thriller, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and worked on the Salsa-based romantic-musical Podaa Podi which also features a Bhangra number.Upon the release on 10 October 2012, the album became a big chartbuster.

Veda Archana Sastry  is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in numerous South Indian-language films, predominantly in Telugu. Debuting as Archana in Tapana, she subsequently changed her stage name to Veda, by which she was more popularly known in Telugu cinema. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Nenu, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Aa Dinagalu.

Jassi aka Mona Singh is a famous actress and a television presenter. She got into fame with the serial 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi' on Sony entertainment television. Born on 8th October 1980, Mona hails from a sikh family. She has grown up in Nagpur and Pune.

Mona's first venture was 'Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi' where she played a central character, which brought her lots of fame and fan following. Then she took part in one dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and won that show. She then participated in an event based on AIDS awareness. In 2007 she became the brand ambassador for Sony Entertainment Television.

Mona has done the anchoring for the shows like Extreme Makeover, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 4 and Extra Shots. She has done endorsement for many brands. She also hosted the show Entertainment ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. Mona made one film named as 'Bobby Pushkarna' Mona has featured in the blockbuster '3 Idiots' as Kareena Kapoor's elder sister, Mona. She was also seen in the movie 'Utt Pataang'. Mona is a leading model and has bagged many awards for her performance on the small screen.

Currently, the talented actress is busy in her daily soap on Sony Entertainment Television, Kya Hua Tera Vaada.

Sameksha Singh, also known as Sameksha, is an Indian actress, mostly appearing in Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil films.She has been part of various films like 143, Arinthum Ariyamalum, Kirpaan, Fateh and she is playing an intelligence agent Keerti who goes as undercover documentary maker Indira jai singh to know the truth about Sartaj singh on Star Plus's P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke.

Sameksha, born as Samiksha Singh, is the daughter of Sat Paul, a business man, and Usha Kwatra, a retired official at the Punjab Secretariat. She was raised in Punjab with traditional values and orthodox upbringing. With Sameksha’s father’s business seeing some bad times and the family running solely on her mother’s income, she was brought up to know the importance of education, security and stability in life.

Even after graduating as an Electronics Engineer, such strict regimes made it difficult for her to break out of her shell and she guarded her personal space. She was always an introvert, never a rebellious child. But from not being a people’s person back then, Sameksha has grown up to be a charming, positive and witty woman that she is today.

Sameksha started her career through modelling, which she forayed into at a very early stage in her life. Her parents didn’t approve of the career shift that she made, but with convincing and compromising she made her way into the field. She went on to act in films despite the fact she didn’t have any acting background or experience. She also studied Shakespearean literature and drama during this time, balancing her studies and career efficiently.

Her big break into the film industry came through the dynamic director Puri Jagannadh who cast her as the lead female role in the Telugu movie 143. She played the role of Sanjana and won the heart of the masses in Tollywood too. From then on, her journey in the Film Industry took off and she acted in many other films.

After making her mark with the first film itself in Tollywood, Sameksha made her debut in Kollywood with the popular Tamil movie Arinthum Ariyamalum  where she starred opposite Navdeep and Arya, directed by Vishnu Vardhan. She won the award for the Best Debut Actress in Tamil industry for the same. She further appeared in her next release, Mercury Pookkal, opposite Srikanth and Meera Jasmine. Till date, Sameksha has starred in more than 15 movies in Tamil and Telugu.

She has been part of various mediums and languages over time and her role in Vaapsi has been critically acclaimed in various film festivals. She learnt Gatka (Sikh martial art) for her movie Fateh. And for her contributions to punjabi cinema she was given Balraj Sahni Honour Award She was part of other commercial comedy hits like Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Jatts In Golmaal,Kirpaan, Fateh, etc.
Sameksha made her debut in T.V. soaps with the Sahara One show Zaara – Pyaar ki Saugat where she played the titular role.

She was also seen playing the role of Nilanjana Roy in the popular daily soap Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli on Zee TV. She played the role of the wife of male protagonist acp Arjun rawte's wife Roshni on a crime series Arjun on Star Plus. Currently she is a part of the cutting-edge Indian political thriller drama, P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke, where she plays the role of Indira Jai Singh – a documentary filmmaker who is enthusiastic about capturing the lives of the Kargil war heroes.

Sameksha has also appeared in many print commercials like Kit-Kat, Monte Carlo, American Express Card, Amway, World Gold Council, Mother Dairy, Havell’s switches and television commercials like Johnson's baby prickly heat powder, Hyundai Xing, Sunsilk, Metro Tyres, Univercell mobile, etc. She undertook an intensive training course in acting at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Academy, New York Campus in 2015.