Showing all artists born in February 21

She is an all-in one package. Deepal Shaw is an Indian model, actress and singer. She was born on 21 February, 1986 in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Deepal was brought up in Mumbai. Her father was born in Ayodhya, while her mother is from Lucknow. The model is having a younger brother. Deepal was a student of D. P Y. A High School at Dadar.

Deepal was just six years old, when she was given singing lessons from her parents. She is the degree holder in Psychology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

This Baby Doll commenced her career as a model. Deepal participated in Miss India Beauty Pageant in the year 2004. Then, the dusky beauty decided to venture into singing field. In 2004, the debutant singer Deepal released her first album titled 'Baby Doll'. The album contained several super hit tracks like 'Rangeela Rey' and 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar'.

The music of Deepal's album mainly consists of old Hindi songs' funky remixes. The remixes are usually studded with hip hop elements and powerful bass sound. Her music albums were hugely promoted by MTV India. The channel showcased her largely famous music videos.

She was on the top of her music career, when she thought of rubbing her luck on the big screen of Bollywood. Initially, she signed one of the films by Hriday Shetty named 'Daag - Shades of Love'. Nevertheless, the film could not go on the floor. Deepal began her filmy career with a controversial flick titled 'Kalyug' by Mahesh Bhatt. Emraan Hashmi and newbie Kunal Khemu were the co-stars of Deepal in this movie. She essayed the character of a porn star in 'Kalyug'. The critics praised Deepal for her role.

'Karma Confessions and Holi' (2009) was the next project of Deepal and Manish Gupta was the director of it. This movie starred the other stars like Randeep Hooda, Sushmita Sen and international star Naomi Campbell. Deepal Shaw performed a cameo in the film 'A Wednesday!' (2008). She played the role of a reporter called as 'Naina Roy' in this film.

The other movies of Deepal Shaw include 'Chamku' (2008), 'Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge' (2009), 'Runway' (2009), 'Right Yaaa Wrong' (2010) and 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster' (2011).

Vedhika (Born: Pooja Kumar) is an Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.

After finishing her education by graduating in B.Sc in Business Administration and M.Sc in Marketing from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, Vedhika enlisted in Kishore Namith Kapoor School to learn acting and dancing skills for a career in films. During her time she was involved in modelling assignments and did a notable advert for biscuits alongside prominent actor Suriya. She was subsequently approached by Arjun to essay the lead role in his production Madrasi and Vedhika accepted the role. Her role went largely unnoticed due to the film being based around Arjun's action image, with a critic labelling her performance as "adequate". After the release of Madrasi, Vedhika went on to sign a big budget Hindi language film, Jai Santoshi Maa, a remake of the 1975 film of the same name, but the film failed to subsequently materialize and Vedhika continued acting in South Indian films. She went on to feature in Raghava Lawrence's comedy horror Muni, but her role was minimal once again and the film went to become an average grosser commercially. Her maiden Telugu venture was in Vijayadasami, a remake of the Tamil film Sivakasi, where her performance was described as "okay" and "average" by critics.

Her first release in 2008, was the Silambarasan starrer Kaalai, received negative reviews and became a commercial failure. However, the film became notable for the dance number, "Kutti Pisase" with Vedhika's dancing being critically appreciated. She went on to appear in a second successive film which was panned by critics and which became a financial failure with a role in Sakkarakatti. The long-delayed film featured Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj making his debut in the lead role and A. R. Rahman providing the soundtrack, however Vedhika's role was described as one of the sole positives from the project.  Later that year, she starred in a Kannada film, Sangama opposite Ganesh, and the film fetched her average reviews for her performance.

In 2009, she appeared as the radio jockey Anjali in A. Venkatesh's Malai Malai with the film consequently going on to become a success commercially.

The film had little scope for Vedhika and reviews cited her role as "pure eye candy" whilst claiming she was "apt" for the role. She made a comeback to Telugu films in the same year, with a role in the critically acclaimed Baanam.  Her role won her plaudits, whilst her on screen presence with Nara Rohit was praised with a critic citing she gives "good company as the naïve girl" and it is "refreshing to see them together". After the release of Baanam, Vedhika went on a sabbatical and did not sign any other films until, despite making an appearance in a notable advert with Karthi for mobile company Airtel. She signed and next featured in the Telugu film Daggaraga Dooranga opposite Sumanth, which opened to average reviews in August 2011.

The actress was signed up by director Bala for Paradesi (2013), an adaptation of the 1969 tragic novel Red Tea, set in the 1930s. The actress signed the film in December 2011 and did not accept to appear in any other project till the release, sporting a significantly de-glamourised appearance and portraying a village character for the first time. The film, which also starred Adharvaa and Dhansika opened to unanimously positive reviews in March 2013 and performed well at the box office. Critics raved about her performance as Angamma, with the critic from Times of India noting that "after doing roles that only required her to look pretty, Vedhika gets a chance to show off her acting skills" with Indiaglitz.com citing that she "produced a memorable performance". The critic from Rediff.com noted that "Vedhika plays the role of a young village belle to perfection", while Sify.com labelled that she delivered a "spellbinding performance".

Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer from Mysore, Karnataka.  He has sung in Hindi films such as Blue, Yuvvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan and Force. He has also performed in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi movies. He has hosted the Kannada reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain.

He is also one of four singers credited for the song "Jai Ho", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.  Specifically, he sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho" that takes an extended high pitch at numerous junctures of the song.  The song also won a Grammy Award in the category "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.  He has also won the very prestigious Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Kannada for the song 'Gatiya Ilidu' from the Kannada film 'Ulidavaru Kandante.

Early life

Prakash was born in Mysore, India to Carnatic singers L. Ramasesha and Lopa Mudra, and is himself trained in Carnatic music.

Career

After moving to Mumbai in 1996, he became a student of Suresh Wadkar.  Prakash was a participant in the program Sa Re Ga Ma on Zee TV, hosted by Sonu Nigam. He made it to the mega-finals in 1999. Later he compered Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada. He got his first break in Hindi cinema with the film Baaz in 2002, and his first song for A. R. Rahman was in Ashutosh Gowariker's Swades, followed by the same composer's Tamil title track for the movie New.  His song "Kavite" in Kannada movie Gaalipata too became famous.

He has done backing vocals for about 25 foreign films, including the film Couples Retreat, with music by A. R. Rahmaan. He has recorded for ads like "Kabhi chatpataa" for Knorr Soups and "Na sar jhuka hain kabhi" for HDFC Life Insurance. In 2008 he sang the "Condom a capella" ringtone composed by Rupert Fernandes and produced by the BBC World Service Trust for an Indian safe sex campaign.  In 2009, his song, "Jai Ho", won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

He was one of the Judges in Confident Star Singer 2 (Kannada), which aired on Asianet Suvarna in 2009.

He has sung "Om Sivoham", a Sanskrit song penned by Vaali and composed by Ilaiyaraaja which was the main theme song of 2009 Tamil film Naan Kadavul.

In 2010, he became a regular singer under composer A. R. Rahman, as he performed several of his numbers such as "Hosanna" (Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, Ye Maaya Chesave), "Beera Beera, Veera Veera (in Tamil & Telugu Versions)" (Raavan & Raavanan), "Powerstar" (Komaram Puli) and "Kadhal Anukkal" (Enthiran).

Prakash has debuted as a music composer for the 2013 Kannada film Andar Bahar starring Shivrajkumar.

He also won the Vijay Music Awards for the Best Male Playback for the song "Hosanna" from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.

In 2013, he appeared as one of the singers in Coke Studio @ MTV performing with Clinton Cerejo and other artists. The song Baina (for which Vijay Prakash collaborated with Clinton Cerejo) from the same series was very well received.
In 2013, his song 'Khaali Quater', written by lyricist Yograj Bhat, went viral on social media.  The song 'Hoge' that he has sung for the film 'Nam Life Story' in Kannada is also going viral.

Prakash was also the brand ambassador of Nissan Evalia 'moves like music' campaign, which featured six young prominent artists of India.

He is one of the very few Indian musicians who have had the honor of performing at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.

Karunaas is a Tamil comedic film actor in the Tamil film industry. He has acted with many prominent actors and starred in successful films. Appearing mostly in supporting roles and providing comical relief, he also played lead roles in Dindigul Sarathy and Ambasamudram Ambani. Apart from acting, Karunas is known as a musician and singer as well.

Karunas was born as Karunanidhi in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling at Palangudi Bharathi School and later studied at Nandanam Arts, Presidency College. Karunas began his career as pop singer and dancer. He became a popular singer of 'Gaana' or Tamil Folk Music.  He then gradually appeared in films as a comedian.

Karunas is a modern day comedian and has done good comic roles. His main comedy style like popular comedian Vivek is satire which he usually diverts in the direction of College romances or stuck up snobbish beauties.

His funniest tracks include Nandha where he plays the character 'Lodukku Pandi' (this brought him the ultimate recognition in the industry), April Maathathil. Villain and Pudukotayil Saravanan where he plays a spoof of the famous hit film 'Vaali'.

As of August 2011, Karunas has appeared in 79 films.  In July 2013, he was signed to play the protagonist in an untitled French-Indian film with Angana Roy playing his love interest.

Karunas is married to pop and playback singer Grace. He has two children, a daughter and a son.