Showing all artists born in September 12

Prachi Desai is a perfect example of a metamorphosis of a beautiful butterfly from a simple pupa. Like a butterfly, Prachi Desai has evolved from a simple next door Gujarati girl to a stylish and glamorous B-Town actress. Bani Walia a.k.a Prachi Desai has become a famed name in every household after a successful debut through Ektaa Kapoor's drama daily soap named 'Kasamh Se' on Hindi Television. She soon captured an eye of audiences' and positioned herself in the list of Hindi Television's favorite Bahus.
Prachi Desai is born and brought up in a simple middle class Gujarati family from Surat. Her father is a professor at a law college and her mother is a former teacher. The beautiful Prachi had stage daring and talent of acting since her childhood. As a young girl, she used to participate in many dancing and acting competitions and used to get prizes in them. After finishing her schooling from St. Joseph's convent she went to Sinhagad College for higher studies. She started working as a model for smaller brands and then Balaji Telefilms selected her for a lead role in their soap opera 'Kasamh Se' . Bubbly Prachi never looked behind after grabbing this big opportunity. After 'Kasamh Se' she did a small role in the other daily soap 'Kasautii Zindagii Kay' and took a part in a dance competition 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa'. Though she got eliminated in the first few episodes, but then she got an entry to the show again through wild card and became the winner of the show. The charming actress is the best example of a successful switch from a small screen to the silver screen.

Beautiful and talented Prachi caught an eye of a veteran Bollywood director Abhishek Kapoor and he introduced her into the world of Hindi Feature films through his flick 'Rock On' in the year 2008. She left a powerful impression on the audiences' hearts with her beauty and charm. She became successful in creating a niche of her in the B-Town with her talent , hard work and choosy attitude. Simple and sweet Prachi did a variety of roles is the films like 'Main Joker' (2010), 'Bol Bachchan' (2012) , 'Teri Meri Kahani' (2012), 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai' (2010) and 'Life Partner' (2009). Prachi is the brand ambassador of Goa tourism and a second spokesperson of Neutrogena products in India.

Currently she is busy in her new project 'I, Me Aur Main' directed by Kapil Sharma featuring John Abraham as her opposite lead.

Gautham Karthik is an Indian film actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Kadal (2013).

Gautham Karthik was born to Tamil film actor Karthik Muthuraman and actress Ragini Karthik. He is the grandson of actor R. Muthuraman. He spent his growing years in Udhagamandalam and was graduating at Christ University, Bangalore, until film maker Mani Ratnam approached him.Before that, Gautham was not connected with the film industry. In college he performed as a guitarist and vocalist in his band 'Dead End Street'. He has two siblings, Ghayn Karthik and Thiran Karthik.

Reports as early as 2006 suggested that actor Karthik was interested in directing a film with his son in the lead role, though the project never took off. During a press meet in December 2009, Karthik revealed that his son, Gautham, would make his debut in Mani Ratnam's next venture after completion of Ratnam's bilingual films Raavan and Raavanan.After a brief postponement and speculation, Mani Ratnam announced that Gautham would make his debut in Kadal in February 2012. Gautham revealed that he initially felt Ratnam had approached him to be a part of the technical crew and was surprised when he was handed the lead role. Gautham briefly took acting lessons from Kalairani and began to shoot for Kadal across regions in South India for close to a year. After the shootings were completed, he was introduced to the media at the music launch event for the Telugu version of the film in Hyderabad. The film opened in February 2013 to mixed reviews, though Gautham Karthik's performance of a deprived youngster caught in between the characters played by Arvind Swamy and Arjun was unanimously praised. A critic noted "Gautham delivers in his very first film. He scores in action as well as dance department too",while a reviewer from Rediff.com wrote that the actor "pulled it off with elan", labelling him as "a natural performer and is surely here to stay".


He is currently working in three films simultaneously, including a project with Aishwarya Dhanush in Vai Raja Vai opposite Priya Anand. He will also be seen in Saravanan's Sippai opposite Lakshmi Menon, while he will also reprise Nani's role in the Tamil remake of the Telugu film, Ala Modalaindi, to be directed by debutant Ravi Thyagarajan, opposite Rakul Preet Singh.He has also started shooting for Indrajith, directed by Kalaprabhu, opposite debutante Sonarika Bhadoria

Kani Kusruti is an Indian actress and model.  She first gained recognition in 2009 with the film Kerala Cafe, where her performance was critically acclaimed.  Kani was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to social activist and rationalist parents Jayasree AK and Maitreya Maitreyan. Her parents had dropped their last names to erase the social hierarchy marker that comes with last names in India. At 15, she invented her last name “Kusruti” (meaning “mischievous” in Malayalam) to fill in a requirement in her class 10th exam application. She grew up in Thiruvanthapuram, where she got introduced to the Abhinaya Theatre Research Centre, "a common platform for theatre practitioners”. She later moved to Thrissur, where she enrolled in the theatre arts program at the Thrissur Drama School, between 2005 and 2007. She completed her theatre education at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, where she studied physical theatre for two years.

Career

At Abhinaya, Kusruti made her theatre debut in Baudhayana's classic farce Bhagavadajjukam. She played the lead role of Vasantsena in the production from 2000 to 2006. The play toured across theatre festivals, including the Bharat Rang Mahotsav and the International Theatre Festival of Kerala. She rendered the part of Kamala in Jyotish M G’s stage adaptation of Herman Hesse' Siddhartha. In 2007, the production was invited to the Villeneuve en Scene Festival d’Avignon.In 2009, after returning from L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Kusruti appeared in the anthology film Kerala Cafe, in the segment “Island Express” directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan. In 2010, she played a Naxalite in the Mohanlal starrer Shikkar, but her nuanced rendition of a sex worker in the 2010 film Cocktail got her noticed by mainstream audiences.

In December 2010, Kani collaborated on creating ‘Las Indias’, a "mega performance event" directed by the thespian and theatre pedagogist Elias Cohen. The performance was staged in a bus, that was designed for the production. The Indo-Latin American theatre company, the Singing Sticks Theatre Ensemble evolved out of Las Indias. The bus that was originally created for Las Indias, was used once again for an interactive theatre roadshow 'Tsunami Express: Highway of Hopes’, which Kusruti collaborated on making.

In 2011, Kani joined the renowned touring theatre company Footsbarn to work on a new production of Shakespeare’s Tempest. She played Miranda in the resulting performance “The Indian Tempest”.  After touring Ireland, Spain, France, Portugal and India, the production opened at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2013.

Kusruti researched, co-developed and acted in the Indo-Polish production 'Burning Flowers - 7 Dreams of a Woman', directed by Pawel Szkotak and produced by Teatr Biuro Podróży.

In 2015, Kani became a household presence with the soap opera Eswaran Sakshiyayi, directed by K K Rajeev. She played the part of Advocate Tresa, a lawyer who joins in on the investigation for her brother’s murder.

Kusruti has acted in Vipin Vijay’s upcoming feature film, due for a 2017 release.

Personal life

Kusruti’s mother Dr.Jayasree AK, a community health specialist and a social activist, lectures at Pariyaram Medical College, and is a regular guest on talk shows. Her father Maitreya Maitreyan has worked for, and led, several human rights movements in Kerala.

Kani Kusruti lives in Mumbai with her partner, the filmmaker and science communicator Anand Gandhi. She identifies herself as an atheist and a rationalist.

Thaman Kumar is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough in the 2012 film, Sattam Oru Iruttarai, opposite Bindu Madhavi.

Thaman Kumar was signed up for a film titled London Maappillai in 2011 but the film failed to finish production, and thus his first release became the thriller Aachariyangal (2012). He replaced Vikram Prabhu in Sneha Britto's Sattam Oru Iruttarai after a successful audition and featured in the lead role opposite Bindu Madhavi and Piaa Bajpai. The film, a remake of the yesteryear film of the same name, released with little publicity and failed at the box office, with a critic noting "Thaman Kumar showed signs of confidence, but struggled overall to deliver a satisfying performance". He will be next seen in Summa Nachunu Irukku alongside Vibha Natarajan.

First Indian to work for Walt Disney in the New York Broadway Musicals. Actor-turned-Singer. Krish debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), with the song Manjal Veyyil. His song June Ponal from Unnale Unnale made him a household name, after which he was a predominant singer for Jayaraj's compositions. The songs Oru Mugamo from Bheema, Karu Karu from Pachaikili Muthucharam, and Adiye Kolluthe from Vaaranam Aayiram are some of his most popular songs composed by Jayaraj. Krish sung two songs in the film Kandaen, whilst he also made a debut as a lyricist in the film. Krish is known for his On-stage Skills. He is One of the Best Performer so far in the South Film Industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Acted in several live shows over 5 years. Sung in Light Music Concerts over 2000 shows in 7 years. Performer in Cats, the only New York Broadway show. Performer in 5 mega New York Broadway shows in Walt Disney's Production The Lion King 1998. First Indian ever to work for Walt Disney on the New York Broadway Musicals. Played the Lead Role in the Walt Disney Production Aladdin 2004 Television Advertisement for Macys & Staples

TELEVISION: Presenter Ooh La La La on Sun TV - A talent for the best band in South India spearheaded by Mr. A R Rahman Presenter Vijay Musical Awards 2007

AWARDS: Best Singer USA Award in 2002, Indian Foundation, Pittsburg, USA. Best Supporting Actor 2002 CATS Bravo Filmfest Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for Vettaiyadu Velaiyadu Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Vijay Musical Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Jaya TV Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2007 for the movie Unnale Unnale Kalaiyar TV Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2008 for the movie Unnale Unnale for Star Vijay Awards. Best Male Playback Singer 2008 for the movie Vaaranam Ayiram 25 Awards. Best Song of the year Award for Chinna Thamarai Vijay Awards

Krish grew up in New York originally. He got married to actress Sangeetha on February 1, 2009 at Thiruvannaamalai. In one of his interviews, Krish has described his passion for music and acting, and that is the reason he equipped himself with western music skills and a degree in acting. He also studied Computer Science, just in case he failed to make it to his desired field. He also appeared as a chief guest in St. Michael's Academy in November 2010.Currently Acting in 2 Films in Lead. One of the film Produced by the Famous Rowther Films called Puriyaadha Aanandham Puthidhaaga Aarambam.

Amala Akkineni, better known by her short name Amala, was born in West Bengal to an Irish mother and Bengali father. She has an elder brother and sister. She moved with her family to Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh as a kid when her navy officer father was stationed there.[1] After attending Catholic school with middling success she switched to Kalakshetra, Chennai where she trained in Bharatnatyam. She is married to Telugu movie actor Nagarjuna. She is also one of the prominent animal rights activists of India.

Prem Kumar is an Indian film actor, most popular for his Malayalam films during the 1990s. He did many notable roles in Tele films and soap operas. He acted in more than 100 films, and played lead characters in 18 films.


He is born to James Samuel and Jayakumari in Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Ajith Kumar and Prasanna Kumar are his siblings. He had his primary education from Kazhakoottam Govt U.P School, Muslim Boys High School, Kaniyapuram and St.Xaviers College, Thumba. He obtained degree in Psychology from Sree Narayana College, Chempazhanthy .


He is married to Jisha on 11 December 2001. They have a daughter Jameema.


1990 Kerala State Television Award for Best Actor for a Telefilm Lambo in Doordarshan.