Showing all artists born in January 23

Mahendran is an Indian film actor who works in Tamil language films. Beginning his career as a child artist, Mahendran made his breakthrough as a lead in Vizha (2013). He also holds an entry in the 'India Book of Records' for "the most number of movies as child artist"; he has acted in more than 100 movies in over six languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, as on April 2, 2013.

Mahendran appeared in several films as a child artiste, winning the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist and thr Nandi Award for Best Child Actor on two occasions each. He also appeared on the Sun TV dance show Masthana Masthana as a participant in 2009.The actor went on to appear alongside Malavika Menon in Vizha, a film directed by Barathi Balakumaran. The film is based on the award-winning short film Uthiri, and portrays the love story of Mahendran's character Sundaram, who plays the thappu instrument at death functions, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer. The film opened to positive reviews in December 2013, with critics praising Mahendran's lively portrayal.His first Telugu film, First Love opposite Amitha Rao released on the same day, with a low key release.

Mahendran's upcoming projects include Aakki, which is in its post-production stage, where he plays a hockey player. He has also shot for vindhai directed by lawraa,a commercial entertainer .shooting for his next film on full swing titled Viraivil Isai, directed by debutant Prabhakaran, The shooting of the film began at Kodambakkam this month. The female lead for the film is yet to be decided.The music of the film is composed by debutant M. S Ram and cinematography is by Shiva.

Vimala Raman is an Indian film actress, model and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She made her acting debut in the 2006 Tamil film Poi and went on to appear primarily in Malayalam and Telugu films.

Vimala Raman was born on 23, January, 1984 into a Tamil family in Sydney, Australia. She was brought up in Sydney, where she completed her education. She started practicing Bharatanatyam at the age of five. In 2004 she won the Miss India Australia title as well as the Miss India Australia cyberqueen title. She moved to India in 2006 to pursue an acting career, which had been her childhood ambition. When she entered the film industry, she was asked to change her name, however she was firmly against it, arguing that her name was her identity.

She made her acting debut in 2004 with Poi, a Tamil film directed by Kailasam Balachander. Her first Malayalam film was Time with Suresh Gopi. She paired with Ajmal Ameer in Pranayakalam in 2007. In the same year, she also appeared with Mammooty in Nasrani and with Dileep in Romeoo. She appeared in College Kumaran with Mohanlal and in Calcutta News with Dileep in 2008. Vimala Raman attended the Natanalaya Dance Academy based in Sydney, Australia. She studied dance under the tutelage of Jayalakshmi Kandiah.

Nirosha is an Indian film actress who has appeared in all the South Indian language films including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. 

After her debut in the blockbuster Tamil film, Agni Natchathiram (1988) directed by Mani Ratnam, Nirosha went on to appear in many successful and critically acclaimed films as a lead actress in the early 1990s and supporting actress post 2000.

Nirosha is the daughter of the Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha (Mohan Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu). She has an elder sister named Radhika who is also a famous actress. She has married actor Ramki and lives in Chennai.

Gnana Rajasekaran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and playwright.  His directional debut was ‘Mogamul’ in 1994 which won the Indra Gandhi Award for Best First Film. He has also created Bharathi (2000) and Periyar (2007). Rajasekaran has won four National awards, three Tamil Nadu state awards, and his movies have been screened at international film festivals, including the IFFI.

Gnana Rajasekaran was born in Pallikonda, Tamil Nadu, India, to Gnanaprakasam and Sharadambal, both teachers. He graduated with a BSc in Physics from Sacred Heart College, Tiruppatur; he gained a master's degree in physics from the Presidency College, Chennai. After he graduated, he worked as a technical officer with the Intelligence Bureau in Mumbai for four years, where many of his plays were staged. In 1983, he was appointed to the Indian Administrative Service, and was allotted the Kerala Cadre. Rajasekaran married Sakunthala Chidambaram in 1985, and they have two daughters, Sindhu Rajasekaran and Nandita.

Before his career as a film-maker, Rajasekaran published an allegorical novel titled “Yanai Kuthiria Ottagram”, which was judged the best novel of the year by the Tirupur Tamil Sangam. He has written and directed several plays including a collection of three plays titled “Vayiru” (published in 1980) and the 1996 Hindi version of the Play “Vayiru” won an all India award for the best script.

Rajasekaran’s debut film, ‘Mogamul’ (1995), is based on the novel written by T.Janakiraman. The film won the ‘Indra Gandhi National award for First Best Film’, and the Special Jury award for best Tamil film, given by the Government of Tamil Nadu. He then went on to direct the Nassar-starrer Mugam (1999), with the film fetching poor reviews and faring badly at the box office. ‘Bharathi’ (2000), is a biography of the poet Subramaniya Bharathi. The film starred the Marathi actor Shayaji Shinde and Devayani. The film won four national awards and six state awards. ‘Periyar’ (2007) the biography of E.V.Ramaswamy, focused on the history of the Dravidian movement, collating various incidents of the period. The film starred Satyaraj and Kushboo, and won a national award and was screened in various international film festivals.

Rajasekaran has also directed various short films such as ‘Oru Kan, Oru Parvai’ (1999, Tamil), ‘Vivaram Onum Ariyam’ (Malayalam), ‘Puthia Keralam’ (Malayalam), ‘Kanavu Nijamagum’ (Tamil, 2007), etc.

Rajasekaran is the dean of SRM Sivaji Ganesan Film Institute, Chennai. He also serves as a Director on the Board of BGR Energy Systems Ltd.