Showing all artists born in 1956

Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan. His son Vikram Prabhu is also a budding actor.

After making his debut in the film Sangili in 1982, he has acted in over 150 films. Prabha Ganesan has appeared alongside other actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, and his father Sivaji Ganesan in many hit films. He received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor in 1991 for his performance in Chinna Thambi. In 1996, he made his debut in Malayalam Cinema, and starred alongside superstar Mohanlal by portraying an extremist, Mukund, in Priyadarshan's magnum opus film, Kalapani. 

In 2000 Prabhu appeared in Suyamvaram, which was shot within 24 hours with an extensive cast. He appeared alongside Rajinikanth in Guru Sishyan and Dharmathin Thalaivan (both 1988) and Chandramukhi in 2005 which was produced by him as well, and in Vetri Vizha (1989) and Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) with Kamal Haasan. He starred as a cop operating in Malaysia in Billa in 2007. In 2008 Prabhu acted in Kuselan, Silambattam and Ayan playing supporting roles in all films, and in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan, and Maanja Velu. When his colleagues refused to take up the role of Trisha's brother in Unakkum Enakkum, Prabhu took up the role. He appeared with Vishal in Thaamirabharani and Thambikku Indha Ooru with Bharath.

Prabha made his Telugu language debut in Orange where he acted alongside Ram Charan Tej. He acted in two Malayalam films—Pramaani and Best of Luck, followed by the Telugu film Darling. In 2011 Prabhu made his Kannada language debut through Boss with Darshan as the hero. Prabhu plays a cop in the film.Prabha has acted over 150 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and English (Ele My Friend).

Kutty Padmini is a South Indian movie actress who predominantly works in Kollywood. She was a child star in her debut movie Ambala Anjulam (1959). She has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies.

Kutty Padmini was born on 5 June 1956 in Madras in a Tamil family.

Kutty Padmini entered filmdom at the age of 3. She went on to act in many movies as child artist. However, her notable film role was in the 1965 Tamil film Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum along Jaishankar and Jamuna where she played dual roles. She appeared for a dance sequence in the film Maanavan (1970) along with Kamal Haasan, which was also the first adult role for him. She went on to act in other films as a child star and later on as a heroine and in supporting roles. Later she played supporting roles in films like Avargal, Aval Appadithan, both co-starring Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, Penmani Aval Kanmani and Kan Simittum Neram, the debut film of Sarath Kumar.

In the early 2000s, she launched a production house and worked on three films, all of which failed to have a theatrical release. Kadhal Swasam featuring Karthik, Meena and her own daughter, Keerthana, in the lead roles began production in 2001. The film directed by her husband Prabhu Nepal, failed to find distributors and even after a name change to Dilruba in 2003, the film failed to have a theatrical release. Similarly, Click starring Prabhu, Karthik, Meena and Devayani was also shelved midst production.Another film titled Kaadhal Sokkuthey with Keerthana and Aravind Akash also failed to complete production.

She made a foray into TV megaserials and has churned out quite a few successful TV programmes like Krishnadasi and others.

The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in south India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting. However, his films contain substance as well as style//Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian love story to political thrillers.

Cheenu Mohan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has acted in films including Thalapathi (2010) and Iraivi (2016).

Career

Cheenu Mohan began his career as an actor in the late 1980s, portraying small roles in Varusham Padhinaaru (1989) and Mani Ratnam's Anjali (1990) and Thalapathi (1991). He also played small roles in Marma desamAfter quitting his job in 2001, Cheenu Mohan then went on to portray the lead role in plays directed by Crazy Mohan and Maadhu Balaji. His involvement in theatre and his reluctance to move into television roles, meant that roles in the film industry had evaded him.

He made a comeback by portraying a supporting role in Karthik Subbaraj's multi-starrer Iraivi (2016). Featuring as the antiques dealer John, who tries to hold together a breaking family, Cheenu Mohan received critical acclaim for his work in the film.  A critic called his performance "fantastic in the melodramatic scenes".  Appreciation for his performance in the film meant that he was later selected to feature in Manikandan's Aandavan Kattalai (2016) and Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai (2017).

Dr G Gnanasambandan, also known as G Gnanasambandam (Tamil: கு ஞானசம்பந்தம்), is an Indian professor, Tamil scholar,orator and an actor who appears in Tamil films. He frequently chairs Tamil debate shows (Pattimandrams). Dr G Gnanasambandam is originally from Sholavandan of Madurai district. He was a Professor of Tamil language at Thiagarajar College, Madurai. He is known for his association with actor Kamal Haasan.

Mohan (Other Names: Kokila Mohan, Silver Jubilee Star, Mike Mohan)is a popular Kollywood actor. His actual name is Mohan Rao hailing from Udupi district of Karnataka. He derived his name Kokila Mohan by acting in film called Kokila. Mohan is a Popular Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada actor. Mohan is one of the top actors in the history of the Indian Cinema. Mohan was born in “Koteshwar” and grew up in I.T.I colony he completed his education at Bangalore. His father was a restaurateur who owned restaurants at various places in south of Karnataka and in Bangalore. No rise of a star has been as been quite as extraordinary or spectacular as that of Mohan. From 1978 to 1993, the Mohan phenomenon swept the Tamil movie world off its feet and the hysteria he generated was unlike anything seen before and after. As super hit followed by super hits the men and the women all over the country swooned over him, Mohan was the super star of that era who surpassed the two giants ”Kamal Hasan and Rajnikanth”. Mohan was the highest paid actor of his time who gave hits after hits continuously.
At one point, three films of Mohan’s were released on the same day, at the same theater complex astoundingly all three ran for more than hundred days and created a record which has never been broken by any actors till date. Mohan’s films were competing against his own films during his days. In fact, Mohan’s entry into this field was accidental and sensational. Mohan was introduced in to the world of theater by the great “B.V. Karanth” and trained by the likes of the great “G.V.Iyer”. Mohan was spotted by “B.V.Karanth” at a restaurant and asked to join the theater group Mohan’s first stage play was raved by the critics from places like Delhi. Mohan was introduced to the cinema by the great “Genius Director Balumahendra” in his movie “Kokila” and the rest as we know is history. Mohan’s first film “Kokila” was a super hit and along with that a star was born. Mohan was catapulted into the limelight since 1978 and this ” Silver jubilee star” has become one of the biggest-grossing box-office stars of the Tamil movie land.. Mohan is called in the industry as the “silver jubilee star” because almost all movies featuring the actor witnessed a fantastic run. He holds the record in the industry for giving more than 25 silver jubilee hits, a feast not matched by many industry greats till date. Mohan is called in the industry as the “silver jubilee star” because almost all movies featuring the actor witnessed a fantastic run. He holds the record in the industry for giving more than 25 silver jubilee hits, a feast not matched by many industry greats till date. After the film “Kokila” Mohan stared in a Malayalam movie titled “Mathalasa” by the great cameraman “J.Williams” and the film was a super hit. Furthermore, immediately after the success of the Malayalam Movie, Mohan went on to sign a Telugu film titled “Thoorppuveli Railu” which was a re-make of a Tamil film “Kilakepogum Rail”. 
The Telugu version was directed by the “Genius Director Bapu” who is one of the great directors of India. This film was also a sensational hit of that time. After that Mohan was introduced in the Tamil film “Nenjathai killathey” by the “Great Genius Director Mahindran”. The film ”Nenjathai Killaadhey”, a masterpiece of director “Mahendran”, started a full scale peak career of Mohan. “Nenjathai Killaadhey” ran for a year, followed by “Kilinjalgal” by the “Great Geenius Director Durai” also ran for more than 25 weeks. Mohan’s sensational hit “Payanagal Mudivathillai” went on to run for 500 days. The movies which Mohan stared in since then were either silver jubilees or over 200 days most of the time. The brilliant trio-combination, “Genius Maestro‘Illayaraja, the Ggenius S. P. Balasubramanyam and the versatile actor Mohan “created history in the music world with hits after hits. Almost all of Mohan’s films had good musical albums (thanks to Maestro Ilayaraja and S.P. Balasubramanyam), which feature songs that are still remembered after 25 years. At the peak of his career, Mohan was not afraid to take up challenging negative roles in films like ”Nooravadhu Naal and Vidhi “(both were block busters in 1984). In addition, comedies like “Sahadevan Mahadevan and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi” (likewise block busters). In fact, Mohan played the role of a wonderful lover and husband in “Mouna Ragam” at the same time in “Rettaival kuruvi” he portrayed a husband who was cheating on his wife and ended up being with two wives. Both the films were mega hits and ran successfully at the same time. Thereafter till 1992, it looked like Mohan could do no wrong.
Film after film swept the box-office. But there was more to him than just his mannerisms as he built an image of a gentle romantic. How ever, Mohan portrayed negative characters in the movies “Vidi, Nooravathu Nal, Nan ungal rasigan and December pookal”… and those films were super hits as well. The audience accepted Mohan as a hardcore romantic, villain as well as comedian. Mohan’s versatility as an actor in various roles was accepted by the public as well as the critics alike. Mohan always gave sensitive performances straight from the heart. “Payanangal Mudivathilla” saw perhaps his greatest ever performance as a singer and a man stricken with cancer. As Mohan went from strength to strength, even his guest appearance in “Nanpadum Padal” generated more hysteria. Mohan has worked with top heroines of the day like “Suhasini, Poornima, Radha , Amala, Radhika, Kushboo, Ambika, Revathi. Nalini, Nadiya, Jeyashree, Lizi, Archana”. Mohan was a major role in the lifetime of production company “Motherland Pictures”. Mohan gave his best performance in the movie “Mouna Ragam”, which won National Award for Best Tamil Film.

Mukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who has worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has also acted in Punjabi films. After doing his graduation from Chandigarh and working for two years in Mumbai, he left India to work in Fiji where he met his wife of Fijian-Indian descent whose family ran a traditional departmental store.

After marriage they went to New Zealand where Mukesh started his career as a model.  However, he could hardly find out time for modelling due to busy job schedule. Also, he wasn't completely satisfied with his modelling assignments and his heart yearned for home. And so, after seven long years, he returned to Mumbai and enrolled at Roshan Taneja's acting school.

He got his first break in Tollywood in 1988 and has established himself as a leading character actor. Although he started his career in Telugu films as the villain, he has since then diversified into donning some positive roles. In this transition, he joins a list of many non-Telugu speaking actors who donned such roles including Amrish Puri, Puneet Issar, Sharat Saxena, and Pradeep Rawat among others. He also acted in Oriya films.He is born in pandit brahmin family in Kashmir

Mohan Raman (born: Pattabhi Venkata Raman) is an Indian film and television actor and management trainer. 

He is acclaimed for playing supportive or negative roles in Tamil television serials prominent ones being Marmadesam and Chidambara Rahasiyam directed by Tamil director Naga.

He is the eldest son of lawyer and politician V. P. Raman and elder brother of P. S. Raman, Former Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu.

His daughter Vidyullekha Raman made her debut in Neethane En Ponvasantham.

Mohan Raman (born Pattabhi Venkata Raman on April 3, 1956) is an Indian film and television actor and management trainer. He is acclaimed for playing supportive or negative roles in Tamil television serials prominent ones being Marmadesam and Chidambara Rahasiyam directed by Tamil director Naga. He is the eldest son of lawyer and politician V. P. Raman and elder brother of P. S. Raman, Former Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu. His daughter Vidyullekha Raman made her debut in Neethane En Ponvasantham.

Sripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980s in South India. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. Over 200 of these are Tamil films.

She has also directed films in Tamil and Telugu, including the 2014 film Drushyam in Telugu language.

She first faced the camera for the film Murugan Kaattiya Vazhi directed by P Madhavan in 1974. Following that, she acted with Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Sivaji Ganesan, and Jaishankar among others.

Sripriya had a string of successful movies in the late 1970s and early 80's. She played the lead character in C Rudraiya's 1977 film Aval Appadithan and her portrayal of Manju in the film, won her a Tamil Nadu State Award that year. Her other hits include Aattukara Alamelu, Billa and Annai Oru Alayam.
She was awarded the Kalaimamani award in the early 1980s. She was in the jury of the National Awards committee and was a member of the State Awards committee.

She was Rajinikanth's leading lady in several of his films. She went on to act with Rajinikanth in 28 films. She has also paired in a number of films with Kamalhasan as well, second only to Sridevi who has been paired with Kamalhassan for over 30 films. She also acted in a number of films which starred both Kamal and Rajini. This list of films includes Illamai Oonjaladukirathu, Aadu Puli Aatam, Alladinum Arputha Vilakkakum, Aval Appadithen, Natchathiram.

Overall, after starting in 1973, she has starred in more than 300 films in all the four South Indian languages, including over 200 in Tamil.
Following her acting career, Sripriya took to directing movies. In her directorial debut film, Malini 22 Palayamkottai, she took on the issue of sexual assaults on women. In an interview to the Indian Express, she has stated that "making this film is my way of registering anger
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She has also directed television serials. By 2007, she had directed five serials, of which she considers Viduthalai the best serial. She has directed five films, two in Tamil, two in Kannada and one in Telugu with Venkatesh, Meena, Nadiya Moidu titled Drushyam.
Sripriya is also a visual artist and the proceeds from her paintings are given to social causes, mainly for children. Additionally, she is a writer and has penned the dialogues for several TV serials and films.

Sripriya was born in Chennai. She attended the Church Park convent school in Chennai. She is a trained classical dancer and hails from a professional music family including her uncles Natiyakalachakravarthy Padmashri K N Dhandayuthapani Pillai and Nadaswara Chakravarthy Shri Rajamanickam Pillai. In 1988, she married the actor Rajkumar Sethupathy. The couple have two children, a daughter, Sneha and a son, Nagarjun.