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Thyagu is a Tamil film actor who has appeared in comedy roles.  He has played various kind of roles in the Tamil film industry. He is the grandson of violinist Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai.  Beginning as a protagonist, Thyagu played roles in Oru Thalai Ragam and Palaivana Solai, before playing antagonistic roles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the 2000s, he often formed an association with Vadivelu and would appear in a few scenes in films he had signed for, occasionally portraying comedy roles. His recent work includes roles in Kuselan as well as a politician in the Singam series.

In 2011, Thyagu quit the DMK political party, whom he had been associated with for twenty-eight years.  Soon after his split, he lamented the leader Karunanidhi's broken promise of honouring Thyagu's grandfather with a postage stamp as a reason of his departure.

Anand Babu is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in leading and supporting roles throughout his career. Despite, appearing in several leading roles in the early 1990s, he is most widely known for being the son of legendary actor, Nagesh as well as due to his dancing exploits.

Anand Babu was hospitalized in early 2006, after a build up of problems from intoxication. Despite a solid beginning in the industry, it is widely regarded that Anand Babu has faced a steady decline, becoming a controversial figure.

Jayaprakash is an Indian film actor and producer. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, Mayakannadi. Subsequently performing a variety of supporting roles, he found more success as a character actor, with his most notable performances featuring in Pasanga, Naadodigal, Yuddham Sei, Naan Mahaan Alla and Mankatha.


Jayaprakash hails from Sirkazhi. Before entering the film industry, he had worked in various fields such as dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour.


He started acting at age 45. His first film was Mayakannadi in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments. His role as the village school teacher, Chokkalingam, in Company Production's critically acclaimed Pasanga is considered his breakthrough performance, for which he received accolades and several awards. Apart from Pasanga, he essayed notable supporting roles in other commercially successful ventures such as Naadodigal, Vamsam, Naan Mahaan Alla, Bale Pandiya and Yudham Sei and Mankatha. He also appeared in Pandiraj's Marina.

As a producer he has produced several films like Chellamae, April Maadhathil, Thavasi and many more under his GJ Cinema banner. He hasn't starred in any of the film that he had produced. Before starting GJ Cinema banner he produced films like Porkaalam and Gopala Gopala with M. Kajamaideen under Roja Combines. Both GJ cinema and Roja Combines have been closed down for long time.

Jayaprakash is Maharashtrian by birth. He has two sons, Niranjan and Dushyanth, who turned actors with the 2010 M. Sasikumar film Eesan.

Sriman, born K. Srinivasa Reddy, is a character artist who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He is primarily known for his prominent roles in Sethu, Aayutha Ezhuthu, Panchathanthiram, Pokkiri and Aegan. He is the son of noted producer, Prakash Reddy.

Sriman was born in Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh. His father Prakash Reddy is a popular assistant dance director and film producer, who has produced 22 Telugu films. His mother Jaya Lakshmi is a house wife. He has two siblings, a brother Prabhakaran and a sister Surekha. His uncle K. S. Reddy was a popular film Director. He did his schooling in Bharath Higher Secondary School, Adyar. He completed B.Com. from Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai. He was very fond of acting. He learnt Bharathanatyam from dance masters Sivashankar, Kala and Raghu. Other than his dancing skills, he is also trained in martial arts and gymnastics.

With a strong film background, he started his film career as a child artiste in the 1975 Telugu film Bangara Manushulu, but returned to continue his academic studies after acting in a few films. After his college studies he recapped his acting crown in Telugu film Dongalunnaru Jagartha. The film was not successful. He was spotted by director Vikraman and gave him a supporting role in his Tamil debut film Puthiya Mannargal. He enacted a supporting role in the Vijay-starrer Love Today, which he considers as a turning point in his career". He has frequently appeared in Kamal Haasan's comedy films during the 2000s, including Pammal K. Sambandam, Panchathantiram and Manmadan Ambu.

Vijay Menon is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema.  He has acted in more than 100 films in all South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles.

Biography

Vijay Menon, born in London UK. His father Bhaskar Menon is from Ottapalam, Palakkad and mother Leela is from Chengannur, Alappuzha. He has a younger sister. He had his primary education from Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ootty. He studied direction course from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He went to director Bharathan with a dream to become an assistant director. But that time Bharathan was looking new faces for his movie Nidra, seeing his talent Bharathan cast him in his movie Nidra making his debut movie as the same. Film went on to a huge success and he was well noted for his performance. He writes articles in The Indian Express about International Politics.  He won Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing artist in 2011 for the movie Melvilasom.

Family

He is married to Kala. The couple have a daughter Malavika and a son Nikhil.