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Suresh Krissna is a popular Indian film director. He has directed films in many languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

His first independent film was Sathya (Tamil). He found his fame in Kavithalaya's Annamalai, starring actor Rajinikanth. Since then, he has directed Veera, Baashha and Baba with Rajinikanth in lead.

He has worked with super stars like Rajinikanth, Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Dr.Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Salman Khan, Dr. Mohanlal, Venkatesh and Upendra. He worked as Assistant Director under K.Balachander.

He wrote a book called "My Days with Baasha" about the experiences he worked with Rajinikanth.

Sudhakar Betha is a South Indian film actor. He acted more than 600 films in Telugu, Tamil languages. He produced several films in Telugu, including the super hit Yamudiki Mogudu.

Sudhakar was born in Markapuram, Prakasam district. His father was a deputy collector who traveled all across Andhra Pradesh.He studied till intermediate in Andhra-Christian College, Guntur and then joined a Madras film institute and ventured into films.

In the beginning days in the Telugu film industry he was a lead actor in Srushti Rahasyalu, Oorikicchina Maata, Bhogi Mantalu, Konte Kodallu and others. He then started doing comedy roles which fit him well. He is famous for his peculiar voice modulation. He became a popular comedian in the 1980s and 90s by his dialogue pronunciation.

After intermediate, Sudhakar went to Madras and joined the Madras Film Institute in 1976. There he met Chiranjeevi and Hari Prasad who were his classmates. Among the three, Sudhakar got the first chance to act as a hero with actress Radhika in a Tamil movie Kizhakke Pogum Rail which was a super hit. He then established himself as an actor in Tamil, enjoyed a 100-day run in three of his very few Tamil movies. He and Radhika were a hit pair, acting together in 11 films.

He won the Nandi Award for best comedian twice for the films Peddarikam and Snehitulu.

S. P. Jananathan is a Tamil film director. His first film as director - Iyarkai (2003) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 2004. Prior to becoming a director, he worked as an assistant to directors like B. Lenin, Bharathan, Vincent Selva and Keyar. He has also served as the treasurer of the Tamil Film Directors’ Union.

Dutt was born on 29 July 1959 to Bollywood megastars Sunil Dutt and Nargis. He was educated at the Lawrence School Sanawar. Dutt married actress Richa Sharma in 1987. Sharma died of brain tumour on 10 December 1996. The couple have a daughter, Trishala, born in 1987, who lives in the United States with her grandparents, following a custody battle with Dutt after the death of his wife. Dutt's second marriage was to model Rhea Pillai in 1998. They divorced in 2005. Dutt married Manyata (also known as Dilnawaz Sheikh) in 2008 at a private ceremony in Goa, after two years of dating. On 21 October 2010, he became a father to twins, a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra. Dutt is also well known for having drug problems, in the early stages of his career, for which he underwent treatment on his father's insistence at a drug rehab centre in Texas, USA. This was after he had been arrested with 357 grams of cocaine in February 1982 and was sentenced to 17 months imprisonment. He was released in July of that year after only 5 months in prison and ordered to serve the rest of his sentence on police bail. He was granted permission to leave India whilst on bail, in order to receive treatment in Texas. He returned to India after four years, once again on his father's insistence and established himself as one of the prominent young faces of Hindi cinema. 2009 saw Dutt enter politics and although he was not allowed to contest elections due to the charges of TADA against him (see illegal possession of arms), he was instead appointed General Secretary of the Samajwadi party. In December 2010 he left his post due to the many controversies he became embroiled in, He left the post stating politics isn't for him, as he thinks from his heart as well as being too outspoken for such a role. One of these remarks saw him, during a speech on live TV, offering Mayawati, a leader of an opposing party, a jaadu ki jhappi and pappi (a magical hug and kiss, a now infamous dialogue from his Munnabhai Mbbs movie) as he felt she was in need of it.

Guru Dhanapal (2 March 1959 – 18 April 2014) was an Indian film director, who worked in Tamil cinema.

Guru Dhanapal made his directorial debut with Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen (1992) starring Karthik, Sasikala and Monisha in leading roles. In the 1990s, the director made a series of film starring Sathyaraj in the lead role, achieving box office success with Thai Maaman (1994) after which he made Maaman Magal (1995) and Periya Manushan (1997). The three films were described as "routine comedy masala ventures" and were filmed in very quick schedules.

In between he collaborated with Jayaram twice in Periya Idathu Mappillai (1997) and Raja Magal, which did not release, as well as directing a portion of Suyamvaram (1999), which featured an ensemble cast of actors from the Tamil film industry.His final venture was the much-delayed Sathyaraj starrer Suyetchai MLA in 2006. A further project titled Vanthanga Jeyichanga launched in 1998 with Sathyaraj, failed to materialise.

Guru Dhanapal died on 18 April 2014 at the age of 55 in Coimbatore after being admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains.

Jayamala is a Kannada film actress. Her famous films are Giri Kanye, Shankar Guru, Aaj Ka Ye Ghar, Sampoorna Teerth Yatra, Balak, Spy in Rome, Love and Murder and Harishchandra Taramati. She has also produced the film Aaj Ka Ye Ghar.

Jaimala was born on February 28, 1959, in Dakshina Kannada district. Her father G Omaiah is an agriculturist and mother Kamalamma, a homemaker. She has six sisters and a brother. They moved to Chikmagalur in 1963 after being displaced due to the harbour work in Panambur.  She was earlier married to Kannada Film actor Tiger Prabhakar.  She is presently married to cinematographer H M Ramachandra.

She has a daughter, Soundarya, an aspiring actress.

Jayamala is a multifaceted personality in the Kannada film industry having been a leading lady in the eighties and later turned producer making many award-winning artistic films.

Jayamala has acted in several movies in Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. She has acted with several big Kannada stars like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Rajkumar, Shankar Nag and Prabhakar. She had several hits like Shankar Guru, Giri kanye, etc.

Her first production venture Thaayi Saaheba was directed by Girish Kasaravalli and it won a National award. Jayamala received a special jury award for her brilliant performance in the film. She has also produced a children's film Thuttoori which won both National and State Government awards.

As a treasurer in the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, the actress has taken active interest in many activities of the Kannada film producers association. In 2008 Jayamala became the first woman president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC).

Jayamala created history of sorts when she became the only actress in the Indian film industry to be conferred a doctorate for writing a thesis, She wrote a thesis on the rehabilitation of rural woman in Karnataka. The thesis required her to tour many places in Karnataka and also scrutinise many documents. The doctorate was conferred by the Bangalore University on 18 January 2008 and presented by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

She was the centre of the cyclone when she claimed that she touched the Lord Ayyappa idol in Sabarimala. Women from the age 10-50 are banned from entering sabarimala. It created a furor in India and led to ideological warfare in Indian media and courts.

The crux of the controversy lies in her claim that she had touched and prayed for her late husband's health at the famous Indian hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala in Kerala state in April 1987. Women who are fertile are barred from the temple because of the legend that Lord Ayyappa, to whom the temple is dedicated, was a celibate and confirmed.

A minister in the Communist state government has also taken a serious view of the actress's statement. "She is liable for prosecution if what she said is true," said G Sudhakaran. Jayamala has said she regretted her action, but clarified that she was pushed into the shrine by a crowd of devotees.

"I fell flat on the floor, touching the feet of the Lord. It was a moment of ecstasy. I didn't know then that I wasn't supposed to touch the idol," she told reporters. "When I got up, a priest standing nearby gave presented me a rose. As I came out, devotees touched me in veneration because I had felt the Lord."

The Supreme Priest of Sabarimala Kantararu Maheshwararu had dismissed the actress's statement as a figment of her imagination. "How could Jayamala, then 27 years old, slip through several rungs of security and reach the innermost precincts of the Lord where women between puberty and menopause are strictly barred from entering?," he said.

The controversy is not going to die down since Hindu activists have demanded a proper atonement by those defiled the temple, especially by Jayamala. And the case whether women should be allowed in Sabarimala is considered by Supreme Court. Some four to five crore devotees worship at the temple every year. The shrine earns revenues worth ten thousand crores of rupees from pilgrims from all over the country.  The Kerala High Court dismissed the controversial Sabrimala "astrological finding" case against a noted astrologer, his assistant and the actress Jaimala on 13 July 2012 as the charges were not legally tenable.

Pandiyan (5 January 1959 – 10 January 2008) was a Tamil film actor and politician who acted in lead or supportive roles in about 75 Tamil films in the 1980s and 1990s.

Pandiyan was selling bangles in Madurai, India when he was spotted by director Bharathiraja who offered him the lead role in the film Mann Vasanai which became a box-office hit. Following the success, Pandiyan was cast in over 75 films. Pandiyan joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 2001.

Pandiyan died of liver failure due to jaundice on 10 January 2008.

Joe Malloori is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Prabhu Solomon's Kumki (2012), he has appeared as the antagonist in other ventures.


Joe Malloori had been a Tamil writer, notably working on poems and documentaries including Paal Nilappaadhaiyil. He made his acting debut in Prabhu Solomon's Kumki (2012), appearing as Mathayaan, a tribal leader. He won critical acclaim for his performance, with a reviewer from The Hindu noting "Solomon’s choice of Joe Malluri for the strong role of Mathayaan is laudable." He has since appeared as in other ventures including Jilla and Rummy.

Anuradha Patel is an Indian Actress working in Hindi and Gujarati films. Actress Anuradha is a maternal granddaughter of Dada Muni 'Ashok Kumar' and thus belong to the filmy family of the Ganguly. She is married to actor Kanwaljeet Singh and they have two sons Sidharth and Aditya and a daughter Mariam who lives in the US. Patel is the director of the Dynamic Finishing academy for Personality Development. She also featured in the TV serial Dekho Magar Pyar Se on Star TV. Anuradha started her filmy career way back in 1983.She appeared in movies like 'Utsav', 'Dharam Adhikari', 'Dayavan' etc but got into the limelight for her Filmfare nominated role in 'Ijaazat' starring Rekha,Naseeruddin Shah and Shashi Kapoor alongside. But she lost the award for supporting role to Sonu Walia.

She was then seen in many movies in some or the other role here and there. She was again noticed as Genelia's (Aditi's) mom in 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' after which she started her second innings and is still going great. She has worked in movies like 'Aisha', 'Ready' etc. Anuradha will next appear in 'Rabba Main Kya Karoon' of Moti Sagar Productions and in 'It's My Life' directed by Anees Bazmee.

Feroz Abbas Khan is an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, who is most known for directing plays like Saalgirah, Tumhari Amrita (1992), Salesman Ramlal and Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi.

He was the first artistic director of the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai and in 1983 was head of the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Jennifer Kapoor and Akash Khurana.

He started with productions like the early comedy All the Best and Saalgirah (1993), written by playwright Javed Siddiqui with Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher, which incidentally became her first acting performance during her comeback after a sabbatical. In 1992, American playwright and novelist, A. R. Gurney's play Love Letters was adapted to Urdu and Indian context by Javed Siddiqui and first performed by veteran actors, Shabana Azmi and Farooq Sheikh at the Jennifer Kapoor Festival in Prithvi theatre in February 1992, under his direction, where for one-and-a-half hours, they read the letters describing the relationship between two characters Amrita and Zulfikar, over a period of 35 years. The play went on tour to many parts of the world, including US, Europe and Pakistan.

His production of Peter Shaffer's satirical comedy, The Royal Hunt of the Sun and the contemporary Indian adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic Death of a Salesman, 'Salesman Ramlal' (1997), starring actor-director Satish Kaushik are important plays of Indian theatre.Next came English theatre production of Mahatma v/s Gandhi, based on relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his son, Harilal Gandhi.

In 2007, he made his film debut with Gandhi, My Father, based on his one previous play, Mahatma vs Gandhi, and opened to critical acclaim. At the National Film Award, actor Darshan Zariwala won the Best Supporting Actor Award, for his role of Gandhi, while the film itself won the Special Jury Award and Best Screenplay and the Best Screenplay Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and nominated for Grand Prix at Tokyo Film Festival.

Also in 2007, he added Abbas as his middle name to avoid confusion with Bollywood actor-director, Feroze Khan.
While, his play, Salesman Ramlal was revived in 2009, with a more contemporary version, another classic, Tumhari Amrita is still being performed in 2009, after 17 years.