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Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian film actor who won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1995. He is noted for his antagonist characters.

He was born in a Kayastha family in Tellicherry(Thalassery), Kerala, in 1962 to Reba Vidyarthi, a renowned Kathak dancer of Bengali origin and Govind Vidyarthi, a Malayali theater personality. Ashish got his surname from his father, who took on the surname ‘Vidyarthi’ as a tribute to freedom fighter Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi who died in a lathi charge during the British rule.  He moved to Delhi in 1969 and joined the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya, where he won acclaim for his performances as an actor in dramatic and comedic roles. He attended Hindu College and earned a B.A in History.

He started acting in minor roles in regional television serials. Vidyarthi's film career began with a supporting role in the Kannada Film Anand. Later, he starred with Suresh Gopi in Hijack (1991). His break in Hindi films came with Naajayaaz and Baazi.

Sarika Thakur, better known as Sarika, is an Indian actress.

Sarika was born to a Marathi family in New Delhi, India.

Sarika started her film career as a child actor, Master Sooraj, playing the role of a boy during the 1960s in Bollywood. Her most notable and popular appearance as a child artist was in the 1967 musical superhit Hamraaz where she was seen as the daughter of Vimi named baby/saarika. She appeared in many children's movies as well as B grade movies.

Later She moved to better films with Rajshri Productions Geet Gaata Chal with Sachin, with whom she starred in many Hindi and Marathi films and is known to have had a brief affair as well. After their breakup, she got involved with actor and model Deepak Parashar, before she came into contact with Kamal Hassan, whom she worked with in Karishma.

In her acting career, she was often cast as a "westernized girl" in films from 1980's. She gave up her career after her marriage to Kamal Hassan and moved to Chennai with him during the peak of her career. After separation, she has now made a comeback in Hindi films. She played Ipsita Ray Chakraverti in the film Sacred Evil – A True Story which failed at the box office.

In year 2000, she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for the film Hey Ram, her performance in Parzania in which she plays the role of a Zoroastrian woman who loses her child during the 2002 riots of India, fetched her the National Film Award for Best Actress.

She has starred as Sheetal Thadani in the movie Bheja Fry (2006). She also had a small but important role in Manorama Six Feet Under. Her latest movie is Shoebite which has been delayed for production where she stars opposite Amitabh Bachchan.

Bharathi Kannan is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was primarily active in the 1990s and early 2000 and is most noted for his work on devotional films.

Geetha is an Indian actress who has performed in Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. She debuted in the Tamil language film Bhairavi as Rajnikant’s sister. Since then she has acted in films of all the South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films.

Geetha studied in bangalore up to grade 10, at Raghavendra High School, Malleswaram, Bangalore 1978 batch. Her father worked for a multinational company and they moved to Chennai, where Geetha completed her high school at T Nagar Girls’ High School.....

She made her debut in Tamil film Bhairavi as Rajanikanth`s sister by K. Balachander.Her first notable role was in a Malayalam movie for her performance in Panchagni (based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita), opposite Mohanlal. Geetha was nominated for that year`s national award for best actress. The role in Panchagni was the turning point for Geetha and made her a star. Some of her other notable films include Valtsalyam, Sukhamo Devi, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Aadhaaram, Aavanazhi and Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal.

She has over 100 south Indian Films including over 50 Kannada Films to her credit.

Geetha also acted in Tamil tele-serials like Kai Alavu manasu and Engirindho Vanthaal.

After her marriage in 1997- she quit acting for a brief period- however she has returned to the Industry and has acted usually as the hero`s mother in movies like Santhosh Subramaniam and Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum.

In 1997, she married Vasan, a chartered accountant. The couple moved to New York, where Vasan works as the CFO of an Internet company.

Ram Gopal Varma (Born: 7 April 1962) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres — psychological thrillers, underworld gang warfare, Road movies, politician-criminal nexus, and musicals in multiple languages. He gained recognition in Bollywood with the Hindi film, Shiva (1990 film) premiered at International Film Festival of India in kolkata[1] and Rangeela (1995). The next film he directed was Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film, and was show cased among the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India.[2] Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed and which won seven Filmfare Awards) and the 2005 film D (which he produced), form an Indian gangster trilogy. Other acclaimed films that Varma directed include Kshana Kshanam (1991), Gaayam (1993), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Kaun (1999), Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005), Sarkar Raj (2008), Rakta Charitra (2010) Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju (2011) and Dongala Mutta (2011).[3] His upcoming directorial work includes Department starring Amitabh Bachhan and Rana Daggubati.

Kovai Sarala is an Indian film actress and comedienne, who prominently plays supporting roles. In a career spanning 25 years, Sarala has appeared in over 750 films.  She has also worked in television as a regular guest judge on Asathapovathu Yaaru. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian and the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her performances in Poovellam Un Vasam (2001), and Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kanu (2003), respectively. She is currently a judge on Comedyil Kalakkuvathu Eppadi which airs on Vijay TV.

Kovai Sarala was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.  Sarala had developed interest in acting, after watching M. G. R.'s films. She completed her studies and entered the film industry with the support of her sister and father.

Jaya Prada is an Indian film actress and politician. She has starred in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films.

Jaya Prada was born as Lalita Rani on 3 April 1962 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her father Krishna Rao was a Telugu film financier. Her mother Neelaveni enrolled her in dance and music classes at an early age.

When Jaya Prada was fourteen years old, she performed a dance at her school's annual function. A film director in the audience offered her a three-minute dance number in the Telugu film Bhoomi Kosam. She was hesitant, but her family encouraged her to accept it. She was paid only 10 rupees for her work in the film, but the rushes of those three minutes of film were shown to the major figures of the Telugu film industry. Major filmmakers offered her starring roles in quality films, and she accepted them. 

She became a huge star in 1976 with major hit films. Director K. Balachander's black-and-white film Anthuleni Katha (1976) showcased her dramatic skills; K. Viswanath's color film Siri Siri Muvva (1976) showed her playing a mute with excellent dancing skills; and her title role as Sita in the big-budget mythological film Seetha Kalyanam confirmed her versatility. In 1977, she starred in Adavi Ramudu, which broke box office records and which permanently cemented her star status.

The song "Aaresukoboyi Paresukunnanu" performed by Prada and co-star N.T. Rama Rao became a mass hit. Important filmmakers were casting her and repeating her in their films. Filmmaker Vijay introduced her to Kannada cinema in his 1977 super hit movie ""Sanadi Appanna"" alongside Kannada matinee idol Raj Kumar. The movie is also known to be the only movie to feature shehnai rendition by Ustad Bismillah Khan. Jaya Prada repeated her successful pairing with Raj Kumar in films like Huliya Halina Mevu (1979), Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983) and Shabdavedhi (2000). In 1979, K. Balachander repeated her in Ninaithale Inikkum opposite Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth in which she played a terminally-ill patient. She continued to act in more films in Telugu opposite actors such NTR, ANR, Krishna, Krishnam Raju and Sobhan Babu throughout the 70s and 80s. K. Viswanath remade Siri Siri Muvva (1976) in Hindi as Sargam introducing Jayaprada to Bollywood in 1979. The film was successful and she became a star there as well. She earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress but couldn't capitalize on her success since she couldn't speak Hindi.

1980s

In 1981, she starred in the critically acclaimed 47 Natkal for filmmaker K. Balachander in which Chiranjeevi played her villainous, bigamist husband. After she took Hindi lessons, director K. Vishwanath relaunched her in Hindi films, with the hit film Kaamchor where she spoke Hindi fluently for the first time.  She was now able to consistently work in Hindi films, and earned two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan's endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi (1984) and for her challenging double role in K. Vishwanath's Sanjog. Saagara Sangamam released in 1983 proved to be a milestone in her career. Starring Kamal Hassan, the film won her lot of accolades including Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu.

Jaya made a successful team not just with Amitabh Bachchan and Jeetendra, but also with her immediate screen rival Sridevi, with whom she has acted in about a dozen films. Their hit Telugu film Devata (1982) was remade into the hit Hindi film Tohfa (1984). These films endeared Jaya Prada to the traditional conservative section of film goers and she amassed a huge female fan following as well. It was an image that would serve her well when she started a new career as a politician.Indian director Satyajit Ray described her as was one of the prettiest women in the world.  Although, she has acted in Bengali films, she has never worked for Ray. (She claimed that Ray had her in mind for a film, but his illness and subsequent death prevented their collaboration).

1990s and later

As she became involved in her political career since 1994, at the age of 32, her involvement with films reduced.In 2002, she stepped into the Marathi film industry by being a guest in the movie Aadhaar.  Thus far, she acted in eight languages and has completed 300 films during a 30-year film career. She started playing mature roles in 2004.

She also owns the Jaya Prada Theater in Chennai.

In 2011, she returned to Malayalam screens with a strong role in Pranayam, alongside Mohanlal and Anupam Kher. She essayed the role of 'Grace' in this film which won her critical acclaim and several awards. Her 2012 Kannada film Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (Sangolli Rayanna) that saw her donning the historical role of courageous Kittur Chennamma, completed 100 days at the box office.

Personal life

Jaya Prada at the launch of T P Aggarwal's trade magazine 'Blockbuster'

In 1986, she married producer Srikant Nahata, who was already married to Chandra and had 3 children. This marriage stirred a lot of controversy, especially since Nahata did not divorce his current wife and had children with his first wife after marrying Jaya Prada.  Jaya Prada and Srikanth have no children together, but she expressed desire to have children. They were separated after a couple of years together.

Political career

Jayaprada joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 at the invitation of its founder, N. T. Rama Rao, on the eve of the assembly elections, and rose quickly through the ranks. At that time there was speculation that she would run for election, but she preferred not to make her electoral debut, although she was offered a seat by Rao.

She campaigned in several constituencies in 1994.  When Rao became the Chief minister in 1994, he appointed one of his sons-in-law Nara Chandrababu Naidu as the Revenue Minister. Soon after the formation of the government, Rao's health started deteriorating, and in response to the growing influence of his wife, Lakshmi Parvati, on the political decisions of NTR, Chandrababu Naidu convinced a majority of the TDP MLAs to elect him as the chief minister. Since most of the legislators had gone over to his side, the Anti Defection Law did not apply and the Telugu Desam Party label passed on to the Chandrababu Naidu faction. During this period, Prada too joined the Chandrababu Naidu faction of the party. She was nominated to the Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in 1996. She also held the post of Telugu Mahila President.

Following differences with party Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu, she left the TDP to join Samajwadi Party and contested from Rampur parliamentary Constituency in UP during the last General election in 2004 and got elected with a margin of more than 85000 votes. During her campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, she was issued a notice by the Election Commission for violating the code of conduct by distributing bindis to women in Rampur's Swar locality.  On 11 May 2009, Jaya Prada alleged that senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was distributing nude pictures of her.  She was re-elected with a margin of more than 30,000 votes.

After she came out in open support of the former General Secretary of Samajwadi Party, Amar Singh, Prada was expelled from the party on 2 February 2010 citing reasons such as indulging in activities inimical to its political interests and damaging its image. Prada was accused by Samajwadi party members for infiltration into the party of capitalist and communal forces, which threatened to derail it from its Samajwadi moorings and damage its secular character.

Archana Puran Singh is a well-known television and film actress of Indian cinema. She was born on 26th September, 1962 in an upper-class Punjabi family of Dehradun. She completed her schooling in her home-town and at the tender age of 18, she headed towards Mumbai to explore her modeling career.

After a series of modeling assignments, she finally struck fame with her Band-Aid commercial, produced by Jalal Agha. He was the one, who perceived her acting potential and decided to launch her in the lead role in his serial, "Mr and Mrs". Her next big break was in Pankaj Parasher's television serial "Karamchand". Alongside, she continued to walk on ramp and participated in Miss India contest in the year 1986.

Archana made her Bollywood debut in the year 1987 with the film 'Jalwa', opposite Naseeruddin Shah. Although, the film was a hit, still she failed to grab the filmmakers' attention. Ambitious Archana didn't wait for a peculiar lead role to approach her, but went on to act even in the supporting roles that came her way. She had essayed some small but pertinent roles in the big banner films like 'Agneepath' (1990), 'Saudagar', 'Shola Aur Shabnam' and 'Aashiq Aawara'. She gained wide recognition from her vampish role of Karisma Kapoor's step-mother in the blockbuster 'Raja Hindustani', she is also vividly remembered as flirtatious professor Ms. Briganza of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'.

Coming to her television career, Archana has anchored a celebrity gossip show, "Kya Scene Hai" on ZEE TV. She was also the part of successful television shows like "Shriman Shrimati", "Uncensored" and "Junoon". She has been a persistent judge for the series of seasons of superhit show "Comedy Circus".

On 30th June 1992, Archana got married to the actor Parmeet Sethi and the couple has two sons, named Aaryamann and Ayushman.

Archana and Parmeet had together participated in a celebrity couple dance show, "Naach Baliye"- Season 1 and they have also hosted another reality dance show named, "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa"- Season 1. Some of her recent films are 'Krrish', 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!', 'De Dana Dan' and 'Bol Bachchan'. She will be next seen in upcoming 'Krrish 3'.

Unni Mary is a film actress and producer who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil films, where she acted under the screen name Deepa.

Unnimary was born to Augustine Fernandez and Victoria on 12 March 1962. She had her primary education from St.Teresa's Convent School, Ernakulam. She has a brother, Joseph Martin. She learned classical dance at the age of 3. Her mother owned a ballet troupe and she performed in many stages in India and abroad.

She married Rejoy, a Professor at St Alberts college, Ernakulam on 12 March 1982, and they have a son, Nirmal. Their son Nirmal is married to Ranjini and they have a son, Rihan.

Jagapati Babu About this sound pronunciation  is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu cinema, few Tamil films and in a Kannada film. He has received seven Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards & one Filmfare Award. Recently he received the Kala Bhushana Award, for his contribution to cinema, by TSR Lalitha kala Parishat of Andhra Pradesh. He has worked with noted directors like A. M. Rathnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, S.V. Krishna Reddy, Guna Sekhar, Radha Mohan, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, M. Raja, and J. D. Chakravarthy.


Jagapati Babu was born on 12 February 1962, to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad.


Jagapati Babu made his debut in Telugu with the movie Simha Swapnam (1989) which was directed by his father. He had his breakthrough in the form of Gaayam directed by Ram Gopal Varma in the year 1993. He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor in 1996 for his role in the movie Maavichiguru directed by S V Krishna Reddy. Two years later, he won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Antahpuram. In 2000, he won the Nandi Best Actor Award for the second time for his performance in the movie Manoharam. Similarly, he bagged the Nandi Best Supporting Actor Award for the second time in the year 2007 for his role in the movie Lakshyam. His first Tamil was Madrasi, and in 2011, he appeared as the antagonist in Tamil film Thaandavam. Subsequently, he played the lead role in Jai Bolo Telangana, which won five Nandi Awards. In 2012, he debuted in the Kannada film Bachchan as a cop, which featured Sudeep in the lead role. In 2013, Jagapati Babu returned to the Tamil film industry with Puthagam and will next be seen in Rudhiram. His next movie is Legend, where he is the antogonist against actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.


He lives in Hyderabad. His views were well expressed on film industry and his personal life and in Open Heart with RK a program in ABN a Telugu news channel which was very well received by the viewers.