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Tulasi (or Tulasi Shivamani) (20 June 1967) is an Indian actress. She started her career as a child actress, then became a lead actress and later did supporting role in mother characters.She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages.

Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu film Bharya when she was three months old in 1967. For a song in the film, a baby was needed and Tulasi was placed in the cradle after actress Savitri had requested Tulasi's mother, who was a friend of her.She was then featured in one song when she was one-and-half year old in Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was three. She had never been to school.

She got married at age 28 to Kannada director Sivamani.She stated that "I met him in the morning and by evening we tied the knot".She has one son Sai Tarun with him. Tulasi decided to quit acting after getting married, working only occasionally as a voice actor in Telugu films, including ones by Mani Ratnam. When her son was around six years old, she received several mother character roles. She initially declined them all, but finally signed on one Kannada film, Excuse Me, in which she played mother to Divya Spandana and which became a big hit. After that she was doing three films a year in Kannada.

She later also began acting in mother roles in Tamil films like Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu, Easan, Mankatha, Sundarapandian, Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer and Pandiya Naadu. Tulasi has said that Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, in which she had played mother to Manisha Yadav's character, changed her life and brought her an "identity as a screen mother". Her portrayal of Chellamma in Pannaiyarum Padminiyum was praised too,with critics stating that she was "brilliant",and had given her "career best performance".

Rahman (born Rashin Rahman in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) is an Indian film actor who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He made his debut in Koodevide (1983), and has appeared in more than 150 films. He was a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s, and had shifted to Tamil and Telugu films during the 1990s. He did make a comeback in Malayalam films since 2004 and has acted in supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films post 2000s.

Rahman's native place is in Nilambur, Malappuram district, Kerala. Rahman attended Baldwin Boys High School in Bangalore, St Joseph's Abudhabi in Abu Dhabi, Rex Higher Secondary School in Ooty, and M.E.S. Mampad College, Nilambur.

He is married to Mehrunnisa; they have two children, Rushda and Alisha. A. R. Rahman married actor Rahman's wife's elder sister, Saira Banu.

Rahman's first Malayalam film was Koodevide, which was released in 1983. It became a big hit.He acted in the films of almost all the major Malayam directors at that time. Rahman acted in several popular films including Koodevide, Kanamarayathu, Uyarangalil, Vaartha, Poomukhapadiyil Ninneyum Kathu, Ee Thanalil Ethiri Neram, Ee Lokam Evide Kure Manushyar, Kandu Kandarinju, and Aparatha. He was absent from the Malayalam film industry in the late 1990s as he concentrated on Tamil and Telugu fims. After a long absence, he acted in Mazhavil Koodaram, King Solomon and Hitlist. After another interval, he came back with the movie Dreams, playing the role of a police officer. 

Another of his comeback movie was Black, alongside Mammootty. In 2008, he completed his silver jubilee as an actor. After Black, he acted in films such as Rajamanikyam, Mahasamudram, and Bhargavacharitham Moonnam Khandam. He was the hero in films like Abraham and Lincoln and Nanma along with Kalabhavan Mani. He also acted in director Kamal's film Goal and Ranjith's Mohanlal film Rock & Roll. Another one was Moss & Cat, directed by Fazil with Dileep as his co-star. Rahman appeared in the film Kerala Cafe, in the segment titled "Island Express", under the debutant director Shankar Rama Krishnan (assistant director of Ranjith). Musafir, produced by Pramod Pappan, was one of Rahman's biggest productions and most expensive ventures to date. His latest Roshan Andrews movie Mumbai Police was big success in Kerala. Prithviraj was another hero of this film.

Rahman's first Tamil film was Nileve Malare, which was released in 1986; the director of the film was S. A. Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor Vijay's father). He subsequently appeared in Kanne Kannemuthe, Vasantharagam and Anpulla Appa (with Sivaji Ganeshan). In 1989, after appearing in Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, Puriyatha Puthir and Nee Pathi Naan Pathi, he shifted completely to Tamil and Telugu.He was known with screen name Raghu in Telugu movies. Bharath Band is one of his big hits in Telugu. Rasaleela was the first Telugu movie Rahman acted in; it was released in 1986. In January 1987, Rahman moved from Kozhikode to Bangalore. In 1990, he moved from Bangalore to Chennai.

In 1999 he acted in the Tamil film Sangamam, directed by Suresh Krishna, which depicted the story of a feud between classical and folk dance. The music of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. Rahman then performed in the Tamil films Raam and Thoothukudi, which were released in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The Tamil film Ethiri (2004) was the first film Rahman dubbed in his own voice. He was the villain in the Tamil film Billa, released in December 2007. 

In 2005, after a long gap in Telugu, Rahman acted in the Telugu film Dhariyam. The Telugu version of the Malayalam film Abraham Lincoln was released in Andhra Pradesh and was well received. Rahman's next Telugu film was Aalayam, directed by Muthyala Subbayya.

His Tamil film Vaamanan, directed by Ahmed (who has worked as assistant to director Kathir), did well throughout South India. He also acted in the Telugu remake of Billa, which released on 27 March 2009. Rahman's latest Tamil film is Balam, directed by Muralikrishna. Suhasini, his first heroine from the film Koodevide, appeared alongside him in this film after a gap of 25 years.

Rahman's next Telugu film, Simha, released worldwide on 30 April 2010. Simha went on to become the highest grosser of 2010, and the 5th highest grossing movie in the Telugu Film Industry. He appeared in Oosaravelli and Vanthaan Vendraan. He is set to star with Balakrishna.

Singam II is Rahman's latest Tamil film directed by Hari, starring Suriya in the title role.

Rahman received the State Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in his very first film, Koodevide. He also received the Film Critics Award and Chamber Award for this film. In 1984 he received the Kerala Film Chamber Award for Best Actor for the film Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove. Rahman received the Award for Trendsetter in the history of Malayalam cinema's 78 years at the Etisalat Everest Film awards held in Dubai in 2007. The public voted Rahman for this award from the nominations including Kamal Hassan, Sreedevi, Manju Warrier and Nadhiya.

Rahman's Malayalam film Manjadikkuru, directed by Anjali Menon, received two awards at the 2008 International Film Festival in Kerala.Kerala State Film Awards:Second Best Actor-1983 – Koodevide

Rahman's upcoming ventures in Malayalam are Lavender, Lillies of March and Ente Sathyanweshana Pareekshangal. Lavender is a love story directed by Atlas T. Ali.

P. A. Arun Prasad is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada cinema. He has received a Filmfare Award South and a state Nandi Award. 

Tara (born March 4, 1967 as Anuradha) is a south Indian film actress who primarily works in Kannada films. She is also a politician with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

On March 15, 2012, Tara was elected as a chief president for the "Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy" (KCA) making her the first ever actor to hold the position.  Tara has featured in over 500 commercial and Parallel Cinema.

Known for her strong author backed roles, Tara has won the Best Actress award in the 2005 National Film Awards for her role in the film Hasina (film), which also received the Best Film on Family Welfare award.  It was her first major recognition in a film career spanning over two decades long.  Besides Kannada, she has acted in few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as well.

Tara made her first appearance on screen for a Tamil film Ingeyum Oru Gangai directed by noted actor, Manivannan, in 1984 which also featured Murali in the lead. Followed by this, she featured in her first Kannada film Thulasidala in 1985. However, she got a big break of her career through a Rajkumar starrer Guri in 1986 and thereafter she has acted in several movies as a leading lady and mainly as supporting actress. Her performance in Girish Karnad's Kanooru Heggadithi, which brought her wide spread recognition. She received her first ever award as best actress for the Kannada movie Krama(1991),directed by debutant director Asrar Abid. In the late 1980s, she featured in Mani Ratnam's two of the biggest blockbuster Tamil films, Nayagan and Agni Natchathiram as a supporting actress.

Tara paired with almost all of the leading male co-stars in the 80's and 90's including Dr. Rajkumar, Shankar Nag, Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish, Ananth Nag, Shashikumar, Tiger Prabhakar, Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Murali, Karthik, Sunil, Devaraj among others.

In 2005, she was cast by Girish Kasaravalli in his film Hasina, for which she won a National Award from Indian Government. Subsequently, her role in Kannada movie 'Deadly Soma' was appreciated. Then came her another breakthrough performance in the movie Cyanide the inside story.  In 2007, Tara received her second Best Actress award.  Beside acting, she produced Hasina, directed by Girish Kasaravalli and she has also announced an intent to direct films as well.

Tara married cinematographer H.C. Venu in 2005. She delivered a baby boy on 1 February 2013 through the help of IVF.

Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi (Oorvasi), is an Indian actress who has appeared in a number of films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She is the sister of actresses Kalaranjini and Kalpana. She is one of the most loved heroines of the Malayalam film industry, having played some of the most unforgettable characters during the 1980s and 1990s.

Urvashi was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to well-known actor Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. Her sisters, Kalaranjini and Kalpana, are also acclaimed actresses. She fell in love with popular actor Manoj K. Jayan and they married in 2000. On 11 October 2008 it was reported that Urvashi had obtained mutual separation from her husband. The couple developed difference of opinion and filed for divorce at a court in Chennai. Later, they were separated by a court order. Their only daughter Kunjatta is now living with Manoj K. Jayan.

She started acting films during the 1980s. Munthanai Mudichchu (Tamil, 1984), directed by K. Bhagyaraj, was her first film. Ethirppukal (Malayalam, 1985) was one of her earlier films in Malayalam. During the peak of her career, she starred in M. P. Sukumaran Nair`s award-winning film Kazhakam in 1995, without taking a single penny as remuneration. She was awarded Best Actress for this role.She was a leading Malayalam actress in the late 80s, giving performances in movies like Thalayanamanthram, Mazhavilkavadi, to name a few.

She made her debut in Tamil films with Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) with Bhagyaraj. The movie was a big hit and made Urvashi a sought-after actress in all the South Indian languages. Urvashi has also acted in many Kannada movies with top heroes like Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran and Ramesh Aravind. Her latest Kannada movie, Rama Shama Bhama (2005) with Ramesh Arvind and Kamal Haasan, was a crowd-puller and her performance was well appreciated by critics and audience.

Urvashi was also seen as the host of the game show Thanga Vettai, aired on Sun TV. She served as the host for the show for a very short time, preceded by Ramya Krishnan and succeeded by Kanika Subramaniam. Urvashi is currently the host of a successful "Ladies Show" on Surya TV Channel known as Rani Maharani. 

Mahadevan (also credited as Pithamagan Mahadevan) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language, Telugu and Malayalam films. He made his breakthrough portraying the antagonist in Bala's Pithamagan and the film's name has subsequently been used as a prefix to his stage name to distinguish him from other artistes called Mahadevan.

Udhayabhanu Maheswaran is a Tamil film actor and director. He directed two tamil films: Naalai (2006) and Chakkara Viyugam (2008). As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of Vishwanathan in Star Vijay Television series Office.


Udhayabhanu made his directorial debut with Naalai starring Richard Rishi and Madhumitha in lead roles, film introduced cinematographer Natarajan Subramaniam as an actor. The film, a gangster subject[1] was released in 2006 to mixed reviews and became average grosser. He again directed Natraj in Chakkara Viyugam, a crime thriller which was completely shot around Kolkata. The film was briefly delayed due to Natrajan's cameraman assignments and also crew complained the behaviour of film's actress Daisy Bopanna. The film was released in 2008 to mixed reviews and went unnoticed at box office. Since then Udhaybhanu had stopped directing films.


As an actor, he played a small role in critically acclaimed Moodar Koodam. His portrayal of IT company Country Head Vishwanathan in Vijay TV series Office had received critical acclaim and gained accolades from audience.

'R. N. R. Manohar' is an Tamil film actor and director. He directed films like Maasilamani (2009) and Vellore Maavattam (2011).

RNR Manohar started his career by assisting K. S. Ravikumar in films like Band Master and Suriyan Chandran. He wrote dialogues for Kolangal and also worked as assistant and appeared in a small role as reporter in that film. He wrote dialogues for Thennavan and Punnagai Poove. Manohar played a small role in Thennavan appearing as a gangster who tries to kill Vivek instead gets killed by him. As an actor, he was seen playing small negative roles in films like Dhill and Sutta Pazham. He appeared as Nassar's brother in law in Veeram.

He made his directorial debut with Maasilamani. His second directorial was Vellore Maavattam, a police drama.