Showing all artists born in 1969

Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, Kannada and has so far sung over 500 songs.

Devan pursued his higher school studies at the Freehold Township High School, New Jersey. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Devan began his singing career in the year 1999, when he received an unexpected call from one of the musician A. R. Rahman's assistants for a voice audition. He then, went on to record his maiden song "O Mariah" for the film Kadhalar Dhinam along with Yugendran. The song proved to be a hit among all sections and thereafter he received several offers from many other Southern music directors.

Devan's second huge hit came in his short piece mellifluous rendition in "Ore Nyabagam" from Minnale (2001) composed by Harris Jayaraj. Thereafter he sang many popular tracks in Tamil and Telugu films under the compositions of Ilayaraja, Vidhyasagar, Deva, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja and others. The song "Anbil Avan" from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa composed by A. R. Rahman ruled the music chart for months.

Most of his songs are for the music director Harris Jayaraj. And all the songs which he had sung for him have received a good reception from the audience.

Recently he has sung a peppy number called "Nahna na Na" for Director Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani Which was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja has become a viral hit from the day it was released. Two different remix versions of the song called "Jack Swing Mix" and "The Extended Mix" also received a massive response.

His latest song is " Hey Lamba Lamba " from the movie Yaan were he again sings for the music director Harris Jayaraj. This song was written by late lyricist Vaali. It is another peppy number.

Devan debuted as a music director in the 2010 film Bale Pandiya. The music album was received with a mixed response .Besides this film, Devan has composed for several short Tamil album songs and has also sung for them.

Devan has also acted in few Tamil films as a character artist. The prominent ones being Parthiban Kanavu (debut film), Unnale Unnale and Jayam Kondaan.He also dubbed for Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu for character "Detective Anderson".

Shilpa Shirodkar (born 20 November 1969) is an Indian actress and former photomodel who was active in Bollywood films from 1989 to 2000. After a 13-year hiatus from acting, she made her television debut in the Zee TV series Ek Mutthi Aasmaan in 2013.

Shilpa is the younger sister of actress and former Miss India Namrata Shirodkar, and is the granddaughter of the famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar.

Shilpa Shirodkar made her debut with the Ramesh Sippy's Bhrashtachar 1989 film with Mithun Chakraborty and Rekha in which she played the role of a blind girl. She starred opposite Anil Kapoor in the hit 1990 film Kishen Kanhaiya. She appeared in several other hit films such as Trinetra (1991), Hum (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Aankhen (1993), Pehchaan (1993), Gopi Kishan (1994), Bewafa Sanam (1995) and Mrityudand (1997).

Her last film appearance was in the 2000 film Gaja Gamini. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Khuda Gawah. Shilpa paired in 9 films with Mithun Chakraborty and fans appreciated their onscreen pairing.

She took a 13-year hiatus from show business to raise her family and in 2013 she made her return to acting, this time on television. She shifted residence to Mumbai and started shooting in the Delhi suburb for her comeback vehicle, Zee TV's new show Ek Mutthi Aasmaan based on the life of domestic helps.The series ended in late 2014. Her second television serial Silsila Pyar Ka started airing on Star Plus on January 4, 2016.

Nandita Das (born 7 November 1969) is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi and Before The Rains (2007). As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), which has won a number of national and international awards. She has been awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France for her work.  Nandita Das was the first Indian to be inducted into their International Women's Forum's hall of fame.

Das was born to noted Indian Oriya painter, Jatin Das and a Gujarati Jain mother, Varsha who is a writer.  She was born in Mumbai and brought up in Delhi.

She went to Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Estate, in New Delhi. She received her bachelor's degree in Geography from Miranda House (University of Delhi) and Master of Social Work from the Delhi School of Social Work.

Career

Acting

Nandita Das started her acting career with the theatre group Jana Natya Manch. She taught at the Rishi Valley School.She is best known for her performances in Deepa Mehta films Fire, Earth alongside Aamir Khan, Bawander (directed by Jagmohan Mundhra) and Amaar Bhuvan (directed by Mrinal Sen). Das has acted in films in ten different languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Oriya and Kannada. The movie star Suganya provided Das' speaking voice in the Tamil classic Kannathil Muthamittal.

Das narrated the children's audiobook series Under the Banyan, and Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks The Story of My Experiments with Truth. She has also lent her voice to the children's television series, Wonder Pets as the Bengal Tiger.

Directing

In 2008, she completed filming her directorial debut, Firaaq.  Firaaq is a work of fiction, based on a thousand true stories and is set a month after the Gujarat carnage in 2002. It is an ensemble film that interweaves multiple stories over a 24 hour period, as the characters from different strata of society, grapple with the lingering effects of violence. The film traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people — some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who chose to watch silently. The film's stellar cast includes Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Chopra, Shahana Goswami and Nowaz.

The film won top honours at the Asian Festival of First Films 2008 in Singapore, where it won the awards for "Best Film", "Screenplay / Script", and "Foreign Correspondents Assn. Purple Orchid Award for Best Film".  The film has also won awards at other international film festivals, including the Special Prize award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala, and the Best Editor award for the film's editor Sreekar Prasad at the Dubai International Film Festival.  It was released in India on 20 March 2009.  The film also won an award at the Kara Film Festival. Das said that the film "gave a voice to so much that remains silent".

Personal life

In 2002, Das married Saumya Sen.  The couple began Leapfrog, an advertising organization geared towards making socially conscious ad films.  The couple divorced in 2009.  After dating Subodh Maskara, an industrialist based out of Mumbai for a couple of months, she married him on January 2, 2010 and moved to Mumbai.  Das and Maskara had a baby boy named Vihaan on 11 August 2010.

Philanthropy

Das gives talks around the world about the impact of her films and the need for powerful social movements in India. She spoke at MIT on 12 April 2007 after a screening of Fire.

She also speaks to campaign for child survival, against AIDS, and violence against women.  She was appointed as the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India in 2009.

Nandita Das wears many hats and her fiery passion to make a difference are evident in the choices she has made in her life and work. She has acted in over 30 feature films in ten different languages with many eminent directors like Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Deepa Mehta, Mani Ratnam and others. Firaaq, her directorial debut feature film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, and has travelled to over 50 festivals, winning much appreciation from critics and audiences and has won over 10 international awards and 10 within the country. She was a member of the main jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, among other reputed international film festivals. She has done her Masters in Social Work from the University of Delhi and continues to advocate issues of social justice and human rights. She is a passionate volunteer and served as a Guest of honour in prestigious iVolunteer Awards 2012, held in Mumbai.

Recently the French government bestowed the award of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, a very prestigious civil award on her. In 2011 Nandita Das was the first Indian to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum, Washington DC.

Until recently she was the Chairperson of the Children’s Film Society, India.

In 2013, she gave her support to the Dark is Beautiful campaign to draw attention to the unjust effects of skin colour bias in India and celebrate the beauty and diversity of all skin tones.

Komal Mahuvakar (famously known as Rupini / Roopini / Rubini) is an Indian actress who worked in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She acted in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films opposite stars including Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Sathyaraj, Vijayakanth, Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Mohan, Mammootty, and Mohanlal.

Rupini, originally from Mumbai, moved to the south to act in films after late 1980's. Earlier she acted in few Hindi movies, doing character roles under her real name Komal Mahuvakar. 'Des Pardes', 'Payal Ki Jhankaar', 'Meri Adalat', 'Sanch Ko Aanch Nahin' and 'Nache Mayuri' are some of her films in Hindi.

Mahuvakar was born in Mumbai to a lawyer father and a doctor mother. She started to learn dancing at the age of four from Lachhu Maharaj in Mumbai. She learnt all the forms of classical dances including Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi and Kathak in a short span of time.She was accidentally spotted by film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee who offered her child actor roles in his films such as Mili, Kotwal Saab and Khoobsurat. She made her lead role debut in the 1980 released film Payal Ki Jhankaar at the age of 19. Thereafter she appeared in many Bollywood films before entering the South Indian films through Manithan (1989) opposite Rajinikanth.

Soon after her marriage, Rupini quit films and concentrated on her family based at Chembur. She started a heart hospital at Chembur for ailing patients and named it Universal Heart Hospital.

Rajamani Velraj is an Indian cinematographer, director and writer who primarily works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. He is well known for his camera work in films like Asuran, Aadukalam, Vada Chennai, Kadaikutty Singam and Komban, and for directing Velaiilla Pattadhari and Thanga Magan.

Salim Kumar is an Indian film actor and mimic predominantly acting in Malayalam cinema. Salim Kumar is one of the prominent comedian actors of the current generation in Malayalam cinema, but has shown his versatility in the drama genre of films, such as Achanurangatha Veedu, Gramophone, Perumazhakkalam and Adaminte Makan Abu. His role as Abu in Adaminte Makan Abu won him both the National Award and Kerala State award for Best Actor for the year 2010. Earlier he had won a Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Samuel in Achanurangatha Veedu.

He attended the Govt. Lower Primary School, Chittattukara North Paravur and went to high school at the Govt. Boys High School, North Paravur. He completed his Pre-Degree education from Sree Narayana Mangalam College Malyankara, Moothakunnam. He wanted to become a singer at an young age but later took up mimicry. He graduated with a BA from Maharajas College, Ernakulam where he won the University title for Mimicry thrice. He started his stage career at Cochin Kalabhavan. He was also a performer in Comicola, a comedy program on Asianet. For about four years, he was associated with professional drama in Arathi Theatres, Cochin.

He is settled in North Paravur-Ernakulam District. The name of his house is "Laughing Villa". He is married to Sunitha and the couple have two sons, Chandu and Aromal. He allies with the UDF party in Kerala, especially with the late political leader K. Karunakaran. He has written his memoirs in a book named Ishwara Vazhakkillello. He conducts a mimicry troupe named Cochin Stallions which introduced cine-serial actor Ramesh Pisharody and many other talents into the limelight.

He was chosen as host for a comedy programme in a private Malayalam television channel. In 1997, his first breakthrough in cinema came with Ishtamanu Nooruvattam, a family drama directed by Sidhik Shameer.

He played the protagonist in Achanurangatha Veedu, directed by Lal Jose. For his performance in this film, he won the Kerala State Film Award for the second best actor in 2007. He has also handled serious roles in films such as Gramophone and Perumazhakkalam. He also appeared in the movie Kerala Cafe(Segment: The Bridge). Salim featured in a hip-hop number in Album "Coffee @ MG Road"-'Palavattam' in 2008. He won the National Award for Best Actor for his performance in Adaminte Makan Abu in 2010.

Nandita Das was born on 7th November 1969 in Mumbai, Maharashtra state. She attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi, Miranda House, New Delhi and Delhi School of Social Work. She holds Masters Degree in Social Work.

She started her acting career with a theatre group named Jana Natya Manch. Her film debut was with Bollywood film Parinati in 1986, she rose to fame after appearing in Fire co-starring Shabana Azmi. Her next film 1947 Earth won her Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance.

Nandita Das subsequently appeared in numerous award winning films like Biswaprakash, Punaradhivasam, Hari-Bhari, Bawandar, Aamar Bhuvan, Kamli etc. After decades of acting experience she made her directorial debut in 2008 with multilingual film Firaaq which won several prestigious awards including Best Film and Best Screenplay award at Asian Festival of First Films.

Shantipriya is an Indian film actress has working in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films.  She is the younger sister of the popular actress Bhanupriya.

Career

Nishanti (aka) Shanti priya, acted in several films, including her biggest hit, Enga ooru paatukran (1988). She was also seen on TV's sci-fi epic Aaryjamaan – Brahmaand Ka Yoddha opposite Mukesh Khanna in 2002. She acted as heroine in a few TV serials and films. Shanti Priya made her debut with Akshay Kumar starrer Saugandh. She has acted with Mithun Chakraborty in many hit movies like Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana, Phool Aur Angaar and Meherbaan. Now she is making a comeback in Hamilton Palace along with Mahakshay Chakraborty, son of Mithunda.

Family

Shantipriya married actor Siddharth Ray in 1999. Siddharth is the grandson of V. Shantaram and has acted in films like Baazigar and Vansh. Siddharth died of a massive heart attack in 2004, leaving behind his wife and two sons.

Prabhu Lakshman (Buddy) is a popular name in Kollywood industry and he also co - chairman of a private college in which runs in different places of Tamil Nadu.

Trustee and co-Chairman of PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, PSNA Polymer Madras Pvt Ltd and PSNA constructions, Prabhu made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam’s “OK Kanmani”. He was known to be a fun-loving buddy of most of the stars in Kollywood.

Buddy was a family friend of Mani Ratnam and Suhasini and he also done a small role in Oh Kadhal Kanmai in Mani Ratnam's direction.

He is closest to most of the celebrities in kollywood town. 

Actor and socialite Prabhu Lakshman has passed away. He suffered a heart attack and breathed his last in Madurai on Thursday November 5, 2015. Prabhu played one of the buddies to the Ok Kanmani.