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Diana Hayden is a famous model and actress. She is a winner of the prestigious beauty pageant Miss World in 1997. She was born on 1st May 1973 in Hyderabad. She hails from an Anglo-Indian Christian family. Diana studies at St. Anne's High School in Secunderabad. She has a bachelor's degree in arts from Osmania University in Hyderabad. She learnt performing arts and drama from Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has endorsed brands like L'Oreal and Durian. Before stepping into the modeling she used to work as a PR officer at BMG Crescendo.

Diana commenced her acting career with the film 'Ab Bas'. Then she was seen in 'Tehzeeb' and 'Lorie/the loving Doll'. She was also seen as one of the contestants in the reality show Bigg Boss. Diana has written a book named 'A Beautiful Guide'. The book is about grooming, confidence building and personality development. The book was launched on 6th August 2012.

Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7,000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga.

She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film Karuththamma. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. Her distinctive voice, which could effortlessly reach high octaves, quickly made her a name to reckon with in the playback music industry.

Personal life

She was born in the village Kizhakkaepparra near Athikkode near Chittur, Palakkad, Kerala, to K. C. Cherukutty and Tamil mother Kalyani. Swarnalatha had many brothers and sisters and was the last born of a big family of music lovers. Her father was a good harmonium player and singer. Her mother also had an interest in music. Swarnalatha was trained on the harmonium and keyboard.  Swarnalatha's family later moved to Bhadravathi (Paper Town) in Shimoga District, where she had her education.  Born in a family of musicians (father K. C. Cherukutty was a singer and harmonium player, while sister Saroja was her music guru initially), Swarnalatha took to music when she was in her teens.

Career

When Swarnalatha was still a child, her family moved to Chennai to seek film opportunities for her singing talent. The first opportunity came from M. S. Viswanathan in 1987, when she performed a duet with K. J. Yesudas, "Chinnanchirukiliye Kannamma" in the film Neethikku Thandanai.  Subsequently, many other music directors approached her to perform their songs. She also had the opportunity to work with director P. Venu. She was recruited by legendary musicians like Ilaiyaraaja and A. R. Rahman. She also recorded a few Hindi songs, the most notable one being "Hai Rama Yeh Kya Hua" from Rangeela along with Hariharan.

She was one of the most versatile singers of her times, as she was able to sing melodies like "Maalayil Yaaro Manathodu Pesa" from Sathriyan or "Porale Ponnuthayi" from Karuthamma as well as Rahman's experimental songs like "Mukkabla" from Kadhalan or "Mottu Vittadha" from Pavithra. Swarnalatha was the first female playback singer to fetch the National Award in A. R. Rahman's music for the song "Porale Ponnuthayi". Once in an interview, she said that she was moved to tears when she finished the recording of this song and received praise from A. R. Rahman. She recorded many other songs with music directors Deva, Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj, Anu Malik, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Raj-Koti, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, Hamsalekha and many others. She sang all the songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Shamshad Begum in the movie Anarkali (the Tamil dubbed version of the Hindi movie Mughal-e-Azam) and she was praised by the Bollywood music director Naushad Ali. And also in one interview she was asked what was the best moment in your life time? Is that during the National award session, asked by the Interviewer Setu. But nobody expected that she would say not that, but she said that she got appreciations by the legend Noushad ali ji (Hindi music composer) for the songs sung in Anarkali (dubbed version of Mughal-e-azam).

Death

Swarnalatha died at a private hospital in Chennai at the age of 37 due to cardiac arrest followed by interstitial lung disease (lung infection) after being admitted because she had difficulty in breathing. The singer had been undergoing treatment for lung infection for over a year and had not recorded for films during the period of infection.

P. Samuthirakani is a Tamil film actor and director.He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander. His 2009 directorial Naadodigal was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in Subramaniapuram, Easan , both directed by M. Sasikumar and Saattai.

Samuthirakani entered cinema with dreams of making it as an actor. “People said I don't have the looks or the physique for it. I was unfazed. ‘Insults are a part of life,' I told myself and persevered. So when did he finally get a chance to don the greasepaint? “Pandiarajan's Padikkira Vayasu in which I had just a line to say! And to squeeze myself into the scene I had to cringe and crawl before the assistant director!” Not a tinge of self-pity! “Why at all? Slights can't hold me back.”

In 1997, he joined as an assistant director under K.Vijayan. Samuthirakani who always used to keep himself busy with work was noticed by Iyakkunar Sigaram K.Balachander and was roped in as assistant director for his 100th movie Parthaale Paravasam. He also got the chance to work as Balachander’s assistant in mega serial Anni telecasted by Jaya TV. The director recalls that the work experience he gained under his mentor Balachander helped him in many ways while shooting Arasi and Selvi, the mega serial telecasted in Sun TV, which were massive hits among house wives.

And that's when he started writing out scenes and dialogue which he would enact within the confines of his room. Soon it led to the discovery that inside him was a capable storyteller.

Subramaniapuram showcased Samuthirakani as an actor with potential and Nadodigal helped him prove his mettle as a director. From maker of megas to director of films that began with Unnai Charan Adaindhain, Kani has always been busy, primarily because he's absolutely egoless. The lukewarm response to his debut film and the disaster of his second —Neranja Manasu with Vijayakanth as hero — didn't deter him. “If the film is a hit everyone vies for the laurels. And if the result is negative, it's the director who has to bear the onus,” he shrugs. He went back to television, joined his mentor K. Balachander's unit, worked as an assistant of Ameer for Paruthiveeran and kept himself as busy as ever. “I continued working till better things came my way.” And the best did happen — Sasikumar gave him that solid role in Subramaniapuram, followed it up with another in Easan, played hero under Sasikumar's direction, and is back with him for Porali.

P. Samuthirakani is a Tamil film actor and director. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander.His 2009 directorial Naadodigal was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in Subramaniapuram, Easan , both directed by M. Sasikumar and Saattai.


Samuthirakani entered cinema with dreams of making it as an actor. “People said I don't have the looks or the physique for it. I was unfazed. ‘Insults are a part of life,' I told myself and persevered. So when did he finally get a chance to don the greasepaint? “Pandiarajan's Padikkira Vayasu in which I had just a line to say! And to squeeze myself into the scene I had to cringe and crawl before the assistant director!” Not a tinge of self-pity! “Why at all? Slights can't hold me back.”


In 1997, he joined as an assistant director under K.Vijayan. Samuthirakani who always used to keep himself busy with work was noticed by Iyakkunar Sigaram K.Balachander and was roped in as assistant director for his 100th movie's Parthaale Paravasam. He also got the chance to work as Balachander’s assistant in mega serial Anni telecasted by Jaya TV. The director recalls that the work experience he gained under his mentor Balachander helped him in many ways while shooting Arasi and Selvi, the mega serial telecasted in Sun TV, which were massive hits among house wives.


And that's when he started writing out scenes and dialogue which he would enact within the confines of his room. Soon it led to the discovery that inside him was a capable storyteller.


Subramaniapuram showcased Samuthirakani as an actor with potential and Nadodigal helped him prove his mettle as a director. From maker of megas to director of films that began with Unnai Charan Adaindhain, Kani has always been busy, primarily because he's absolutely egoless. The lukewarm response to his debut film and the disaster ero — didn't deter him. “If the film is a hit everyone vies for the laurels. And if the result is negative, it's the director who has to bear the onus,” he shrugs. He went back to television, joined his mentor K. Balachander's unit, worked as an assistant of Ameer for Paruthiveeran and kept himself as busy as ever. “I continued working till better things came my way.” And the best did happen — Sasikumar gave him that solid role in Subramaniapuram, followed it up with another in Easan, played hero under Sasikumar's direction, and is back with him for Porali.

Prashanth is an Indian film actor who predominantly appeared in lead roles in Tamil cinema, as well as a few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) and went on to feature in other popular films including R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi (1992) and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993). After a brief career lull, Prashanth appeared in a dual role in Shankar's blockbuster romantic comedy Jeans (1998) alongside Aishwarya Rai. In the late 90's and early 2000's, he featured in a few successful films such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Kaadhal Kavithai (1998), Jodi (1999), Parthen Rasithen (2000), Thamizh (2002) and Winner (2003).

1990's

Prashanth started off as a leading romantic hero in the 1990 surprise hit Vaigasi Poranthachu. The low budget film was released without much expectation, but its hit music by Deva and galaxy of comedy stars made the film entertaining resulting the successful launch of Prashanth, then he surprised everyone by accepting Malayalam film Perumthachan written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. His performance as the son of legendry carpentar Perumthachan, played by Thilakan won him rave reviews. The film was a commercial success as well. Prashanth completed Hat-trick of hits with Balu Mahendra' s Vanna Vanna Pookkal. But R. K. Selvamani' s tamil-telugu Bi-lingual became blockbusters in both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh establishing Prashanth as the numero uno Romantic star of South Indian films. Meantime Prashanth's contemporaries Vijay debuted in 1992 and Ajith Kumar made his debut in 1993. 

Prashanth tasted his first failure in Unakkaga Piranthen opposite Mohini and his Bollywood debut I Love You also bombed inspite of its super hit musical score. Ironically the film was the remake of his debut film Vaigasi Poranthachu. He continued doing the romantic roles in Enga Thambi with Subhashri, Kizhakke Varum Paattu and Rasa Magan. He again teamed with R. K. Selvamani in Kanmani, but this time success eluded them, but Sendhamizh Selvan, which had music by M. S. Viswanathan & Illayaraja as a team, done good business especially in rural centres. Later Tholi Muddhu, the Telugu remake of Hindi blockbuster Dil failed at the box-office as many scenes had continuity issues due to the death of actress Divya Bharti. 

Bi-lingual film Anokha Premyudh and Mani Ratnam' s Thiruda Thiruda too failed to hit the bulls eye. Prashanth experimented as an actor for the first time as Drag in Aanazhagan directed by his father Thiagarajan, however the film failed to live upto expectations. Later he teamed with Ajith Kumar in Kalloori Vaasal, followed by Krishna and Mannava. Midas touch director Shankar's Jeans ended his search for a superhit after the string of moderate success. He followed the super success once again in Kannedhirey Thondrinal alongwith Karan and Simran. Agathiyan' s Kaadhal Kavithai too was a success like Jodi and Hello with Simran and Preeti Jhangiani respectively. But Aasaiyil Oru Kadidham and Poomagal Oorvalam failed at the box-office.

2000's

His first release of this decade Good Luck did well with good promotions, also his next releases Appu, the remake of Hindi hit Sadak done well while Parthen Rasithen became a super success. The subtle performance as a taxi driver suffering from mental agony due to his sister's death and the lover caught between 2 lady loves were appreaciated for both films respectively. But the much awaited Piriyadha Varam Vendum alongwith Shalini had a delayed release harming its potenial success. 

He followed with success like Chocolate and Majunu, but director Hari 's debut film Thamizh released along with Vijay' s Thamizhan became a success, but another debutant director Susi Ganeshan' s Virumbugiren had a delayed release resulting in failure inspite of good reviews. Later Sundar C' s Winner became a huge success at the box-office and the credit was given to Prashanth's combination with comedian Vadivelu' s hilarious performance. 

Prashanth's subsequent releases Jai, Shock and Aayudham fared well at the box office except London which done moderate business. His three films which released in 2006 had all been severely delayed during production and neither of the films made notable impact at the box office. Jambhavan, which released in September 2006, had gone through production hassles notably after the lead heroine Nila had a spat with the producers and delayed the film's shoot. 

Debutant director's Bhuvanaraja's Adaikalam, a family drama which had been completed the previous year, gained positive reviews but the low key nature of the release hampered any chance of a successful box-office run. Featuring no lead heroine, the film told the tale of an estranged family with Thiagarajan, Saranya and Uma also in the cast and a critic noted that "as a brother and a bitter son, Prashanth has churned out what is arguably one of his better performances His final release of the year was Shiva Shanmugam's Thagapansamy which featured Prashanth in the role of a village do-gooder, with Pooja and Namitha in other pivotal characters. The film opened to below average collections and average reviews from critics, though Sify.com noted to "watch the film for the one-man-show of Prashanth, as he is the only silver lining in a film with a confused and confounded plot."

Prashanth had no film releases between January 2007 and April 2011, but was involved in the production of two heavily delayed productions during the period - Ponnar Shankar and Mambattiyan. Moreover he had to face legal issues in his personal life due to his marriage and subsequent court declaration of nullifying his marriage, which made him to take a break. The actor also invested in business opportunities, opening a 12 floor jewellery mart named Prashanth Real Gold Tower at Panagal Park, T Nagar, Chennai in 2008.

(2003-present)

In the mid-2000s, when he went on signing spree only for several of his projects to become shelved after being launched.  In September 2004, Thiagarajan launched Police, a remake of the Hindi film Khakee and the film received coverage from the media after producers had approached Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai for key roles. In interviews during the period, Thiagarajan mentioned the grand scale of the project citing that schedules would also be shot abroad; however the film failed to progress.

Prashanth next signed on to appear in Susi Ganesan's village acton story Sakkarai in October 2004 only for the film to be discontinued after a grand launch ceremony.  In mid-2005, the actor began filming for A. Venkatesh's Petrol and after several leading actresses were approached to play the lead heroine, newcomer Seema was selected. The film continued to shoot schedules for close to a year across India, but Prashanth's marital problems eventually led to delays in the director's schedule and the film remains uncompleted.

In December 2005, Prashanth accepted and started work in R. K. Selvamani's Pulan Visaranai II, a sequel to the director's 1990 blockbuster, with the film's soundtrack and trailer released by 2006. However despite completion, it is still yet to release and in 2011 Prashanth indicated that the film was still delayed due to producer's financial problems.  Furthermore, Ramesh Selvan's action film Runway was launched amidst much publicity in April 2006 but was discontinued despite the team filming a schedule with actress Ferhana.  

Morgan's Taxi Driver alongside Reemma Sen and Namitha was also planned amidst much hype, with the team announcing schedules in the Middle East as well as marking the debut young music composer G. V. Prakash Kumar; though the film was later shelved.  His father's production Kattan with director Suresh of Gambeeram and Arasu also never took off despite an official announcement.  The actor's other projects during the period which were announced but never made included Raghuraj's Jockey alongside Gracy Singh, Mukil's Arun Weds Harini and Cheyyaru Ravi's Vithagan.

Personal life

Prashanth is born to Tamil actor and director Thiagarajan.

Prabhu Deva (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ) is an Indian film choreographer, stage dancer, actor and director known for his works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu cinema, Bollywood, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning twenty-five years, He has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles. He has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography, and has been widely referred in the media as India's Michael Jackson.

After a sequence of successful attempts in acting in the 1990s and early 2000s such as Kadhalan (1994), Raasaiyya (1995), Minsara Kanavu (1997), Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar (1998), Kaathala Kaathala (1998) and Vanathai Pola (2000), Prabhu Dheva ventured into direction with 2005 Telugu blockbuster Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. He then went on to direct successful films in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil languages such as Shankardada Zindabad (2007), Pokkiri (2007), Wanted (2009) and Rowdy Rathore.

Prabhu Dheva was inspired by his father, Mugur Sundar, a choreographer for South Indian movies, and took up dancing learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam from Dharmaraj and Udipi Lakshminarayanan as well as Western styles. Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are his brothers.

Prabhu Deva first appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. Deva's first venture as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. From choreography, he went into acting. His first film as an actor was Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. In 1999, Dheva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany. 

He acted alongside his brothers in the movie One Two Three. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudheva's Dance Academy in Singapore. He planned to release his first video album called It is boring in 2013.He also played the lead role in ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India.

I. Mueenuddin (born 30 March 1973), known as I. Ahmed, is an Indian film director and producer associated in South Indian cinema, predominantly known for his romantic-comedy film Endrendrum Punnagai (2013).

Mueenuddin was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He completed his graduation in Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai.

Mueenuddin started his career as an ad director to Kadir and worked in Kadhal Desam and Kadhalar Dhinam.
He then left to Singapore to start a career as a Television resp. commercial ad director and over the years he has directed more than 80 short films resp. ads and he created content in varied genres. With more than 18 years of media experience, creating content for film, television and radio he is also acclaimed to be the creative director for reputed media companies like UTV, Radio City in India and Singapore. He has also the credit of setting up a radio station, designing the core content and the sound of the station.

He was invited by the Contemporary Asian Arts Center and LASALLE-SIA College of Arts in Singapore to collaborate with internationally acclaimed musicians and performance artists on a unique artistic project named "Wax City" held in Bali, Australia and Singapore. His profession has given the opportunity to travel extensively and attend various Film resp.

television markets and festivals. Due to this exposure he is well informed about the present happenings and latest trends pertaining to the media industry around the world. He is the managing partner of "Think Entertainment". His films Vaamanan and Endrendrum Punnagai were released in 2009 resp. in 2013. At present he is scripting for his next feature film.

Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973), better known as Gautham Menon, is an Indian film director and producer, who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.

He has also directed a few films in Hindi and Telugu languages which are remakes of his own Tamil films.

Many of his films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), romantic classic Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), his action-thrillers Kaakha Kaakha (2003) and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006).

Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973), more commonly known as Gautham Menon, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has also directed Hindi and Telugu films, which are remakes of his own Tamil films. Many of his films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his semi-autobiographical films Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and his thrillers Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) and Yennai Arindhaal (2015). Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Menon produces films through his London Stock Exchange-listed Photon Kathaas film production company and his production Thanga Meengal (2013) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Sakshi Tanwar (born 12 January 1973)is an Indian television and film actress who started her career as an anchor in Doordarshan. Tanwar anchored the film songs-based program Albela Sur Mela in 1998.And starting from the year 2000 till the year 2008, Tanwar played the lead role of Parvati Agarwal in the Balaji Telefilms soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and after featuring in various serials in between she once again portrayed the role of the female lead, Priya Ram Kapoor, in the Balaji Telefilms soap opera, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, which premiered in May 2011 and ended its run in July 2014.In December 2012, she also made an appearance in Kaun Banega Crorepati. She made her debut in 1996 with the serial named Dastoor.

Tanwar was born on 12 January 1973 to Rajendra Singh Tanwar, a retired CBI officer, in a middle-class family from Alwar, Rajasthan, India. She was educated in many Kendriya Vidyalayas (Central School) and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi. After her graduation she was preparing for the entrance tests to the administrative services and mass communications, then she gave an audition for the national broadcaster Doordarshan's film songs based program Albela Sur Mela; she was selected and from there begun her journey towards television, During her college days she was the secretary and president of the dramatic society.