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Sudhanshu Pandey (born 1974) is an Indian model and Bollywood actor. He was born and raised in Uttar Pradesh. After a career in fashion modeling, he debuted in Bollywood in the 2000 movie Khiladi 420. He was part of Band of Boys which split after a few years.

Mohan Raja is an Indian film director, who has primarily worked in the Tamil film industry. As of 2015, he has directed eight films, all but one being remakes.After making his debut with the Telugu-language film Hanuman Junction (2001), he went on to remake several successful Telugu films into Tamil, beginning with Jayam (2003), which also launched his brother, Ravi, as a leading actor. Raja then collaborated with Ravi for three consecutive commercially successful films, M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004), Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum (2006) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008), all of which were remakes of Telugu films. After a period of mixed success, he returned with his first original script, Thani Oruvan (2015), which went on to become amongst the most profitable Tamil films of 2015.

As a result of his father's involvement in the film industry, Raja regularly visited Vauhini Studios as a teenager to watch his father work as a film editor. Likewise, Mohan's role as the president of the Dubbing Film Producers Association meant that Raja was exposed to world cinema, before he attended the Film Institute to complete his education. He made his directorial debut through the Telugu action comedy film, Hanuman Junction (2001), a remake of the Malayalam film Thenkasipattanam (2000). Featuring an ensemble cast led by Arjun and Jagapati Babu, the film told the story of two childhood friends in a village who fall in love with the same woman and the project went on to become one of the most profitable Telugu films of the year.

 Raja won positive reviews for his work, with Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stating "credit goes to Raja for narrating the story in such a way that all the viewers understand the complex and randomly changing relationships clearly" and that "the film looks solid in most of the scenes", while adding that Raja knows "the mass pulse".Raja then moved on to make his first Tamil film, Jayam (2003), which was a remake of the successful 2002 Telugu film of the same name.

 A romantic thriller set in a village, the film was produced by Raja's father Mohan and starred his younger brother, Ravi, in the lead role alongside Sadha, who had featured in the original version. Jayam opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from The Hindu stating the film gave a sense of "déjà vu" but added that Raja's "treatment is interesting in patches". The film went on to become a surprise success at the box office, and prompted both Raja and Ravi to adopt "Jayam" to their stage names as a prefix, while their home production studio was renamed Jayam Company.

Raja then worked with his father and brother on the production of M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004), a remake of the Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003). Focusing on the relationship of a single mother and son, the film also featured kick-boxing as a backdrop and was extensively shot in Malaysia. Nadhiya made a comeback to Tamil films by portraying Ravi's mother, while actress Asin made her debut in Tamil films with the project. The film opened in October 2004 to positive reviews, with Behindwoods.com stating "Raja has done well for his second film" and "he has well defined the relationship between a mother and a son in this movie", while The Hindu wrote that "casting is a main draw", praising the inclusion of Nadhiya.

Rediff.com also listed the film amongst the "best Tamil films of 2004", stating that the film was "a big success". Like Jayam, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi went on to become another highly profitable venture at the box office for the production house. Following the success of the film, Jayam Ravi signed on for films directed by different film makers, while Raja also stated he was looking to work for other production houses.

Raja did not sign on to make any further films, while Ravi experienced two consecutive box office failures after the success of their last collaboration. Subsequently, the duo came together for another home production titled Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum (2006), which would be a remake of Prabhu Deva's successful Telugu film, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. (2004). Trisha and Prabhu were signed on to play pivotal roles, with the latter being finalised after unsuccessful negotiations with several other actors.

A family drama focusing on the relationship between a brother and a sister, the film told the story of how a city-bred youngster attempts to please his lover's brother. The film opened to positive reviews in July 2006, with Behindwoods.com noting Raja "should be applauded for hand picking a cast that makes the movie worth watching", while remarking that "it has everything that can well set the box office collections soaring". Likewise Sify added the film was "like a saccharine coated candy floss champion that is superbly packaged" and The Hindu stated "Raja has a way of making remakes successful".The venture went on to become profitable, and scored the third straight success for the actor-director duo.He was then signed on by Gemini Film Circuit to remake Rajkumar Hirani's Hindi film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) into Tamil, but the project failed to materialise.

Raja next began work on the family drama film Santosh Subramaniam (2008), a remake of the Telugu film Bommarillu (2006), after outbidding several other interested parties for the remake rights. The film's original version was made by Raja's friend, Bhaskar, who also stated that Raja would be the most apt director to remake the film into the Tamil language. Ravi and Prakash Raj were chosen again to play lead roles, while Genelia D'Souza was selected as the film's heroine, after winning acclaim for her portrayal of the role in the original version.The film revolved around a father and son relationship; where the son's choices and his ambitions to achieve something in life are subdued by his father, and Raja related the storyline back to his personal life.

Santosh Subramaniam opened to positive reviews from critics, with Raja winning critical acclaim for his work. A critic from Sify.com noted "Raja, a past master at remakes, is once again a winner" and that the film "has simple charm, immensely likeable characters, and the intrinsic humour in the writing makes it a must watch". Similarly, a critic from the The Hindu noted "for the fourth time in succession film-maker Raja shows he can re-make a film to suit the audiences here", stating the script was "aptly re-tuned to suit the Tamil milieu".The film also went on to be ranked amongst the Best Tamil films of the year by the Tamil Nadu State, while it also garnered four Filmfare Award nominations, including one for Best Film. Moreover, it became a very profitable venture for the makers, running for over 100 days in theatres across Tamil Nadu.The producers, AGS Entertainment, subsequently requested Raja to make another film with Ravi after Santosh Subramaniam's success, but Raja gave Ravi's dates to director Prabhu Deva to instead film Engeyum Kaadhal (2011).

After five consecutive successful films, Raja chose to remake the Telugu comedy film, Kick (2009) into Tamil as Thillalangadi (2010), with Ravi in the lead role. The remake rights were purchased for "astronomical sum", a month after the Telugu film's release by Raja's father, Mohan, who was set to produce the film. The film began production in mid-2009 and was shot extensively across Malaysia, with Tamannaah and Shaam signed on to play supporting roles.The film opening to mixed and negative reviews, unlike the original version, whilst Sify.com rated the film as "below average" film and added that it was "boring". Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff.com cited the film as a "ridiculous pot-boiler" and criticised Ravi's performance as "lacking punch" and also drew criticism to the "wafer-thin story line", giving the film a mere 1.5 out of 5. Behindwoods.com cited "Raja's narration is interesting but is way too long", adding that "the ‘family’ feel which is generally present in Raja's films is missing in Thillalangadi". The film became Raja's first venture to gain predominantly negative reviews, but had an average run at the box office.

In late 2009, Raja agreed terms to work with actor Vijay, and spent ten months writing a script based on a story written by director Thirupathisamy in the early 2000s. Thirupathisamy had gone on to make the story into a Telugu film titled Azad (2000), while also began pre-production work to remake it in Tamil as Velan with Vijay and Priyanka Chopra in 2001, before he died later that year. Raja subsequently bought the remake rights and re-worked the script of Azad to suit Tamil audiences and signed on Genelia D'Souza and Hansika Motwani to play other lead roles. The film, which was retitled Velayudham, became Raja's first Tamil venture which did not include his brother in the cast and while writing the script, Raja analysed Vijay's popularity amongst children and women audience to insert certain scenes into the script. The film told the tale of a milkman who turns into a vigilante, with a human interest story as a backdrop. The film opened to positive reviews and became the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2011. A critic from Behindwoods.com noted "Raja has done a fine job of mixing all the elements that go towards making a mass hero film, though he has lost the balance a bit in the last hour", while Rediff.com noted it is "a masala entertainer that doesn't require you to tax your brain cells". In early 2012, Raja began pre-production on remaking the Tamil film Ramanaa (2002) into Hindi with Akshay Kumar and Tamannaah in the lead roles. He later opted out of the film after it went through delays and was not involved in the subsequent remake titled Gabbar Is Back (2015).Raja then briefly forayed into acting and played the father of quadruplets in the comedy thriller, Enna Satham Indha Neram (2014), directed by his friend, Guru Ramesh. Raja shot for the film for six days in Chennai but has not acted in any further venture, after the film had a low-key opening at the box office.

After taking a sabbatical, Raja began working on his first original script for the production house AGS Entertainment in late 2012 and was helped by the writer duo Subha. He worked on the script of Thani Oruvan (2015) for nine months, and revealed that it was based on an original idea about "a man who goes all out to hunt evil in society". He added that in "formulaic Tamil films", the protagonist would require a flashback to show a reason to fight evil or that the "hero would wait for the villain to make the first move", but noted that Thani Oruvan would eschew those typical notions seen in Tamil films.He considered several actors for the lead role but finally chose Jayam Ravi again as he wanted an actor "who would trust him blindly" because he had wanted the film to be a "career-changing film". After unsuccessful negotiations with Arya and Madhavan, Raja cast Arvind Swamy in the role of the main antagonist because he wanted "an actor whose attractiveness would act as a distraction from his evilness". Raja called the film "experimental" and "close to his heart", revealing the efforts he put in to the pre-production of the project. The film began production in late 2013 and took a year and a half to complete shoot, with several delays during production.

The making of the film was marred with the troubles of the original composer backing out, Sun Pictures cancelling their film distribution contract and a spat between the director and the lead actress, Nayanthara. As a result of the delays, Raja and Ravi decided to forgo their salaries for the last schedule to ensure the budget stopped escalating. The film opened in August 2015 to unanimously positive reviews, with Rediff.com noting that the script was "highly intelligent, racy and well-polished script that is perfectly executed" and added it has "flawless execution by the director that deserves all the credit". Likewise Sify.com called the film a "taut, intelligent, and deliciously twisted action drama", while The Times of India praised the "sleek filmmaking". The Hindu stated the film was a "pretty smart, pulpy thriller" and wrote it has "more style than you expect in a Mohan Raja movie". The film subsequently went on to become one of the most profitable Tamil films of 2015, as well as the biggest successes in the careers of Raja and Ravi.

Raja has worked on primarily on official Tamil remakes of Telugu language films, but has stated, "Remakes aren't easy. Taking up a proven hit and making it succeed again is a challenge." While other filmmakers in Tamil cinema have often plagiarised plot lines and scenes from other regional films, Raja has only worked on officially approved remake projects and his six first films were credited to other writers. He has noted his displeasure at being referred to as "Remake Raja" or "Xerox Raja" by the media, and that the constant criticism led him to make his first original script, Thani Oruvan.

He works with his team of assistants to blend in changes to the script to suit the culture of Tamil audiences, and thrashes out every single shot from the original version to add or subtract sequences. He has also revealed that he analyses whether to introduce tracks to suit regional tastes and pays particular attention to the cast list. Raja has won acclaim for his casting decisions and was praised for putting Nadhiya in a comeback role as a young mother in M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi and for casting Asin, then branded by the film industry as an "unlucky actress", as the film's heroine despite the producer dissuading his choice. Meanwhile, he gave Prabhu a supporting role as a brother in Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum, marking an early foray away from lead roles for the actor, which won him acclaim from critics.Likewise, his decision to cast Arvind Swamy as an antagonist in Thani Oruvan, because of his "attractiveness" also received acclaim, following the film's success.

Aditi Govitrikar is a famous model , actress and known as a winner of the Mrs. World contest. Aditi was born on 21st May 1974 in Panvel , Maharashtra. Aditi went to Barns High School in Panvel and later did MBBS from Grant Medical College in Mumbai. She enrolled in the course of MD in Gynaecology and Obstetrics but left it halfway as she shifted her career to modeling. Aditi is married to Muffazal Lakdawala. The couple has 2 children. Her daughter's name is Kiara. She has one sister named Arzoo Govitrikar who is also an actress. She has one younger brother named Alpan Govitrikar who is her personal assistant.

Aditi started her career as a model. She was a winner of the prestigious Gladrags Mega Model Contest in 1996. She also won the best face and best body contests at the Asia Super Model Contest in 1997. Aditi has done modeling for the brands like Ponds , Chaat Masala, Clinic All Clear, Eureka Forbes, Keo Karpin Hair Oil, Philips, Shopper's Stop and Coca Cola. Since winning the Mrs. World title, Aditi has continued with the modeling. She has appeared in cameos in many Hindi and South Indian films like 'Soch', 'Baaz', 'Dhund' , 'Paheli' ,'De Dana Dan' ,'Victoria No. 203' ,'Bheja Fry 2' ,'Hum Tum Shabana' , '16 December' ,'Badri' and 'Thammudu' etc.

Aditi was also seen in a TV serial 'Ye Meri Life Hai'. She was one of the contestants in Fear Factor and Bigg Boss. She was seen in the music videos like Baarish Ho Rahi Hai by Anu Malik and Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao by Adnan Sami.

Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes and Jai Wilcox in Covert Affairs.

Personal life

Ramamurthy was born in Chicago to a Kannadiga Indian father and a Tamil Indian mother who had emigrated from India. He grew up speaking English and a little Kannada.  His parents are physicians.  He has one sister who is also a physician. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. There, he went to Keystone School and graduated in 1991. He is the cousin of comedian and film director Jay Chandrasekhar. Ramamurthy is married to actress Olga Sosnovska with two children, daughter Halina (b. 2005) and son Alex (b. 2008), and lives in London.

Ramamurthy attended Tufts University initially as a pre-med major to follow in his parents' footsteps.  He was also a member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. He became interested in acting when he took an "Intro to Acting" class during his junior year as part of his graduation requirement. After participating in several plays — including Our Country's Good, he chose to change career goals. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 1996, graduating in 1998.

Career

Ramamurthy has appeared in theatrical productions of A Servant of Two Masters in London's West End, Indian Ink at the Soho Repertory Theatre, and East Is East at the Manhattan Theatre Club. His film credits include Love & Debate (originally titled Thanks to Gravity), Orient Express, Blind Dating, Little India, Shor in the City and Gurinder Chadha's comedy film It's a Wonderful Afterlife. In addition, he has appeared on several TV shows, including Ellen, Casualty, Guiding Light, Grey's Anatomy, Ultimate Force, CSI: Miami, Heroes, Covert Affairs and Numb3rs.

He made a conscious decision to not audition for stereotypical Indian roles, although he has been offered such parts.  Ramamurthy's role on Heroes was his biggest to date. Although the character of Mohinder Suresh was originally written for a 55-year-old, his audition tape and screen test were convincing enough for writers to rewrite the part for Ramamurthy.  Ramamurthy starred in all four seasons of Heroes, although his appearance in the final season was limited; had the series been recommissioned for a fifth season, he would not have returned for it.

In 2000, he appeared in NBC's television biblical miniseries In the Beginning in the role of Adam.

Ramamurthy guest starred in a season four episode of Psych titled "Bollywood Homicide", directed by Jay Chandrasekhar.

Ramamurthy joined the cast of the USA Network show Covert Affairs as Jai Wilcox from the second episode onward, replacing character Conrad Sheehan III, played by Eric Lively in the pilot.  The show premiered in July 2010.  His character was written out of the show in the premiere of season 3.

In 2012, Ramamurthy appeared in the eighth season of The Office as Kelly Kapoor's new boyfriend, Ravi.

On December 19, 2012, it was announced that he would appear in the CW show Beauty & the Beast as Gabriel Lowen, an assistant district attorney.

He appeared in his Heroes role in that series's continuation entitled Heroes Reborn, in 2015 and 2016.

Kasthuri is an Indian film actress, model and TV show anchor. She was a leading South Indian actress in the 1990s.

Born as Shannmathi, she had her schooling in Chennai and started modelling because of her height while in High School. Subsequently, she got offers to act in films. She debuted as heroine in the Tamil film Aatha Un Koyiley in 1991, and had appear in a number of Tamil fims thereafter, including the horror flick Rasathi Varum Naal, Government Mappilai,Chinnavar' 'and Senthamizh Paatu alongside Prabhu Ganesan in 1992.

She acted in many Telugu films which gained her enough fan following in Andhra Pradesh. After the success of Bharatheeyudu, the dubbed version of the Tamil film Indian, in which she acted as beloved daughter of Kamal Haasan, she got several opportunities to act opposite top heroes. Films like Soggadi Pellam, Merupu did not give any footage to her career.

Kasturi was the subject of a 30-minute documentary film Kasthuri: A South Indian Film star made by Richard Breyer and N. C. Rajamani in 1995. She was also a basketball player and horse rider.

Kasthuri bowed out of films after her Hindi short film The Bypass in 2003. In 2007, there were rumours that she was planning a comeback.  But these rumours proved false.

Kasthuri made a come back in 2010 featuring in a item number in the hit film Thamizh Padam.

Badri Venkatesh (born 2 May 1974) is an Indian film director and television professional with more than 17 years of work experience in film direction, film writing, television fiction writing, reality show direction, event direction, and film making, cinematic teaching, creative management, novel writing and short fiction film making.

Venkatesh made his directorial debut with the 2010 Tamil film Baana Kaathadi.His latest project, Semma Botha Aagatha (2016), sees him returning to work with Atharvaa Murali whom he launched in his debut film.

Venkatesh won the National award for his short film, VIdiyalai Nokki, which also is the first Tamil short fiction film to win this accolade.

Venkatesh's popular works include screenplay and direction for the Tamil feature film Baana Kaathadi– (Big Kite), released in 2010 and starring Atharva, Samantha, and Prassanna. A Tamil romantic film with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Baana Kaathadi was well received.

Apart from mainstream Tamil cinema, Venkatesh has been credited for directing a large number of television shows including: Nalaya Natchathiram Thangamazhai, 'and Amul – Super Kudumbam, a wideranging mix of reality shows.

Venkatesh hails from the Nesapakkam district of Chennai. He is well known as the show director of the popular Celebrity Cricket League (3rd Edition), and the Mirchi Music Awards, the biggest Music awards in South India , and also directing Miss South India, a beauty pageant for all 4 south Indian states.

Venkataraghavan Ranganathan , better known as Raaghav on screen, is film actor and television personality in Tamil Nadu, India. Before his break into films, he appeared in season 1 of Jodi Number One.

He first appeared in supporting roles in several films, he is making his debut as the lead hero with, Nanjupuram. He is a gold medalist from College of Engineering, Guindy,Chennai. He then went on to further his studies in the University of Illinois and later came back to Chennai, where he worked as a software engineer. But due to his passion for media, he shifted to a career of acting.

He got married to his TV co star Preetha. He and his wife appeared together in Jodi Number 1 in Vijay TV and Maanada Mayilada in Kalaignar TV. In borth the reality shows they were the 1st runner up.

Adithya Menon (born on 6 April), often credited as Adithya is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Born in Bombay, grew up in Dubai, returned to India for college and studied in Bangalore, been in Chennai since Oct 2001.

First appeared in a feature film that released on the 25th of October 2003 for Diwali called 'Anchaneya' in Tamil followed by 'Jay Jay' in the same year. Some of the memorable Tamil releases are 'Arindhu Ariyamalum', 'Kulir 100 degrees', 'Billa', 'Aatanaayagan' among other.

Entered Malayalam films with 'Vamanapuram Bus Route'. Other popular movies include 'Mambazhakaalam', 'Ben Johnson', 'Rashtram', 'Bus Conductor'

Entered Telugu films with a remake of the Tamil Film 'Billa' by the same name, playing the same role of a Malaysian Policeman. The first big hit in Telugu came with the second film 'Simha' followed by 'Dookudu' and 'Eega'

Adithya Menon born on 6 April, often credited as Adithya, is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.



He was born in Mumbai and his family migrated to Dubai, UAE when he was really young. He spent his childhood in Dubai till the age of 18. He finished his schooling there in the Our Own English High School Dubai and then migrated back to India. He went to college in Bangalore at the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology where he did his engineering. He has been an Atheist from early childhood.



While in College he auditioned for a slot at being a Radio Host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the Media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into armature theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by a co-actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada Television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial that was called Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by noted comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru.



He shifted to Chennai in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called Thanthira Bhoomi directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Radaan Mediaworks India Limited. He then bagged a role in the famous TV Serial Anni directed by the famous director K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a new comer. He was cast in Anjaneya and Jay Jay at the same time. The movie that released first was the Ajith Kumar starer Anjaneya on Diwali day 2003.

Kalyani N is an Indian film actress who has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her debut in Kollywood portraying a pivotal role in Saivam, later following it up with a contemporary mother's role in Pisaasu.

Kalyani began her acting career as a Tamil theatre actress in Mumbai.  After a few advertisement assignments, she made her transition to films. Her debut role on the big screen was a cameo in the Tamil movie Settai (which was a remake of Delhi Belly). She went on to perform the role of Imran Khan's sister-in-law in Dharma Productions' Gori Tere Pyaar Mein.

However, what gave a boost to her career was her performance as Nassar's daughter Meenakshi in the 2014 release Saivam, which won her a lot of acclaim. Her role in the film Pisaasu, where she was seen playing the role of the mother of the protagonist, was highly appreciated.  In 2015, she played Sathyaraj's wife in Oru Naal Iravil - Tamil remake of the Malayalam sleeper hit Shutter - directed by editor Anthony.

Her first release of 2016 was Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam written by Selvaraghavan and directed by his wife Gitanjali, in which she played a cancer patient. She made her Telugu debut in the Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer Dictator which released on Sankaranti day. Later that year, she played a doctor in the Vijay starrer Theri. She played the role of Kavya's mother in the movie Remo starring Sivakarthikeyan, Mupparimanam starring Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Victor Jayaraj's directorial debut Vinodhan.