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Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family from Tirunelveli and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, K.K.Nagar. His father, S. M. Jayakumar, was a noted film guitarist and an assistant to Malayalam music director Shyam and later became a noted musician and film composer. At the age of six Harris began his formal training in carnatic music. His father wanted him to become a guitarist and made him learn classical guitar. Harris scored the highest mark in Asia on his 4th grade exam of Trinity College of Music, London. He has the privilege of being the first Indian to be the highest scorer in Asia.He started his music career as a guitarist in 1987 at the age of twelve. After befitting as an ample guitar player, he started playing keyboard and developed interest over synthesizers. He then started programming with his Roland MC-500 and went on to work as a programmer and musician under more than twenty five music directors in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali and Oriya, working in more than 600 projects till the year 2000. He worked under noted composers including Raj-Koti, A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vidyasagar. While working as an additional programmer under Rahman, he composed music for various television commercials including the famous Coca-Cola commercial featuring actor Vijay. In his early years, he admired music composers M. S. Viswanathan, percussionist Aruljothi Balagopal, A. R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer
Harris ventured into film scoring with Gautham Menon's Minnale. The album was well received, particularly the song Vaseegara turned out as a sensational hit. He received the Filmfare award for Best Music Director in his very first movie, breaking the 9 years continuous record of A. R. Rahman. The following Tamil movie albums 12B and Majunu met with high acclaim and praise. His Minnale score was later used in the Hindi version, titled Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein also directed by Gautham Menon. He then worked in the movie Lesa Lesa directed by Priyadarshan. For the first time in India the title song of the movie Lesa Lesa was released as a single prior to the album release date. Harris made his debut in Tollywood with Vasu, which received lots of appreciation and gained him lots of fans in Andhra Pradesh as well. With his back to back successful albums Samurai, Saamy and Kovil Harris emerged as a music director of reckoning in Kollywood. He received Filmfare Best Music Director, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director and ITFA Best Music Director Award for Kaakha Kaakha, starring Suriya and Jyothika. This film directed by Gautham Menon was a huge blockbuster and the songs met with great critical acclaim. Gautham Menon remade the movie as Gharshana in Telugu which had two new songs apart from the Tamil version to suit the taste of Telugu audience. The song Uyirin Uyire reused as Cheliya Cheliya in Telugu and Khwabon Khwabon in Hindi is considered as one of the biggest sensational hit of all time.

Chaams is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has predominantly appeared in supporting roles, notably playing one of the several leads in Palaivana Solai and Onbadhule Guru.

N. R. Raghunanthan is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil films.


Raghunanthan's debuted as Music composer at the year of 2010 in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru directed by Seenu Ramasamy met with critical acclaim and eventually went on to win three National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards. His second film in 2012 Krishnaveni Panjaalai too got noticed. Meanwhile he had also composed Sasikumar's Sundarapandiyan and Seenu Ramasamy's Neerparavai in the same year were both the movies turned out as a big commercial hits, from here Raghunathan got notified by several directors. He also worked for Music Director G. V. Prakash Kumar 's debutant productional movie Madha Yaanai Koottam and receives applause for music from several critics last year.

Shankar Dayal is an indian film director in Tamil and Telugu Industries. His film is bilingual movie Sakuni.Karthi Plays Leading role in Saguni.Pranita is the heroine.The director Shankar Dayal hails from Nandyal but has been born and brought up in Chennai. He has studied English Literature and Law but passion for directing a film took over both the subjects.

Yog Jopee is a Tamil film actor, who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough playing a supporting role in Billa (2007) portraying the role of Ranjith, before playing a role of a police officer in Soodhu Kavvum (2013).


The actor has worked often in Gautham Menon's police films, and as Ranjith in the Billa film series. He also won positive reviews for his work in Soodhu Kavvum. He made his first appearance in a Malayalam film through 7th Day (2014) appearing as an antagonist.


Yog Japee is also the founder of Chennai-based theatre company theatre Y, and has worked with international clients such as the British Council, the United Nations and various colleges and schools in India. His work focuses on theatre training with children and mainstreaming theatre into education, as a tool for social awareness and development. Theatre Y strives towards a larger intervention of arts and culture in the education curriculum. Yog is a recipient of the prestigious international Fellowship on the Chevening-Clore Leadership Programme for Cultural Leaders for 2012-13, one among four scholars selected worldwide for this scholarship.

Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films. She is best known for her commendable performance In Telugu films like Murari, Khadgam, Indra, Manmadhudu and Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.

She has also acted in various Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent. She has been the brand ambassador for Pril soap, Surya bulbs and tubes, Omega watches, Dr. Morepen, Dabur, Vi-John Group etc. in Maharashtra and Kalyana Kanchi in Andhra Pradesh.

Sonali was born in Maharashtra. She studied in Bangalore and Mumbai in Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram and Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane.Thereafter she went to Welham Girls School, Dehradun. She married film actor/director Goldie Behl on 12 November 2002.  On 11 August 2005, she gave birth to a son, Ranveer, at the Breach Candy Hospital.

Bendre started out as a model before being selected for the "Star Dust Talent Search". She was invited to Mumbai and received training from a variety of top actors and performers of the Indian film industry. Her first role was in Aag (1994) opposite Govinda.

Though, she initially struggled to be a successful actress, she was eventually given critical acclaim for her performances in Diljale in 1996, followed by Bhai (1997), Sarfarosh, Zakhm, Duplicate, Kadhalar Dhinam (Tamil film), Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999), Tera Mera Saath Rahey and Anahat (2003) among others. She is also known for being one of the few actresses who acted opposite all top four Khans (Salman, Aamir, Shahrukh and Saif). She has also starred opposite Bollywood actors such as Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor. She also starred opposite Telugu Superstars Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna in films such as Indra, Shankar Dada M.B.B.S., Angaaray, Manmadhudu and Kannada Superstar Upendra in the film Preethse.

In addition to her acting performances, she was also recognized as a graceful dancer through films such as Gaddar, Sapoot, Bombay, Lajja and Major Saab. In 2003, she made a special appearance as Shahrukh Khan's doctor in Kal Ho Naa Ho (produced by Karan Johar), which also starred Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta.  Bendre also starred in the theatre in a play called, Aap Ki Soniya.  She had also welcomed Michael Jackson on his arrival In India in traditional Maharashtrian nauvari sari on November 1, 1996.


She also hosted a dance show on television named Kya Masti Kya Dhoom....! and was one of the judges of Indian Idol on Sony Entertainment television. She also hosted the 50th Filmfare Awards with Saif Ali Khan and Farida Jalal on 26 February 2005. She was a judge on Mr & Mrs Television, Indian Idol 4 and India's Got Talent. In 2012, she also appeared as a judge on reality dance series, Hindustan Ke Hunarbaaz, on Life OK, along with choreographer Terence Lewis.She also appeared as a judge in India's Best Dramebaaz on Zee TV.

At the end of June 2012, Sonali Bendre was rumoured to quit judging India's Got Talent 4. She was said to be likely replaced by Ritesh Deshmukh.  However, later, it turned out she opted out of the show in order to give her dates for her comeback vehicle, Once Upon a Time in Mubaai Again, though as of now, the channel hasn't spoken to Bendre.  Later, at the beginning of July, Sonali Bendre announced she will be making her comeback by portraying a character connected to the one played by Akshay Kumar in the movie. 

Her part was described by the director Milan Luthria: "Sonali's character is called Mumtaz. The name spells enigma and is very crucial to the plot of the film. The character doesn't fit into the usual mould of a mother or a sister or bhabhi but has an identity of its own. That is what makes it special. And that's why Sonali agreed to be a part of the film."

She took a sabbatical from movies after 2004, then after giving birth to her son she started doing television. She refused to star in many movies, saying she wants to focus on her family, especially her son. But after she was offered Once Upon a Time In Mumbaai Dobara, she said yes because of her friendship with Ekta and Shobha Kapoor and the fact she worked with both Luthria (Chori Chori) and Kumar (Tarazu, Sapoot, Angaaray, Keemat) before.

Sriranjini is an Indian actress who has appeared in supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films.


Sriranjini began her career in acting playing a role in a series directed by K. Balachander but made a switch over to films after being offered a role in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey (2000) as Madhavan's sister-in-law. Her next role which won acclaim was her depiction of a Iyengar wife in Shankar's Anniyan (2005).
As of September 2013, Sriranjini has appeared in 54 films.

Basically he is a sound engineer. He has worked in A.R. Rahman studio (S.A.S.I). For 5 year, over 75 film as a sound engineer.Sachin was an AD film maker by profession before becoming an actor. His first movie is Yathumaagi, produced by Chozha creations.Now, under the same banner he is acting in Tamil film in “KABADAM”.

S. P. Rajkumar is an Indian film director, who directs Tamil films.

He started his film career as a dialogue writer for the 1997 film Once More. In 2000, he directed his first feature citation needed film En Purushan Kuzhanthai Maathiri, which was turned out to be a flop. His subsequent ventures Ponmanam (2002) is a hit and Karmegham (2003) is unsuccessful. Only after six years, he started his next project Azhagar Malai, which was a sleeper hit. His fifth film, titled Sura, starring Vijay in the lead role, thus directed a popular actor for the first time which was surprisingly became biggest commercial disaster in the Career of Top Leading Star Vijay before making strong comeback with Kaavalan.

Bagavathi Perumal is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil films. Beginning his career with Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), Bagavathi has since appeared in pivotal roles in films including Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum (2014) and Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum (2015).


Bagavathi began his career with Balaji Tharaneetharan's critically acclaimed Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), portraying himself in a film inspired by real life events. The film became a sleeper hit, with the actor gaining reviews for his portrayal. In 2014, Bagavathi appeared in Chimbu Deven's fantasy comedy Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum, portraying a thief alongside Arulnithi and Bindu Madhavi. The film opened to positive reviews and had an average run at the box office. He was later seen playing a small role in Karthik Subbaraj's Jigarthanda, playing the cinematographer of the film directed by Siddharth in the movie. Bagavathi is currently filming for Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum, where he will feature alongside Arulnithi for the second time.