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Ritesh Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is the son of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, and the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Deshmukh debuted with K. Vijaya Bhaskar's Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) with his later to be wife Genelia D'Souza , but it was not until 2004 that he achieved success, when he appeared in the commercially successful comedy, Masti and the critically acclaimed Bardaasht. His work in Masti was nominated for several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. He later starred in films such as Heyy Babyy, Dhamaal, Rann and House Full.

Vidharth is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in Thiruvannamalai, where he played villain, but his next release Mynaa became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled Mudhal Idam.


Vidharth's father was a cook in Singapore and sent money home for Vidharth to be educated, although he described himself as a "very weak student". Vidharth then hoped to become a bus driver, much to the displeasure of his father, and worked in Devakottai, Madurai and Coimbatore. However he became depressed with his occupation and soon left for Chennai, without telling his family, to try and make a career in the Tamil film industry.


He soon joined the drama troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai through some of his friends and began learning the nuances of acting step by step and made his on screen debut with a small role in Gautham Menon's Minnale (2001). Despite believing that the small role would bring him more offers, it did not, and Vidharth continued small-time work with his drama troupe. After ten years, Prabhu Solomon selected him to appear in supporting roles in three of his films, in Kokki, Lee and Laadam, after seeing him in action in Koothupattarai.


His first major role was in Thiruvannamalai, where he played villain, but after lot of hard work and dedication he got the opportunity to do the main role in his next release Mynaa became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled Mudhal Idam. In 2014, he acted alongside Ajith Kumar in the masala film Veeram. 

An Indian model and film actress Anjana Sukhani is seen in Bollywood films. The glam doll was born on December 10, 1978 in Jaipur. The bubbly actress finished her schooling from Mumbai-based Kamla High School. The brilliant girl is a Management Degree holder in the International Business from UK-based Cardiff Metropolitan University. Anjana's sister Meena Sukhani debuted in the Hindi film industry with the movie 'Bachna Ae Haseeno'.

Being crazy about pursuing acting, Anjana preferred her passion for acting and kept academics in deep freeze. In the initial phase of her career, Anjana appeared in a TV ad of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate with megastar of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan. Anjana's performance in Hindi music video for the remixed track of 'Ghar Jayegi' was very much appreciated. Coming from a non-filmi background, Anjana reached considerable heights by performing prominent roles in super hit movies like 'Salaam-E-Ishq' in 2007 and in the film 'Golmaal Returns'.

Some of her other releases include 'Jai Veeru' (2009), 'Jashnn' (2009), 'Na Tum Jaano Na Hum' (2002), 'Sunday' (2008), 'De Taali' (2008), 'Allah Ke Bande' (2010), 'Sun Zarra' (2006), 'Department' (2012), 'Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal' (2012), 'Maximum' (2012) and 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns' (2013).

This chirpy actress is fond of poetry, books, writing and travelling. Albeit, she is not creating much hype and hoopla in Bollywood industry, she always continues to steal the thunder with her charm and sheer hard work.

Koel Purie is a known face in Hindi film industry. She was born on 25th November 1978 in Delhi. Her father is a famous media business person Aroon Purie. The talented actress started her career with the film 'Everybody Says I'm Fine!' directed by talented actor Rahul Bose in the year 2001. Koel, who learnt acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, next appeared in 'Road To Ladhak' with Irrfan Khan.

Over the years of her career, Koel has featured in many films like 'Rock On','Secrets of the Seven Sounds' 'The Great Indian Butterfly' ,'Its Breaking News','Amal' ,'Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee', 'The Lookalike', 'Nazar' ,'White Noise' and 'American Daylight'.

Besides television, Koel has appeared in numerous TV shows. She hosts a popular TV show 'On The Couch With Koel' on Headlines Today. Koel is married to Laurent Rinchet.

Shalini Ajith , also known simply as Shalini, is a South Indian film actress who debuted, at the age of three, in the Malayalam movie Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku which was produced by Navodaya. She continued to appear in many films as a child actor. After a break of several years, she returned to the industry by appearing in the Malayalam movie Aniyathi Pravu which went on to become a superhit. Her last film Niram, was a blockbuster in Kerala. She is married to Tamil film actor Ajith Kumar.

She was born in India into a Malayali Christian household. She attended Fatima Mat. Hr. Sec School, Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai and Church Park Convent, Chennai. Her sister Shamili and her brother Richard Rishi are also employed in the film industry. Shalini has stated that she enjoys badminton and has played in a few state-level tournaments.

In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Ajith began to date his co-star Shalini. At that time, their involvement made him a regular subject of tabloid gossip, a role to which he was accustomed following his previous relationship. Ajith proposed to Shalini in June 1999, and following consultations with her family, she agreed. They were married in April 2000 in Chennai in a grand ceremony. As both were of different religions, Ajith being a Hindu Brahmin and Shalini being Protestant Christian, they were married together under the customs of both religions. After their marriage, Shalini retired as an actress and became a full time housewife, following the completion of two unfinished projects. On 3 January 2008, their daughter, Anoushka, was born in Chennai

Shalini started her career as a child artist in Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku and she acted in all the films under the direction of Fazil. She went to study, she returned to acting with Aniyathipravu which was successful. Initially Fazil was keen on casting a debutant in the lead female role, but Shalini inisted that she should also star in the Tamil version. The success of the film prompted the director to make another film with the lead pair in 2000, Kannukkul Nilavu, however the film became a box office failure despite positive reviews. Her next film was Amarkalam, Saran initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time and she refused but after a three month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on as well. She was offered the role in Padayappa which she rejected.

This Indian actress appears mainly in Hindi and South Indian cinema. Keerthi Reddy was born on November 17, 1978 in Hyderabad to interior designer father and costume designer mother. Keerthi's grandfather Ganga Reddy is the former Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh in Nizamabad. Keerthi was brought up in Bangalore and she completed her schooling from The Valley School of Jiddu Krishnamurthy near Madanapalle.

Keerthi has taken professional training in Bharatnatyam for eight years. The actress briefly attended Hyderabad-based St. Joseph Public School. For higher education, she attended Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and Baltimore in US. Talking about her career, Keerthi debuted in Telugu cinema with the film 'Gunshot', which was the directorial venture of S. V. Krishna Reddy. In the year 1997, Keerthi stepped into Kollywood with the film 'Devathai'. 'Tholi Prema' was her film in which she starred alongside Pawan Kalyan in 1998. The year 2000 saw Keerthi Reddy ascending the ladder of Bollywood alongside the starkid Abhishek Bachchan in the film 'Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa'. Then, she featured opposite then debutant Arjun Rampal in the film 'Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'. With Anil Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty as her co-stars, Keerthi starred in a supporting role in 2002 release 'Badhaai Ho Badhaai'. 'Supertsra' was her sole Kannada film that released in the year 2002. The Telugu flick 'Arjun' in 2004 saw her receiving Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in Telugu.

Keerthi Reddy was married to Nagarjuna Akkineni's actor nephew Sumanth in the year 2004. However, they got separated in 2006 and Keerthi tied the knot again. Now, the actress is having a baby boy.

Tippu is an Indian playback singer who has performed over 4000 songs in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu languages.


Tippu was born as Ekambaresh in Ponmalai, Trichy to Tamil couple S. Lakshmi Narayanan and M. K. Meenakshi.He has two siblings, an elder sister Gayathri and a younger sister Nithya.Tipu did his schooling at the Kamaraj Matric School, St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School Tamil Nadu.


Tippu is married to playback singer Harini. They have two children, a girl named Sai Smruti and a boy, Sai abhyankar. He has sung 150 songs for Illayaraja and many songs for a.r rahman,vidhyasagar DSP and Harris Jayaraj. He is very famous for Voice modulation and Articulated rendition in all languages.


Tippu has sung over 4000 songs in various languages such as Tamil,Telugu, Kannada, andMalayalam. He has sung many hit songs in his career most of them in tamil,telugu,malayalam,hindi and in Kannada Films.


He has been lucky enough to lend his voice for the films starring South Super Stars like Dr.Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. He has sung for many stars in South India, but it is his combination with Kannada Super Star Puneeth Rajkumar, that has striked the chord with the audience. This combination has given many hit songs to the Indusry. The songs Shiva Antha Hoguthidde from Jackie, Yaavanig Gothu from Paramaathma, Hey hey Paaru from Raaj, Hejjegondu Heeje from Prithvi, Ley Ley from Raam have all been instant chart buster hits. His combination with the happening Music Director V. Harikrishna is very popular. 


They have delivered hit songs like Aakasha Ishte Yaakideyo from Gaalipata, Shiva Antha Hoguthidde from Jackie, Yaavanig Gothu from Paramaathma, Hey hey Paaru from Raaj, Ley Ley from Raam, Junglee Shivalingu from Junglee, Edeyolage Guitarru from Only Vishnuvardhana, Yaare Ninna Mummy Daddy from Maleyali Jotheyali most of them written by top lyricist, film maker Yogaraj Bhat. Their songs have always topped the list.


Tippu has sung lots of hit songs in Tamil,Telugu,malayalam,hindi and in kannada also. His songs like Enai Konjam from Kakha Kakha, Raa Raa from Chandramukhi, O Nanbane from Dil, Girlfriend from Boys have all topped the list. He has sung for many super stars of the Industry like Vikram, Surya, Arya and Others

Manju Warrier is an Indian film actress known for her work in Malayalam cinema. Manju made her debut in Sakshyam (1995). Her films include Sallapam, Ee Puzhayum Kadannu, Thooval Kottaram (1996), Kaliyattam, Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu (1997), Daya, Summer in Bethlehem (1998), and Pathram (1999). She won 4 Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam best actress.  She won the National Film Award - Special Jury Award for her performance in Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu (1999). 

She got married to actor Dileep in 1998, and quit acting at that time. She is often regarded as the most successful actress in Malayalam cinema alongside Shobana and Urvashi.

Manju warrier was born in Nagercoil in the year 1978. Her father Madhavan Warrier was working with Sundaram Finance, Nagercoil regional office.  She did her primary schooling in CSI Lower Primary School, Nagercoil.

Even when she was at school, Manju showed extra ordinary talent in dance, and won many awards. She was conferred Kalathilakam in Kerala Youth Festival for 2 years.At the age of 17, she debut in the film Sakshyam (1995).  Later at the age of 18, she acted in the movie Sallapam (1996), co-starring actor Dileep, whom she later married. Since then, she acted in around 20 Malayalam movies over a span of three years. She has won numerous awards.

Her performance in the movie Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu won a special mention from the jury for National Film Awards. Her other films include Kanmadam and Aaraam Thampuran, Ee Puzhayum Kadannu and Kudamattam with her husband Dileep, Summer In Bethlahem, Pranayavarnangal, Pathram and Kaliyattam, Irattakuttikalude Achan, Kaliveedu, Thooval Kottaram and Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu.

She married actor Dileep. After her marriage with Dileep, she retired from the film industry.

In 2011, she appeared in the promotion event for the movie Gaddama alongside Samyuktha Varma.

In 2012 October 24, she performed Kuchipudi in Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple.

Later in July 2013, she acted in a commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. Her comeback announcement was greeted with much fanfare by fans and the media.

In a subsequent interview, Manju Warrier thanked her fans for welcoming her back to the industry and described the opportunity to work with Mr. Bachchan as one of the most memorable experiences of her life.  She is coming back to the Malayalam film industry after a long break of 14 years through Ranjiths untitle project alongside with Mohanlal, the shooting is to be started on November 2013.

Manju Warrier was recently the cynosure of attention as she received the book penned by her friend and actress Navya Nair. Navya has written Navayarasangal and the first copy was received by Manju Warrier from the hands of veteran poet and activist Sugathakumari.

Manju Warrier mesmerised the audience in Calicut when she presented a Kuchipudi recital as part of the tribute ceremony of late Mullasseri Raju. 

Manju Warrier's father is an accountant, and mother a housewife. Their native place is Pullu, near Cherpu in Thrissur District. She has one brother Madhu Warrier who is also an actor. She did her schooling from Chovva High school and Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kannur. Manju got married to Malayalam actor Dileep on 20 October 1998 at Aluva Sri Krishna Temple. Her daughter Meenakshi is studying in 9th.

Manju Warrier recently did a day long Bhajana in the famed Guruvayur Temple. She worshiped the Lord starting from 3 am till the conclusion of the day's pooja Tripuka at the temple.

Vivan Bhatena is an Indian television actor and model. He portrayed the role of the vice captain of the India national cricket team, Abimanyu Singh, in the 2007 hit film, Chak De India. He also played the roles of Armaan Kapoor in Aamir Khan starrer psychological thriller, Talaash.

Model-turned-actor Vivan Bhatena made his debut on the small screen as Tulsi's son-in-law Abhishek in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He also stars in the Zee weekly Time Bomb, Maayka (Zee TV) and Kumkum Ek Pyaara sa Bandhan.

Vivan Bhatena, 2001 Grasim Mr. India title holder, was also seen on the stage in Sandiip Sikcand’s Champagne On The House. He played the role of Shashank in the series Pyaar Ka Bandhan on Sony entertainment television. He appeared in Falguni Pathak's video Maine Payal Hain Chankaayi.

Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He rose to fame with the film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, which marks his directorial debut.

Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village in Pazhani, was always "crazy about films" like his father and his uncle, who had made a film years ago, that never got released.  Though his family did not want him to become a director and "waste" his life on films, he was sure that he would be a filmmaker one day. To achieve his dream, he came to Chennai, when he was 18 years old and needed 12 years to make his first film. Susindran had worked as assistant director to prominent filmmakers as S. D. Sabha and Ezhil, before turning an independent director.

His maiden venture, titled Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, was released in 2009, receiving rave accolades.  According to Susindran, the film is based on real life incidents as his father was a kabadi player and Susindran got to know about the insults and pains the player went through, which he wanted to showcase in a film.  Also he was said to be inspired from success of the 2002 Bollywood film Lagaan, which was based on cricket.

Following the success of his debut film, he started his next project Naan Mahaan Alla by August 2009. This film, starring Karthi and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, opened to highly positive reviews and emerged a commercial success as well. During this film's final stages of post-production, he started working on his third film, titled Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai.  Suseenthiran revealed that Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai was planned to be his second directorial, but since no producer was willing to fund the film with an offbeat theme, he chose to make a film featuring a known lead actor first. 

Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai, based on Bhaskar Sakthi's novel, likewise fetched critical acclaim. It was screened at 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in Contemporary World Cinema category.  Suseenthiran finished his fourth venture, titled Rajapattai, starring Vikram and Deeksha Seth in the lead.His fifth flick Adalal kadhal seiver which was released in August 2013 received a highly positive response.This movie contains a strong message of premature love and teen pregnancy.The climax of the movie made many to cry and it was emotional.