Showing all artists born in 1979

Kausalya also known as Nandini, is an Indian film actress and model, who has starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She was pursuing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 16 by Balachandra Menon. The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga and went on to star in several successful films, including Nerukku Ner, Priyamudan, Pooveli and Vanathai Pola.

She had starred in over 30 films in Tamil and Malayalam in lead roles, while securing a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Pooveli. By the mid-2000s, she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai and Santosh Subramaniam and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV.

Barkha Bisht or Barkha Bisht singh gupta is a famous Indian television presenter and actress. She was born on 28th December 1979. She is married to her co-star from a television serial Ek Raadha Ek Shyaam, Indraneil Sengupta in 2008. The couple is blessed with one baby girl named Meera.

Barkha began her career with MTV serial 'Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'. Then she was seen as a protagonist in Star Plus serial 'Pyaar Ke Do Naam... Ek Radha Ek Shyaam'. She also hosted one film news program Popkorn on Zoom TV. Barkha was again featured as a main lead in Sahara One channel's serial 'Doli Saja Ke' and Star Plus TV serial 'Sajan Ghar Jana Hai' . She made cameo appearances in the TV serials like 'Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka', 'Kasautii Zindagi Kay' and 'Kavyanjali'. She also participated in one dance reality show on Sahara One named as 'Saas Vs Bahu'.

Barkha was a host of a comedy reality show on Sony Entertainment Television named as 'Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe'. She has done an item number in films like 'Raajneeti' (Hindi) and 'Dui Prithbi (Bengali). She also essayed a lead role in one Bengali film named as 'Ami Shubhash Bolchi'.

The very talented actress Konkona Sen Sharma may not fit into a typical and conventional Bollywood actresses' form but that hasn't stopped her from being a successful actress. Konkona has got so much talent that she always marks her presence whenever she appears on the silver screen. Born on 3rd December 1979 in Delhi, the talented actress has polished her acting talents well by working in a parallel cinema before making a successful debut in regular Hindi movies. Konkona comes from a cinematic background as her mother Aparna Sen is a well known actress and a director. Her father Mukul Sharma is a journalist and a science writer. Konkona's maternal grandfather Chidananda Dasgupta was a film critic, writer, professor and is one of the founders of the Calcutta Film Society. As a child she went to Modern High School for Girls and then in St. Stephen's College to get a degree in English. Married to famous actor Ranvir Shorey, she is a proud mother of a cute baby boy named Haroon.

Konkona made her acting debut in the year 1983 through the film 'Indira'. She worked as a child artist in this film. After growing up, she made her debut in 2000 as a lead role in one Bengali film known as 'Ek Je Aachhe Kanya' . Then she appeared in the film of veteran director 'Rituparno Ghosh' named as 'Titli' in 2001.

She made her debut in Hindi with her mother's Aparna Sen's film 'Mr. and Mrs. Iyer' in 2002. Her fabulous performance and acting skills in that film brought her the National Movie Award for the Best Actress. Then she appeared in Shonali Bose's 'Amu' in 2005. She got into a real fame when she did a fantastic job in Madhur Bhandarkar's film 'Page 3' in 2005. After this film, Konkona became a household name. She got a lot of critical appreciation for her role of a journalist in that movie. Her next release was Aparna Sen's movie '15 Park Avenue' in which she played a role of a schizophrenic patient. For this movie also she got critical accolades, Later she has appeared in many films like 'Mixed Doubles','Yun Hota To Kya Hota' . Her performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's film 'Omkara' was also well appreciated. She won a National Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film.

Later she appeared in 'Traffic Signal' and 'Life in a Metro' for which she won the Moviefare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her next releases 'Laaga Chunari Mein Daag' and 'Aaja Nachle' could not do well at the box office. But she made a successful comeback in the film 'The President Is Coming'. She got very good reviews for her role in that film. Her next films 'Luck By Chance' and 'Wake Up Sid' were also hit movies. Next, she appeared in many movies like 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge','Right yaaa Wrong','Mirch','7 Khoon Maaf' etc.

Currently Konkona is looking forward for her next release 'Ek Thi Daayan' by Ekta Kapoor along with Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi. And she will be seen in the films like 'Blind Night','Gour Hari Dastaan' and many other Bengali projects.

Senthamizhan Seeman - Seeman Sebastian is an Indian film actor, director, politician and activist in Tamil Nadu. He is the Chief Coordinator of the organisation "Naam Thamizhar Iyakkam" which turned as a political party "Naam Thamizhar Katchi" in May 2010.

Seeman was born in Sivagangai district in South Tamil Nadu to Mr. Senthamizhan and Mrs. Annammal Senthamizhan. He married K. Kayalvizhi, daughter of Late Mr. K. Kalimuthu (former speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) and Mrs. Manohari, on September 8, 2013 in the presence of Tamil Nationalist leader Pazha. Nedumaran and many other Tamil leaders and celebrities. The ceremony was held according to Tamil traditions at the YMCA grounds, Nandanam, Chennai.

Seeman took up film direction as a career after being inspired by the films of his mentor, Bharathi Raja and also the work of Manivannan. Seeman started his career by directing Panchalankurichi, a village action film starring Prabhu and Madhubala. He collaborated with actor Prabhu again in Iniyavalae, a romantic film also featuring Suvalakshmi, Gouthami and Keerthi Reddy. His third film Veeranadai with Sathyaraj and Kushboo after that he took a long break from films.In 2006, he came back with a successful film Thambi with actor Madhavan. The film carried the message that violence does not pay, and is not the answer to the problems of today. Seeman turned actor with the film Pori where he played the role of a Malaysian Business man. The same year he directed the love story Vaazhthugal again with Madhavan and Bhavana, with every single word used in the movie being written in pure Tamil. However the film failed at the box office and since Seeman has only acted in films including critically acclaimed roles in Pallikoodam and Evano Oruvan.

He is a Tamil nationalist leader who founded the Naam Tamilar Katchi party on May 18, 2010 in Madurai.Seeman has been arrested twice for allegedly making anti-national and inflammatory speeches that was observed as having potential to incite violence among Tamils and Sinhalese.  However, he was later released since the court quashed his detention under the National Security Act. In the last Parliamentary elections Seeman campaigned against Congress. Seeman is also known to have cordial relations with Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik.

Seeman has met with numerous controversies, largely linked to his support of the organisation LTTE and its leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran. He was detained twice under the National Security Act of India. He was first arrested in February 2010 for his support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and against Sri Lankan Government for the genocide against the Eelam Tamils.  He was arrested again in the same act in July 2010, this time for allegedly making speeches against Sri Lanka and against its Navy which killed 500 plus Tamil fisherman while fishing in the sea and later released.

In 2010, Chennai police registered a case against Seeman in connection with the attack on the house of actor Jayaram accusing him of instigating the attack on the actor, who allegedly made a comical derogatory remark on a Tamil woman in an interview. Eight persons were held soon after the attack and a special team investigating the case arrested four more later. Jayaram's house was damaged after a group of youths threw stones and set on fire to the furniture at the main entrance. Seeman was initially absconding but later got anticipatory bail.

In 2011, actress Vijayalakshmi who has acted in Seeman's direction, lodged a complaint with Chennai Police against Seeman for making false promises that he would marry her and also leveled rape charges against him.Subsequently she also released photos of the alleged affair Seeman's advocate Chandrasekar said that these are false allegations made to tarnish Seeman’s image and a defamation case would be filed against her.

Samyuktha Varma is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema.  She made her debut as the heroine in Sathyan Anthikkad's Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal (1999). Then she acted in several Malayalam feature films and received two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. After a 3-year long career, she left the industry after her marriage to actor Biju Menon.

She was born in the year November 26, 1979 to Ravi Varma and Uma Varma and belongs to the Nedumpuram Palace clan in Tiruvalla, Kerala. She hails from Thrissur, had never thought of becoming an actress although her aunt Urmila Unni had already been recognised as an accomplished actress, active in both Cinema and Teleserials in Malayalam. Her parents are settled in Thrisur and got a younger sister named Sanghamitra Varma. She had also learnt dancing, but had no plans to become a professional dancer either. When she was studying at Sree Kerala Varma college, Thrissur, she got the offer to do the female lead role in Veendum Chila Veettukaaryangal.

Film career

Samyukta Varma’s three-year movie career saw her playing a string of strong characters.  Samyuktha did so well that her first movie Veendum Chila Veetukaryangal hit the theatres (in 1999) and the audience did not ever feel that the girl doing the lead role was a miscast. But hit-maker Joshi's Vazhunnor, released in 1999 itself, proved all speculations wrong. In 1999 Samyuktha Varma being cast in her third film, Chandranudikkunna Dikkil by Lal Jose, in which she was one of the two heroines, the other being debutante Kavya Madhavan. And also in the cast was Biju Menon, co-starring with whom in two of her later films, Samyuktha was to give scintillating performances. The year 2000 was not very fruitful to Samyuktha. Her second film opposite Jayaram, Nadanpennum Naattupramaaniyum of director Rajasenan, though the film appealed very much to Rajasenan's fans, it did not do much good business at the box office.

And then came a film that could be perhaps one of Samyuktha's most ambitious ventures. She was cast for the first time opposite National Award–winning superstar Mohanlal in hit-maker Fazil's home production Life is Beautiful. The film grossed average. Director Mohan's Angane Oru Avadhikaalaththu, in which Samyuktha was cast opposite Sreenivasan, offered her as well etched out role, which she did to perfection.

Then Samyuktha Verma stunned the audience with real scintillating and sensitive performances in three of her films. The first was Mazha, noted director Lenin Rajendran's film based on a short story by noted writer Madhavikutty. Samyuktha won accolades as Bhadra, a young girl caught between two worlds-one full of romantic dreams, poetry and music, and the other replete with bitter and harsh realities. Lost between these two worlds, Bhadra was indeed a well etched out role for Samyuktha and she did full justice to her role.

Then came Kamal's Madhuranombarakaattu, in which she was again cast opposite Biju Menon as Priyamvada, who finds that life for her is an unending war against fate which has nothing but sorrows in store for her. This again was a really sensitive role. Along with Madhuranombarakaattu, Swayamvarapanthal was released, directed by national award-winning filmmaker Harikumar. As Priya opposite Jayaram, Samyuktha lived in the role of an insane girl with a haunting past.

Though Samyuktha Varma did really wonderful work of her different roles, commercial success went on eluding her films. Her films in 2000, from Naadanpennum Naattupramaaniyum to Swayamvarapanthal, all were flops. But the year ended on a promising note for this young actress, as far as the commercial aspect is concerned. Rafi-Mecartin's Thenkasi Pattanam, in which she is one of the three heroines, did well and was a super hit. Starring opposite Suresh Gopi, Samyuktha dons the role of Meenakshi, a character that is more of a lighter vein compared to her earlier characters. Her next movie Meghasandesham did not do well in the box office. Rajasenan's horror movie with Suresh Gopi, newcomer Rajshri Nair and Abhirami too in the cast was a flop.

Her most noted characters are-that of Bhadra in Mazha and that of Priyamvada in Madhuranombarakaattu.

Personal life

She acted in several Malayalam feature films and retired from her profession after her marriage to actor Biju menon on 21 November 2002. The couple have a son Dhaksh Dharmik who was born on 14 September 2006.

While on tour in the United States in 2002, Varma was on a flight to New York. Before landing, a few passengers heard her father, Ravi Varma, pointing out the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and other buildings in Malayalam. One of the passengers got suspicious and alerted a flight attendant. The plane was escorted to La Guardia Airport by two fighter jets. The family, two others in their group and one unconnected man were questioned by the Joint Terrorism Task Force for approximately five hours before being released. After the incident, Varma said, "At first I thought I would never want to come to America again, I was so scared, but the police were very nice to us. They made sure we were comfortable and they treated us well. America is good country, and I understand people are afraid of people who look different."

Chimbudeven (formerly Simbudevan) is a Tamil film director. He debuted in film directing with the blockbuster comedy film Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi, with Vadivelu in the lead role.
He was born in Madurai.He completed his school studies in St. Britto Higher Secondary School & Sourashtra Boys Higher Secondary School. He done his B.Sc(Botany) in Thiagarajar Arts & Science College.

Chimbu started his film career as an assistant director to filmmaker Cheran.He assisted Cheran for Vetri Kodi Kattu. His first independent direction opportunity came across from S Pictures. When the story was narrated to director S. Shankar, he liked it so much and immediately proceeded with the film Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi (Torture king 23rd pulikesi).
His second film was also for S Pictures, the "fantasy comedy" film Arai En 305-il Kadavul (God in room no.305) which had Santhanam and Ganja Karuppu in the lead . His third movie , a cowboy genre , Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam, had Raghava Lawrence playing the lead along with Padmapriya. His last work was the recently released Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum with Arulnidhi.He is directing the Fantasy film with Illayathalapathy Vijay in the lead role referred as Vijay 58[2] alongside an ensemble cast including Shruti Haasan,Hansika Motwani,Sridevi and Sudeep.The Movie is jointly Produced by PT SelvaKumar and Shibu of Thameens films under the banner SKT Studios.

Raima Sen aka Raima Dev Varma is a famous actress who appears in Hindi and Bengali films. She has got a wide critical acclaim for her performances in the Bengali films. She was born on 7th November 1979. Her mother is a famous actress Moon Moon Sen. Her grandmother is a famous legendary actress Suchitra Sen. She is a sister of Riya Sen, famous actress in Hindi films. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma is a descendent of a royal family of Tripura. Her grandmother Ila Devi was a princess of Cooch Behar. She was the elder sister of Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur. She is a great granddaughter of Indira Devi who was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad II of Baroda.

Raima began her acting career with a small role in the film 'Godmother' which was widely acclaimed by the critics. She then did another small but powerful role in 'Daman' which was appreciated. Rituparno Ghosh's 'Chokher Bali' was a breakthrough in her career. She then acted in a few average movies. She was again recognized in 'Parineeta' as Vidya Balan's playmate. After that she was seen in 'Dus' and a Bengali movie 'Antar Mahal'. Later, she appeared in 'The Bong Connection' with Shayan Munshi and 'Manorama Six Feet Under' Co starring Abhay Deol.

Over the years she was seen in many Hindi and Bengali films where her performance was applauded by the critics as well as audiences. Raima has done one Telugu and Malayalam film as well. She will be soon appearing in one Tamil film. She was seen in 'Eklavya', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd' , 'Teen Patti', '3 Bachelors' etc. Recently she played a supporting role in John Abraham starer 'I, Me Aur Main'. She is currently busy with her Bengali projects.

Arun Chidambaram Writer & Director won 7 top International awards for his 1st film 'Kanavu Variyam'

Arun Chidambaram has won 2 prestigious REMI awards for his Tamil movie ‘KANAVU VARIYAM’. Arun won the ‘Platinum REMI award’ for the Best Theatrical Feature Film’ and a ‘SILVER REMI award’ for a song (‘KALLA MANNA’) featuring in the film. His movie ‘KANAVU VARIYAM’ was chosen as the ‘Audience Favorite Movie’ at 49th WorldFest-Houston. 
Arun has won 6 International awards for his movie.

‘KANAVU VARIYAM’ emerged as the winner in ‘17th Bare Bones International Film & Music festival’, ‘Los Angeles Film and Script Festival’ and ‘National Science Film Festival’ which is organized by the Government of India. ‘KANAVU VARIYAM’ was selected for screening at Shanghai International Film Festival. 

Arun also won the personal accolades from the former President of India Dr.APJ. Abdul Kalam and other top Govt. officials. He completed his Masters in USA and worked for JP Morgan Chase in Chicago. Arun quit his lucrative job and returned to Chennai, India to pursue his dream and passion. 

‘KANAVU VARIYAM’ is his first movie.

Aanchal Kumar is a top Indian model and is a Chandigarh beauty. She is one of the most adored catwalk queens in the fashion world of India from last 11 years. Aanchal Kumar did a cameo in Hindi films like 'Bluffmaster' and 'Fashion'.

The Chandigarh girl was born on 24 October 1979. She was the winner of Gladrags Mega Model Contest in the year 1999. This leggy lass also won the title of 'The Best Female Model of the Year' at awards held in New Jersey in 2007.

Aanchal has four sisters and she is the youngest of all. The model with a stunning figure did plenty of brand endorsements like Sunsilk, Rexona, Bombay Dyeing, etc. 'Aaina' by Jagjit Singh and 'Mukhra Tumhara' by Hans Raj Hans were the music videos done by Aanchal. She was seen in the fourth season of Bigg Boss, an Indian reality show.

If not modeling, the model had another field of interest in her mind. She desired to be an IAS officer. She did her schooling from St. Stephen's School in Chandigarh and was a topper in school. Being an avid reader, Aanchal won the celebrity segment of a quiz show 'Baazi Kiski'. Ashutosh Rana was the host of the show. Model Dipannita Sharma, cricketer Waheed Akram and Yuvraj Singh were her competitors in the show. (2009)

Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (born 23 October 1979), popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor, who is referred to as Young Rebel star in Telugu cinema.

Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Mogalturu village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod Uppalapati and sister Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.

Prabhas started his movie career with Eshwar in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in Raghavendra. He appeared in 2004 with M. S. Raju\\\'s Varsham. He continued his carrer with Adavi Raamudu and Chakram. In September 2005 he acted in the film Chatrapathi directed by S. S. Rajamouli which was a big Blockbuster. Later he acted in Pournami\\\' \\\'Yogi and Munna, an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy Bujjigadu in 2008. In 2009 his two films were Billa and Ek Niranjan .

In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy Darling and in 2011, Mr. Perfect, another romantic comedy. In 2012, Prabhas starred in Rebel, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was Mirchi and \\\' it was Blockbuster. Now, he is acting in Ace Director S. S. Rajamouli\\\'s magnum opus Baahubali.