Showing all artists born in 1979

Vamshi Paidipally (born 10 October 1979) is a Tollywood film director who is known for directing the films Brindavanam (2010)[1] and Yevadu (2014).

Bhaskar,popularly known as Bommarillu Bhaskar is a Telugu and Tamil film director. In his early career, he worked as associate director on films Bhadra and Arya. His directorial debut Bommarillu starring Siddarth Narayan and Genelia D'souza was a blockbuster,which earned him two Nandi Awards,for best debut director and best original screenplay.His next venture, Parugu starring Allu Arjun was a box office hit.Orange starring Ram Charan was his next film,which gained some mixed response.He made his fourth film Ongole Githa a revange drama which was a box office and critical failure. His latest Tamil film Bangalore Naatkal starring Arya, Rana Daggubati, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sri Divya, Bobby Simha is about to hit theatres in 2016.

He was a student of the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai and he is born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Vinay Rai is an Indian film actor, commonly appearing in Tamil films, as well as modelling and catwalking in noted fashion shows. His mother tongue is Tulu.

Vinay was originally a ramp model in Bangalore, but since has now made his debut as an actor in director Jeeva's Unnale Unnale co-starring Sadha and Tanisha Mukherjee.  The film became a large success upon release and opened up more acting offers for Vinay Rai.

Since his debut film, he has appeared in a Telugu language film, Vaana, which flopped at the box-office and a critically successful Tamil film, in Jayamkondaan, for which his performance was acclaimed.

In 2009, he appeared in Saran's Modhi Vilayadu alongside Kajal Aggarwal which also fared poorly at the box office, while two of his films Veelle and Nootruku Nooru were stalled during their production stage. He made a comeback in 2011 with a role in the English film, Dam 999, though the film met with a poor commercial and critical response.

Deepak Dinkar is a film actor and leading Tamil television actor. He is known for his role as Tamil in the Tamil prime time Megaserial on Sun TV Thendral. He is a television host for various shows including Jodi Number One.

Deepak was a student in Economics in Loyala College. He is married to S. Sivaranjini and has a son named Agnidh.

Deepak started his career as a participant in Jodi Number One in the first season and later became a host in the second season in Vijay TV. He has acted in various many serials including Thirumathi Selvam. He has acted in films including Uyarthiru 420. He was the male lead in a film called in Ivanuku Thannila Gandam.

Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career.He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 film Guru after debuting in the 2004 Hindi film Woh Tera Naam Tha. He played the male lead in 2008 film Fashion for which he received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance.

Bajwa was born on 3 September 1979 in Delhi. Bajwa's father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of New Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo.
Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers. His breakthrough on television started off with several commercials for brands like Lux, Veet, Fiat Palio, Godrej AC etc. These advertisements featured him alongside some of the most prominent actresses of Bollywood such as Aishwariya Rai, Katrina Kaif and Preity Zinta.

After making his debut in Woh Tera Naam Tha, Bajwa's breakthrough role came in Bollywood with director Mani Ratnam's critically acclaimed film, Guru, playing the antagonist opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Subsequently, he played the male lead in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion with Priyanka Chopra. The film won him the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance while Fashion won several awards such as Filmfare, IIFA, Star Screen and Stardust Awards along with two National Awards. Bajwa also starred in the Telugu movie King along with Nagarjuna Akkineni and Trisha. He then appeared in another Telugu film Arundhati starring Anushka Shetty and Sonu Sood, which became one of the highest grossing Telugu films at that time.

Bajwa then appeared in Ajay Devgn's action comedy film Son of Sardaar, where he was paired with Sonakshi Sinha. He also acted in the action thriller Crook (2010) with Emraan Hashmi and Bobby Jasoos (2014) with Vidya Balan. He has appeared in the film Rustom starring Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta which was released in August 2016. In 2019, he was seen in Sandeep Vanga's Kabir Singh where he played Shahid Kapoor's brother. He was initially hesitant to play the male lead's older brother, but accepted at the insistence of Vanga, for whom he was the only choice to play the character.

In addition to acting, Bajwa has hosted the Filmfare Awards (South) in the year 2007, the International Film Festival of India Goa closing ceremony in 2010 and 2014 and the Kabaddi World Cup opening ceremony in Jalandher. Bajwa also hosted the PTC Punjabi Film Awards in 2014 and 2016

Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. Yuvan Shankar Raja is the third and youngest child of musician and film composer Ilaiyaraaja and his wife Jeeva. He is the younger brother of music director Karthik Raja and playback singer-cum-music director Bhavatharini. Film director and film composer Gangai Amaran and R. D. Bhaskar are his uncles and their sons Venkat Prabhu, Premji Amaran and Parthi Bhaskar, who are working in the Tamil film industry as well, are his cousins.
He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan. After initial struggle, he made his big break with the Thulluvadho Ilamai soundtrack (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s.Yuvan Shankar's 2004 releases, 7G Rainbow Colony, another Selvaraghavan film, and Silambarasan's Manmadhan, were both critically and commercially successful films, featuring acclaimed as well as popular music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which also contributed to the films' successes. In 2007 was Billa, a remake of the 1980 Rajinikanth-starrer of the same title. This film, remade by Vishnuvardhan, starring Ajith Kumar in the title role, also featured two remixes from the original version. The film emerged one of the top-grossers of the year.
In 2011 he Joined with Venkat Prabhu's action thriller Mankatha, his biggest project till date, and Vishnuvardhan's first Telugu venture Panjaa. His last two releases of 2011 were the soundtrack albums to the action-masala films Rajapattai and Vettai, both of which received mixed response and failed to reach success. Yuvan Shankar Raja is currently working on nearly ten projects simultaneously, including Billa II, starring Ajith Kumar and Ameer's long-delayed Aadhi Bhagavan, aside from a couple of small films.
Yuvan Shankar Raja's collaborations with several film directors such as Selvaraghavan, Ameer Sultan, Vishnuvardhan, Venkat Prabhu and Linguswamy have always resulted in highly successful soundtracks. Likewise he has often worked together with noted Tamil poet Vaali and young Tamil lyricists including Na. Muthukumar, Pa. Vijay and Snehan and come up with successful compositions.
Yuvan Shankar Raja known as Yuvan, Yuvanshankar, YSR, U1.

Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty is the son of noted telugu film director Raviraja Pinisetty who has directed  many hit films with big stars in Telugu like Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohan Babu, Rajasekhar and Daggubati Venkatesh. Sathya Prabhas is also the brother of actor Aadhi and now he is debuting as a director with Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka film which has his brother  Aadhi and newcomer Nikki Galrani in the lead roles.