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Kareena Kapoor (born on 21 September 1980),often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of; these include her work from contemporary romantic dramas to, period films to major Bollywood productions, as well as less publicised independent films.

Born into a family where her parents, Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and elder sister Karisma were actors, Kapoor faced the media spotlight from a very young age, but did not make her acting debut until the 2000 film Refugee. Her melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... became India's highest-grossing film in the overseas market in 2001, and is one of her biggest commercial successes to date.

After receiving negative reviews for a series of repetitive roles, Kapoor accepted more demanding parts in order to avoid being typecast, and was consequently recognized by critics for displaying greater versatility as an actress. Her portrayal of a sex worker in Chameli (2004) proved to be the turning point in her career and she was later noted for her performances in the critically acclaimed projects Dev (2004) and Omkara (2006).

Uday Kiran Vajpeyajula is an Indian film actor in Telugu and Tamil Film Industries. His first three consecutive blockbuster films earned him the title "Hatrick Hero".Uday Kiran was born on 26 June 1980 to Hyderabad-based VVK Murthy and Nirmala.He finished his schooling at K.V.Picket, Intermediate at Triveni Jr. College and Graduation (B.Com) at Wesley College.

He started off with modeling and was Mr. Aptech in the year 2006.He made his Tollywood debut under his mentor, cinematographer turned film director Teja in the year 2000 with the block buster film Chitram, in which he played the lead character of a 17 year old.The film went on to become a trend setter.This film, followed by two other block busters, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, made him listed among the very few actors in Telugu cinema to deliver three consecutive successful fims. His performance as a hot-blooded youngster in Nuvvu Nenu won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) in the year 2001. He then did many films, each showcasing the various capabilities of his acting.

Sathyan Mahalingam, simply known and credited as Sathyan, is an Indian playback singer and composer. He is best known for performing the hit numbers "Kalakkapovathu Yaaru" (Vasool Raja MBBS), "Sil Sil" (Arinthum Ariyamalum) and the title track from Boss Engira Bhaskaran.

Satyan Mahalingam was born in 31 May 1980 to Mr. Mahalingam & Mrs. Mariammal in Chennai, India. During his high school and college years, he was called "Needhi Mohan", but changed his name into "M. Satyan" later on.


Mahalingam had been singing in numerous light music orchestras since 1996. He had also performed for many of the leading orchestras in Tamil Nadu. In fact, he had been working in more than 2500 stage shows during his singing career as a light music singer.


In 2004, Mahalingam entered the Tamil Film Industry, which was introduced by Music Director Baradwaj. He started his career as a play back singer in the film Vasool Raja MBBS and Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru with Padmasree and Mr. Kamalhaasan. Consequently, Mahalingam had performed for several star shows in various countries and cities. Some of those countries and cities include Canada, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Sri Lanka, London, Paris and throughout India.


Besides being a playback singer, Mahalingam had also been doing music directions since 2008. In fact, he had composed and programmed more than 90 jingles, some of which are included in a couple of music albums for Shakthi FM, Sri Lanka. For example, he composed one devotional song for the Nallur Murugan Temple (Sri Lanka), which was sung by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela. It was followed by an Allah song, performed by Mano.

R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh became an actor, worked in Bala's Tharai Thappattai and Muthiah's Marudhu.

Suresh, the son of the producer of the Murali-starrer Poo Vaasam (1999), wanted to be a part of the film industry after being told he had the looks of an actor by director Samuthirakani at a gymnasium. He subsequently began looking for acting opportunities and approached several producers to no avail.

He was offered a role as an extra in Pudhupettai (2006), but his father made him return the advance after being unimpressed about the stature of the role. Suresh then began a film distribution business and experienced success by distributing films such as Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012), Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), before first working as a producer with Salim (2014).

In November 2014, Suresh was involved in a legal dispute with actor Vijay Sethupathi, who kept delaying the start of Suresh's production Vasantha Kumaran. He posted a message in social media that he quit the film industry and stated that Studio 9's ongoing projects would be shelved. Suresh blamed Vijay Sethupathi's failure to allot dates for Vasantha Kumaran as the primary reason behind their financial problems and sought legal action against the actor.

The actor clarified that he had informed everything about the issue to the actors’ association and waiting for an official press release jointly from the producer and South Indian Film Artistes’ association.Responding to the allegations, in a statement, Vijay Sethupathi said that Suresh was trying to make the film without sorting out funding. He added that Suresh had indulged in several activities that were wrong and used a lot of bad language, and refused to accept his withdrawal notice.The pair later amicably sorted out differences and later announced another film during the following year, Dharma Durai (2016).

Suresh later signed on to appear as an actor in Bala's Tharai Thappattai, for which he received critical acclaim, and then in Muthiah's Marudhu, portraying the antagonist. The success of the films prompted him to decide to star as the protagonist and announced several films as such as Thani Mugam, Billa Pandi and Kaaka, where he would portray the lead role.

Charulatha is an Indian film actress.  She has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, and Malayalam films.

Charulatha was born in Punjab, and brought up in Kerala.  Her birth name is Sonia; she adopted the screen name Charulatha after entering the Kannada film industry. She started her career as a model, appearing for brands such as Malabar jewelers, Ayodhya jewelers, Saree Kendra and Ujala.

Sumanth Reddy (born 21 April 1980), better known as Vaibhav, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He made his debut with the Telugu film Godava (2007) under his father, A. Kodandarami Reddy's direction. He is best known for his performances in Venkat Prabhu films Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011), Aambala (2015) and Chennai 600028 || (2016).

Vaibhav Reddy was born in Chennai to Telugu filmmaker A. Kodandarami Reddy.He did his schooling at the Cambridge Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Lloyds Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. His elder brother Sunil Reddy made his acting debut with Seethakaathi (2018).

Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian and Tamil film actor and model. He rose to fame following his performances in films such as The Angrez, Abhiyum Naanum and Unnaipol Oruvan. He later moved to Tamil Film Industry.


In a span of just over 3 years Ganesh has worked in all 4 south Indian languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. He has also worked with all the top filmstars like Amitabh Bachhan, Kamal Hassan, Mohanlal, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Venkatesh.


Ganesh was born and raised in Mumbai. His roots are in an orthodox Brahmin family of Tamil Nadu. Ganesh was the winner of Gladrags Man-hunt Mr. INDIA 2003 and was amongst the top five finalists of the Super Model contest held in Istanbul, Turkey, in the same year.


During his college days, he actively participated in dramas & ramp shows which directed his focus towards modeling and acting. He captained his college volley-ball team. After completing his formal education, this software professional was employed by a reputed IT company, where he worked for nearly two years. Ganesh has also appeared in the new LIC advertisement.


He had acted in Television serials Antariksh (Star Plus) and Mayavi (Jaya TV) which was first 3D serial in Tamil television. He made his acting debut The Angrez a crossover film. He made his debut in Tamil cinema with Abhiyum Naanum. Regarding the acting opportunity Ganesh said that "I came to know that Prakash Raj's Duet Films was in Mumbai scouting for an actor to act opposite Trisha. They were in Mumbai after auditioning many actors in Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore. I thought it was a great opportunity for me. [sic] I met Radhamohan and he explained the character to me. I wanted to convince him that I could play it. So, what I did was, I dressed like the character and went to see him again. He liked the fact that an actor did his homework. I think that helped me clinch the role". Portraying as Trisha's Punjabi fiance, his role received critical acclaim.


Ganesh's next most anticipated Telugu film "Damarukam" sees him playing an anti-hero opposite Nagarjuna.

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Southindian lyricist, research associate, software engineer, and film dialogue writer. He is better known as the son of poet and lyricist Vairamuthu. Madhan Karky is the eldest son of notable lyricist Vairamuthu and Ponmani. He completed his bachelor's degree in computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy in 2001. He further completed postgraduate studies in information technology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia in 2004, where he also worked as an assistant professor.

He worked as a technical volunteer for the Indian Science Congress and National Children's Science Congress in 1998 held at Anna University, Chennai, India. During 1997-1998, he was a Navy Cadet in National Cadet Corps. He was the course organiser for the Multimedia Workshop conducted as a part of the activities of RCILTS-Tamil at Anna University in 2001. He served as Executive Member, Secretary and Webmaster for Computer Society of Anna University during the years of undergraduate study. As the member of Computer Society of Anna University, he worked with Lions Club, Chennai to conduct computer awareness courses to the State School teachers in 2001. He was the event organiser of ABACUS2001 in Anna University in 2001. While studying in High School, he participated in Road Safety Patrol and was the President of the Young Students Society.

He was in the founding committee and member of the Indian Students Association at University of Queensland in 2003. He served as the Vice President of the Tamil Association of Queensland for 2006-2007. During the period, he had organised various cultural and community events in Australia on a larger scale for charity. He was a member of Australian Red Cross and Film Clubs in Brisbane. He was a secretary of Tamil Brisbane as well, providing induction services to visitors of Brisbane and conducting community activities.

Madhan Karky became a lyricist for the 2010 science-fiction film Enthiran, penning the song "Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam". For the same film, he assisted director S. Shankar in writing the film's dialogues, especially assisting with technical terminology. However Kanden Kadhalai (2009), in which he had written the song "Ododi Poren", became his first release. For his work in Enthiran, he was awarded the Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year. He later went on to work as lyricist in the 2011 films, Engeyum Kaadhal, Ko and 180. The song "Enamo Aedho", a song from the Ko's soundtrack, also became popular for its lyrics. His other works include high budget films including, A. R. Murugadoss's 7aam Arivu in which he has also penned a song in Chinese language among the soundtrack and S. Shankar's Nanban. Madhan has penned songs in Portuguese for 180 and in Mandarin for 7aam Arivu and also written lyrics in 15 different languages for a duet song in Nanban.

Apart from penning songs and working in college, Karky has once told in a interview that photography is his passion since childhood and he has a huge collection of pictures he had clicked since his young age.

Padmapriya JanakiramanInitial system, simply credited as Padmapriya, is an Indian film actress and model. A classical bharatanatyam dancer, Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2003), following which she appeared in a number of Malayalam and Tamil-language films alongside leading actors. In a span of 5 years, she has appeared in nearly 30 films in Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi and has received several major South Indian awards. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performances in the Malayalam-language films Kaazhcha, Karutha Pakshikal, Pazhassi Raja and the Tamil-language films Thavamai Thavamirundhu and Mirugam.

Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian film actor . He acted in Bollywood film Khatta Meetha produced by Akshay Kumar, however he is most noted for the role of Shahid Khan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012).

He was born in Jat family of Village Kharkara, Rohtak in Harayana, and he completed his acting graduation from FTII in 2008.

Jaideep Ahlawat started to take acting seriously only after his graduation. He was first noticed in a negative character in Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha (2010). 

In the same year he appeared in Aakrosh with Ajay Devgn Thereafter he did some big banner films including Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Kamal Hasan's Vishwaroopam (2012).