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Shreya Ghoshal (born March 12, 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she also sings in other Indian languages including Telugu, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil and Assamese.

Ghoshal's career began when she won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest as an adult. Her Bollywood playback singing career began with Devdas, for which she received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer along with Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. Since then, she has received many other awards. Ghoshal was also honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, wherein governor Ted Strickland declared June 26 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day".

She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan, where her father was transferred. Her father, Mr Bishwajit Ghoshal is a nuclear power plant engineer and works for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and her mother, Mrs Sarmistha Ghoshal is a literature post-graduate.She lived there for thirteen years and completed her schooling up to Eighth Standard at Rawatbhata at the Atomic Energy Central School.

In 1997, when her father was transferred to Mumbai, Ghoshal had to shift to Mumbai with her family. In Mumbai, she studied at Atomic Energy Central School in Anushaktinagar. She joined the Atomic Energy Junior College for studying Science. However, she felt difficulty in studying Science as her musical career in Bollywood had already began by the time. So, she dropped out from there and enrolled at SIES College at Sion in Mumbai for graduation, where she took up Arts with English as Major.

Rawatbhata was a primeval town, unpolluted and away from urban influence. In Rawatbhata, Ghoshal experienced the existence of several cultural programmes and social assemblages, which facilitated her in starting a musical world of her own. A cultural inclination of her parents and the luck of having a mother as a singer accelerated her musical journey. The involvement of her parents in such functions brought her opportunities to sing as a small child, thereby, introducing her the first lessons in the field of music. Her mother sang during rehearsals and she used to repeat by buzzing the same songs with infantile pronunciation. During those days, her parents detected her love towards singing.

Ghoshal's mother turned out to be her first teacher, when at the age of four, she accompanied her on the harmonium and started practicing songs, chiefly Bengali songs. Her first stage performance was made at their club's annual function. When she turned six, she started her lessons in Hindustani classical music. She got training in Hindustani classical music by Rakesh Sharma of Kota[disambiguation needed], Shri Jayawardhan Bhatnagar, the music teacher of her school, and finally from Mahesh Chandra Sharma of Kota. Her introduction to Hindi film songs and Rajasthani folk was made by Shri Jayawardhan Bhatnagar

In 1995, Shreya became the winner of the All India Light Vocal Music Competition, New Delhi, which was organised by the Sangam Kala Group, in the Light Vocal group at a sub-junior level. Ghoshal was judged by Kalyanji-Anandji and Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra at various times of her life. Ghoshal made her first on-screen appearance with a show, named "Awaz Nayi Andaz Wohi" which was aired on the channel EL TV, where she got Kalyanji-Anandji and Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra as her judges. She made her first studio recording with this show in 1996. As a child, she won the 75th Children's Special episode of the Sa Re Ga Ma (now Sa Re Ga Ma Pa) contest on Zee TV. Further on, she again obtained triumph at miscellaneous episodes of Sa Re Ga Ma. Shreya's last connection with Sa Re Ga Ma was the Mega-final judged by diverse judges, viz, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Ram Narayan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Girija Devi, Anil Biswas and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Late Padma Shri Kalyanji, who also judged the competition, convinced her parents to move to Mumbai.

She was trained in playback singing by Kalyanji for 18 months and she continued her classical music training with Late Mukta Bhide in Mumbai. In 1998, Ghoshal started recording albums in Indian regional languages, mainly Bengali albums with the label Sagarika. Her first studio album was Bendhechhi Beena, which was released in January 1, 1998, with 14 tracks. Some of her earlier albums include O Tota Pakhi Re (1998), Ekti Katha (1999), Mukhor Porag (2000), and many more, all in the Bengali language.She even recorded devotional songs in albums like Banomali Re (2002)and  later, Krishna Bina Ache Ke (2007), singing bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna.

Ghoshal caught the attention of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time as an adult.In 2000, Bhansali and music director Ismail Darbar offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of the film Devdas, that was portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. In 2002, she was launched as a playback singer in Devdas. Ghoshal sang five songs in the film, namely, "Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka", "Bairi Piya", "Chalak Chalak", "Morey Piya" and "Dola Re Dola".  Devdas helped her in earning national fame. Her songs in Devdas were able to earn her some popular accolades, such as Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for "Dola Re", National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for "Bairi Piya", IIFA Award for Best Female Playback for "Dola Re". Her performance also won her the RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. Possessing a National Award at the age of 18 for her very first song in Bollywood ("Bairi Piya") was a great achievement.

Sharwanand is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. In 2012, he received the Best Male Debut award for his work in the blockbuster Engeyum Eppodhum at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards.


Sharwanand hails from a very close knit business family. He is the cousin of actor Ram Pothineni.

Sharwanand was born in Hyderabad, India. Sharwanand did his bachelor of commerce degree from Wesley’s and became a trained dancer. He modeled for The Hindu’s Best New Face contest. He then attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai.


Sharwanand first caught attention in the Thumbs Up advertisement with Telugu actor, Chiranjeevi. He started his career appearing in supporting roles in most of the films. He made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, he shared screen space with Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi.


He rose to stardom with Vennela and Amma Cheppindi. Films like Gamyam, Andari Banduvaya and Prasthanam won him accolades. He then forayed into Kollywood with Kadhalna Summa Illai, remake of Gamyam but it did not perform well at box office. His second Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe directed by Vinayan. His third film Engeyum Eppodhum He acted as Gautham in this film. In 2012, he produced a film, Ko Ante Koti under the banner Sarvaa Arts.


He got his commercial breakthrough with the film, Run Raja Run. The film was UV productions' second venture after the hit film, Mirchi. Sharwanand's portrayal of the lead, Raja, won him accolades. His new look in the film was completely different from his previous style as a sober dresser, as this film saw him in bright and colorful outfits.


His upcoming projects include Cheran's bilingual directorial venture starring Sahrwanand and Nitya Menon.

Naveen Kumar Ghanta, better known by his stage name Nani is an Indian film actor who mainly stars in Telugu films. After his education, he became an assistant director and worked with Srinu Vaitla and Bapu, before working as a RJ for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad.An advertisement, featuring him, led to his first acting assignment in Ashta Chamma. Since then, Nani has appeared in half-a-dozen films, including one Tamil film.
Nani was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He did his schooling from St. Alphonsus, Hyderabad and studied in Narayana Junior College, S.R.Nagar. He graduated from Wesley’s. He says that it was during his graduation, that he got "addicted to movies", citing Maniratnam as a big influence on him. He wanted to become a director, thanks to producer Anil, who was a distant relative of his, Nani could join director Bapu as a "clap director" for the film Radha Gopalam that Anil was producing at that time. He then worked for films including Allari Bullodu, Dhee and Asthram.
Nani took a sabbatical to work on a film script. Nandini Reddy, a friend of him who was then working as a radio jockey for World Space Radio, offered Nani a work as an RJ. He accepted and worked for one year at World Space, becoming popular as "Non-Stop Nani".He was offered the film Ashta Chamma also starring Swati Reddy, when the film's director Mohan Krishna Indraganti noticed him in an advertisement.His second film Ride was produced by Bellamkonda Suresh. His first release in 2011 Ala Modalaindi was a romantic comedy written and directed by Nandini Reddy. The film turned out be a super hit and became a critical success. Nani's performance in the film received positive reviews, with critics noting that he was "completely natural" and "living [his] role".Nani is currently shooting for two Telugu films, S. S. Rajamouli's live action project Eega and Gautham Menon's Yeto Velli Poyindhi Manasu, both starring him opposite Samantha.

Sadha Mohammed Syed, better known as Sadha, is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films. Her most notable films include Jayam, Anniyan and Unnale Unnale.

Sada was born to a Marathi Muslim family in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. She attended school at Ratnagiri Sacred Hearts Convent and then went to Mumbai to continue her studies until she became an established actress.

Sada appeared in the Tamil movie Anniyan, which is her most successful movie to date. Since then, she has appeared in a number of films across movie industries in India, in different languages including Monalisa in Kannada and Click in Hindi.In Which She acted with Top Actors of South Indian Cinema Balakrishna,Vikram,Jayam ravi,Madhavan,Ajith,Upendra,Jnr Ntr etc.

Simon is an Indian film composer who has composed music for Tamil films. Making his debut with Sasi's Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013), Simon won positive reviews for his soundtrack and background score.

Simon was born in Chennai and did his schooling in Don Bosco, Peravallur and then at St. Johns, Villivakkam. At the age of 16, Simon started learning music from Jayakar, who he considers his mentor. Simon then went on to graduate in electrical and electronics engineering.

When Simon started his engineering course, he simultaneously started his career as a keyboard programmer. He then continued to work on developing his interests in composing and arranging music. It was during this time that he took up his first recording assignment for singer and composer Jolle Abraham in his studio and began to consider composing as a career seriously for the first time. Soon he started working on a lot of projects with his friend Ravi Shankar who is a studio engineer and also with bass guitarist Keith Peters. From there he worked on jingles where he notably worked on the entire sound design for Hello FM as well as for more than 300 jingles for various brands. Simultaneously he worked as a freelance keyboard programmer for many music directors in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

Simon made his debut in the Bharath starrer, Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu(2013) directed by Sasi. The song “Elavu”, that Simon had composed for the same film was critically acclaimed and was well received on social media. Simon's music for his second film Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani, also a Bharath starter, won a lot of positive response and was widely appreciated. A review stated "Simon continues to show promise after Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu!." and "A good different genre catchy album from music director Simon after 555.". The music was also greatly appreciated by veteran Director K. Balachander, as he stated "I myself felt like dancing to those tunes.". The album also featured Music Director Vijay Antony, crooning a complete song for the first time, for a different composer.

Tashu Kaushik is an Indian film actress and model. She was earlier seen in films like Raju Maharaju, Dushasana, Vaikuntapali and Graduate. She started career as a stage choreographer. From stage shows, Tashu moved on to tinseltown through Ram Gopal Varma’s Darwaaza Bandh Rakho.

She had born in Kanpur. But, her family shifted to Mumbai in her childhood as her father, Rakesh Goud is a businessman. She was doing her Masters in Arts. She has done so many commercials and tried for opportunities in Bollywood and acted in a film Jhoom.

Tashu had joined the team of Jr NTR-starrer Dammu to shoot for a special song. However, the filmmakers replaced her after shooting for it.

Tashu Kaushik has completed shooting for Telugabbai opposite Tanish. “My character in the film is a girl who is born and brought up abroad and is a model by profession. It’s a glamourous character and you can see me in an all new contemporary look in the movie,” says Tashu. The actress is also playing the leading lady opposite Sri of Eerojullo fame in Doola Seenu directed by Raj Kandukoori. She adds that her look in the entertainer will be a stark contrast to her role in Telugabbai. “In this movie, my character is a homely one and I’ll be sporting saris mostly,” she says. Her third film is Mike Testing 143, where she will be paired opposite Taraka Ratna.

Tashu is busy with her debut in other South languages. She is making her Mollywood debut with Rajesh Nair’s Annum Innum Ennum. She is shooting for a Kannada movie, Cool Ganesha, an out-and-out-comedy. She has signed up for her first Tamil film — Pazhaya Vannara Pettai. Talking about Pazhaya Vannara Pettai Tashu says, “The movie is important to me because I get to play the role of a traditional girl who is always dressed in half-saris and salwars- a stark contrast to my glam doll stereotype in Tollywood.”

She has her eyes set on filmmaking too and want to direct at least one film in the next 10 years. She was running my own restaurant in Versova in Mumbai when her first Telugu film offer came to her.

Vimala Raman is an Indian film actress, model and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She made her acting debut in the 2006 Tamil film Poi and went on to appear primarily in Malayalam and Telugu films.

Vimala Raman was born on 23, January, 1984 into a Tamil family in Sydney, Australia. She was brought up in Sydney, where she completed her education. She started practicing Bharatanatyam at the age of five. In 2004 she won the Miss India Australia title as well as the Miss India Australia cyberqueen title. She moved to India in 2006 to pursue an acting career, which had been her childhood ambition. When she entered the film industry, she was asked to change her name, however she was firmly against it, arguing that her name was her identity.

She made her acting debut in 2004 with Poi, a Tamil film directed by Kailasam Balachander. Her first Malayalam film was Time with Suresh Gopi. She paired with Ajmal Ameer in Pranayakalam in 2007. In the same year, she also appeared with Mammooty in Nasrani and with Dileep in Romeoo. She appeared in College Kumaran with Mohanlal and in Calcutta News with Dileep in 2008. Vimala Raman attended the Natanalaya Dance Academy based in Sydney, Australia. She studied dance under the tutelage of Jayalakshmi Kandiah.

Disha Pandey is an Indian film actress and model. She has appeared in the popular Tamil film, Thamizh Padam as well as a Hindi film.

She is the popular face seen in various television commercials. Neha is an Indian model and actress. She was born on 30th January, 1984. Neha Julka acted in several TV ads including Airtel, Parker Pen, Numis Hair gloss, Tata Indicom, Intel Pentium Processor, Chick Shampoo, HDFC, TVS Scooty Pep, Pond's powder and Black Slick Shine Shampoo.

The print advertisements done by Neha are Nivea Cold Cream, Club HP, Reliance Mobile, Pond's powder and SBI. In the year 2009, Neha essayed a pivotal character in Star One channel's serial 'Dill Mill Gaye' season 2. On the same TV channel, she appeared in another series named 'Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi'. 'Kaisay Kahein' is the Hindi film done by Neha.

Recently in the year 2012, Neha Julka was a part of the television serial 'Saas Bina Sasural' aired on Sony TV. The actress stands 5'7" tall. A. R. Rahman is the favorite music director of the bubbly actress. Mani Ratnam is the favorite director and Shreya Ghoshal is the favorite singer of Neha Julka. Her list of favorite actors includes Mammootty, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Mohanlal. Aishwarya Rai and Kajol are the favorite heroines of Neha.

Neha Julka starred in two Telugu films titled 'Viyyala Vari Kayyalu' and 'Okkadunnadu'.