Showing all artists born in 1986

Shweta Pandit is a popular Bollywood playback/recording vocalist, songwriter, composer, performing artist and actress. She has also recorded songs for various Telugu and Tamil film songs.

At the age of four, Shweta worked with Indian composer, Ilayaraja for the award-winning film Anjali, which was re-recorded in Hindi. She dubbed for the lead role in the film in Hindi.

She had her breakthrough with Yash Raj Films and Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000) with five songs at the age of 12. She was chosen to sing in the film, after she auditioned for the final selection among almost 500 singers. Her debut record album Main Zindagi Hoon released when she was only 16 years old with EMI Virgin Records, India. Becoming the youngest Indian-Pop star. She released 3 videos from this album, featuring herself. Her other albums include Aplam Chaplam. She sang and featured for various television commercials.

In 2012, she sang her first Tamil song for the movie Vettai for composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.and "Billa II" and "Aadhibhagavan" getting her the finest reviews for her renditions. In 2011, Shweta collaborated with popular Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann for the song Sun Mere Chann Mahiya for the album Heer Ranjha (OST).

Her first reality television show as a playback singer in 2008, Mission Ustaad on Channel 9x, was produced by the United Nations and judged by A. R. Rahman and Javed Akhtar. The show was one of the biggest television series presented by the United Nations and had accomplished singers from Bollywood performing together for various causes for the United Nations.

Shweta is currently the host and presenter of Asia's Singing Superstar with Pakistani actor Ahsan Khan a singing talent show, telecasted in Dubai, Pakistan and several Asian countries, judged by Shankar Mahadevan and Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan on ZEE TV and GEO TV.

In 2009-10: Shweta Pandit is now a part of 2009 Oscar Winner, A R Rahman's – "Jai Ho Journey Home Concert – World Tour". Performing with the Music Legend as a leading vocalist, around the world, including India, Australia, US, UK and the Middle East and Asia.

Shweta performed the track "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire with AR Rahman on 11 December 2010 in Oslo, Norway in an event which hosted by Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway.

Shweta Pandit Productions has also released the debut album of her sister Shrradha Pandit's Teri Heer in October 2008, with Sony Music, India. She featured in the CocaCola Commercial (TVC) featuring Cricketer Gautam Gambhir and directed by acclaimed Dibakar Banerjee.

She acted in David, directed by Bejoy Nambiar.

She has also acted with Anil Kapoor in 24 (Indian TV series), directed by AbhineyDeo on Colors channel. In 2015, she did a powerful role as Madhu, with actor Sara Loren in Barkhaa.

Tirupattur Sathyanarayan Suresh (born 1 July 1986) better known as T.S.Suresh is an Indian film editor. He works on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films.
T.S.Suresh was a graduate in Visual communication from University of Madras. He learned the art of film editing from ace film editor Anthony in several language films between 2004 and 2009.

His introduction as a film editor was in the critically acclaimed Tamil film Thamizh Padam, directed by C. S. Amudhan and produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri.

Bindu Madhavi is an Indian model and film actress, who mainly works in Tamil and Telugu films. She has made her debut in the 2008 Tamil film, Pokkisham. Madhavi was born in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. Her father was an deputy commissioner in commercial tax department, due to which her family moved to various places including Tirupati, Nellore, Guntur, Vijayawada and Hyderabad, before settling in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where she did her studies and completed her degree in Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology.

While in college, she started modelling for Saravana Store. Thanks to her work in a Tata Gold Tanishq advertisement, she was auditioned and selected by noted Telugu director Sekhar kammula to act in his production, Avakai Biryani. Her family was strictly against her entering the film industry, with Madhavi citing that her father did not speak to her for eight months and that her mother too was upset. Her single release of 2009 was Bumper offer, opposite Sairam Shankar, which was produced by noted director Puri Jagannadh.

She later appeared in the film Om Shanti which released in 2010. Producer Dil raju signed her for Rama Rama Krishna krishna alongside Ram and Arjun Sarja. The movie released in May 2010. She was later signed by director Gautham Menon for his production Veppam that is being directed by his associate Anjana Ali Khan and became her debut Tamil film, following which she has been signed for two more Tamil productions.

Karthika Menon (born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana, is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in Kamal's Nammal (2002), which won her critical acclaim and various honors. In a career spanning over a decade, she has appeared in over forty-five films, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, while winning one Filmfare and two Kerala State Film Awards.

Bhavana was born Karthika Menon in Nellangara, Thrissur, Kerala, the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer, G. Balachandran Menon. She has one brother, Jayadev, who currently lives in Vancouver, Canada. She studied at Holy Family Girls' High School, Chembukkavu, near Kerala state zoo Thrissur. Bhavana, who describes herself as a restless and a confused person and someone who's "hard to handle", states that she had grown up with a dream to become an actress. She recalls that, as a five-year-old, she used to imitate actress Amala's scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of the mirror and was even willing to jump from a building and break her arm, like Amala's character did in the film.

She is the brand ambassador along with actress Lakshmi Rai for team Kerala Strikers for the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), captained by Mohanlal, who is also one of the owners of the team, and vice-captain Indrajit.

At age 16, she debuted in the Malayalam film Nammal opposite newcomers Siddharth, Jishnu, and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honors and a Kerala State Special Jury Award for the film. Bhavana was an 11th standard student when she got her break in films. She has acted with almost all actors in Malayalam cinema. She has got many offers lined up in Tamil and did many projects with famous Tamil actors like Ajith Kumar, Madhavan, Jayam Ravi, Bharath, Jiva and Srikanth.She has been doing glamorous roles since 2008.

In 2010, she starred in her first Kannada film alongside Puneeth Rajkumar acted in Jackie which was a blockbuster. Following the film's huge success, the film was dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam. Bhavana is said to be paired with Emraan Hashmi & Amitabh Bachchan in an upcoming Bollywood film. Her second Kannada movie Only Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep opened to a big response.

Nandita is an Indian film actress, who appears in Tamil and Kannada films.

Nandita Swetha hails from Bangalore where her father is a businessman and her mother a homemaker. She has two younger brothers.

Swetha began her acting career in the 2008 Kannada film Nanda Loves Nanditha. Her character in the film was named Nanditha, which she later adopted as her screen name.  Her first Tamil film was Attakathi directed by Pa. Ranjith.  Nandita's performances were appreciated.  She went on to star as an athlete in Ethir Neechal directed by Durai Senthilkumar.  She appeared in the comedy Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara.

In 2014, her films Mundaasupatti, Nalanum Nandhiniyum and Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani were released. Upcoming films of Swetha's include Idam Porul Yaeval directed by Seenu Ramasamy, Anjala, and Uppu Karuvaadu directed by Radha Mohan. She has further more completed filming for Chimbu Deven's Puli, and an untitled project by Rajshekar and has signed a horror film with Mirchi Shiva.

Dhruvan is an Indian film actor who works primarily in Malayalam cinema.Dhruvan started his career as a junior artist in Lisammayude Veedu. He garnered recognition through the film Queen (2018), in which he portrayed the role of Balu, the male lead role in the film Queen, directed by Dijo Jose Antony.

Black Pandi (birthname Lingeswaran) is a comedy actor from Tamil Nadu, India who has acted in Tamil films and T. V. Shows. 

He acted in minor roles in a few films before being cast as "Pandi" in the Vijay TV show Kana Kaanum Kaalangal. Since then he has appeared in the second season of the show and also in the reality dance show Jodi Number One. 

In 2010, he starred in his first major film role as Marimuthu in Vasanthabalan's Angaadi Theru.

Sshivada (born Sreelekha Nair, 23 April 1986) is an Indian film actress appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films.

Sshivada was born as Sreelekha Nair to a Malayali parents Vijayarajan & Kumari in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. After fifth standard her family moved to Angamaly, Kerala.She did her schooling in Viswajyothi CMI Public School, Angamaly.She is a Computer Science engineering graduate from Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering Technology in the 2008. She was married to her longtime beau Murali Krishnan.

Sshivada was working as a VJ in television when she was spotted by Malayalam director Fazil, who cast her as the female lead in his 2011 film Living Together. Then she auditioned for the Tamil film Nedunchaalai. Though her mother tongue is Malayalam, Sshivada managed to dub for her first film. She says, "I was born in Trichy and studied in Chennai till my fifth standard before moving to Kerala. So, I'm comfortable speaking Tamil."Sshivada received praise for her portrayal of Manga, a Malayalam village girl, who runs a dhaba. While Sify wrote "new find Sshivada...steals the show. She lights the screen as she executes the loud, aggressive and righteous Manga with a lot of style and élan",Baradwaj Rangan called her a "terrific newcomer". In her next film Zero, a supernatural thriller directed by debutant Shiv Mohaa, a former assistant of Bharat Bala, she plays Priya, "a modern-day wife, who is also orthodox and holds on to some traditional values".

Cute and charming Ayesha Takia Azmi is an actress of Hindi Film Industry. Ayesha is among those few actresses who had immense talent but is unlucky for not getting the right opportunity.

Ayesha was born on 10th April 1986 to a Gujarati Father Nishit and Mother Faridah, an Anglo-Indian Muslim. She has a younger sister Natasha. She is married to Farhan Azmi who is a Restaurateur. Samajwadi Party Leader Abu Asim Azmi is her Father-In-law. Ayesha did her schooling from the St. Anthony High School, but seldom went to college because she started to work since she was fifteen. Ayesha did her first ad at the age of four and since then she dreamt of becoming an actress. She also featured in a 'Complan' ad Campaign along with Shahid Kapoor where they played Complan Girl and Complan Boy. She did her first music video 'Meri Chunar Udd Udd jaye' of Singer Falguni Pathak at the age of fifteen. She featured in another video song 'Shake It Daddy' at sixteen. Ayesha grew up speaking English at her home and learned Fluent Hindi and Telugu after entering respective industries.

She signed her first movie 'Socha Na Tha' opposite Abhay Deol and then 'Taarzan - The Wonder Car' but the delay in the making of the former movie let later to be her first release. She won the Best Filmfare debut in the same. After that she appeared in a few movies but they could not do much for her. Although she got some notice in 'Dil Maange More' and 'Shaadi No. 1'. She entered Tollywood in 2006 from the movie 'Robbery'. In the same year she bounced back with Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Dor' where she successfully essayed a strong role of a widowed daughter-in-law. She gained much appreciation for her role. She won the Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics' choice). She was seen in 2007 multi-starrer 'Salaam-E-Ishq', Rohit Shetty's 'Sunday' (2008), Nagesh Kukunoor's '8 x 10 Tasveer' (2009). Her 2009 movie 'Wanted' opposite Salman Khan was a blockbuster. She recently debuted as an Anchor for a Music-Reality show 'Sur kshetra'. Ayesha loves chatting with fans and is a familiar face on Twitter which she also uses to voice her opinions.

Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh) is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director and chef Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestant on the reality cooking competition MasterChef India 2. He is known for his role in the film Mary Kom.

Thaangjam was born the eldest of three children in Imphal, Manipur, India to Meitei parents. He did his schooling from Tiny Tots Unique School Imphal and then graduated from Bangalore University in 2007. He is a self-taught actor and chef. He participated in a number of reality TV shows including MasterChef India 2 and UTV Stars Superstar Santa. Thaangjam then moved to Mumbai in 2012 to further his career in the entertainment industry.

Bijou Thaangjam competed on the Star Plus reality cooking competition, Masterchef India. He was one of the Top 50 contestants of Masterchef India 2011.

Bijou Thaangjam first appeared as a contestant on the reality cooking competition MasterChef India 2. He later debuted as supporting character in Omung Kumar's Mary Kom (film) (2014) starring Priyanka Chopra as Mary Kom.
He is playing the role 'Kancha' in Shivaay (2016) which is an upcoming Hindi film directed and produced by Ajay Devgan.

He has since finished work on one more feature film, Robinhood Ke Pote which is due for commercial release in India in late 2016.