Showing all artists born in 1987

Shazahn Padamsee was born on 18th October 1987 in Paris, France. Before making her entry to films she worked in numerous stage performances along with her father. She made her Bollywood debut with Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year in 2009 co-starring Ranbir Kapoor, Gauhar Khan and Prem Chopra.

Shazahn Padamsee subsequently appeared in numerous commercial successful films like Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji co-starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Tisca Chopra and Shruti Haasan, Housefull 2 co-starring Akshay Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, John Abraham ,Jacqueline Fernandez and Rishi Kapoor, Masala co-starring Venkatesh, Ram and Anjali, among other films.

Manasvi Mamgai (born 10 October 1987) is an Indian Supermodel who was crowned Femina Miss India 2010, Miss Tourism International 2008 and Elite Model Look India in 2006. She represented India at the Miss World 2010 but was unplaced. She is making her Bollywood debut in Action Jackson directed by Prabhudeva opposite Ajay Devgn.

Mamgai was born in Delhi She did her schooling from Chandigarh. While at school she excelled in dancing and skating. By the age of 14 she won multiple state awards in dancing, including best dancer awards from the Shinchang Institute of Performing Arts and the Chandigarh Art Theatre, and multiple medals in skating. She was also active at the school magazine. She basically hails from Nainital,Uttarakhand.

Mamgai signed up with Elite Model Management India. In the same year she won the Elite Model Look India and also debuted at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, where she was chosen as one of 16 "New Faces Going Places".[citation needed] Since then she has walked the ramp for many top Indian designers,[citation needed] shot campaigns for Fair and Lovely, Tarun Tahiliani,[citation needed] Manish Malhotra[citation needed and many other, and shot fashion features for top Indian and international magazines.

Mamgai won the Miss Tourism International held in Malaysia on 31 December 2008. On April 30, 2010 she was crowned Femina Miss India, winning five subtitles in the pageant.[citation needed] She represented India at the Miss World 2010 but was unplaced.[citation needed]

Krishna Nair acted Tamil Movie Seedan in 2011.

Monica (born Rekha Maruthiraj; 25 August 1987) She is an Indian film actress, who predominantly stars in Tamil language films. A child artist in the early 1990s, she mostly appeared in supporting roles, before essaying lead roles from the late 2000s on. She is probably best known for performances in the films Azhagi, Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi and Silandhi. Recently changed her name to Parvana.

Sana Khan is an Indian film actress and model. She is perhaps best known for her appearances in ad films, her item numbers in Indian films and for her performance as Janu in the 2008 Tamil film Silambattam.

Sana Khan, whose father is a Malayali-Muslim from Kannur and mother Saeeda is from Mumbai, worked as model at her birth place Mumbai, appearing in more than 30 ad films alongside the likes of Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. 
She later on, appeared in item numbers in films such as E, Bombay to Goa and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, before she was signed in 2008 do to the lead female role in the Tamil film Silambattam opposite Silambarasan, who approached and offered her the role. Playing a talkative, tomboyish brahmin village girl in the film, she won rave reviews for her performance as Jaanu and the ITFA Best New Actress Award in Singapore.

Subsequently, she has been signed to do two more Tamil films, Thambikku Indha Ooru with Bharath and Aayiram Vilakku with Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, on which she is working currently. 

Shraddha Arya (born 17 August 1987) is an Indian actress who has appeared in television shows like Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki, Tumhari Paakhi and Dream Girl on Life OK.  She has also done films such as Paathshaala and Nishabd. Arya has done a number of major ad campaigns with brands like TVS Scooty, Pears, Johnson & Johnson among many others.

Early life and career

Arya hails from Delhi and completed her schooling and college from there. She shifted to Mumbai in 2005 after taking part in India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj.  Post that, she ventured into Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma's Nishabd. She also appeared in the Shahid Kapoor starrer Paathshaala. She simultaneously ventured into the Telugu industry and did substantial roles in films like Godava opposite Vaibhav Reddy, Kothi Muka and Romeo. As well as in Tamil cinema in Kalvanin Kadali (2006) with actor-director S. J. Surya.

In 2011, she started doing television again and bagged a role in Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki. She then bagged the lead role in two other Life OK shows Tumhari Paakhi and Dream Girl - Ek Ladki Deewani Si. She won the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role for Dream Girl, Best Jodi Award at the Zee Gold Awards, Hero of the Month Award by Life OK and the Women Achievers Award in 2016.

Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003. She was recognized for her role in Boys the same year, and later established herself in Telugu cinema by acting in several Telugu films during 2003–2005. D'Souza received her first Filmfare Award in 2006 for her performance in the Telugu romantic film, Bommarillu, which earned her critical acclaim. In 2008, she gave critically acclaimed performances in Santosh Subramaniam, a Tamil remake of Bommarillu, and the Bollywood movie Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. Having acted in several commercially successful movies in Telugu and Tamil, D'Souza has established herself as one of the leading actresses of the South Indian film industry. In addition to movie acting, D'Souza has hosted the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, Fastrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light, Margo, and Perk in India.

Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian model-turned-film actress, who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi film industries. Taapsee worked as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials and won titles such as "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face" and "Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin" in 2008.

After a short stint with modelling, Taapsee made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam directed by Raghavendra Rao. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films such as Aadukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju, Mr. Perfect, and Vandhaan Vendraan. Her Tamil film Aadukalam met with critical acclaim and enjoyed commercial success upon release and eventually went on to win six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards. She has also worked in a Malayalam film and has been signed in for three Telugu films and a Hindi film. She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in Tamil film Arrambam.

Taapsee was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Sikh family. She has a sister named Shagun Pannu and plans to launch her into films as well. She did her schooling at the Mata Jai Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. After completing her graduation in Computer Science Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi, she worked as a software engineer. She became a full-time model after she auditioned and was selected for Channel V's talent show Get Gorgeous, which eventually led her to acting. Taapsee has appeared in numerous print and television commercials and won several titles during her modelling days, including "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face" and "Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin" at the 2008 Femina Miss India contest. As a model, she endorsed brands like Reliance Trends, Red FM, UniStyle Image, Coca-Cola, Motorola, Pantaloon, PVR Cinemas, Standard Chartered Bank, Dabur, Airtel, Tata Docomo, World Gold Council, Havells and Vardhman. She has also been featured on the cover of some magazines such as Just For Women and MaaStars. After a few years, she lost interest in modelling as she thought that she could never gain proper recognition through modelling but only through films and finally, decided to act. 

Taapsee made her cinematic debut in 2010 with K. Raghavendra Rao's romantic musical Jhummandi Naadam. She played the role of a daughter of a US-based millionaire who comes to India to carry out a research on traditional Telugu music. Taapsee got three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release. Her next film Aadukalam (2011), marked her debut in Tamil cinema. She played the role of an Anglo-Indian girl falling in love with a rural man played by Dhanush. The film, set in the backdrop of Madurai, in a rural background and revolves around cockfights. It was critically acclaimed and proceeded to win six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards ceremony. Speaking about her role, a reviewer from Sify explained that, "Debutant Taapsee is a promising find and she suits the character of an Anglo-Indian girl to the T."She returned to the Telugu film industry with Vastadu Naa Raju (2011) which featured her opposite Vishnu Manchu. She made a foray into the Malayalam film industry later that year, through Doubles (2011) opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu. Paresh C Palicha of Rediff commented that, "Taapsee Pannu as Saira Banu, whose entry into the scene becomes the bone of contention between the siblings, has nothing noteworthy to do".

Taapsee played a short role in her next release, Mr. Perfect (2011), in which she acted alongside Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal was a moderate success. She starred in a high budget film titled Veera (2011) opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, that received moderate reviews. She was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan that fetched mixed reviews and did not fare well at the box office. Her next film was Krishna Vamsi's Mogudu where she acted as a traditional Telugu girl opposite Gopichand and garnered critical acclaim for her performance. She worked on the Tamil–Telugu bilingual Gundello Godari—titled Maranthen Mannithen in Tamil apart from Daruvu and Shadow. She also made her Bollywood debut through Chashme Baddoor where she shares the screen with Siddharth and Rishi Kapoor. The film is a remake of the 1981 film with the same title. Taapsee was also approached to dub the voice of Hollywood actress Katee Sackhoff in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions of the science fiction film Riddick, but declined the offer due to her prior commitments. In later 2013, she was seen in the big budget action thriller Arrambam co-starring Ajith Kumar and Arya. Her upcoming films include Muni 3 opposite Raghava Lawrence and Running Shaadi.com alongside Amit Sadh. She has also agreed to make a special appearance in Aishwarya R. Dhanush's Vai Raja Vai.

Rachana Maurya is an Indian dancer and film actress, who has appeared in music videos and performed item numbers in various Indian language films. She is probably best known for her performances in Dus, Souryam and Yavarum Nalam.

Ashwin Kakumanu  is an Indian film actor, who is best known for his role in Venkat Prabhu's action thriller, Mankatha.


From his childhood, Ashwin has always been a movie buff and grew up watching films of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Each and everyone of their movies served as an inspiration to him. Initially he was interested in filmmaking; but now more inclined towards the acting career. He would like to work with Vidya Balan in terms of actresses and Trisha in kollywood.


Ashwin initially unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. The director Gautham Menon was close to giving him the role. But Ashwin was noticed by the assistant directors of the film and recommended him for the role as Arjun, the boyfriend of Sameera Reddy's character.


Ashwin Kakumanu was later signed to portray a role in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha which featured an ensemble cast including Ajith Kumar, Vaibhav Reddy and Arjun after Prabhu was impressed with a short film which Ashwin had directed and acted. Ashwin appeared as a local Dharavi police officer, replacing Ganesh Venkatraman who had pulled out of the film. Mankatha released to critical and commercial acclaim in August 2011, with Ashwin gaining recognition for his portrayal. He was next seen in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu in a supporting role as Ashwin, a young scientist, who helps put together a plan alongside the characters played by Suriya and Shruti Haasan. He also appeared in a supporting role in Gautham Menon's Ekk Deewana Tha featuring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson.