Showing all artists born in 1988

Nandini Rai (born 18 September), formerly known as Neelam Gouhranii, is an Indian model and film actress. After modelling, she went to pursue a career in acting. She made her film debut in the 2011 film Family Pack.

Nandini hails from a Sindhi family. She completed her schooling from St. Albans High School, Hyderabad, passing out in 2003. She has modeled for over 80 national and international brands. She holds a bachelor's degree in computers. During her modelling stint, she has won several beauty contests, being named Miss Hyderabad 2008, Miss Andhra Pradesh 2008, Miss Pantaloons Fresh Face of AP 2009 and Miss Beautiful Eyes of AP 2010.

She has acted in the Hindi film Family Pack and the Telugu film 040. She has performed in another Telugu film Hormones, in which she played a journalist, a role which required her to gain 12 kilos. In 2012, she was seen in the Bollywood film Log In, too. She made her Malayalam film debut in A. Sajeed's Goodbye December. In the “musical love story”, she portrays a young, naughty teacher. In 2014, she was signed for her first Kannada film Khushi Khushiyagi, in which she played the role of a fashion designer. She has signed up her first Tamil film, a romantic thriller titled Grahanam.

Ajay Gnanamuthu is an upcomng southindian film director and he has worked as a former assistant ofdirector A.R.Murugadoss. Currently he is doing his first movie titled Demonte Colony.

R Ajay Gnanamuthu, is an Indian Film Director and Screenwriter working primarily in Tamil Cinema. He started his career assisting Producer-Filmmaker AR Murugadoss in Tamil films 7aum Arivu and Thuppakki. In 2015, He Debuted as a Director with his Horror-Thriller film Demonte Colony which was received well by critics and the audience. It was declared a SuperHit at the Box-office.

Chandran (born 5 September 1988) is an Indian film actor who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After featuring in short films and music videos, Chandran made his feature film debut with Prabhu Solomon's romantic film Kayal (2014).



Chandran pursued his education at the Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya school in Chennai and then later at the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, often featuring in school stage plays, which helped him gain a passion for acting. A performance as Adolf Hitler at a play won him plaudits at school and after further performances in short films, Chandran subsequently became interested in becoming an actor in Tamil feature films. He later moved to New Delhi to do a postgraduate degree at the National Institute of Advertising, as his father was insistent that he had a fall back plan in case a career in the film industry did not materialise. After graduation, Chandran moved on to work in the sales team at the radio station Suryan FM 93.5 and then moved on to become a branding consultant with the film franchise, Sathyam Cinemas. During his stint at Sathyam Cinemas, he revealed that he would dress up in formal attire and attend film functions, in a hope that directors would potentially be impressed and cast him in their films.



Hoping to get a breakthrough in films, Chandran quit his consulting job and began extensively auditioning for roles and signed up with the theatre group, Inferno Productions, becoming a regular in their productions. After hearing that Prabhu Solomon was casting for a new film from a co-actor, Chandran sent his portfolio and received an offer to play the lead role in Kayal (2014) the following day, much to his surprise. Prior to the beginning the first schedule, the director asked Chandran to lose fifteen kilograms for the role and undertake a training workshop under stunt choreographer Pandian. A love story set in the backdrop of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Kayal featured Chandran portraying a nomad who travels across India as a passion, before falling in love with the titular character, portrayed by Anandhi. For the shoot, the team shot extensively in muddy waters resembling the conditions post-tsunami, and Chandran suffered from mild fungal infections from the experience. He also noted the difficulty in concentrating on acting and emoting, despite the force of the water exerted by the water jets, and revealed that he had to maintain a red eyed look for significant portions of the film. The film opened in December 2014, ten years after the anniversary of the disaster, to positive reviews and Chandran won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Aaron. Behindwoods.com wrote the "new find is powerful and glides through heavy duty emotional scenes with ease", adding that "his ruggedness and nonchalance are enjoyable to watch out for". Similarly Sify.com's reviewer noted he gives a "truly excellent performance", while Rediff.com remarked he and Anandhi were the "perfect choice" for the film.

Vaani Kapoor (born 23 August 1988) is an Indian actress and model.

Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. Her father is a furniture exports entrepreneur and her mother is a teacher-turned marketing executive. She did her schooling from Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Ashok Vihar in North Delhi. Later, she enrolled in IGNOU, completing a bachelor’s degree in tourism studies, after which she took up an internship with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts in Jaipur. She later worked for ITC Hotel, before she was signed up by Elite Model Management.


Kapoor debuted on television in the series called Rajuben. She later signed a three movie deal with Yash Raj Films. Kapoor was picked through an audition to play the second lead in the movie Shuddh Desi Romance . The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Mohar Basu reviewing for Koimoi commented about Kapoor as "a pleasant debutant though she isn’t an overtly powerful actress" while Madhureeta Mukherjee from Times Of India find her "impressive, pretty and commands a good screen-presence". Kapoor received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her portrayal of Tara in the film.


Her next release was the romantic comedy Tamil film Aaha Kalyanam, a remake of Band Baaja Baraat. During the making of the film, Kapoor took training in Tamil and Telugu IndiaGlitz called Kapoor's performance "impressive, with her expressions and dialogues perfectly in place with the attitude of her character". She signed a deal to endorse Lux range of bodywash Products.

Chandini Tamilarasan is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil language films. She made her debut in the lead role in K. Bhagyaraj's Siddhu +2 (2010), before signing to play roles in Naan Rajavaga Pogiren and Padithurai.


Chandini was born and brought up in Nungambakkam, Chennai coming from an upper-middle-class background and finished her schooling at Church Park, Chennai. She then went on to graduate in Visual Communications from Ethiraj College. She was among the contestants for the Miss Chennai 2007 pageant, aged 17, but did not finish in the top three. Post that in 2009, she appeared in a reality show on a Tamil channel and it was then that she got a call from K. Bhagyaraj's office asking her to come for a screen test for his new venture. She subsequently impressed and was signed to appear in Siddhu +2 which starred Bhagyaraj's son, Shanthnoo, alongside her. The film after a delay released in December 2010 but performed poorly at the box office, winning average reviews. In mid-2010, she signed on and worked in a film titled Padithurai featuring newcomers while the producer of the film was leading Tamil actor Arya. However the film is yet to get a theatrical release.


Chandini was seen in Prithvi Rajkumar's Naan Rajavaga Pogiren alongside Nakul and Avani Modi, and the film has dialogues written by Vetrimaaran. She is making her Telugu debut in the upcoming action-drama Kalicharan, which is set in the 1980s, and based on true incidents revolving around the life of late MLA Erra Satyam.

Dhanya Balakrishna is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil films. After making her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu (2011), she appeared in ventures including Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham.  Dhanya Balakrishna began her acting career with performances in theatre, before being signed up to play a supporting role in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu, where she played a scientist alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles - Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi and Neethaane En Ponvasantham.

After Chennai Super Kings entered the play-offs of the 2012 Indian Premier League, Dhanya took to Twitter to vent her frustration at the elimination of the team she had supported, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Referring to the long-standing Kaveri River water dispute, she tweeted an insult directed at Chennai and subsequently faced backlash on social media for her comments. Dhanya consequently said that she had quit the Tamil film industry and would return the advance of a film she had signed fearing tension, but made a comeback in Tamil with Raja Rani.

She played a cameo in the 2013 Telugu film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Her first venture in a leading role, the Telugu film Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013), was released in November 2013, followed by Gangaraju Gunnam's Chandamama Lo Amrutham.

Manjari Phadnis is the glittering Indian film actress, who has gained popularity through Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada and Tamil language films. She is well-known for her girl-next-door image seen in movies likes Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Love Kal Parso. She is the brand ambassador for CMR exclusive and Chandana Brothers in Andhra Pradesh. She also models for Motilal Perls and Jewellery Stores in A.S.Rao Nagar, Secunderabad. 


Manjari Phadnis was born was born on 10 July, 1988 in Mumbai. She made her bollywood debut with 2004 movie "Rok Sako To Rok Lo". But, she received fame and applauses for the movie "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na", ehich also earned her "Stardust Award" for Breakthrough Performance. In September 2009, she signed to appear in a series of Onida television commercials.

Puja Gupta is a Model turned Actress appearing in Hindi movies. Puja was crowned Miss India, Universe and presented India in Miss Universe 2007 and ended up being on ninth place. Puja was born on 6th July 1988. She is a Delhi girl by Birth. She gathered fame after winning Pantaloons Femina Miss India, Universe in 2007. She encouraged Tourism in Germany as an Indian ambassador. She came in top ten in Miss Universe pageant and worked with Ashley Judd and Bono to spread awareness for AIDS. She is trained in Martial Arts. Her hobbies are drawing, travelling and Writing. Puja has also modeled for some print ads of Pantaloons, Coco Cola, monte Carlo etc. She appeared with Saif Ali Khan in Lays tango ad. Gupta debuted in the movie 'F.A.L.T.U' opposite Jackky Bhagnani. The film was a hit with youngsters though got mixed critical reviews. Puja will next appear in movie 'Shortcut Romeo' alongside Neil Nitin Mukesh and Amisha Patel. She also will be seen in 'Go Goa Gone' and 'Mickey Virus'.

Naveen Chandra reddy is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. He made his debut in the 2012 Telugu romantic comedy Andala Rakshasi (2012) and won critical acclaim for his performance, before playing leading roles in Tamil films.

Naveen Chandra made his debut as hero in Agarathi, a Tamil movie which did not receive a huge reception in the Tamil movie industry. In 2012, he entered the Telugu industry through the movie Andala Rakshasi which garnered him huge response from the viewers and professionals for his performance and won rave reviews for enacting a passionate lover Surya in the film.

In the bilingual films Dalam and Koottam, Naveen played an ex-naxalite who struggles to return to lead a normal life. The Telugu version released in 2013, while the Tamil version will release in early 2014. For his role in Sathyashiva's Sivappu, he lived incognito as a labourer in his friend's construction company for two weeks in order to get into his character. The film will also release in 2014, as would a third film Therodum Veedhiyile, which he had shot for in 2012.

He was also signed as the second lead in the Tamil film Brahman, which will become his first acclaimed release in Tamil, since his first movie was not a commercially successful film that did no justice for his acting abilities. He has also signed on for the lead role in producer C. V. Kumar's Sarabam.

At one of her Bharatanatyam performances, theatre director Jai Theertha, noticed the actress's talent and convinced her to join Samasthi Sunday School of Drama. Consequently, she pursued a diploma course in drama and performed in a play titled ‘Preethi’, later having an opportunity to play the lead role in 'Sadarame’, performing all over the state of Karnataka. Krithi collaborated with director Sunil Kumar Desai, and bagged the lead role in the Kannada film Sarigama. At the same time, she met Murali from the Tamil film industry who offered her an opportunity to play the lead role in Sagakkal directed by Swami. The actress then starred in Suseenthiran's critically acclaimed Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (2011) alongside Inigo Prabhakaran, before featuring in another little known Tamil film Kondaan Koduthaan, the following year.

In 2013, she changed her screen name from Advaitha to her original name in time for the release of Snehavin Kadhalargal. She noted that the name Advaitha had been chosen for numerological reasons, but stated she did not like the way people pronounced the name. She worked again with Suseenthiran, portraying a small role in Pandiya Naadu. Her future projects include Maanga with Premgi Amaren, Sevili and the heroine-centric Snehavin Kadhalargal.