Actor Name: Prashanth   

Nick Name: Kathal Ilavarasan

Date of Birth: 6th of April 1973

Height: 5′ 11″

Eye Colour: Light Brown

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Family: Thiagarajan-Father, Shanthi Thiagarajan-Mother Preethi- sister

Languages: Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam

Hobbies:  Books, Music, tennis, horse Riding, Karate, Swimming, Billiards and Chess

Profession: Acor and Model

First Film: Vaikasi Poranthachi in 1990

Awards

Kalaimamani award from Government of Tamilnadu, Best New Appearance award of year in 1990 from Cinema Express and Best actor award of year in 1998 from Roja Magazine

Prashanth, born in Chennai, India, to Thiyagarajan, an actor and director, and his wife Shanti. He has a sister, Preeti, and got married to Grihalakshmi on September 1, 2005. Prashant studied Computer Graphics and Multimedia and went to Trinity College of Music in London before embarking on an acting career.

Prashanth was studying 11th standard at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School when he joined filmdom.

Prashanth has filed a divorce petition in court. Prasanth had given 29 complaints about his wife Grihalakshmi.

Including her sister-in-law’s relationship with Ajith’s brother.  He has also made allegations about his wife’s drinking habits. Recently, Prashanth has filed a petition in court to allow him to see his new born baby.

At the age of 17, he made his debut in 1990, in Vaigasi Poranthachu. The film fared very well at the box office. Several successful movies in several languages followed, among them Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Since his debut, he as worked with many well-known directors, aming them Mani Rathnam, Balu Mahendra, S. Shankar, R.K. Selvamani, Agathiyan and Vasanth.

Name: Jayam Ravi

Birth name: Ravi Mohan

Date of Birth: Sep 10, 1980

Birth Place: Chennai, India

Languages: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English

Nationality: Indian

Hair colour: Black

Eye colour: Brown

Father: Mohan

Mother: Varalakshmi

Brother: M. Raja

Sister: Roja

Schoool Days: Jawahar Vidyalaya, Chennai

College Days: Loyola College Chennai

Profession: Actor

First movie: Jayam, 2003

Favourite Colour: Black and White

Favourite Dish: Chicken

Favourit Film: Mouna Ragam

Favourit Actor: Kamal Hasan

Favourit Actress: Sridevi Boney Kapoor

Favourit Music Director: Ilayaraja and AR. Rahman

Favourit Singer: SPB

Pet: Dog named Julie

Dream Role: One which get into the hearts of the people permanently

Hobbies: Cricket, snooker and Listening to Music

Ambition: To be a well Known and Well accomplished actor

Jayam Ravi is a Tamil Cinema actor. He is the upcoming star of Tamil Cinema. He debuted with “Jayam” released in 2002 produced by his father editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. Jayam Ravi is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from LoyolaCollege Chennai, Jayam Ravi decided to get into the acting industry.  Jayam Ravi father is Mohan, an editor, his mother is Varalakshmi. Jayam Ravi has one brother, M. Raja, who is a successful director, and a sister, Roja, who is a dentist. Ravi was first schooled at Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and later at the Loyola College, Chennai and earned a Bachelor degree in Visual Communications. Jayam Ravi studied dancing with the Bharatnatyam dancer Nalini Balakrishnan and performed his arrangetram (debut) when he was twelve years old. Jayam Ravi has also undergone training in acting with Kishore Namit Kapur Institute, Mumbai.He is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai, he decided to get into the acting industry.

He is one hero who has the conventional good looks and has undergone all formal training to become an actor. Jayam Ravi debuted with Jayam, a remake of the Telugu movie Jayam released in 2002 produced by his father Editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. (Hence, the name Jayam avi.) Jayam Ravi’s next venture was M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, a remake of the Telugu movie Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2004.

Then came Daas,Mazhai, a remake of the Telugu movie Varsham and Idhaya Thirudan. Something Something  Unakkum Enakkum , the remake of the Telugu hit Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana which hit the screens in July 2006 is also a big hit. Trisha Krishnan has reprised her role in the

Actor Name: Sarath Kumar  

Born: July 14th, 1954

Place of Birth: New Delhi

Native Place: Thalakavur in Sivaganga District

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Father: Late Mr. M. Ramanathan

Mother: Mrs. Pushpaleela

Sister: K.Mallika

Wife: Saya (divorced), Radhika

Daughters:  Varalaxmi, Pooja, Rayanne(step daughter)

Occupation: Journalist, actor and politician

Languages Known:  English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada

Favourite colour: Red

Favourite Dress: Ethnic / Western – anything

Favourite Food / Drink : All cuisines

Favourite Hangout: Flame Le Meredian / Home

Favourite Actor: Silvester Stallone, Bruce Willis,Arnold Schwarznegger

Favourite Actress: Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, etc

He has good reputation as actor in Kollywood, and also is the present president of South Indian Film Artistes Association.

Sarath Kumar started his career in Kollywood as a villain, and slowly transformed to second hero in Vijaykanth movies and after few movies as second hero, KS Ravikumar launched him as lead hero in his project which was a success at Box-office.

After that KS Ravikumar worked with him in several projects which were box-office hits, and also promoting him as one of the leading heroes in Kollywood in late 90′s.

He mainly plays the role of a honest cop out to cleanse the society.

Actor Name: Srikanth  

Nick Name: Sree

Actor Full Name: Kantham

Date of birth: February 28, 1979

Earlier Jobs: Was in Modelling

Debut: Tamil, Rojakuttam and Telugu, Okkarikku Okkaru

Father: Krishnamachari

Mother: Jayanthi

Brother: Sudhir (software engineer USA)

Education: School: SBOA Annanagar, College:Hindustan college of science (B.Sc comp science)

First Film: Kothalam in Tamil, okkariki okkaru in Telugu

Fan of: Rajionikanth, Kamalahasan, Vikram andVijaykanth

Pet: A dognamed Tweety

Best Friend: Kavi Siddarth

Childhood Dream: To be a Cricket player

Favourit God: Tirupathi Venkatachalapathy

Favourit Book: 7th Secret by Irwing Wallace

Favourit Films: Nayagan,Lagaan

Favourit Bollywood: Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai

Favourit Hollywood: Al Pacino, Julia Roberts

Favourit Drink: Tender Coconut

Favourit Color: Black and White

Favourit Dress: Jeans and Cotton Shirt

Favourit Song: Oh Butterfly

Srikanth is a good south Indian film actor. Srikanth debuted in the Tamil movie Roja Kootam. Srikanth’s debut was a big plus for him. The movie was directed by Sasi and the music was scored by Bharadwaj and the movie was a hit.

Srikanth tried some action movies which didn’t give him enough success at box-office. Srikanth was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.Srikanth debut was a big plus for him. The movie was directed by Sasi and the music was scored by Bharatwaj and the movie was a great hit.

Srikanth second movie was April Mathathil in which he paired with Sneha for the first time, directed by S.S.Stanley and this movie was not appreciated at all. Then, in his forthcoming movies he paired with Sneha in the movie Parthiban Kanavu and this movie was directed by the debut director Karu.Palaniappan and the movie was a block buster.

Name: Vadivelu

Nick Names: Vaigai puyal, king of comedy, India’s Charlie Chaplin, Vedivelu

Profession: Actor

Native place: Madurai

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Previous acting experiences: street-corner theatres

debut Comedy: T.Rajendar’s “En Thangai Kalyani”.

Hero: ‘Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi’

Rose to fame: The role of Essakki in Thevar magan

First car: TATA Sierra

Hairstylist: Nehru

Political affiliations: none

Songs sung by him: “Vandhutan Vandhutan” and “Frea vudu frea vudu”.

Mentors: Raj Kiran, R.V.Udayakumar, and later Kamal Hassan

Vadivelu (sometimes Vadivel) is a leading comedian in the Tamil movie industryt.2000 he has dominated the movie scene in Kollywood, along with comedian Vivek. Born in the southern city of Madurai, Vadivelu is nicknamed. Vaigai puyal (the Vaigai storm, after the river Vaigai, which flows through the city). Starting as a sidekick to the famed Goundamani-Senthil comedy duo, he rose to prominence after his role in Kadhalan. His accent which resembles the Tamil spoken in southern Tamil Nadu landed him roles in Tamil movies with a village background.

In most movies, he plays a simpleton with good intentions but lands in trouble because of the circumstances or the eccentricities of the people he comes across. These roles involve heavy use of slapstick and puns, which has lead him to being typecast. However, recently, he has transitioned his comedy to suit urban audiences too, playing more varied characters..

 His performances in Bharathi Kannamma, Vetri Kodi Kattu and Winner have brought him laurels and accolades from all quarters. He does sing for some songs in his movies. Some of his popular songs are Vandhutan Vandhutan and Frea vudu frea vudu.Vadivelu is opted to play the role of Spiderman in the film Vyapari directed by Shakthi Chidambaram

Actor Name: Vivek  

RealName: Vivekananthan

Star Title: Chinna Kalaivanar

Birth Date: 19th November 1961

Mother Tongue: Tamil

Eye colour: Black

Strength: Comedy

Hair Colour: Black

Spouse: Arulselvi Vivekananthan

Debut Movie: Manathil Uruthi Vendum

College: The American College, Madurai

Vivekanathan is a Tamil film comedian from India. In contrast to other comedians in Tamil cinema, Vivek is more of a satirist than a slapstick comedian.   His movies draw humor from scenes of daily life in Tamil Nadu (especially Chennai) and the surrounding regions.

His jokes often relate to serious subjects, such as bribery, over-population, and political corruption among other things. He is more conscientious and his comedy has more serious undertones than that of his contemporaries.

He often targets hypocrisy in Indian society and politics and uses satire well to point out contradictions which are often taken for granted by people. He is also well known for his readiness to spoof almost any celebrity. He is mostly popular with urban people as his comedy is of more immediate relevance to them.

In rural areas, he is less popular than other comedians such as Vadivelu, Senthil, and Goundamani. He has starred in numerous films since the early 90s as a supporting actor and now as a main comedian.

He has entertained many in his most noted films such as Run, Namma Veetu Kalyanam, Dhool, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, and many others. He is famously called as Chinna Kalaivanar for his message-oriented comedies.

Vivek will appear in other films to come. He is most expected in the upcoming film Sivaji starring Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran. Vivek is playing the lead in the movie “Solli Adippen. Recently the CD release for Solli Adippen was held and Superstar Rajnikanth, Director Shankar, Director K. Balachander presided the function.

In the early 1930′s no facilities for talkie film production were available in Madras. Producers had to go to Bombay, Calcutta, Poona (now Pune) and Kolhapur for their productions where sound recording was available. Narayanan built the first talkie studio in Madras in 1934. The maiden Tamil talkie produced by him was ˜Srinivasa Kalyanam (1934). Its main artistes were P.S.Srinivasan Rao and R.B. Lakshmi Devi. Narayanan’s talkie unit was named “Srinivasa Cinetone”. The studio was also known as “Sound City”. M.L. Tandon directed “Nandanar” (1935) a film of unusual interest. A woman K.B. Sundarambal, a stage star and an accomplished musician played a folk myth figure the hero, an untouchable, and a devotee of Lord Siva, with an impressive voice. She created film history as the first person to receive a remuneration of Rs.100, 000 for the film, an undreamt figure of those days!.

This popular folk epic has been filmed five times, twice in silent version and thrice as talkie.1934 was the emergence of M.K.Thyagaraja Bagavathar popular singing stages star as a movie star. He made his debut this year in “Pavalakkodi”. A lawyer-turned-film maker Krishnaswami Subramaniam, also making his debut directed it. K. Subramaniam became a successful filmmaker with many film classics to his credit like “Balayogini” (1937) “Sevasadanam” (1938) and “Thyaga Bhoomi” (1939). He realised the cinema was an effective tool of communication to be used as a mirror to hold-up and reveal the workings of society. Â

“Menka” (1935) based on popular Tamil stage play was one of the earliest Tamil films with a contemporary theme and story. Such films came to be known as “Socials” in India. The famous stage troupe TKS Brothers who had staged the play earlier participated in the film produced by a group of businessmen in Bombay and directed by Raja Sandow. T.K. Shanmugam the most famous of the Brothers played the hero. His brother T.K.Muthuswami played the role of a widow. As no actress was willing to shave her head for the role and “bald wigs” were not yet in vogue Muthuswami who played the role on stage did in the film too with shaved head! Intelligent stage comedian named N.S. Krishnan made his debut in “Menaka”. Quickly he became extremely popular and rose to be a living legend and cult figure. He and his star wife T.A. Maturam acted in almost every other film in Tamil during a certain period. “Menaka” was a box office success and also won an award from the Madras Provincial Government.