Sri Divya turns 32 today.
Actress Sri Divya was born on 01 April 1993 to Telugu-speaking parents in present day Telangana. Although her first Tamil signing was Nagarpuram, delays to that film meant that her first released Tamil film was Ponram’s Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam opposite Sivakarthikeyan. A year later she starred opposite Vishnu Vishal in Suseenthiran’s Jeeva and opposite Vikram […]
Karthi turns 48 today
Karthi is the son of veteran actor Sivakumar and the younger brother of actor Suriya. After graduating as an engineer in Chennai, Karthi found employment locally but was not satisfied, and then accepted a scholarship for higher studies at Binghamton University in New York. On returning to India, Karthi began his film career as an […]
Exploring the Enigma Called Illaiyaraja – Episode 8
With all the access to information about music composers and the music industry in general audiences currently have, it is easy to forget the contributions and achievements of yesteryear music composers. Illaiyaraja falls into this category. In his four years as a music composer, he introduced three new lyricist in Vairamuthu, M.G. Vallaban and his […]
Abbas turns 50 today.
Mirza Abbas Ali – known to Tamil audiences simply as Abbas – was born on 21 May 1979 to a Tamil-speaking Muslim family in Kolkata. After numerous modelling assignments, he audtioned for the role in Kathir’s lavish venture, Kaadhal Dhesam where his co-stars were Vineeth and Tabu. The film was a huge success. His second […]
Ma. Ka. Pa. Anand turns 44 today.
Popular TV anchor Ma. Ka. Pa Anand began his career as a RJ on Radio Mirchi. His popularity son saw him on Vijay TV, where he quickly became a firm favourite with audiences. In 2014, he made his debut to the big screen playing the lead role in the rural drama Vaanavarayan Vallavaraayan. He went […]
Today marks the 62nd Birth Anniversary of Actor Murali
Murali made his acting debut in a lead roleunder his father’s direction in a Kannada film, but he only found fame after his debut to the Tamil screen in the 1984 film, Poo Vilangu. This film was a success at the box-office, but he achieved greater fame and recognition in his second Tamil role – […]
Sid Sriram turns 35 today.
Sid Sriram was born in Chennai on 19 May 1990 and moved with his family when he was one to Fremont, California in the United States. He began learning Carnatic music at the age of 3, with his first teacher being his mother, Latha Sriram. He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree […]
Exploring the Enigma Called Illaiyaraja – Episode 7
Thus far, this series has looked at a chronological synopsis of some of Illaiyaraja’s albums. This episode will briefly break away from that structural format. Let us consider some questions asked by people who are not really fans of Illaiyaraja The rest of this series will provide responses to these questions, but I first need […]
Pasupathy turns 56 today.
Versatile actor Pasupathy Masilamani was born on 18 May 1969 in Northern Chennai. He began his career as a radio jockey and newsreader before going on to act in television serials. After joining a theatre group, he befriended actor Nassar. It was Nassar who introduced him to Kamalhassan. Pasupathy’s entry to cinema was to have […]
Santhosh Narayanan turns 42 today
Santhosh Narayan began his music career as an assistant to A.R. Rahman in Maniratnam’s Guru. He made his debut as a music composer in Attakathi, the first directorial of Pa. Ranjith and the maiden production of C.V. Kumar’s Thirukumaran Entertainment. Santhish Narayan’s soundtrack had a freshness that was received with much enthusiasm. The little known […]