Samantha Ruth Prabhu turns 38 today
Samantha Ruth Prabhu was born on 28 April 1987 to a Telugu father and a Malayali mother. She was educated in Chennai and is fluent in Tamil, Telugu and English. Samantha made her film debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Ye Maaya Chesave which was the Telugu version of Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya – Both films were made […]
Versatile actor P Samuthrakani turns 52 today.
P Samuthrakani was born on 26 April 1973. A B.Sc and Bachelor of Law graduate, he joined Sundar K Vijayan (son of K Vijayan) as an assistant director before being chosen by K Balachander as assistant director in Balachander’s 100th film, Parthale Paravasam. He started his career as a director by relaunching Cheran’s stalled film, […]
Celebrating an unmatched Legend – S. Janaki on her 87th birthday
The word “legendary” is often used rather loosely, but it is an appropriate adjective to describe playback singer, S. Janaki – a singer who has recorded more than 48 000 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Odia, Tulu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Konkani, English, Japanese, German and Sinhala. If that list of songs does […]
Vaibhav turns 47 today
Vaibhav Reddy was born on 21 April 1978. He is the son of Telugu film director Kodandarami Reddy. He made his debut to the Tamil screen in Venkat Prabhu’s hit film, Saroja. After more collaborations with Venkat Prabhu and Sasikumar, he made his debut as a solo lead actor in the 2014 film, Damaal Dumeel. […]
History of Tamil Cinema – Part 10
The year 1942 was when Tamil talkies entered its 12th year. By then, it had already crossed many milestones and set the stage for greater success. Prithvirajan setting up an MGR-starrer for success The film Prithvirajan was released on 29 April 1942 and starred PU Chinnappa opposite A Sakuntala, with TS Baliah and TM Ramaswami […]
Tribute to Vivek on his Death Anniversary
Today marks the 4th death anniversary of popular comedian and character artist, Vivek. Born on 19 November 1961, Vivekanandhan was introduced to films by K. Balachander as a scriptwriter. While working on the script for the film Manathil Uruthi Vendum, Balachander asked him to act and shortened his name to Vivek. His role as Suhasini’s […]
Remembering Soundarya on her death anniversary
Today sadly marks the 21st death anniversary of popular and talented actress Soundarya who passed away tragically on 17 April 2004. Although she is a well-known face in Tamil films, her greatest and most significant contribution was made in the Telugu film industry. Her mother tongue was Kannada. She made her debut to the Tamil […]
Nizhalgal Ravi – Versatile actor who has shared the screen with Tamil Cinema’s most popular stars
Ravichandran Samanna made his debut in Bharathiraja’s Nizhalgal in 1980 and was thereafter known as Nizhalgal Ravi. He has thus far acted in more than 570 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. As a lead actor in the 1980s, he starred opposite actress like Radha, Revathi, Urvasi, Banupriya, Amala, Gauthami, Khushbu, Radhika, Ramya Krishnan, Rohini, […]
Sunaina – An Actress with Class, Beauty and Talent
Sunaina, who is of Telugu descent, made her Tamil debut opposite Nakul in the 2008 film Kaadhalil Vizhunthen. With the success of this film came more offers to act in Vamsam, Neer Paravai, Samar, Vanmam, Nambiyaar, Kavalai Venaam, Thondan, Kaali and in the ground-breaking romantic horror thriller Nilaa Nilaa Odi Vaa, one of the pioneering […]
Siddharth – More than just an actor
Siddharth turns 46 today. After completing his MBA, he was introduced to Maniratnam by PC Shriram. Siddharth became a directorial assistant in Kannathil Muthamitaal and even made an uncredited appearance as a bus passenger. The film’s scriptwriter, Sujatha, insisted that Siddharth should audition for Shankar’s Boys – something that Siddharth reluctantly agreed to. After a […]