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 […]
Vikram – Unmatched dedication to his craft
Kennedy John Victor is the real name of actor Vikram who turns 59 today. He was born to a Christian father, John Victor, and Hindu mother, Rajeshwari. Rajeshwari is the sister of yesteryear actor and director, Thyagarajan, the father of actor Prashanth. Vikram’s father was an actor who only succeeded in getting minor roles in […]
Remembering the Legendary M.R. Radha
“Madras” Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan is better remembered as M.R. Radha – an acting genius who was decades ahead of his time, and an under-appreciated and under-celebrated actor in the Tamil film industry. He ran away from home when he was a little boy and later joined a drama troupe when he was 10 years old. He […]
Reemembering Senthamarai on his 90th birth anniversary
Senthamarai was born on 13 April 1935 to a family unconnected to the film industry. He began his acting career on stage, sharing the stage with the likes of Sivaji Ganesan, M.G. Ramachandran and S.S. Rajendran. Senthamarai made his film debut in the 1957 film, Maya Bazaar. In 1960 he shared the screen for the […]
Tamil cinema’s most successful commercial director – S.P. Muthuraman
Director S.P. Muthuraman is probably Tamil cinema’s most successful commercial film director. In a career spanning 35 years, Muthuraman directed 72 films, collaborating with Sivaji Ganesan, R Muthuraman (father of actor Karthik and grandfather of Gautham Karthik) and Jaishankar before going on to direct the next generation of actors, including Kamalhaasan, Rajinikanth, Sivakumar, Karthik, Vijayakanth, […]
Remembering actress Sujatha
Today marks the 14th death anniversary of actress Sujatha who passed away on 06 April 2011 at the age of 58. The actress had retired from acting five years before her passing as she was suffering from renal failure which placed severe strain on her heart. Two months before her passing, she had a pacemaker […]
Jai Birthday Special
Jai, born on 06 April 1984, is the nephew of music composer, Deva and the cousin of Shrikanth Deva. Roman early age, he has shown an interest in music composition and has been an ardent fan of Yuvanshankar Raja. Jai was only 18 when he made his film debut in the film Bhagavathi where he […]