Nirosha – Beyond her father’s shadow
Nirosha is the youngest daughter of the legendary actor MR Radha and sister of Radhika and Radharavi. Born on 30 January 1971 in Kandy, she developed an early affinity to films and was cast by Maniratnam in the 1988 film Agni Natchthiram, followed soon after Kamalhaasan’s Soora Samhaaram. She enjoyed a very prolific period in […]
Shruti Haasan – carving her own path to success
Shruti Haasan, the elder daughter of actor Kamalhaasan and actress Sarika, made her acting debut as a child artist in the landmark film Hey Ram (2000) and marked her adult debut in Tamil opposite Suriya in AR Murugadoss’s Yezhaam Arivu. Her other film credits include 3 opposite Dhanush, Puli opposite Vijay and Vedalam opposite Ajithkumar. […]
Urvasi – A multi-talented actress
Kavitha Manoranjini Nair was given the screen name, Urvasi by K. Bhagyaraj when he introduced her as a lead actress in his 1983 hit film, Mundhanai Mudichu. By that time, Urvasi had acted in numerous Malayalam films as a child actress, having made her acting debut at the age of 10 in a Malayalam film. […]
D Imman turns 42 in his 23rd year as music composer
Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran is better known as D.Imman – a music composer who has carved his own path in an industry dominated by giants. He began his film career at the age of 15, playing the keyboard for music composers Mahesh Madevan and Adithyan. He was then noticed by TV producer (and yesteryear child actress) […]
Actor, Writer, Director & Producer: Sundar C turns 57
Sundar C, whose real name is Vinayagar Sundara Vadivel Chidambaram Pillai, apprenticed under Manivannan before making his debut as a director in the 1995 Jayaram-Kushbu starrer, Murai Maaman. He tsruck gold with his third film, the 1996 romantic comedy, Ullathai alli Thaa – a film loosely based on the 1958 Sivaji Ganesan-B Saroja Devi starrer, […]
MG Ramachandran’s 108th birth anniversary
108 years ago today, MG Ramachandran was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was only two and a half when his father died and his sister died shortly thereafter. MGR’s mother struggled to raise her two sons, Ramachandran and Chakapani, as she received no help from her relatives. The generous donation of Kumbakonam resident, Velu […]
Vijay Sethupathi Birthday Special
Vijay Sethupathi’s rise in the film industry is an inspirational one. He first screen appearances were uncredited roles as a background actor, beginning with the Prabhu Deva-Nagma starrer Love Birds and including films like Karthik’s Gokulathil Seedhai, Ravi Mohan’s M Kumaran, Son of Mahalakshmi, Dhanush’s Pudhupettai and Karthi’s Naan Mahaan Alla. It was his ninth […]
Aishwarya Rajesh turns 35 today
Aishwarya Rajesh comes from a family of actors and actresses in the Telugu world. She was born in Chennai on 10 January 1990 and grew up there. She made her acting debut as a child artist in the 1995 Telugu film, Rambantu. She became a TV presenter on the show Asathu Povathu Yaaru and got […]
Playback singer P Jayachandran passes away
P Jayachandran, the talented and popular singer of more than 16 000 songs, passed away on the evening of 09 January at the age of 80. Apart from many other awards, he won the national award for Best Singer in 1986. He has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu. He showed an interest in […]
KJ Yesudas turns 85 today
Playback singer and musician KJ Yesudas, who turns 85 today, has sung more than 50 000 songs in 13 languages across 6 decades. Apart from his many devotional albums, he has recorded more than 700 songs in Tamil. He is one of the most awarded singers in India. He has won the National Award a record […]