Gautami Tadimalla, known mononymously as Gautami, is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu, in addition to Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. She was one of the leading South Indian actresses from 1987 to 1998. She is also a television actress, television host, the founder of Life Again Foundation, and a costume designer.
Shalini, also known as Baby Shalini, is a former Indian child artist and actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. During the 80s, Shalini was the most successful child artist in the Malayalam film industry. After taking a brief hiatus from child acting, Shalini made a come back in 1997 through Malayalam and Tamil Language films as lead heroine roles. She married popular Tamil actor Ajith Kumar, on April 24, 2000 and retired from films after her marriage.
Madhavan Nair, commonly known by his stage name Madhu, is an Indian actor, director, producer, former college lecturer and former film studio owner, who works in Malayalam cinema and a certain number of Hindi and Tamil films. He was a prominent lead actor during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and has acted in more than 400 films. Madhu has also directed 12 films, produced 15 films and at one time owned the Uma Film Studio. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 for his contributions towards the arts. He was honored with the J. C. Daniel Award by the Government of Kerala in 2004, for his outstanding contributions to Malayalam films. He is the president of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) Kerala Unit.
Innocent Vareed Thekkethala is an Indian actor and politician. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Hindi, English, Tamil, and Kannada films, mostly in comedic roles. He has acted in more than 750 films and is considered one of the best comedians in Malayalam cinema. He has also appeared in villainous roles, such as in Mazhavilkavadi, Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu and Ganamela. Innocent has won several awards, including three Kerala State Film Awards. He served as the Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha of India representing Chalakudy constituency.
Rajiv Menon is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in several Indian regional film industries. After making his breakthrough as a film cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's drama Bombay (1994), Menon has continued to collaborate with Ratnam on other projects including Guru (2007) and Kadal (2013). He has also directed 2 critically acclaimed Tamil films, Minsara Kanavu (1997) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), winning a Filmfare Award for the latter. After a sabbatical, Menon returned to directing with Sarvam Thaala Mayam.
Devayani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu-language films.
Sunil Kumar, known by his stage name Narain, is an Indian actor, who has starred in Malayalam and Tamil films. He made his debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Nizhalkuthu (2002), followed by performances in Malayalam films 4 the People (2004), Achuvinte Amma (2005), and Classmates (2006). Narain's Tamil debut was in Mysskin's Chithiram Pesuthadi (2006).
Rashin Rahman is an Indian actor. He has worked in around 200 films, primarily in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema, and has won several awards. In 80's, Rahman was a superstar in Malayalam film industry. In Tamil and Telugu cinema, he is also known by the screen names Raghuman and Raghu.
Mohan is an Indian actor, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema, and a few Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam films. He is also known as "Kokila Mohan" after his debut film Kokila (1977), and "Mic Mohan" from numerous roles playing singers using microphones. In 1982, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor for his work in Payanangal Mudivathillai.
Murali Sharma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films, including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema.
Arvind Krishna is an Indian cinematographer, producer and actor in Indian film and television industry. He is well known for his work in 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006).
Ravichandran Samanna, known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal. He has acted in 550 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil.
Mallika Sukumaran is an Indian actress known for her works in Malayalam cinema. She debuted in 1974 Malayalam film Utharayanam by G. Aravindan. Since then, she has appeared in over 60 films. She won the Kerala State Film award for Second Best Actress for her role in the 1974 film Swapnadanam.
Suresh Krishna is an Indian actor, known for his comedic roles, earlier negative performances and character roles. He is noted for his portrayals in Manju Poloru Penkutti, Christian Brothers, Pazhassi Raja and Kutty Srank.
Joseph George, better known as Joju George is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his supporting roles in Oru Second Class Yathra and Lukka Chuppi. His film Joseph got special mention in 66th National Film Awards 2019. He is the recipient of more than 20 awards, awarded to him for either his acting or production. In 2015, he stepped into film production and produced films like Charlie and Udaharanam Sujatha before successfully launching his own production house Appu Pathu Pappu Production, which has produced several of his films.
Alencier Ley Lopez is an Indian film and theatre actor, who appears in Malayalam films. Lopez made his debut in the 1998 film Daya; and he worked in films like Annayum Rasoolum (2013), Njan Steve Lopez (2013), and Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016). At the 48th Kerala State Film Awards, he won the Best Character Actor Award for his performance in Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017).
Srinish Aravind is an Indian television actor and model, who works in Tamil and Malayalam films and television series also few Telugu TV serials. He was one of the five finalists in the reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam season 1.
Sanjay Padiyoor is an Indian film director, production controller and an actor in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career in 1991 with Jubilee Production as an office worker and before becoming a production controller. He did more than 100 films in the Malayalam and Tamil film industry as production controller.
Sarath Das is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who works in Malayalam films and television. He is known for his role as Lord Krishna in the serial Sree Mahabhagavatham telecasted on Asianet. He has been in the screens for over twenty five years. He received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist twice.
Jayakrishnan, better known as Jayakrishnan Kichu, is an Indian actor, Associate Director, and Dubbing Artist who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He was introduced as an actor by director Kamal with the film Manjupoloru Penkutti in 2004. He has performed the lead role in that movie. After that, he acted in Mohanlal starer Chandrolsavam. He also acted in movies such as Out of Syllabus, Bharathan Effect, Rakshakan, Subhadram, SMS, Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, Raamanam, Mayakazcha, Dalamaramarangal, Ayal Sasi, Sandwich, 8:20.
