Trisha Krishnan is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. She gained prominence after winning the 1999 Miss Chennai pageant, which marked her entry into Cinema. Trisha is the recipient of several accolades. Trisha is often referred as the "Queen of South India" or "The South Queen" for her contributions to South Indian Cinema. She has been ranked among the top actresses in South Indian Cinema by The Times of India.. She has won five Filmfare Award South, a Nandi Award, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and eight SIIMA Awards in her career.
Savitri ( was an Indian actress, singer, and filmmaker known for her works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. She was one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actresses in the 1950s and '60s. She was one of the most accomplished and respected actresses of all time in South India. She is popularly known by the epithets Mahanati in Telugu and Nadigaiyar Thilagam in Tamil.
Sri Latha Reddy known by her stage name Roja, is an Indian politician and former film actress. She is currently serving as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh. She was a leading actress in Tamil and Telugu films from 1991 to 2002. She has also acted in a few Kannada and Malayalam-language films. She won three Nandi Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. In 2022, Roja announced she would be leaving the film industry to focus more on her political career as a politician. She also announced that she will no longer be acting in any films.
Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian former actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages.
Suyamvaram is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film starring an ensemble cast of actors in the Tamil film industry and shot by a large technical team from the industry. The film was planned by Giridharilal Nagpal who produced and wrote the film's story and brought together 14 major directors, 19 cinematographers and over 30 leading actors in the Tamil film industry.
Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai, known professionally as Vijayakumar, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979). He has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies. He also worked in television serials like Thangam, Vamsam, Talambralu, Nandini and Rasaathi. His son is actor Arun Vijay.
Sandhippoma is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Indrakumar. The film stars Suriya and Preetha Vijayakumar, while Radhika, Prakash Raj, Sarath Babu and Ambika also play significant roles. This film marks Suriya's first solo lead role in a film and Preetha's Tamil film debut. Deva composed the film's soundtrack while Rathnavelu handled the camera work. The film released on 9 July 1998.
Padmapriya was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, Adapillala Tandri (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with Bangarada Gudi (1976) and was a popular actress during the late 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted opposite the legendary Dr. Rajkumar in three successive hit movies in a single year (1978) - Operation Diamond Racket, Thayige Thakka Maga and Shankar Guru. She starred opposite Anant Nag in the comedy Narada Vijaya and the novel-based Baadada Hoo and both were highly successful. She acted in four to five movies with Dr. Vishnuvardhan, and played glamorous roles. Srinath, Ashok and Lokesh were her other costars in Kannada movies.
Vijaya Nirmala was an Indian actress, director, and producer known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with a few Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning over six decades, she acted in more than 200 films and directed 44 films. In 2002, she entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the female director who has directed the most number of films in the world. In 2008, she received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for lifetime achievement in Telugu cinema.
Nagma Arvind Morarji is an Indian politician and former actress. She was a popular lead actress in the 1990s. She made her cinematic debut in the film Baaghi opposite Salman Khan in 1990. It was Hindi cinema's seventh highest-grossing film of the year. She is known for her roles in films like Gharana Mogudu (1992), King Uncle (1993), Suhaag (1994), Kadhalan (1994), Baashha (1995) and Lal Baadshah (1999). She began her acting career in Bollywood. Nagma has acted in a broad range of films in India's languages predominantly in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Bhojpuri films and has also additionally appeared in several other regional language films such as Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi Marathi.
Punnagai Desam is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Shajahan. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary under the production banner Super Good films. The film stars Tarun, Sneha, Kunal, Hamsavardhan, Dhamu and Preetha Vijayakumar with Devan, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Malaysia Vasudevan playing supporting roles. Soundtrack is composed by S. A. Rajkumar.
Harikrishnan is an Indian film director best known for his action and masala films in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with Thamizh (2002). He later directed films such as Saamy (2003), Kovil (2004), Ayya (2005), Thaamirabharani (2007), Vel (2007) and the Singam film series (2010-2017). He mostly directed Coimbatore, Dindigul, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli district based movies.
Arun Vijay, formerly known as Arun Kumar, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He also starred in a few films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Sridevi Vijaykumar is an Indian actress and television personality. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film Rickshaw Mama, she has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She became a leading actress from the 2000s till 2017 and later shifting to supporting roles.
Priyamaina Neeku is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran. The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played the other important supporting roles. The film and the soundtrack received positive reviews upon release, and was a box office success.
Latha, also known as Latha Sethupathi, is an Indian actress who starred in leading roles in South Indian films from 1973 to 1983. She is also known for her roles in various serials in the Tamil language.
Manjula Vijayakumar was an Indian former actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Kakkai Siraginilae is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by P. Vasu. Parthiban and Preetha Vijayakumar star, whilst Manasa, K. Viswanath, Lakshmi, Visu, and Vadivelu play supporting roles. Actress Vanitha Vijayakumar worked as the assistant director for this film. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with editing by P. Mohanraj and cinematography by R. Raghunatha Reddy. The film was released on 10 March 2000.
Vanitha Vijayakumar is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Tamil film and Television Industry.
Maa Annayya is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. The film stars Dr. Rajasekhar and Meena with Maheswari, Brahmaji, Vineeth, Deepti Bhatnagar, Preetha Vijayakumar and Nassar in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was released in 2000 to positive reviews. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Vaanathaippola (2000). The film was declared a super hit at the box office.
