Puneeth Rajkumar is an Indian film actor, playback singer, producer and anchor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He is famously known as Appu and Power star. He has been a lead actor in 27 films; as a child he appeared in films featuring his father Rajkumar. His performances in Vasantha Geetha (1980), Bhagyavantha (1981), Chalisuva Modagalu (1982), Eradu Nakshatragalu (1983) and Bettada Hoovu (1985) were praised. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role of Appu in Bettada Hoovu. Puneeth's first lead role was in 2002's Appu .
Prakash Raj is an Indian multilingual film actor, film director, producer, thespian and television presenter who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry, and Hindi films. He acted in back-to-back stage shows for ₹300 a month in the initial stages of his career, when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru, and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit.
Rahman is an Indian film actor who has starred in over 150 films, primarily Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. In Tamil and Telugu cinema, he is also known by the screen names Raghuman and Raghu.
Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian film actor and motivational speaker, known for his work in 11 different languages, predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, English, Odia and Marathi cinema. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. He also acted in TV serial Ham Panchi Ek Chal Ke. In 1995, he received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Drohkaal.
Vijaya Nirmala is an Indian film actress, producer and director known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She has directed 44 films in Telugu. In 2002, she entered the Guinness Book of Records as the female director of the most films. In 2008, she received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for her contributions to Telugu cinema. She, and fellow Telugu actress Savitri, are the only female directors to have directed the legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan.
Mohan Rao, known mononymously as Mohan or Mike Mohan is an Indian film 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, and "Mike" from numerous roles playing singers using microphones. In 1982, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor for his work in Payanangal Mudivathillai.
Suman is an Indian film actor known for his work predominantly in Telugu cinema. He was one of the most prominent stars of Telugu cinema during the 1980s. He has also played the roles of Gods like Venkateswara, Shiva, and Rama in Telugu. Suman has also starred in Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He enacted the historic character Pazhayamveedan Chandhu Nambiar in the biopic Pazhassi Raja.
Chandra Mohan is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. He has garnered two Filmfare Awards and seven Nandi Awards. He received critical reception for his performance in box office hits such as Rangula Ratnam, for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best Actor, Padaharella Vayasu (1978), alongside Sridevi, for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) and Siri Siri Muvva (1978). His first Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe (1976). Some of the films in which he starred as the lead actor are Seetamalakshmi, Radha Kalyanam, Rendu Rella Aaru, Chandamama Raave and Ram Robert Rahim.
Sullan is an 2004 action drama film written and directed by Ramana. It stars Dhanush, along with Sindhu Tolani, Manivannan, Pasupathy and Easwari Rao among others. The film was composed by Vidyasagar. The film was opened to negative reviews from the film critics and audience. It was later dubbed in Telugu as Mourya.
Anjali is an Indian film actress and model, who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Following a stint in modelling, she was cast in starring roles in two Telugu productions; her début film was the Telugu film Photo, which released in 2006, before bagging a role and gaining attention in the film Kattradhu Thamizh (2007) with Jiiva. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil, for her performances in Angaadi Theru and Engaeyum Eppothum respectively, & Tamil Nadu State Film Award For Angadi Theru subsequently becoming recognised as one of the "finest young actors" in Tamil cinema, and noted for mostly playing "performance-oriented roles".
Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu is a 2011 Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Thirumalai Kishore and starring Githan Ramesh as a T. Rajendar fan. Sanchita Padukone and Telugu actress Suhasini play lead female characters. The film is the 81st from Ramesh's home production Super Good Films. The score was by Telugu composer Chakri in his debut and only Tamil film he had worked so far.
Vijayalakshmi is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Kannada films, also Tamil and Malayalam films.
Mirattal is a 2012 Tamil action romantic comedy film directed by R. Madhesh starring Vinay Rai, Sharmila Mandre and Prabhu in the lead roles, Pradeep Rawat, Pandiarajan, and Santhanam in supporting roles, and Rishi in a cameo. A remake of the successful Telugu film, Dhee. the film was released on 2 August 2012.
Aadu Puli is a 2011 Indian Tamil language action masala film written and directed by newcomer Vijay Prakash. Starring Aadhi, Poorna, Prabhu Ganesan and Suresh, the film released on 18 February 2011. The film opened to negative reviews and was an average grosser at the Box Office. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Chelgatam.
Poraali is a 2011 Indian Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring M. Sasikumar in the lead role. The film, also featuring Telugu actors Allari Naresh and Swati Reddy alongside Niveda Thomas, Vasundhara, and Ganja Karuppu in pivotal roles, released on 1 December 2011. Poraali illustrates an astute fighter who can take on a large, greedy group. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Sangharshana and remade in Kannada as Yaare Koogadali.
Saamy Square, is a 2018 Tamil language action thriller film written and directed by Hari and produced by Shibu Thameens. It stars Vikram in dual roles as a father and son. It collected around 125 crores in the box office with Aishwarya Rajesh and Keerthy Suresh as the female leads alongside Prabhu, Bobby Simha, and Soori in supporting roles. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film Saamy. The film was released on 21 September 2018 along with its Telugu dubbed version titled Saamy.
Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen is a 2017 Tamil supernatural comedy film written and directed by Ezhil, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Regina Cassandra in the leading roles with Srushti Dange and Soori in supporting roles. The film began production in July 2016 and was released on 12 May 2017.
Nenjil Thunivirundhal is a 2017 Indian bilingual action drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran. Shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the film features Sundeep Kishan, Mehreen Pirzada, Vikranth and Shathiga in the lead roles, with Soori and Harish Uthaman also in pivotal roles. Featuring music composed by D. Imman, the venture began production in December 2016 and was released on 10 November 2017.
The film is Dubbed into Hindi as C/o Surya in 2018.
Kadaikutty Singam is a 2018 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by Suriya for, his studio 2D Entertainment. The film stars Karthi and Sayyeshaa, with a supporting cast including Sathyaraj, Priya Bhavani Shankar and Arthana Binu. The film, which was also released in Telugu as Chinna Babu, featured music composed by D. Imman and cinematography by Velraj. The film was released on 13 July 2018.The film received highly positive reviews then the film completed 100 days theatrical run.
