Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University.
Airtel Super Singer is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition, that was sponsored by KAG Tiles for the tenth season. The show is televised in India on Vijay TV, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such as Airtel Super Singer Junior, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series.
Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran, better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. His first film as music director was Thamizhan in 2002. Since then he has composed music for more than 100 films. He is the fifth Tamil music composer to win the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. He has also won the Filmfare Awards South and he has received 4 Filmfare Awards South nominations. He has also won 1 Tamil Nadu State Film Award, 2 Vijay Awards, 1 Edison Award, 1 Ananda Vikadan Cinema Award and 1 Zee Tamil Award. D. Imman is appointed as the Ambassador for Tamil Chair in University Of Toronto, Canada (2019).
Ananth Vaidyanathan is an Indian singing trainer, who is popular for his appearances on reality singing television shows. He is often regarded as India's leading voice expert. He has also worked on few films as an actor and as a playback singer.
Super Singer T20 is a 2012-2015 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition, which aired on Star Vijay. Former contestants from previous seasons of the Super Singer and Airtel Super Singer Junior shows were divided into 6 teams. 15 league matches were held where each team competed against the other five teams. 4 teams were selected for the knockout semi-finals, before the remaining 2 teams competed against each other in the finals. The show was hosted by Divyadarshini.
Airtel Super Singer Junior – Ithu Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal – is a reality TV show since February 2007 hosted by Vijay TV, a popular Tamil channel of the Star Network, and sponsored by Bharti Airtel. It is a singing talent hunt for the children of age group 6–15. This is the junior version of the Airtel Super Singer show, which premiered on 28 April 2006. Auditions are held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, India. The show attracts many kids from all over the state and rigorous multi-level selection procedures are done in order to select the contestants for the competition. The tenth season launched on 16th November 2024.
Junior Super Stars is a 2017 Tamil talent-search reality show, which aired on Zee Tamil on every Saturday and Sunday from 13 May 2017 to 24 September 2017 at 19:00 (IST) for 40 Episodes. It is a second season of the show Junior Super Star. which has children between the ages of 5–14 years as the participants. The judges are Actor and director K. Bhagyaraj, actress Roja and Anchor Archana. The season winner is Bhavass.
Manimegalai is an Indian television presenter and video jockey who is working in Tamil television industry for almost 15 years. Since 2010, she has regularly been a host for shows on Sun Network before joining Star Vijay in 2019. She gained followers for her boldness in expressing her thoughts and for raising her voice against odds.
Viswasam (transl. Loyalty) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Siva and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara and Jagapathi Babu in the lead roles, alongside Vivek, Thambi Ramaiah, Robo Shankar, Kovai Sarala, Yogi Babu, Anikha Surendran, Kalairani, Sujatha Sivakumar, Rajitha and R. N. R. Manohar. It is the second collaboration between Ajith with Siva out of three films. The film follows Thookudurai, a villiage ruffian, who goes to take on Gautham Veer after trying to patch his marriage with Niranjana.
Archana Chandhoke, more simply known as Archana, is an Indian television presenter, actress, and radio jockey who has primarily worked in Tamil film and television industry.
Viswasam is the soundtrack album composed by D. Imman for the Indian Tamil-language action drama film of the same name directed by Siva, starring Ajith Kumar and produced by Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan of Sathya Jyothi Films. The film was initially announced with Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer, who left the project citing schedule conflicts and several other composers were rumoured to score music before the team approached Imman as the music director. This film marked Imman's first collaboration with Ajith Kumar and Siva.
Senthil Ganesh is an Indian playback singer and actor. He rose to prominence after winning the reality show, Super Singer 6, in 2018 which was aired in Star Vijay. He made his acting debut with the film Thirudu Pogatha Manasu (2014).
Poovaiyar is an Indian gaana singer and actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for being a part of Season 6 of Star Vijay's Super Singer Junior and co-singing "Verithanam" from Bigil (2019).
Super Singer Season 9 is a 2022-2023 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition show. The ninth season of Super Singer, which airs on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar, telecasts every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM, which started from 19 November 2022. MRF Vapocure Paints is the main sponsor for this season.
The following is a list of events affecting Tamil language television in 2020 from. Events listed include television show debuts, and finales; channel launches, and closures; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about changes of ownership of channels or stations.
Super Singer Junior Season 9 is the ninth season of the Indian Tamil-language music competition reality television show Super Singer Junior,. It launched on 8 July 2023 on Star Vijay. This reality television show streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on every Saturday and Sunday at 18:30. Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande return as hosts for the ninth season of Super Singer Junior.
Super Singer Season 10 is a 2023–2024 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition show. The tenth season of Super Singer airs every Saturday and Sunday on Star Vijay from 16 December 2023, and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It is longest-running singing reality show in Tamil Nadu.
Maalavika Sundar is an Indian playback singer and actress, who works in predominately Tamil cinema. She participated in the reality show, Super Singer 3, in 2010 which was aired in Star Vijay and Indian Idol. She made her acting debut with the film Velvet Nagaram in 2020.
Season 5 of the Indian Tamil-language competitive reality television show Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai. The show is hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand and Aranthangi Nisha. Gopinath Chandran returned as the judge for the show while Devadarshini was replaced by Radha. The show had Total 12 Contestants Participated on Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai season 5.
