Prasanth

Prasanth		Date of Birth: 06-04-1973 Parents & Sibling Thiagarajan - Shanthi Thiagarajan, sister - Preethi.     Wished ( to be ) : Doctor but became an actor     First Film : Vaikasi Poranthachi (Release date - 16-09-1990)     Languages acted in : Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam     Hobbies: Tennis, internet surfing, listening to songs, reading books, playing music instruments, snow bowling, karate, horse riding, swimming, chess and playing billiards.
Prasanth Filmography Actor (3)  1.)  Chocolate (2002) Actor  2.)  Jeans (1998) Actor  3.)  Donga Donga (1993) Actor

Vineeth

Vineeth		Date of Birth::  August 23, 1969 Place of Birth::  Kannur, Kerala Family and Relations Father: K.T. Radhakrishnan Mother: Shantha Kumari Spouse: Priscilla Menon
Vineeth Filmography Involved in 14 movies Actor (14) Nakhashathangal (1986) .... Ramu Oridathu (1986) .... Josekutty Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986) Amrutam Gamaya (1987) .... Unnikrishnan Oru Muthassi Katha(1988) Janmandharam (1988) .... Unnikrishnan Sargam (1992) .... Haridas Aranyakam (1988) .... Mohan Mahayanam (1989) .... Rameshan Kattu Kuthira (1990) Kamaladalam (1992) .... Malavika's Lover Jathi Malli (1992) Daivathinte Vikrithikal (1992) .... Son of Landlord Champakulam Thachan (1992) .... Chanthutti Aavarampoo (1992) Pudhiya Mugam (1993) Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha (1993) Kabuliwala (1993) .... Munna Gazal (1993) Gentleman (1993) .... Ramesh Sarigamalu (1994) Parinayam (1994) May madham (1994) Manathe Vellitheru (1994) .... Ramesh Thacholi Varghese Chekavar (1995) .... Shyam Kala Pani (1996) .... G S Sethu Kadhal Desam (1996) .... Karthik Devathai (1997) Daud: Fun on the Run (1997) .... Inspector Sri W/O V.Varaprasad (1998) .... Varaprasad Manjeeradhwani (1998) Usthad (1999) .... Nandan Suyamvaram (1999) Prempujari (1999) Mazhavillu (1999) .... Vijay Krishnan Darling Darling (2000) Vedham (2001) Bokshu the Myth (2002) Priyamana Thozhi (2003) .... Michael Kadhal Kirukkan (2003) Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) .... Krishna Perumazhakkalam (2004) .... Raghu Rama Iyer Chandramukhi (2005) .... Visvanathan/Gunasekaran Alice in Wonderland (2006) .... Victor Joseph Vadakkum Nathan (2006) .... Parameshwaran Moonnamathoral (2006) .... Dr. Arun Rathri Mazha (2007) .... Harikrishnan Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) .... Professor Sharad Pradhan/Shashidhar Uliyin Osai (2008) .... Iniyin Sila Nerangalil (2008) .... Madhavan Banaras (2009) Rukimini'(1997) Nee Premakai'(2002)

Sharwanand

Sharwanand (Telugu: శర్వానంద్) is an Indian film actor who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. He is also known as Sarva in the Tamil cinema.

Early life

Sharwanand was born in Hyderabad. Nandu, as his friends call him, was a popular kid during his early years. He is the son of MRV Prasad Rao. Sharwanand hails from a very close knit business family where his father runs the business. He is the youngest of three, with one elder sister and one elder brother. His cousin, Ram Pothineni is also an actor in the Telugu films. He always wanted to become an actor, ever since he was a child. He went to Mumbai to get trained as an actor when he was 17. Sharwanand did his bachelor of commerce degree from Wesley’s and became a trained dancer. During his B.Com Sharwanand applied to The Hindu’s Best New Face contest and was selected to participate which is where he declared as his role model.

Film career

Sharwanand first caught attention in the Thumps Up ad with the Megastar (Chiranjeevi) himself. He started his career appearing in supporting roles in most of the films. He made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, he shared screen space with Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi. He portrayed the role played by Jimmy Shergill in Munna Bhai MBBS in the Telugu film Shankar Dada MBBS. His roles in Vennela as psycho character and Amma Cheppindi bagged him the limelight, while those in award-winning flicks like Gamyam, Andari Banduvaya and Prasthanam won him accolades. Starting his career with Telugu movies, Sharwanand went on to act in Tamil and Malayalam film industry too. He forayed in to Kollywood with Kadhalna Summa Illai, remake of Gamyam and it became instant blockbuster and his performance is appreciated. His second Tamil film Naalai Namadhe directed by Vinayan and Engeyum Eppodhum is a super hit blockbuster in Tamil which is a low budget film done in 5 crores and earned 40 crores in first 3 weeks. He acted as Gautham in this film. He received nice reviews from all Tamil leading magazines like Vikatan, Kumudam, and newspapers like Dinamalar for his acting skills.

Filmography

Years	Film	Role	Language	Other Notes
2003	5va Tareeku		Telugu
2004	Yuvasena 4		Telugu
2004	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.		Telugu
2005	Sankranthi	Vamsi	Telugu
2005	Vennela		Telugu
2006	Lakshmi		Telugu
2006	Amma Cheppindi	Bose	Telugu
2006	Veedhi		Telugu
2007	Classmates		Telugu
2008	Gamyam	Abhi	Telugu
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Abhiram	Tamil
2009	Naalai Namadhe		Tamil
2009	Raju Maharaju	Kalyan	Telugu
2010	Andari Banduvaya	Nandu	Telugu	Dubbed into Tamil as Gokulam
2010	Prasthanam	Mitra	Telugu
2011	Engeyum Eppodhum	Gautham	Tamil	Dubbed into Telugu as Journey
2012	Nuvva Nena		Telugu

Simbu

Silambarasan Rajendar (born February 3, 1985), also known as T. R. Silambarasan, or Simbu, is an Indian film actor, director, playback singer and lyricist. He began his career by playing minor uncredited roles as a child artist in films produced by his father T. Rajendar, before essaying his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction as well. He achieved recogniton for his work in Manmadhan (2004), which was also "ghost-directed" by him and became his first major commercial success. He made his full-flegded directorial debut with a failure Vallavan (2006), while he received wide critical praise for his performance in Gautham Menon's blockbuster Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010). He also starred in critical success Vaanam and a masala Osthe, both in 2011.

Personal life

Silambarasan was born to director, music composer, actor, screenwriter and politician Vijaya T. Rajendar and former actress Usha Rajendar. He has a younger brother Kuralarasan and a younger sister Ilakkiya. He studied at the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Santhome Higher Secondary school, Chennai. He had a great passion for dance right from his school days and used to choreograph dances even back then. He then attended The Ashram School in Chennai and also completed an Audio Engineering Course.

Film career

Debut as child artiste

Silambarasan started his career as a child artiste in 1987 and acted in nearly 19 of his father's films, including Thai Thangai Paasam, Oru Vasantha Geetham, En Thangai Kalyani, Enga Veetu Velan, Monisha En Monalisa, Oru Thayin Sabhatham, Samsara Sangeetham, Shanti Enathu Shanti, Pettredutha Pillai, Thiruvalla and Sabash Babu. In Samsara Sangeetham, Silambarasan danced to a song singing "I am a little star, Aaaven Naan Super Star". His father had an idea to make Silambarasan direct a film at the age of 15 but dropped later.

2002–2003

Silambarasan played his first starring role at age 19 in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002) directed by his father Vijaya T. Rajendar, co-starring Charmy Kaur. His second film was Dhum (2003) that did average business at the box-office, which was followed by Kuththu (2003), which ran for 100 days and was his first successful film. His fourth film Alai ran over 50 days at the box office, while his subsequent release Kovil was an average grosser at the box office. He got a name for himself as "romantic young actor with style as his benchmark".

Breakthrough (2004–2009)

Silambarasan took an year off from acting to concentrate on Manmadhan, for which he had written story, screenplay and dialogues. The film featured him in dual roles for the first time, as a serial killer of women, and Jyothika as his pair. The film became a high commercial success at the box-office, completing a 275-days-theatrical run, while also earning rave reviews. His next film, Thotti Jaya stood up to the expectations at the box-office.
In 2006, he starred in Saravana, directed by K. S. Ravikumar, opposite Jyothika again, and it was a disaster. He next turned director with Vallavan (2006), besides playing the lead in the film. acting opposite Nayantara, Reemma Sen and Sandhya. Vallavan did below average business at the box office.
He had no releases in 2007 and his next film, the Tarun Gopi-directed masala film Kaalai was released in January 2008. The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb. Later that year, he appeared in another action-masala film Silambattam. Although opening to mixed reviews, the film went on to be a commercial failure. In Goa, he played a cameo role, reprising his Manmadhan character at the ending of the film. These failures did not let his status down, since he was praised for this multitalented nature.

Success (2010–present)

In 2010, his 25th film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa released, in which he was paired with Trisha Krishnan. Directed and written by Gautham Menon, the film fetched highly positive reviews and became his biggest success and one of the biggest blockbusters in Tamil earning a cult status. Silambarasan received critical acclaim for his performance as Karthik, resulting in several awards and nominations. The film proved to be a significant turning point in his career, changing his media image. Director K. Balachander in an open letter called Silambarasan's performance as his best in his career.
The following year he was seen in two films, the drama film Vaanam and the masala film Osthe, both remakes of the critically acclaimed Telugu film Vedam (2010) and the Hindi blockbuster Dabangg (2010), respectively. Vaanam, which featured Silambarasan as part of an ensemble cast including Bharath, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj and Saranya Ponvannan, opened to positive reviews and crossed 100-day mark and made good revenues in the centers released. Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote: "After the stupendous hit of VTV, Vaanam should be another significant film in STR's career". Osthe, directed by S. Dharani, released in more than 110 screens overseas in December 2011, in which Silambarasan played a police officer for the first time in his career. Osthe was the biggest ever overseas release in Silambarasan's career, with the actor naming it the "biggest action film that he has done so far". The film was reported to have got a "flying start at the box Office" ending up becoming a decent grosser.
Currently, he is shooting the romantic musical Podaa Podi and the action thriller Vettai Mannan. The latter, co-starring Jai, Deeksha Seth, Hansika Motwani and Poonam Kaur will feature film as a hitman and is touted to be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He has signed Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai, playing a lead role starring Rana Daggubati and Andrea Jeremiah in crucial roles, which is excepted to commence by mid-2012.

Other work

Silambarasan has frequently worked as playback singer in the Tamil film industry. He first sung playback in Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala and has since sung over 40 songs for various composers. He predominantly sings in his own films and has collaborated mostly with his friend and fellow composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Silambarasan has also penned lyrics for several songs from his films. On 27 December 2011, Silambarasan released his first non-filmy promo single "Love Anthem For World Peace and Love" to promote world peace. The song was composed by Silambarasan himself and the lyrics contain words of 96 global languages.
Silambarasan became a voice actor after dubbing the Tamil dialogues for the protagonist in the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Silambarasan was recently signed as the Brand Ambassador of PepsiCo India for their soft drink 7 Up softdrinks in Tamil Nadu.

Awards

Honors

• Kalaimamani from Government of Tamil Nadu (2006)

Winners

• Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards – Best Dancer for Silambattam (2009)
• Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards – Rising Star Lyricist for "Where is the Party" (Silambattam) (2009)
• Edison Award – Best Actor for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
• Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards – Most Entertaining Actor Award for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2011)
• International Tamil Film Awards – ITFA Best Actor Award for Vaanam (2012)

Nominations

• Vijay Award for Favourite Hero for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2011)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2011)

Filmography

As Actor
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Oru Thayin Sabhatham		Child artist
1988	En Thangai Kalyani		Child artist
1989	Samsara Sangeetham		Child artist
1991	Shanti Enathu Shanti		Child artist
1992	Enga Veetu Velan		Child artist
1993	Sabash Babu	Babu	Child artist
1993	Pettredutha Pillai		Child artist
1993	Rajadi Rajavan		Child artist
1993	Thiruvalla		Child artist
1994	Oru Vasantha Geetham		Child artist
1995	Thai Thangai Paasam		Child artist
1999	Monisha En Monalisa		Special appearance
2001	Sonnal Thaan Kathala		Special appearance
2002	Kadhal Azhivathillai	Simbu
2003	Dum	Sathya
2003	Alai	Aathi
2003	Kovil	Sakthivel
2004	Kuththu	Gurumoorthy
2004	Manmadhan	Madhankumar, Madhanraj	Also screenwriter
2005	Thotti Jaya	Jayachandran
2006	Saravana	Saravana
2006	Vallavan	Vallavan	Also director, screenwriter
2008	Kaalai	Jeeva
2008	Silambattam	Vichu, Thamizharasan
2010	Goa	Madhankumar	Special appearance
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Karthik Sivakumar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Himself	Guest appearance Telugu film
2011	Vaanam	"Cable" Raja
2011	Osthi	Osthe Velan
2011	Mambattiyan		Special appearance in promotional song
2012	Podaa Podi		Filming
2012	Vaalu		Filming
2013	Vettai Mannan		Filming
2013	Vada Chennai		Pre-Production

As Playback Singer
Year	Song	Film	Notes
2011	Pondati	Osthi	Also Lyric
2011	Nathiyile- Fully Loaded	Doo
2011	Nathiyile Alai Ondru	Doo
2011	No Money No Honey	Vaanam
2011	Kaattuvazhi	Mambattiyan
2010	Evan Di Unna Pethan	Vaanam	Also Lyric
2010	Oola Vediyae	Thottupaar
2010	Sama Sama Yama Yama	Drohi
2010	Sundara Purusha	Murattu Kaalai
2010	Pattu Pattu	Thillalangadi
2010	Ka Ka Ka	Naanayam
2010	Kannakkol Thiruda	Nellu
2009	Mallakottai Kannu	Anthony Yaar?
2009	Thallakulam	Renigunta
2009	Mansellam	Kulir 100°
2009	Karuppayee	Aathi Narayana
2008	Kutti Pisase	Kaalai
2008	Thanni Karuthuruchi	Ennai Theriyuma
2008	Nallamdhana Vechikkava	Silambattam
2007	Hello Hello I Love You	Veerasamy
2006	Loosu Penne Loosu Penne (Club Mix) Kadhal Vanthirichu Yammaadi Aathaadi	Vallavan	Also Lyric Loosu Penne
2006	Gori Thera Kadhal Keedal	Saravana
2004	En Aasai Mythiliae Thathai Thathai	Manmadhan
2004	Pothu Thaaku	Kuththu
2004	Stella Maris Koththamalli	Samasthanam
2003	Kadhal Panna	Kovil
2003	Kalakkuven	Dum
2003	Kuththadi Kuththadi	Ramachandra
2002	Dil Dil Dil	Red
2002	Sight Adippom	April Maadhathil
2002	Jothikava Clinton Magalo	Kadhal Azhivathillai
2002	Baila More	Kadhal Virus
2001	Chukkumula Mullaaga Kuththakoodaathu	Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala

Raghav Murugaiyan

Raghav Murugaiyan (also credited as Lawrence Raghavendra) is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his first few appearances in supporting actor roles, he got his breakthrough with Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernized dance moves and has won several Filmfare Awards for choreography.

Filmography

As Choreographer
Year	Film	Language
1997	Master	Telugu
1999	Amarkalam	Tamil
2000	Annayya	Telugu
2001	Orey Thammudu	Telugu
	Hanuman Junction	Telugu
2002	Indra	Telugu
2003	Okkadu	Telugu
	Simhadri	Telugu
	Tagore	Telugu
	Satyam	Telugu
2004	Varsham	Telugu
	Nenunnanu	Telugu
	Samba	Telugu
	Thirumalai	Tamil
	Adavi Ramudu	Telugu
	Mass	Telugu
2005	Naa Alludu	Telugu
	Bunny	Telugu
	Andarivaadu	Telugu
	Chatrapati	Telugu
	Jai Chiranjeeva	Telugu
2006	Style	Telugu
	Ashok	Telugu
	Stalin	Telugu
2007	Muni	Tamil
	Sivaji: The Boss	Tamil
	Chirutha	Telugu
	Don	Telugu
2011	Muni-2	Tamil

As Actor
Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1993	Gentleman		Tamil	Background dancer in song Chikku Bukku
1994	Chinna Madam		Tamil	Main dancer in one song
2000	Parthen Rasithen		Tamil
2001	Parthale Paravasam	Azhagu	Tamil
2002	Arpudham	Ashok Kumar	Tamil
	Baba	Special Appearance	Tamil
2002	Style	Rishaanth	Tamil
2003	Ninney Ishta Paddaanu		Telugu
	Tagore		Telugu
	Satyam		Telugu
2004	Thirumalai	Special Appearance	Tamil
	Mass	Special Appearance	Telugu
2006	Style	Raghava	Telugu
2007	Muni	Ganesh	Tamil
	Don	Raghava	Telugu
2008	Pandi	Pandi	Tamil
2009	Rajadhi Raja	Raja	Tamil
2010	Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam	Singam	Tamil
2011	Kanchana	Raghava	Tamil
2012	Muni 3		Tamil	Filming

As Director
Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
2004	Mass	Nagarjuna, Jyothika, Charmy Kaur	Telugu
2006	Style	Prabhu Deva, Charmy Kaur, Kamalinee Mukherjee	Telugu	Screenplay, story
2007	Muni	Vedhika, Rajkiran, Kovai Sarala	Tamil
2007	Don	Nagarjuna, Anushka, Kelly Dorji, Nikita Thukral	Telugu	Screenplay, story
2011	Kanchana	Lawrence, Sarathkumar, Lakshmi Rai, Kovai Sarala	Tamil
2012	Rebel	Prabhas, Tamannaah, Deeksha Seth	Telugu

As composer

• Don (2007)
• Rebel (2012)

Television

• Masthaana Masthaana Part 2 (2007)

Awards

• Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) - Indra (2002)
• Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) - Style (2006)
• National Best Director Award (Tamil) -Kanchana (2011)

Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva born 3 April 1973 is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and director. He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles. He has also been labelled as Indian Michael Jackson and holds Michael Jackson as his dance idol.

Early life and career

Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Prabhu Deva was inspired by his father, Mugur Sundar (known as Sundaram Master), who was a choreographer for popular South Indian movies. Prabhu took dancing as his passion, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam as well as Western styles. He is widely considered to be one of Indian cinema's greatest dancers and choreographers; Prabhu Deva has revolutionized some of the aspects of dance and choreography in modern popular Indian cinema. His brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also established South Indian choreographers.
Prabhu Deva's first movie as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). Before that, he had appeared as a background dancer for a song in the Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. From choreography, he went on to establish himself as an actor. His first film as an actor was Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany. He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. He acted alongside his brothers in the movie 123. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudeva's Dance Academy in Singapore. He planned to release his first video album called It is boring (in Tamil போருடா) in 2012. He is acting in lead role in the film ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India, co-starring with So You Think You Can Dance contestant Lauren Gottlieb.

Personal life

Prabhu Deva was married to Ramlath for 15 years and had three children; their eldest son (Basavaraju/Vishal) died in 2008 after suffering from cancer. During the making the film Villu in 2008, reports suggested that he was in a serious relationship with actress Nayantara, with some sources later even claiming that they had married secretly in June 2009. She had tattooed his name on her wrist and began appearing with him in public, while keeping silence neither denying nor confirming the relationship.
In September 2010, Prabhu Deva openly confessed his love for Nayantara and further stated that he would marry her soon. The issue soon gained media attention and turned into a controversy, since Prabhu Deva was not divorced from his wife Ramalath. Unwilling to agree for a divorce, she filed a petition at the family court, seeking directions against her husband and Nayantara from marrying, attending functions together and receiving awards as husband and wife, and requesting a reunion with him. In 2012, Nayantara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Prabhu Deva.

Other appearances

• Prabhu Deva was also noticed when he made brief appearances in solo items such as "Rajathi Raja" in Agni Natchathiram (1988), "April Mayile" in Idhayam (1991), "Lallaku Doldapi Ma" in Suriyan (1992), "Chinna Rasave" in Walter Vetrivel (1993), and "Chikku Bukku Rayile" in Gentleman (1993).
• He performed with Madhuri Dixit for the song "Ke Sera Sera" in the movie Pukar.
• He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
• He performed with Apache Indian in the song "No Problem" in the film Love Birds.
• He made a special appearance in Pokkiri (which was directed by himself) with Vijay in the song "Aadungada".
• He performed in the film Abra Ka Dabra for the song "Om Sh".
• He performed in the Nana Patekar – Karisma Kapoor film Shakti for a song.
• He performed with Vijay in the movie Villu for the song "Hey Rama". This was a guest appearance. The film was also directed by him.
• He performed with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted.
• He performed with Hollywood actress cum popular singer Katy Perry at the 5th edition of IPL opening ceremony on 03 April 2012 in Chennai along with Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. This event was special to Prabhu Deva as the actor shared his 39th birthday on the same day. He foot-tapped to some popular numbers including Main aisa kyun hun from Lakshya and Tera hi jalwa from Wanted.

Awards

• He is a two-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work on the film Minsaara Kanavu (1997) in Tamil and Lakshya (2004) in Hindi, as well as a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) for the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) and Filmfare Award Best Choreography for film Lakshya (2004).
• In 2001, he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Pukar (2000).
• In 2005, he won the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, the Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and the National Film Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Lakshya.
• In 2007, he won a Vijay Award for Favourite Director and a Mathrubhumi Award for Best Director in Tamil for the film Pokkiri.
• He has been honoured with a life membership at the International Film and Television Research Centre of the Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1986	Mouna Raagam		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Pani Vizhum"
1988	Agni Natchathiram		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Raaja Raajathi"
1991	Idhayam		Tamil	Special appearance in song "April Mayile"
1992	Suriyan		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Laalaku Dol Dappima"
1993	Pratap		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Maanga Maanga"
1993	Gentleman		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Chikku Bukku Rayile"
	Walter Vetrivel		Tamil	Special appearance in song "Chinna Raasave"
1994	Indhu	Pattasu	Tamil
	Kaadhalan	Prabhu	Tamil
1995	Raasaiyya	Raasaiyya	Tamil
1996	Love Birds	Arun	Tamil
	Mr. Romeo	Romeo, Madras	Tamil
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Deva	Tamil
	VIP	Guru	Tamil
1998	Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar	Prabhu	Tamil
	Love Story 1999		Telugu
	Kaathala Kaathala	Sundaralingam	Tamil
1999	Ninaivirukkum Varai	Janakiraman (Jonny)	Tamil
	Suyamvaram	Kanna	Tamil
	Time	Srininvasa Murthy	Tamil
2000	Vaanathaippola	Selvakumar	Tamil
	Eazhaiyin Sirippil	Ganesan	Tamil
	Pukar		Hindi	Special appearance
	James Pandu	James	Tamil
	Pennin Manathai Thottu	Sunil	Tamil
	Doubles	Prabhu	Tamil
2001	Nila Kaalam		Tamil
	Ullam Kollai Poguthae	Anbu	Tamil
	Alli Thandha Vaanam	Sathyam	Tamil
	Manadhai Thirudivittai	Deva	Tamil
2002	H2O	Vairamuthu	Kannada
	Charlie Chaplin	Thiru	Tamil
	Santosham	Pawan	Telugu
	One Two Three	Thirupathy	Tamil
	Manasella Neene		Kannada
	Baba		Tamil	Special appearance
	Agni Varsha	Rakshasha	Hindi
	Shakti - The Power		Hindi	Special appearance
	Thotti Gang		Telugu
2003	Alaudin	Alaudin	Tamil
	O Radha Iddharu Krishnula Pelli		Telugu
	Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari		Telugu
2004	Engal Anna	Kannan	Tamil
	Tapana		Telugu
	Andalu Dongale Dorikithe	Bujji	Telugu
	Aabra Ka Daabra		Hindi	Special appearance
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana		Telugu	Cameo appearance
2006	Style	Ganesh	Telugu
	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Sharat	Telugu
	Pournami		Telugu	Cameo appearance
2007	Pokkiri		Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Shankardada Zindabad		Telugu	Cameo appearance
2008	Vaana		Telugu	Special appearance
	Michael Madana Kamaraju		Telugu
2009	Villu		Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Wanted		Hindi	Cameo appearance
2010	Pa Ra Pazhanisami		Tamil	Cameo appearance
2011	Urumi	Vavvali	Malayalam
	Engeyum Kaadhal		Tamil	Special appearance
2012	Dhoni	Himself	Tamil	Special appearance
	Rowdy Rathore	Himself	Hindi	Special appearance
	Kalavadiya Pozhudugal	Porcheziyan	Tamil	Post-production
	ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)3D		Hindi	Filming

As director

As director
Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Siddharth, Trisha Krishnan	Telugu	Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) Filmfare Best Choreography Award (South)
2006	Pournami	Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan	Telugu
2007	Pokkiri	Vijay, Asin	Tamil	Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
	Shankardada Zindabad	Chiranjeevi, Karishma Kotak	Telugu
2009	Villu	Vijay, Nayanthara	Tamil
	Wanted	Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi	Hindi
2011	Engeyum Kaadhal	Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani	Tamil
	Vedi	Vishal Krishna, Sameera Reddy	Tamil
2012	Rowdy Rathore	Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha	Hindi	Post-production

Navdeep

Navdeep (Telugu: నవదీప్) (born January 26, 1980 as Navdeep Pallapollu) is a regional Indian actor.
Navdeep has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil films in his career, portraying diverse characters.Navdeep's first major film appearance was in the 2004 Telugu romantic film, Jai, in which he played an Indian boxer fighting against Laskar-E-Taiba terrorists. In the 2005 Tamil blockbuster Arinthum Ariyamalum, he portrayed the son of the don, Prakash Raj, who was estranged from his father. He has also given his voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS. He also acted in Arya 2 alongside Allu Arjun.
He did his schooling from DAV Safilguda in Hyderabad, India.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Other Notes
2004	Jai	Jairam	Telugu
2005	Arinthum Ariyamalum	Sathya	Tamil
	Gowtam SSC	Goutham	Telugu
	Modati Cinema	Sreeram	Telugu
	Manasu Maata Vinadhu	Venu	Telugu
2006	Premanthe Inthe	Veeru	Telugu
	Ilavattam	Cheenu	Tamil
	Nenjil Jil Jil	Anand	Tamil
2007	Chandamama	Kishore	Telugu
	Poramboku	Karthik	Telugu
2008	Ready		Telugu	Guest appearance
	Aegan	Narain	Tamil
2009	A Aa E Ee	Akash	Tamil
	Solla Solla Inikkum	Sathya	Tamil
	Arya 2	Ajay	Telugu
2010	Om Shanti	Anand	Telugu
	Yagam	Santosh	Telugu
2011	Mugguru	Pavan	Telugu
	Aakasame Haddu	Karthik	Telugu
	Oh My Friend		Telugu
	Dilkush		Kannada	Filming

Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna (Telugu: నాగార్జున; born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao) is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood). He has also worked in a few Bollywood and Kollywood films. He has won two National Film Awards, six Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.
He owns the Production company, Annapurna Studios and Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad. He is the brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers group in India.

Early life and Family

Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and studied his "Intermediate" from Little Flower Junior College and B.E. (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.
He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University. He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.

Acting career

Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1967 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. In 1988, he was starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhasini.
In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, Geethanjali which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990.
In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film earned him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva.
He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa and dubbed into Tamil.
In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his third Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.
In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases—Nenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name. Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari.
In the year 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna, Damarukam and Shirdi Sai

Television production

Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva. He is one of the shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.

Charity

Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.

Businesses

Nagarjuna is also a well known business man in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His businesses include real estate, Film Studio Annapurna Studios, Annapurna International School of Film and Media and wide variety of restaurants which generally start with "N" (Ex: N-Grill, N-Asian etc).

Awards

National Film Awards

• 1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladatha
• 1998 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya

Nandi Awards

• 1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya
•  1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Kadha
• 2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu
• 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham
• 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu
• 2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu

Filmfare Awards South

• 1989 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Shiva
• 1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
• 1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya

Other Awards

• 1989 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva
• 1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha
• 1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya
• 2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad
• 2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award

Bharathamuni Awards

• 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
• 1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya

Vamsee Berkeley Awards

• 1986 - Best Actor for Vikram
• 1989 - Best Actor for Shiva

AP Cinegoers Awards

• 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Co-stars	Notes
1986	Vikram	Vikram	Shobhana
1986	Captain Nagarjuna	Nagarjuna	Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad
1987	Aranyakanda		Radhika
1987	Majnu	Rajesh	Rajani
1987	sankeerthana	Kali	Ramya Krishna
1987	Collector Gari Abbai	Rajesh	Rajani
1987	Agni Putrudu	Kalidaasu	Rajani
1987	Kirayi Dada	Vijay	Khusboo, Amala
1988	Aakhari Poratam	Vihari	Sridevi, Suhasini
1988	Chinna Babu	Chinnababu	Amala Akkineni
1988	Murali Krishnudu	Murali Krishna	Rajani
1988	Janaki Ramudu	Ramu	Vijayashanti
1989	Vijay	Vijay	Vijayashanti
1989	Vicky Dada	Vikram	Juhi Chawla, Radha
1989	Geethanjali	Prakash	Girija, Silk Smitha
1989	Agni	Pawan	Shantipriya
1989	Siva	Siva	Amala Akkineni	Winner: Filmfare Best Actor
1990	Shiva	Shiva	Amala Akkineni	Hindi Film
1990	Prema Yuddham	Kalyan	Amala Akkineni
1990	Neti Siddhartha	Siddhaartha	Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka
1990	Iddaru Iddare		Ramya Krishna, ANR
1991	Nirnayam	Vamsi Krishna	Amala Akkineni
1991	Chaithanya	Chaitanya	Gouthami, Silk Smitha
1991	Santhi Kranthi	Kranti	Juhi Chawla
1991	Jaitrayatra	Vijay	Vijayashanti
1992	Killer	Eeshwar / Prem	Nagma, Sharada
1992	Khuda Gawah	Raja Mirza	Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi film
1992	Antham	Raghav	Urmila Matondkar
1992	Drohi	Raghav / Shekhar	Urmila Matondkar	Hindi film
1992	President Gari Pellam	Raja	Meena
1993	Rakshana	Bose	Shobhana, Roja(Guest Role), Silk Smitha
1993	Varasudu	Vinay	Nagma, Krishna
1993	Allari Alludu	Kalyan	Nagma, Meena, Vanisri
1993	Govinda Govinda	Seenu	Sridevi
1994	Hello Brother	Deva / Ravi Varma	Ramya Krishna, Soundarya
1995	Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna	Hindi film
1995	Sisindri	Raja	Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra
1995	Gharana Bullodu	Raju	Ramya Krishna, Aamani
1996	Ninne Pelladatha	Seenu	Tabu	Also producer, Winner: Filmfare Best Film
1996	Mr. Bechara	Ajay	Sridevi, Anil kapoor	Hindi film
1996	Vajram	Chakri	Roja, Indraja (Guest Role)
1996	Ramudochhadu	Ram	Soundarya, Ravali
1997	Ratchagan	Ajay	Sushmita Sen	Tamil film
1997	Annamayya	Annamayya	Ramya Krishna, Kasthuri, Suman, Mohan Babu	Winner: Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor) Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
1998	Zakhm	Raman Desai	Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt	Hindi film
1998	Chandralekha	Seeta Rama Rao	Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar
1998	Angaarey	Raja Lokhande	Sonali Bendre, Akshay Kumar	Hindi film
1998	Auto Driver	Jagan	Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Vikranth	Tabu, Heera Rajagopal
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi	Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy, Aishwarya Rai
1999	Seetaramaraju	Ramaraju	Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand
2000	Azad	Chandra Sekhar Azad	Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver AP Film Journalists Association Award
2000	Ninne Premistha	Srinivas	Soundarya, Srikanth
2000	Nuvvu Vastavani	Chinni Krishna	Simran, Raksha (in a guest role)
2001	Eduruleni Manishi	Surya Murthy, Satya Murthy	Soundarya, Shahanaz
2001	Akasa Veedhilo	Chandu	Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Rajendra Prasad
2001	Bava Nachadu	Ajay	Simran, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan
2001	Adhipathi	Jagan	Soundarya, Mohan Babu, Preeti Jhangiani	Guest appearance
2001	Snehamante Idera	Aravind	Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth
2002	Agni Varsha	Yavakri	Raveena Tandon	Hindi film
2002	Santosham	Karthikeya	Gracy Singh, Shriya Saran	Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003	Manmadhudu	Abhiram	Sonali Bendre, Anshu
2003	LOC Kargil	Maj. Padmaphani Acharya		Hindi film
2003	Shivamani 9848022338	Shivamani	Rakshita, Asin Thottumkal
2004	Mass	Mass (Ganesh)	Jyothika, Charmy Kaur
2004	Nenunnanu	Venu	Shriya Saran, Aarthi Agarwal, Anitha
2005	Super	Akhil	Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood
2005	Amudhey	Ravindra Varadharajan	Jagapathi Babu, Shalini
2006	Style	Mass		Cameo appearance
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Gopanna, Sri Ramadasu	Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana)	Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
2006	Boss - I Love You	Gopal Krishna	Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran
2007	Don	Suri	Anushka Shetty, Nikitha
2008	Krishnarjuna	Krishna	Vishnu Manchu, Mamta Mohandas
2008	King	Bottu Seenu/King/Sarath	Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas
2010	Kedi	Ramesh (Rummy)	Mamta Mohandas
2010	Thakita Thakita	As himself	Bhumika Chawla, Anushka Shetty	Special appearance
2010	Ragada	Satya Reddy	Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur
2011	Payanam	Major Raveendran	Poonam Kaur	Tamil Movie
2011	Gaganam	Major Raveendra
2011	Rajanna	Rajanna	Sneha
2012	Dhamarukam		Anushka Shetty	Filming
2012	Shirdi Sai	Shirdi Sai Baba		Filming
2012	Sri Jagadguru Adi Shankara		Srihari, Prakash Raj, Kamna Jethmalani	Filming

As producer

Year	Film	Notes
1979	Kalyani
1980	Pilla Zameendaaru
	Buchhibabu
1981	Money Hai To Honey Hai
	Premaabhishekam
1983	Shri Ranganeethulu
	Rakshana
1995	Sisindri
1996	Ninne Pelladatha
1998	Aaha
	Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi
	Chandralekha
1999	Prema Kadha
	Sitaramaraju
2000	Yuvakudu
2002	Manmadhudu
2003	Satyam
2004	Mass
2005	Super
	Amudhey
2011	Rajanna

Madhavan

R. Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages.

Madhavan began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in small roles, he later gained recognition as the husband going through the traumas of his marriage in Mani Ratnam's successful romantic film Alaipayuthey (2000). Madhavan soon developed an image as a romantic hero with notable roles in two of 2001's biggest grossers, Gautham Menon's directorial debut Minnale and Madras Talkies' Dumm Dumm Dumm. He worked with Ratnam again in the critically acclaimed 2002 film Kannathil Muthamittal playing the father of an adopted girl, whilst he enjoyed commercial success with his role in Linguswamy's action film, Run (2002).

He was cast opposite Kamal Haasan in the 2003 drama Anbe Sivam, which earned him two notable awards for supporting actor. In 2004 he gave critically acclaimed performances in the multi-starring drama Aayutha Ezhuthu and the film secured him his first Filmfare Award for the intense portrayal of a rogue. In the mid 2000s Madhavan also pursued a career in Hindi films, writing the dialogues for the comedy Ramji Londonwaley, before appearing in supporting roles in two big-budget productions, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti and Mani Ratnam's biopic Guru. He then won critical acclaim for his portrayal of angry man in his home production in 2007, Evano Oruvan, whilst two years later he appeared in the successful bilingual horror film Yavarum Nalam. He also played a critically acclaimed role in the 2009 blockbuster by Rajkumar Hirani, 3 Idiots, portraying a student with actors Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi.

Madhavan has been a brand ambassador appearing in many commercials, whilst he has also played television hosts to Hindi television programmes, most notably Deal Ya No Deal in 2006.[3] Before his breakthrough role as a romantic actor in 2000, he was married to Sarita Birje and has a young son. He has been a supporter of the PETA programme in India and has appeared in events organised for the group's promotion. Madhavan owns a production company named Leukos Films, who produced his 2007 film Evano Oruvan.

Early life

Madhavan was born on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur, India, to a Hindu Tamil Brahmin family. His father Ranganathan was a management executive with Tata Steel whilst his mother, Saroja was a manager with the Bank of India. His sister, Devika, is a software engineer settled in the United Kingdom.He had a Tamil-speaking upbringing in Bihar.

In 1988, Madhavan was chosen to represent India as its cultural ambassador from Rajaram College, Kolhapur to Canada after his graduation in electronics. At 22, he was awarded the Maharashtra NCC Best Cadet, allowing him to make a trip with seven others as NCC Cadets to England. Because of this honour, he received training with the Royal Army, the Navy and the Air Force, which he previously planned to join. However he was rejected from the opportunity, as he missed the age cut-off by six months. After he lost out on the place, he began taking courses in public speaking which eventually helped him venture into the film industry. He won the Indian Championship for Public Speaking and was subsequently selected to represent India at the Young Businessmen Conference in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.

Acting career

Early work

In early 1996, Madhavan did a sandalwood talc advertisement for Santosh Sivan, who later recommended him to Mani Ratnam for a screen test for a role in Iruvar. Later in the same year, Mani Ratnam called Madhavan for the screen test, but left him out of the project citing that he thought his eyes looked too young for a senior role. As his film career failed to take off, Madhavan went on to feature in Hindi television serials, appearing as a crook in his first venture Yule Love Stories. He appeared in a leading roles in Zee TV's Banegi Apni Baat and later in Tol Mol Ke Bol. He went on to as a captain in Sea Hawks, as a convict in Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum, and as an anchor in Tol Mol amongst others. His popularity on television, led to him securing his first film role in Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, where he made a cameo appearance in a song as a club singer.

In 1997, Madhavan appeared in his first film role as an Indian police officer in Fred Olen Ray's Inferno alongside Don Wilson.His first chance in Indian movies came in the form of Shanti Shanti Shanti, a Kannada film, in which he acted in the second lead role to Abbas, an established actor. However, the film failed to make an impact and went unnoticed. During the period, Hindi film director Vinod Pandey launched Madhavan as a Bollywood hero, with a project titled Lakheli, however the film was abandoned by the producers soon after production began and the film was cancelled.

1999–2003

In 1999, director Mani Ratnam called Madhavan back after his unsuccessful audition for Iruvar to feature in his Tamil romantic film, Alaipayuthey, which consequently went on to become a blockbuster, earning positive reviews from critics. In Alaipayuthey, Madhavan paired with actress Shalini and portrayed the role of Karthik, a young husband experiencing difficulties with his marriage. Madhavan's performance was well-received by critics and the film became a cult hit, leaving way to several spoofs of his character. A critic from The Hindu, described that Madhavan "sails through the litmus test with ease", whilst another review cited that Madhavan was a promising debutant into the film industry. After the success of his first Tamil film, the producers of his previous Kannada film, Shanti Shanti Shanti, dubbed the film into Tamil and released it as Relax, to capitalize on Madhavan's new found success. Madhavan's second lead role was in the romantic film Ennavale featuring Sneha. The film garnered poor reviews, although Madhavan's portrayal was praised as the "mainstay of the film", with claims that the film for him was a "merely a prosaic exercise".

In 2001, Madhavan enjoyed success starring opposite Reemma Sen in Gautham Menon's directorial debut, Minnale. The film opened well due to the popular soundtrack by Harris Jayaraj and the marketing as a Valentine's Day release, and won favourable reviews from critics which led to commercial success. He collaborated with Mani Ratnam for the second time by appearing in his production house, Madras Talkies' romantic comedy Dumm Dumm Dumm alongside Jyothika. The film won positive acclaim and became a success, with Madhavan establishing himself as a bankable actor in South India. Madhavan next starred in Parthale Paravasam, the hundredth venture of veteran director, K. Balachander. Madhavan, in the film, acted as a husband in a troubled marriage again after Alaipayuthey. Despite being highly anticipated, the film failed at the box-office, with critics citing that Madhavan looked "rather bored" with the proceedings. Similarly his first lead role in a Hindi film, Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, a remake of his Minnale, was also was unsuccessful at the box office, with the film and Madhavan's performance receiving mixed reviews.

Following Parthale Paravasam, Madhavan again starred opposite Simran Bagga in his third Mani Ratnam production, Kannathil Muthamittal. He portrayed the role of the father of an adopted child, who wishes to return to her native homeland amidst the Sri Lankan civil war. The film was critically acclaimed and went on to win six National Awards as well as over ten awards at various International Film Festivals around the world. Madhavan gained acclaim for his portrayal with a critic citing "he lived the role of the character he portrays". Madhavan's next large success came in Run, a film recognized for its screenplay, with Madhavan appearing in an action film for the first time in his career. Despite another unsuccessful Hindi venture with Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, the success of his previous films helped him secure the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for 2002, being jointly recognized for both films.

After the success of Run, several of Madhavan's films were critically acclaimed but failed to succeed at the box office. Anbe Sivam featuring and written by Kamal Haasan, won critical acclaim but failed to become a grosser. Portraying a young frustrated filmmaker with capitalist beliefs who travels with a handicapped communist played by Kamal Haasan, Madhavan's performance was described as a "milestone in his career" and that "his portrayal will remain with the viewer for long" by a critic from The Hindu. During the period he went on to feature in Kamal Haasan's home production, Nala Damayanthi as a Brahmin cook lost in Australia and in Vikraman's Priyamana Thozhi as a budding cricketer, however both films were average grossers though Madhavan's performances were appreciated by reviewers. He appeared in guest role as a teacher in Lesa Lesa directed by Priyadarshan, and then featured in Saran's Jay Jay alongside Priyanka Kothari and Pooja, where his performance won mixed reviews.

2004–08

Madhavan played an impostor gangster in K. S. Ravikumar's comedy Aethiree before being selected to feature in his fourth Mani Ratnam production. Aayutha Ezhuthu featured an ensemble cast of Suriya, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Esha Deol and Trisha Krishnan and featured music from A. R. Rahman. Madhavan portrayed the character of Inba Sekhar, a hitman living in the slums of Chennai who eventually is taken under the wings of a politician. His role also featured him in a struggling marriage with Sasi, played by Meera Jasmine, who desperately tries to claw him away from his profession. Madhavan has since stated that the role was his hardest to date and the one which he enjoyed the most. He received praise from critics, claiming he outplayed Abhishek Bachchan's interpretation of the character in the Hindi version of the bilingual, Yuva. Madhavan won the South Indian Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor, whilst a critic from The Hindu cited that he "sparkles as an anti-hero" and that the "character ought to find a very special place in his repertoire".

In 2005, Madhavan went on to feature in Rajiv Anchal's crossover film Nothing But Life, also filmed simultaneously in Malayalam as Made in USA with the film being shot in a single schedule in Las Vegas and Albuquerque. Portraying an orphaned youth with suicidal tendencies being treated by a Malayali psychiatrist in the USA, the film and his portrayal received mixed reviews. He appeared in another marriage drama film, Priyasakhi, co-starring Sadha - with the pair playing an estranged husband and wife. The film received praise for the lead pair's performances with Madhavan being praised as "top class", while it also became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Zulu. Madhavan made a return to Hindi films by writing the dialogues and starring in the comedy Ramji Londonwaley, a remake of Nala Damayanthi. However despite critics despite his performance as "a master stroke", the film fared averagely at the box office due to other big budget films releasing during the period. Madhavan's three releases in 2006 were commercial successes with Rang De Basanti, Thambi and Rendu. His appearance in vital cameo role as a pilot in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Rang De Basanti earned him his first major hit in Hindi films, with the ensemble cast including Aamir Khan being described as "near perfect". Thambi directed by Seeman was shot for over a year and faced a delayed release, but became a major success in town and village centres. Madhavan's portrayal of a rustic do-gooder, received positive reviews from critics though it was claimed he was "unable to shed off his classy looks". In Rendu, a Sundar C comedy, Madhavan appeared in dual roles for the first time in his career and was cast opposite Reemma Sen and Anushka Shetty.

Madhavan appeared in his fifth film under Mani Ratnam's Hindi production, Guru in 2007 featuring in the biopic with Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vidya Balan. His role of Shyam Saxena was inspired from the life of real-life journalist S. Gurumurthy, who was a challenger to business tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani, whose role drew allusions with Bachchan's role. The film became a blockbuster and won critical acclaim, with a reviewer citing that Madhavan acts with "extreme, believable sincerity" dubbing him as "truly a poster boy for India", whilst another claimed he performed " a weak role with elan". After appearing in guest roles as himself in the Hindi film Delhi Heights and in Sudhish Kamath's English film That Four-Letter Word, he featured in the long-delayed romantic comedy Aarya which gained poor reviews. Madhavan wrote the dialogues, produced and featured in the lead role in Nishikanth Kamat's Evano Oruvan, where he played a middle class bank employee, Sridhar Vasudevan, who becomes so disgusted with the corruption he faces in his day to day life that he loses it one day and become a vigilante. After setting up his production house, Leukos Films, he helped promote the film in international film festivals before the theatrical release in December 2007. Though the film only became an average grosser, critics called the film a "must watch" with The Hindu dubbed the film as "Madhavan's best performance" and he went on to win the ITFA Best Actor Award. In January 2008, he appeared in the unsuccessful Vaazhthukal with Bhavana, although his performance was described as the "only thing which kept the film engaging" by a critic. Madhavan's final release of the year was the docudrama Mumbai Meri Jaan, based upon the 2006 Mumbai Bombings. The film, which pitted him with Soha Ali Khan, Irrfan Khan and Kay Kay Menon became a critically acclaimed venture with Madhavan's portrayal of a man with a post-traumatic stress disorder being appreciated.

2009–present

Madhavan won positive acclaim for playing the lead role of an engineer experiencing eerie events in Vikram Kumar's bilingual horror films, Yavarum Nalam and 13B. The film, which became a commercial and critical success upon release resulted in critics claiming "he carried the film on his shoulders" while he was nominated for the Vijay Award for Best Actor.His following two films, the romantic comedy Guru En Aalu and the action film Sikandar in which he played a supporting role of an army officer, both fetched average reviews and failed financially. Madhavan went on to appear as Farhan Qureshi, the narrator, in Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots alongside Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi. The film, a critical and commercial blockbuster, went on to become the highest grossing Indian film of all time, with Madhavan's portrayal earning him nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and for the IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award. Critics described his performance as "incredible", and Madhavan claimed that the film changed how he was viewed as an actor in Hindi films for the better. His role alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley in Teen Patti as a young professor won him mixed reviews with critics citing he was "excellent" whilst other suggested his "energy and zest from Guru is missing", but the film went on to become a colossal failure at box office. His two guest appearances in the year also received mixed feedback with his performance in the Telugu anthology film Om Shanti being praised, whilst a role in the John Abraham starrer Jhootha Hi Sahi drew him criticism.Madhavan then re-collaborated with Kamal Haasan and K. S. Ravikumar in the romantic comedy, Manmadan Ambu, playing a wealthy businessman whose suspicious nature makes him hire a spy to follow his actress girlfirend, played by Trisha Krishnan, on an European cruise tour. The film opened to rave reviews and became a profitable venture commercially, with Madhavan's performance being described as "excellent" and that he is the "scene stealer".

His first release in 2011 was the romantic drama film, Tanu Weds Manu alongside Kangana Ranaut, which saw him play the role of a sensible doctor hoping to get an arranged marriage with a girl who has as dramatically diverse personality to him. Prior to release, the film's promotion created anticipation and upon release, the film became a large success at the box office. Madhavan's portrayal of Manoj "Manu" Sharma won predominantly positive acclaim, with a reviewer citing that his performance was "real, restrained, yet forceful" and another claiming he was "perfectly cast". Madhavan next appeared as a police officer in Linguswamy's Tamil film Vettai, an action entertainer featuring an ensemble cast of Arya, Amala Paul and Sameera Reddy. He has also signed up to appear in Jodi Breakers, a Hindi romantic comedy film shot in Greece also featuring Bipasha Basu. The actor will play Srinivasa Ramanujan in bio-pic which is set to hit the floors soon.Tentatively titled The Man Who Knew Infinity, the film will be based on a book of the same title, penned by Robert Kanigel. The movie will be produced by Edward Pressman and will be directed by Matt Brown.

Other projects

Film and television work

Madhavan has appeared as host for television programmes on Hindi channels, while he has also been a host at film award functions. He was announced as the host of Sony Entertainment Television's Deal Ya No Deal, the Indian version of the American game show Deal Or No Deal, in October 2005. However, Madhavan quit as the lead anchor of the show in January 2006 claiming he was "unhappy with the way the shoot schedules were handled by the production house". According to the actor, when he took on the show, he had "made it clear that he would continue with his South film assignments, and as the show was being filmed in Mumbai, he had found it hard to keep travelling throughout India from Chennai to film the ten days a month he had signed up for". The ever-changing look of the show meant Madhavan had to constantly rehearse. Madhavan added that he was restricted by the producers to spend one day rehearsing technically, which left him with fatigue.Mandira Bedi replaced Madhavan as the anchor in February for Series 2 of the game show. In June 2010, Madhavan made a comeback to the game show format by accepting a contract with Imagine TV's Big Money show, signing on to host a single season.Furthermore he has been a guest judge, in the Indian television show, Fame Gurukul. He was the host of the 55th Filmfare Awards South in Chennai in 2008 alongside Sindhura Gadde.

Madhavan secured the rights to remake his Tamil film Nala Damayanthi into Hindi as Ramji Londonwaley, and played an active role in determining the crew of the movie. Moreover, Madhavan also wrote the dialogues for the film.In October 2007, Madhavan founded the production company, Leukos Films, and consequently bought the rights of his film, Evano Oruvan from producers Abbas-Mustan and K. Sera Sera. Securing sponsorship deals with HSBC and Santoor, Madhavan premiered the film across North America and the Middle East before theatrical release which became the first of its kind promotion in Tamil cinema. However since the relative failure of the project, Madhavan has downplayed any future involvement in production ventures. The film which Madhavan referred to as a "part of his life", saw him write the dialogues for the film along with Seeman, translating lines from the original version in Marathi.

Madhavan has enjoyed considerable success as a brand ambassador for a wide range of products in India. His early work involved advertisements for prominent brands like Bajaj, Ponds, Fair and Lovely and TVS, before signing a major endorsing deal with Pepsi and marketing company, IMG. Madhavan signed a contract with mobile phone network, Airtel for promotions in South India before being promoted as the pan-Indian ambassador for it a year later. His advertisements with Vidya Balan for the brand won critical acclaim, and brought in film offers for the pair. In June 2010, marketers from Arun Excello promoted a housing project in Oragadam, Chennai as like a film would be promoted with Madhavan being featured as the face of the project. The teaser advertisement campaign attracted huge curiosity and the project became a success. His long-term work with jewellery, Joy Alukkas, led to the company creating life size wax models of him to place in their showrooms from January 2011.

Humanitarian causes

Madhavan, who is a vegetarian, endorses the brand, PETA. Since joining them after starring in his first film, he has appeared voluntarily in several advertisements and released an E-Card for the brand. In July 2006, Madhavan was voted the "cutest male vegetarian" by an online poll conducted by the NGO, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), while Kareena Kapoor won the female award respectively. In turn he cited that his success in the competition was due to his "healthy vegetarian diet". In October 2010, he wrote a letter to the CEO of Kentucky Fried Chicken, on behalf of PETA, urging them to stop mistreatment of birds by the fast-food industry outlets and the killing of animals. He requested the boycott of KFC in India over animal welfare and conditions and was joined by Raveena Tandon and Rakhi Sawant in supporting the work of PETA in India.

He has lent his support for the Chennai-based charity, The Banyan, and appeared in the charity musical Netru, Indru, Naalai directed by Mani Ratnam for the cause. He appeared as a guest cook and newly launched restaurant in Chennai and cooked dosas for auction for the charity, helping raise forty five thousand rupees. He has been a part of an AIDS awareness programme initiated by Richard Gere in India and helped advertise the A Time for Heroes campaign appearing in a short film. Similarly he featured in a four minute film produced by Agaram Foundation, Herova? Zerova? campaigning for educational awareness alongside Surya, Vijay and Jyothika.In 2010, along with his cast and crew from 3 Idiots, he helped raise Rs.25 lakh for the renovation of the school in Leh, which was damaged by flash floods. Madhavan laid bricks and tiles at the London Business School in July 2011, building a symbolic house to represent the 100,000 houses that will be built in India by 2015 as a part of Habitat for Humanity's campaign to improve substandard houses in India.

In the media

Madhavan seen with his wife, Sarita, at the Filmfare Awards ceremony in 2011

Madhavan is one of the few actors in India who receives pan-Indian appeal, with his success in establishing himself in the North and the South helping him receive offers as a brand ambassador. Furthermore, it has led to producers offering him lead roles in bilingual films with Nothing But Life and Made in USA being shot in Malayalam and English and 13B and Yavarum Nalam being shot in Hindi and Tamil. Moreover, most of his Tamil films are dubbed into Telugu, where he has created a box office market without appearing in a single straight Telugu film as a lead actor. Madhavan has also been active in keeping in contact with fans, maintaining a fan email account, a Facebook fan page and a Twitter account as well as being one of the first actors of Tamil films to turn blogger with entries in the year 2000.

He has appeared at functions as a special guest, and has enjoyed particularly close links with technology company, Sify, who he signed on as his media partner for all his future releases after expressing satisfaction at the website they created for Rendu.[88] Madhavan sat amongst a six man jury for the selection of CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2006. He inaugurated the Chennai International Film Festival in 2007, taking the opportunity to deliver a message on preserving the environment.

A gaming company, Paradox Studios Limited, launched a new game compatible with mobile phones in July 2006, with Madhavan as the lead character. The company released two mobile game titles featuring Madhavan as their lead character. The first of the two games, Madhavan's MIG, featured the actor making a reprise of his Rang De Basanti pilot's role. In the other game titled Madhavan, the player had to help the actor get to the premiere of his latest movie evading the paparazzi. In 2007, prominent entrepreneur N. R. Narayana Murthy requested Madhavan to be his interviewer at the India-Singapore Exposition and Madhavan went on to claim that the experience was "unforgettable" as Murthy was an idol to him.

Personal life

Madhavan's parents are Ranganathan and Saroja. Despite Madhavan's ambition of wanting to join the army, his parents insisted he went to management school and pursue a degree in electronics. After completing the degree, he went on to teach communication and public speaking at workshops around India. At the Maharashtra workshop, he encountered his wife Sarita Birje in 1991, an air hostess, who attended his class. After completing the course, the pair began dating and married in 1999, before Madhavan entered mainstream films. The pair's successful marriage has been covered by the media, with Madhavan citing that advise from his mentor Mani Ratnam was useful. Sarita has worked as a costume designer in a few of Madhavan's films, most notably for Guru En Aalu (2009) when she worked along with Erum Ali, the wife of Madhavan's co-star, Abbas, for their respective husbands. Their first son, Vedant was born in August 2005, which eventually led to relocating towards to the boat-club area in Chennai from Kilpauk. Madhavan's parents lived with him as did his parents-in-law. In 2009, he relocated to Kandivali, Mumbai with his wife and son, as he pursued a career in Hindi films ahead of films in the South Indian industries.

Madhavan, since his debut, has received significant following from female fans. Madhavan has maintained close links with fellow actors in the Hindi and Tamil film industry with his close links with director Mani Ratnam and actors Kamal Haasan, Aamir Khan and Surya. He has also helped out actresses Reemma Sen, Sadha and Nisha Kothari by signing them on for roles in his films, when they were going through a barren spell.

Madhavan took a sabbatical from films from September 2010 announcing an eight month break from films citing he would take the time off to visit London, go on a European motorcycle ride, lose weight, play golf, take treatment for his knee injury and spend time with family. Though he kept away from starting new projects, during the period he was involved in heavy promotions of two of his releases, Manmadan Ambu and Tanu Weds Manu. He has been a keen golf player, appearing in a celebrity charity event in 2007 and has played alongside actor Amitabh Bachchan and director Mani Ratnam. His experiences flying Cessna planes when he was with National Cadet Corps, also led to a passion for aero-modelling, claiming it justified his decision to pursue a degree in electronic.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1996	Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin	Singer in club	Hindi	Uncredited role
1997	Inferno	Ravi	English
1998	Shanti Shanti Shanti	Siddharth	Kannada
2000	Alaipayuthey	Karthik Varadharajan	Tamil
2000	Ennavale	James Vasanth	Tamil
2001	Dumm Dumm Dumm	Aditya	Tamil
2001	Parthale Paravasam	Madhava	Tamil
2001	Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein	Madhav Shastri	Hindi	Nominated—Zee Cine Award Best Male Debut Nominated—Star Screen Award for Most Promising Male Newcomer
2001	Minnale	Rajesh Shivakumar	Tamil
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Thiruchelvan	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Run and Anbe Sivam
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Krish	Hindi
2002	Run	Siva	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Kannathil Muthamittal and Anbe Sivam
2003	Lesa Lesa	Deva Narayanan	Tamil	Guest appearance
2003	Jay Jay	Jegan	Tamil
2003	Anbe Sivam	Anbarasu	Tamil	ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor also for Kannathil Muthamittal and Run Nominated—Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award
2003	Priyamana Thozhi	Ashok	Tamil
2003	Nala Damayanthi	Ramji	Tamil
2004	Aethiree	Subramani	Tamil
2004	Aayutha Ezhuthu	Inba Shekar	Tamil	Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award
2004	Nothing But Life	Thomas Roberts	English
2005	Made in USA	Thomas Roberts	Malayalam
2005	Priyasakhi	Sandhana Krishnan	Tamil
2005	Ramji Londonwaley	Ramji Tiwari	Hindi	Also writer
2006	Rendu	Sakthi, Kannan	Tamil
2006	Rang De Basanti	Ajay Rathod	Hindi	Guest appearance
2006	Thambi	Velu Thondaiman	Tamil
2007	Guru	Shyam Saxena	Hindi
2007	Evano Oruvan	Sridhar Vasudevan	Tamil	ITFA Best Actor Award Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Story, Screenplay Writer Also producer and writer
2007	Aarya	Aarya	Tamil
2007	Delhii Heights	Himself	Hindi	Cameo appearance
2007	That Four-Letter Word	Himself	English	Cameo appearance
2008	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Nikhil Agarwal	Hindi
2008	Tipu Kanan Tipu Kiri	Himself	Malay	Cameo appearance
2008	Vaazhthugal	Kathiravan	Tamil
2009	Guru En Aalu	Guru	Tamil
2009	13B	Manohar	Hindi
2009	3 Idiots	Farhan Qureshi	Hindi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award
2009	Sikandar	Rajesh Rao	Hindi
2009	Yavarum Nalam	Manohar	Tamil	Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor
2010	Manmadan Ambu	Madanagopal	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010	Jhootha Hi Sahi	Kabir	Hindi	Guest appearance
2010	Om Shanti	RJ Maddy	Telugu	Guest appearance
2010	Teen Patti	Shantanu Biswas	Hindi
2011	Tanu Weds Manu	Manoj Sharma (Manu)	Hindi
2012	Jodi Breakers	Sid Khanna	Hindi
2012	Vettai	Thirumoorthy	Tamil
2013	The Man Who Knew Infinity	Srinivasa Ramanujan	English	Pre-production

1.)  Veta (2011) (Announced) :: Actor  2.)  Nenu Tanu Aame (2011) (Filming) :: Actor  3.)  Preyasi  (2011) (Ready For Release) :: Actor  4.)  Krodam (2011) (Ready For Release) :: Actor  5.)  Manmadha Banam (2010) :: Actor  6.)  Padhamoodu (2009) :: Actor  7.)  Aarya MBBS (2008) :: Actor  8.)  Gurukanth (2007) :: Supporting Cast  9.)  Sri Nilayam (2005) :: Actor  10.)  Yuva (2004) :: Actor  11.)  Run (2003) :: Actor  12.)  Sathyame Sivam (2003) :: Actor  13.)  Amrutha (2002) :: Actor  14.)  Paravasam (2001) :: Actor  15.)  Dum Dum Dum (2001) :: Actor  16.)  Cheli (2001) :: Actor  17.)  Sakhi (2000) :: Actor