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Nivetha Pethuraj, is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Tamil language films.

Nivetha Pethuraj was born in Madurai to a Tamil family, settled in Dubai for over 13 years. She attended Dubai’s Our Own Indian School and holds a degree in human resources management from Heriot Watt University in Dubai UAE.

Career

She started her career with modelling and was crowned as Miss India UAE pageant by beating 15 contestants at Al Raha Beach hotel in Abu Dhabi on April 11, 2015. The contest was attended by single Indian women with ages between 18 and 25 years residing in UAE.
She made her acting debut in a Tamil drama Oru Naal Koothu.

Ambani Shankar is an Indian stage and film actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has appeared in films including Ji (2005) and Ambasamudram Ambani (2010), and garnered his stage name from the latter film.  Shankar grew up in Tirumangalam, Madurai and was inspired by the success of actor Vadivelu, which prompted him to move to Chennai to pursue acting in 2004.

Unable to get a breakthrough in films, he began working as a clerk at K. Bhagyaraj's office and was first spotted by N. Linguswamy to feature as a road-side cycle mechanic in Ji (2005).  He continued to feature in small comedic roles in films including Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan (2008) and Kuselan (2008).

Shankar made a breakthrough with his performance in Ambasamudram Ambani (2010), portraying a negative role alongside Karunas. Rediff.com praised his portrayal and stated "Shankar, has delivered an outstanding performance" and that "he laughs, cries, delivers and receives blows and bouquets with perfect style, transforming himself into the role very convincingly". Likewise, Sify.com labelled him as a "good performer", while Behindwoods.com noted that he "steals the show".  He subsequently added "Ambani" as a prefix to his stage name.

In 2013, Shankar featured in a commercial for Jos Alukkas alongside actor Vijay. In 2015, he featured in the Celebrity Badminton League alongside other Tamil language actors.

Black Pandi (birthname Lingeswaran) is a comedy actor from Tamil Nadu, India who has acted in Tamil films and T. V. Shows. 

He acted in minor roles in a few films before being cast as "Pandi" in the Vijay TV show Kana Kaanum Kaalangal. Since then he has appeared in the second season of the show and also in the reality dance show Jodi Number One. 

In 2010, he starred in his first major film role as Marimuthu in Vasanthabalan's Angaadi Theru.

Meenal is an Indian film actress who mainly appears in Tamil films. She has appeared in Cheran's Thavamai Thavamirundhu, Vetrimaran's Aadukalam, Thangar Bachan's Ammavin Kaipesi and Bharathiraja's Annakodi. She also acted as the heroine in a film called Veeran Maaran, which has not released. Her elder sister Senthikumari appeared as Vimal's sister in Pasanga.

Aruldoss is an Indian actor who has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil language & Malayalam language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer for several films.

After completing school, Aruldoss worked as a photographer at weddings. Through his acquaintances, he managed to get a breakthrough into the Tamil film industry and served as an assistant cinematographer in Sundar C's Arunachalam (1997). He subsequently went on to work as the main cameraman in A Aa E Ee (2009) and Pathinaaru (2009).

Aruldoss has often collaborated as an actor with film maker Suseenthiran, after making his debut in Naan Mahaan Alla (2010) and appearing in Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (2011), Rajapattai (2011) and Paayum Puli (2015).

His close friendship with Seenu Ramasamy has meant that Aruldoss has also played roles in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010), Neerparavai (2012) and Idam Porul Yaeval (2016).He has also appeared in acclaimed films including Soodhu Kavvum (2013), Thanga Meengal (2013) and Papanasam (2015).During the making of Ponmaalai Pozhudhu (2013), Aruldoss slapped the actress Gayathrie by mistake. He subsequently made a public apology for his actions.

Divya Venkatasubramaniam ( born 3 July 1983), best known by her stage name Kanika (known in Malayalam film industry as Kaniha),is an Indian film actress, occasional dubbing artist, playback singer, and TV anchor.Divya was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India as the second daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Venkat Subramanian, both engineers. She grew up in a typical Tamil Brahmin household in the suburbs of Madurai. Making her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Five Star, she went on to work in other South Indian film industries, including Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, as well. She is perhaps best known for her performances as Eashwari in her debut film Five Star, Gayathri in Varalaru - History of Godfather and Thenmozhi in Autograph. She made waves in the Malayalam film industry with back to back successful films Bhagyadevatha and Pazhassi Raja.she graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree

Thaman Kumar is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough in the 2012 film, Sattam Oru Iruttarai, opposite Bindu Madhavi.

Thaman Kumar was signed up for a film titled London Maappillai in 2011 but the film failed to finish production, and thus his first release became the thriller Aachariyangal (2012). He replaced Vikram Prabhu in Sneha Britto's Sattam Oru Iruttarai after a successful audition and featured in the lead role opposite Bindu Madhavi and Piaa Bajpai. The film, a remake of the yesteryear film of the same name, released with little publicity and failed at the box office, with a critic noting "Thaman Kumar showed signs of confidence, but struggled overall to deliver a satisfying performance". He will be next seen in Summa Nachunu Irukku alongside Vibha Natarajan.

Aadukalam Murugadoss is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough portraying Dhanush's friend in Vetrimaaran's critically acclaimed 2011 film. Aadukalam, thus adding the name of the film as a prefix to create a stage name.


The actor was first seen in Ghilli (2004) as a team member of Vijay's Kabaddi team, featuring in several background shots throughout the film. His breakthrough came in Vetrimaaran's Aadukalam, where he portrayed Dhanush's loyal friend and the success of the venture saw the film's name being added as a prefix to his stage name. His role in Mounaguru as a mentally challenged person was also appreciated, with a critic from The Hindu noting he does a "wonderful cameo". He was then seen in pivotal characters as the lead actor's aide in the 2012 action films Thadaiyara Thaakka and Mugamoodi.

Vidharth is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in Thiruvannamalai, where he played villain, but his next release Mynaa became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled Mudhal Idam.


Vidharth's father was a cook in Singapore and sent money home for Vidharth to be educated, although he described himself as a "very weak student". Vidharth then hoped to become a bus driver, much to the displeasure of his father, and worked in Devakottai, Madurai and Coimbatore. However he became depressed with his occupation and soon left for Chennai, without telling his family, to try and make a career in the Tamil film industry.


He soon joined the drama troupe, Koothu-P-Pattarai through some of his friends and began learning the nuances of acting step by step and made his on screen debut with a small role in Gautham Menon's Minnale (2001). Despite believing that the small role would bring him more offers, it did not, and Vidharth continued small-time work with his drama troupe. After ten years, Prabhu Solomon selected him to appear in supporting roles in three of his films, in Kokki, Lee and Laadam, after seeing him in action in Koothupattarai.


His first major role was in Thiruvannamalai, where he played villain, but after lot of hard work and dedication he got the opportunity to do the main role in his next release Mynaa became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled Mudhal Idam. In 2014, he acted alongside Ajith Kumar in the masala film Veeram. 

ArulDev is an Music Director from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has scored music for South Indian films.


ArulDev is an Indian film composer. His full name is Maria Arul Devaseervadham. He hails from Madurai. His dad was an accordion player and an orchestra organiser. Naturally, music became his passion.


He shifted to Chennai as he had a great passion to work under Vidyasagar. It was in 2000 that he first started to work under Vidyasagar. ArulDev started to work in Malayalam movie named Dreamz and he further worked in Madhuranombarakattu. To name a few Tamil movies ArulDev worked in Dhil, Vedam, Poovellam Un Vaasam, Run, Dhool, Ghilli, Chandramukhi, Mozhi. ArulDev worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada & Hindi movies. ArulDev also worked in an English movie named Beyond the Soul.Vidyasagar is one composer whose music reflects the culture of the land. ArulDev still share a great rapport with Vidyasagar. In fact, it was Vidyasagar who shortened his full name, Maria Arul Devaseervadham to ArulDev.


The first movie that ArulDev was signed up was Potta Potti (Patta Patti 50-50 ) in 2010. The film has proved to be a great launch pad as it is about cricket and villagers.