Showing all artists born in January 13

She is the popular face seen in various television commercials. Neha is an Indian model and actress. She was born on 30th January, 1984. Neha Julka acted in several TV ads including Airtel, Parker Pen, Numis Hair gloss, Tata Indicom, Intel Pentium Processor, Chick Shampoo, HDFC, TVS Scooty Pep, Pond's powder and Black Slick Shine Shampoo.

The print advertisements done by Neha are Nivea Cold Cream, Club HP, Reliance Mobile, Pond's powder and SBI. In the year 2009, Neha essayed a pivotal character in Star One channel's serial 'Dill Mill Gaye' season 2. On the same TV channel, she appeared in another series named 'Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi'. 'Kaisay Kahein' is the Hindi film done by Neha.

Recently in the year 2012, Neha Julka was a part of the television serial 'Saas Bina Sasural' aired on Sony TV. The actress stands 5'7" tall. A. R. Rahman is the favorite music director of the bubbly actress. Mani Ratnam is the favorite director and Shreya Ghoshal is the favorite singer of Neha Julka. Her list of favorite actors includes Mammootty, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Mohanlal. Aishwarya Rai and Kajol are the favorite heroines of Neha.

Neha Julka starred in two Telugu films titled 'Viyyala Vari Kayyalu' and 'Okkadunnadu'.

Niru, (born Nirmalan Nadarajah on January 13, 1980) is a Tamil music director and composer. He is renowned in Kollywood for both the sensuality of his melodies and the charisma of his work. From his rendition Netriunthom Engal Vitulilae with acclaimed tracks, such as Pattu Selai, Niru has become a popular musician.

He recently debuted in Tamil films as the music composer in the film "Kalabha Kadhalan".

Having found a passion for music at an early age, Niru discovered an affinity to all things musical. Though greatly adept at playing instruments, Niru found his forté lay in composing his own music and directing the celebrated musicians of the world.

In 1989, Niru moved to Paris, France, where he was in the tutelage of the Maison Populaire. There, he ameliorated and fine tuned his precision and skill for manipulating melodies. Niru graduated from SAE (Paris) in 2001, a prestigious institute with the links to Oxford, UK. Niru then progressed to study Western classical music at the Trinity College of Music, London.

Starting small, Niru initially began by composing jingles for advertisements, soon to be followed by a "nouvelle vague" which brought Tamil Pop to the forefront of music in France. His interest in pop music spurred him to compose for two albums, "Oru Parvai" and "Aalaiyin Karangal" in Paris, both of which proved to be illuminating. "Moongil Nila", album-extraordinaire and Niru's 3rd masterpiece encapsulated the vocal genius of Unnikrishnan, a good friend of Niru's, Hariharan, Srinivas, Anuradha Sriram, Karthik and Shankar Mahadevan. Celebrated lyricists Vairamuthu, Kapilan, Paa Vijay, Palanibharathi and Arivumathi were also able to successfully echo Niru's thoughts to great effect.

Niru then dedicated much of his time composing music for various charitable endeavours. In memory of the Asian Tsunami of 2004, Niru composed “Kadala Kadal Amma” with the vocals of Tippu by Aruvumathy. Niru also composed for the National Red Cross. Niru became both an independent and critically acclaimed Music Director with the release of his debut film; “Kalabha Kadhalan” in 2005, the music for which was highly successful.

In 2006, Niru’s work, in Mayavi of GV Films, was nominated for the Seoul Drama Awards (SDA). Here, Niru gained the highly prestigious “Jury's Special Award”. The music for “Rameswaram (film)”, also of Niru’s composing, was a great hit.

Meesai Murugesan was a veteran actor and musician who appeared in Tamil-language films. He starred in more than 100 films and has done supporting roles in various films.

He started his career by playing the 'Kottankuchi' (coconut shell), alongside great musicians like K. P. Sundarambal, M. K. T. Bhagavathar, T. M. Soundararajan and Seerkazhi Govindarajan. He was popular for creating shrill sound effects in Nenjam Marappathillai and footfall of the horse in "Rajavin Paarvai Raniyin Pakkam" song in MGR-Saroja Devi's Anbe Vaa.  He has played instruments for music directors like M. S. Viswanathan, Ilayaraja and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan.

He was a carnatic artist and had learned to play over 25 instruments. He also ran a one-man band "Apoorva Thalavaithiyangal" and held several concerts across the world including Europe, Canada, the United States and Russia.

Film career

His career spans over 100 films and he is famous for his roles in Vijay's Poove Unakkaga, Kamal Hassan's Unnal Mudiyum Thambi, Sathyaraj's Amaidhi Padai, Pandiarajan's Aan Paavam and much more. He earned the name "Meesai Murugesan" after sported a thick moustache in his first film Sugamana Raagangal.

Awards

He was conferred Kalaimamani by the Tamil Nadu State government for his contribution to the cinema.