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Pragathi Guruprasad born September 14, 1997 is an Indian playback singer from United States. She was the runner-up in the third season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer Junior. She had several years of training in Carnatic music and Western music. Her fame continues to grow after she was the runner-up in Super Singer Junior 3. She has sung for music composers such as Anirudh Ravichander and G.V. Prakash Kumar.

Pragathi Guruprasad was born to Guruprasad and Kanaka on September 14, 1997 in Singapore. In Singapore, her dad taught Carnatic lessons, which shows their dedication towards carnatic music. Both her parents are passionate fans of Carnatic music. Since a the age of 5, she has been learning Carnatic Music. At a very young age, she moved to the United States of America, from here where which she continued her Carnatic and Hindustani career. Although she was learning from her father at first, she began learning Carnatic from Sangeetha Swaminathan, a disciple Sudha Rughunathan. She also took interest in learning the Veena. Pragathi was exceptionally talented, pulling of both Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. She did both Carnatic and Hindustani concerts.She won many competitons, and has gotten critical appreciation from her mentors and spectators. Besides singing, she has taken interest in table tennis. On Twitter, she stated that if it weren't for her musical excellency, she would have gotten serious about table tennis. She also learned how to write and speak Sanskrit, which allows for her perfect diction when speaking Hindi and other North Indian languages. Other than Sanskrit, she can speak fluently in English, Tamil, Kannada. She has also learned a little bit of French. Now currently, she goes to school in California, and is currently a sophomore. She has an elder sister, Prithvi Guruprasad. Pragathi has more than 180,000+ fans on Facebook and 15,000+ followers on Twitter, a sensation that began when she participated in the reality show Airtel Super Singer Junior 3 She has won many singing competitions throughout the US, including Spandana Super Singer Junior 2010 and Carnatic Music Idol 2011(featured on Jaya TV). She did various Carnatic kacheris(concerts) and competitions across the USA. Now, Pragathi is doing shows across the USA, Europe, and India. Also adding, she sings at many programs at various organizations, such as the Tamil Sangams across North America, and other charity events, too. She also participates in lots of functions held across the globe,such as the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America Convention of 2013, Kondattam held in Toronto, shows in London, etc.

Pragathi has recently sung her first single In Europe, titled as Pattampoochi. Lyrics have been written by Jenitha Joseph. The music is by Kowtham Mohanarajan and the vocals are by Kadhalviruz and herself. This product is a result of work from 3 different countries (Denmark, Germany and America) and is also Pragathi's first song in Europe. On August 27th 2013, her song Aasai with TeeJay, a London based singer, was released, receiving critical acclamation for her singing.

Abbas Akbar (born Mohamed Akbar Tabare Alam on 14 September 1983) is a filmmaker, screenwriter and actor, predominantly working on Tamil films and television shows, based in Singapore.


Born in Singapore, Abbas Akbar's mother is from Chidambaram district in Tamil Nadu and his father is from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. He is the second out of three sons. His elder brother Elias Mikhail is a famous television actor known for his portrayal as an underworld don in the tele-serial Vettai. His younger brother, Shabir is a well-known singer, songwriter and musician and the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005.

Priya Raman is a Malayalam actress and film producer. She has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and one Kannada cinema and in television serials of both languages. Her first film was the Rajnikanth produced film Valli, in 1993. Her second film. Arthana, directed by I. V. Sasi and released in 1993 was her debut in Malayalam.

Malayalam Director Joshy cast her as an air force pilot in 1993 in Sainyam with Mammootty. In 1997 she appeared in Kalyanappittannu with Mukesh, Bhoopathi with Suresh Gopi, Asuravamsam, Thumboli Kadappuram etc. with Manoj K Jayan and Aaram Thamburan with Mohanlal. In 2003 she produced the film Bheeshmar.

Besides films, she has also appeared in a number of Tamil and Malayalam television serials like the Tamil serial Durga, Malayalam T.V serial Kavyanjali produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms (as "Anjali"), Swarnamayooram,Pavakoothu and Orma (as "Girly").

Madhavi is an Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in three hundred films. She was one of the top lead actresses in the 1980s and 1990s.

Madhavi was born in Hyderabad, India to Sasirekha and Govinda Swamy, on 14 September 1962. She grew up with a sister and a brother, named Keerthi Kumari and Dhananjai respectively. She learnt Bharat Natyam from Uma Maheswari and folk dance from Mr. Bhatt from an early age and gave more than a thousand dance performances. She attended Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad, Abids Branch.

Director Dasari Narayana Rao gave her a starring role in the Telugu film Thoorupu Padamara when she was a teenager. The film became a huge hit. K. Balachander then cast her in a supporting role in his Telugu film Maro Charithra (1978). She reprised her role in its Hindi remake Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), which became the top-grossing film of 1981. In both films, she showed remarkable sensitivity as a lonely wealthy woman who falls in love with Kamal Haasan's character.

She earned a Filmfare Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.K. Balachander was so impressed with her performance in both films that he introduced her to the Tamil film industry with Thillu Mullu (1981) opposite Rajinikanth. By the end of the decade, she was starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi film Agneepath (1990).

Madhavi acted alongside Kamal Haasan in Raja Paarvai, Tik Tik Tik, Kaakki Sattai and Mangamma Sabadham appearing in a swimsuit in all the films. Her films with Rajinikanth include Garjanai, Thambikku Entha Ooru, Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal and Viduthalai. She showed her ability in movies like Enga Oor Kannagi, and Nirabaraadhi. She also played Zeenat Aman's role from the Hindi hit film Insaf Ka Tarazu) (1980) in the Telugu remake "Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam" (1982) and the Tamil remake Needhi Dhevan Mayakkam (1982).

She appeared in many Malayalam films especially in those starring superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal. She played the Zeenat Aman role from the Hindi hit film Don in the Malayalam remake titled Shobaraj (1986). Her portrayal of Unniyarcha in the National Award-winning movie Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha was critically appreciated and is often recognised as one of the best roles in her career.

Her portrayal as a mother who met her end with leukaemia in Akashadoothu won her the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress for 1993. Other notable films include Ormakkayi, Changatham, Novemberinte Nashtam and Nombarathi Poovu. She was later seen in supporting roles in films such as Aksharam and Aayiram Naavulla Ananthan. Most of her author-backed roles were in Malayalam films. She has won three Kerala State Film Awards, one for Best Actress and two for Second Best Actress.

She acted in a number of films with Telugu star Chiranjeevi. Her first movie with Chiranjeevi was Intlo Ramaiah Veedhilo Krishnaiah in 1982. She acted again with Chiranjeevi in the movie Khaidi. Her last movie in Telugu was Big Boss (another Chiranjeevi film).
She also acted in a number of Kannada movies alongside popular Kannada actors including Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Anant Nag and Ambareesh.With Rajkumar she acted in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies like Haalu Jenu, Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma, Anuraga Aralithu, Shruthi Seridaaga, Jeevana Chaitra, Aakasmika, Odahuttidavaru, etc. Her performance in Haalu Jenu and Malaya Marutha was widely acclaimed.

In 1996, her spiritual teacher Swami Rama arranged her marriage to one of his followers, a pharmaceutical businessman named Ralph Sharma, who is half-Indian and half-German. Ralph first met his Guru, Swami Rama at the age of 23 at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy., whereas Madhavi first met Guru Swami Rama, in 1995. She married within a few weeks on 14 February 1996 of their introduction. They have three daughters and live in New Jersey.