Showing all artists born in January 8
Britto Michael
Britto Michael debuted as a music director with the 2014 Tamil film Sarabham which was directed by Arun Mohan.
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Sarabham
K
Krishna Kumar, better known by his stage name K, is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter and music director based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Primarily scoring music for films, newcomer K has worked on multiple short films, as well as several full length feature films in the Tamil film industry.
Born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, K moved to Chennai when he was four months old. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
His talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘Panatella’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements... See full bio
Born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, K moved to Chennai when he was four months old. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
His talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘Panatella’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements... See full bio
K
Krishna Kumar, better known by his stage name K,is an Indian music composer working in films.
Born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, K moved to Chennai when he was four months old. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
His talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘Panatella’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements and corporate films, singing several songs for the same.
In the year 2010, K was brought on board for director Mysskin’s film Yuddham Sei. The film’s sound track was a hit.... See full bio
Born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, K moved to Chennai when he was four months old. He did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London.
His talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘Panatella’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements and corporate films, singing several songs for the same.
In the year 2010, K was brought on board for director Mysskin’s film Yuddham Sei. The film’s sound track was a hit.... See full bio
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Sagarika Ghatge
Sagarika Ghatge is best known as Preeti Sabharwal of 'Chak De India'. She is a daughter of veteran actor Vijayendra Ghatge. She was born on 8th January 1986 in a royal Maratha family of Kolhapur. She studied at Chhatrapati Shahu Vidyalaya School till 8th standard and later she shifted to Ajmer where she completed 10th and 12th standard studies. She soon shifted to Mumbai and did her graduation from HR college in Mumbai.
Sagarika learnt acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting institute. She used to play hockey when she was in school and college. When she was studying in college, she used to get lots of offers for ad films. But her father refused to accept any till she complete her graduation.
Sagarika made her acting debut with 'Chak De India'. She portrayed the character of Preeti Sabharwal of the fictional Indian women's nationa... See full bio
Sagarika Ghatge is best known as Preeti Sabharwal of 'Chak De India'. She is a daughter of veteran actor Vijayendra Ghatge. She was born on 8th January 1986 in a royal Maratha family of Kolhapur. She studied at Chhatrapati Shahu Vidyalaya School till 8th standard and later she shifted to Ajmer where she completed 10th and 12th standard studies. She soon shifted to Mumbai and did her graduation from HR college in Mumbai.
Sagarika learnt acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting institute. She used to play hockey when she was in school and college. When she was studying in college, she used to get lots of offers for ad films. But her father refused to accept any till she complete her graduation.
Sagarika made her acting debut with 'Chak De India'. She portrayed the character of Preeti Sabharwal of the fictional Indian women's nationa... See full bio
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Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar Bhatti, better known as Tarun is an Indian film actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He has also worked in Tamil and Malayalam cinema.
He starred in acclaimed Romantic films like Nuvve Kavali, Priyamaina Neeku, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Nuvve Nuvve, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Punnagai Desam, and Sasirekha Parinayam.
He is the elder son of Oriya actor Chakrapani Bhatti & Telugu actress Roja Ramani. He is an accomplished cricketer and participates in Celebrity Cricket League.
He started his acting career at the age of eight, under Usha Kiran Movies production. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1991 for the Tamil film Anjali directed by Mani Ratnam.
In the same year, he acted in the Malayalam children's film, Abhayam. The film won the National Film Award for Best Childre... See full bio
He starred in acclaimed Romantic films like Nuvve Kavali, Priyamaina Neeku, Nuvvu leka nenu lenu, Nuvve Nuvve, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Punnagai Desam, and Sasirekha Parinayam.
He is the elder son of Oriya actor Chakrapani Bhatti & Telugu actress Roja Ramani. He is an accomplished cricketer and participates in Celebrity Cricket League.
He started his acting career at the age of eight, under Usha Kiran Movies production. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1991 for the Tamil film Anjali directed by Mani Ratnam.
In the same year, he acted in the Malayalam children's film, Abhayam. The film won the National Film Award for Best Childre... See full bio
Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family from Tirunelveli and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, K.K.Nagar. His father, S. M. Jayakumar, was a noted film guitarist and an assistant to Malayalam music director Shyam and later became a noted musician and film composer. At the age of six Harris began his formal training in carnatic music. His father wanted him to become a guitarist and made him learn classical guitar. Harris scored the highest mark in Asia on his 4th grade exam of Trinity College of Music, London. He has the privilege of being the first Indian to be the highest scorer in Asia.He started his music career as a guitarist in 1987 at the age of twelve. After...
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Known For:
Vanamagan
, Sambhavami
, Singam 3
, Iru Mugan
, Nanbenda
, Anegan
, Anegan
, Yennai Arindhaal
, Yaan
, Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal
, Endrendrum Punnagai
, Irandam Ulagam
, Thuppakki
, Maattrraan
, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
, Nanban
, 7aum Arivu
, Engeyum Kadhal
, Ko
, Aadhavan
, Ayan
, Vaaranam Aayiram
, Dhaam Dhoom
, Sathyam
, Satyam
, Bheemaa
, unnale unnale
, Pachaikili Muthucharam
, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
, Ghajini
, Thotti Jaya
, Anniyan
, Ullam Ketkumae
, Chellamae
, Arul
, Arasatchi
, Kovil
, Kaakha Kaakha
, Lesa Lesa
, Saamy
, Samurai
, Majunu
, 12B
, Minnale
Anil Kumar
Anil Kumar has been active in the Malayalam Film Industry from 1989. He was instrumental in directing more than 31 films in Malayalam language. Anil together with Babu Narayanan under the name Anil-Babu directed more than 20 Malayalam movies. According to him “Director is responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the overall control of the producer. Together with the producers, director develops a vision for a film. Once this vision is developed it is then the director’s job to carry out the vision and decide how the film should look” His involvement for turning the script into a sequence of shots and his decision on what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience always seen in the final product. His close association with the Cinematographer and set designer from the beginning help to d...
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Serndhu Polama
Devan
Devan (born 8 January 1952) is an Indian film actor and politician. He started his film career as the producer of the technically brilliant, but box-office flop movie Vellam and then opted to become an actor. Devan is known for his handling of serious roles, though he started his career with supporting roles. Devan was promoted as Hero in late 1980s with films like Oozham, Aaranyakam, Simon Peter, Ninakku Vendi and Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam, but most of those were failures. He is also the leader of the Kerala People's Party, a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. Devan has acted in many Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. His notable movies like Ekalavyan, Baasha, and Indraprasdham are still very popular. He has also acted in TV serials.
He was born in a prominent family on 8 January 1952 at Thrissur. His father Sreen... See full bio
He was born in a prominent family on 8 January 1952 at Thrissur. His father Sreen... See full bio
Saroja Devi
B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. She is referred to as "Abinaya Saraswathi" by Kannada film industry and as "Kannadathu Paingili" (meaning Kannada's Parrot) by Tamil Film Industry. She has acted in nearly 200 films in a period of more than three decades. Saroja Devi is one of the most successful female film stars in the history of Indian cinema and she was at her peak as the main female lead in films in the period 1958-85.Saroja Devi received Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award, in 2002 and in 1969, she was honoured with the Padma Sri, the fourth-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India.
Saroja Devi was born in Karnataka on 7 January 1938 to Bhairappa and Rudramma. Her father worked for the police department. Saroja Devi was their fourth daughter. But... See full bio
Saroja Devi was born in Karnataka on 7 January 1938 to Bhairappa and Rudramma. Her father worked for the police department. Saroja Devi was their fourth daughter. But... See full bio