Geetha

Geetha is an Indian actress who has performed in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She debuted in the Tamil language film Bhairavi as Rajnikant’s sister. Since then she has acted in films of all the South Indian languages, and in a few Hindi films.

Film Career

Her first notable role in a Malayalam movie (she was mentored by director Kailasam Balachander) was her performance in Panchagni (based on the true life story of Naxalite revolutionary Ajita), opposite Mohanlal. Geetha was nominated for that year's national award for best actress.[citation needed] The role in Panchagni was the turning point for Geetha and made her a star.[citation needed] Some of her other notable films include Vatsalyam, Sughamo Devi, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Aadharam, and Aavanazhi and Puthu Puthu Arthangal.

She has over 100 south Indian Films including over 50 Kannada Films to her credit.

Geetha also acted in Tamil tele-serials like Kai Alavu manasu and Engirindho Vanthaal.

After her marriage in 1997- she quit acting for a brief period- however she has returned to the Industry and has acted usually as the hero's mother in movies like Santhosh Subramaniam and Something Something.

Anu Haasan

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Anu Haasan born Anuradha Chandrahaasan on 15 July 1970 is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed film Indira (1995) and has since appeared in a few Tamil-language films, playing minor supporting roles. She currently hosts the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay. A versatile personality, she is also an entrepreneur, model, musician and martial arts expert.

Film Career

She stepped into acting, when she enacted the titular role in the 1995 Tamil film Indira, directed by her cousin Suhasini Mani Ratnam. Afterwards, she appeared only in a few films, playing minor supporting roles such as the mother, sister or wife character of the lead actor. Among her films, her notable ones are Run (2002), in which she starred as the protagonist's sister, which earned her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Nala Damayanthi (2003).

By 2000, she ventured into television,acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award winning novel Sister of My Heart.For her performance in the series, she received accolades and several awards. She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on Vijay TV. The show, which she hosts now for over three years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.

In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste as well, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.

Abhirami

 

 

 
Abhirami (born on 26 July 1983 as Divya Gopikumar) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.

Her height helped her in starting her career as a TV anchor for the program Top Ten aired on Asianet Channel. She is a versatile singer also. She acted in a small role in a Malayalam film Pathram in 1999. Later she acted in hit films like Millennium Stars, Njangal Santhushtaraanu, Sraddha etc.

Film Career

She acted opposite top actors in Malayalam film industry including Superstar Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram etc. Later she shifted to Kollywood starring in films like Middle Class Madhavan, Samudhiram etc. She acted opposite Prabhu, Sharath Kumar, Arjun etc in Tamil. Her first Tamil film was Vanavil opposite Arjun.The biggest film of her career is Virumaandi opposite Acting Legend Kamal Hassan. She won lot of critical accolades for the role she portrayed in the film. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, she acted in Telugu and Kannada films and was a popular actress in Tollywood.she acted opposite Superstar Upendra in the film Raktha Kanneeru in 2004 and in Sriram opposite superstar Shivrajkumar.

Before acting in films, She acted in a 100 episode Malayalam serial Akshaya Pathram by Sreekumaran Thampy. She also starred as a child artist in renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's movie Kathapurushan.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Kathapurushan		Malayalam
1999	Pathram	Shilpa Mary Cherian	Malayalam
2000	Shraddha	Swapna	Malayalam
	Njangal Santhushtaraanu	Geethu	Malayalam
	Millennium Stars	Radha	Malayalam
2001	Melevaryathe Malaghakuttikal	Devika	Malayalam
	Vaanavil	Priya	Tamil
	Middle Class Madhavan	Abhirami	Tamil
	Dosth		Tamil
	Samudhiram		Tamil
	Charlie Chaplin	Mythili Ramakrishnan	Tamil
2002	Thank You Subbarao	Susi	Telugu
	Karmegham	Abhirami	Tamil
	Samasthanam		Tamil
2003	Laali Haadu	Sangeetha	Kannada
	Raktha Kanneeru	Chandra	Kannada
	Charminar	Keerthi	Kannada
	Sriram	Vasundhara	Kannada
2004	Cheppave Chirugali	Radha	Telugu
	Virumaandi	Annalachmi	Tamil

 

 

Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah Bhatia born 21 December 1989 is an Indian film actress and model.She has appeared in Tamil films as well as Hindi films. She made her acting debut in her only Hindi film so far, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in 2005, before working in the major South Indian film industries.

Bhatia made her Telugu debut the same year with Sri and the following year appeared in her first Tamil film Kedi. In 2007, she starred in the two college-life based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil, which both earned her critical acclaim. Following commercial successes with Padikathavan (2009), Ayan (2009) and Paiyaa (2010), she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in the Tamil film industry. She also has experience as a model and has appeared in various television advertisements.

Film Career

Bhatia started her acting career with a Hindi film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra that released in early 2005, which remains her only Bollywood release till date. The same year, she debuted in the Telugu cinema as she appeared in the film Sri in which she played the leading female role opposite Manoj Kumar. In 2006, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry, starring in the film Kedi alongside Ravi Krishna and another newcomer Ileana D'Cruz. She essayed a negative role in the film, which did not do well at the box office.

In 2007, she had three releases. After her appearance in the unsuccessful Vyapari, she starred in the Sekhar Kammula-directed Telugu film Happy Days, which received highly positive reviews and became her first major box office success. Her next release was the Tamil drama film Kalloori, directed by Balaji Sakthivel that won her accolades and critical acclaim in Tamil as well.

In 2008, she again had three releases, but appeared in cameo roles in two of them. Her 2009 Blockbuster Tamil film Ayan, made her a leading actress. Her recent film Kandein Kadhalai, which is a remake of the 2007 Hindi blockbuster Jab We Met, has been declared a decent success. She enacted the role, originally played by Kareena Kapoor, and was praised by critics for her performance. Her recent 2010 release is Lingusamy's Paiyaa which is already declared a huge hit. She is currently acting in two Tamil films that are Thillalangadi alongside Jayam Ravi and Sura with Vijay.

Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress, working in the Telugu and Tamil film industries.

Film Career

Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture. In 2006, she had four releases, the first being S. S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja, in which she portrayed the character Neeraja Goswami. The film went on to become very successful and got her much recognition, that eventually made her very popular in Andhra Pradesh. She next had starred in the film Astram, a remake of the 1999 Hindi film Sarfarosh, following which she debuted in the Tamil film industry, acting in the Sundar C.-directed action flick Rendu, sharing screen space with R. Madhavan. Later that year, she made a special appearance in A. R. Murugadoss' directorial debut in Telugu, Stalin.

Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office. 2008 she had appeared in six films overall; Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladur opposite Ravi Teja again, garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the film Souryam pairing with Gopichand again, which became a box office hit.

In 2009, Shetty first starred in the film Arundati. The film, a heroine-centric film, in which she essayed two roles for the first time, was a critical as well as commerical success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was highly critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi Award. Her next film, the action flick Billa, a remake of the 2007 Tamil namesake, itself a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don, featured Shetty in an entirely contrary role to her role in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran, in which she was paired with lead actor Vijay and which she was also successful. She is currently acting in another Tamil film Singam, whilst in Telugu her upcoming released include Vedam, Panchakshari and Kaleja, all scheduled to release in 2010.