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John Kennedy Vinod Raj (born 17 April 1966), better known by his stage name Vikram (Tamil: விக்ரம்), is a Tamil film actor, voice actor, and playback singer. He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, which was followed by a series of low budget Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films throughout the early decade. After the critical and commercial success of Sethu (1999) he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his

Suruli Rajan was a Tamil film comedian. He was a recipient of Tamil Nadu State Government’s Best Comedian Award for the year 1981 82. Suruli Rajan was born in 1938 in Periyakulam, near Theni. His father Ponniah Pillai worked as an accountant for farm owners of the adjoining areas in Theni. The child was named after the Suruli Velappar, the family deity at the temple atop a hill graced by the picturesque Suruli Falls. Suruli Rajan lost his parents one after and had to discontinue his schooling .

Suhasini Maniratnam (Tamil: சுஹாசினி) (born Suhasini on August 15, 1961) is a Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe. Suhasini was born on 15th August 1961 in Chennai to actor Charuhasan, the elder brother of Kamal Hassan. Controversy Suhasini is a trained costume designer, hair stylist and cinematographer. She is known as the first female student to graduate from the Madras Film institute. In 1988, she married Mani Ratnam and the couple have a

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas (ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು Kannadigaru), number roughly 38 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world. It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka. The Kannada language is written using the Kannada script. The other native languages of Karnataka,

Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (born 24 June 1928) (or M.S.V.), is a popular South Indian music director for five decades. He is popularly known as Mellisai Mannar (Tamil, for The King of Light Music ). His major works are in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He has also acted and sung in a few films. Viswanathan, hailing from an orthodox Malayali family, with parents Subramanian and Narayanikutty (or Naanikutty), in Manayangath house (from which one of his initials is derived) in

Jayasudha (Telugu:జయసుధ) is an actress turned MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. Jayasudha was born as Sujatha to a Telugu speaking family in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 17 December 1958. Her aunt is the famous actress and director Vijaya Nirmala. Jayasudha made her film debut when she was twelve years old as Jamuna's daughter in the Telugu film Panduntikaapuram (1972). Soon, she acquired the

AVM is the oldest and largest film production studio in Kollywood, the Tamil language film industry of India. It is currently owned by M. Saravanan and his son, M. S. Guhan. The most recent film they have produced since their opening with Naam Iruvar in 1947, is Vettaikkaaran. The filming studios are located in Vadapalani, Chennai. Among South India's movie moguls, A.V. Meiyappan is a far sighted entrepreneur and filmmaker with dash and dynamism, he had a finger on the pulse of the moviegoer .

Karnataka (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, pronounced [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː] (help·info)) is a state in the southern part of India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. The state covers an area of 74,122 sq

Indian Americans are Americans who are of Indian ancestry. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with American Indian . In North America the term Indian has an ambiguous meaning. Historically and currently, Indian was and is commonly used to indicate Native American. If a more specific term was or is needed, American Indian and East Indian were and are commonly used. American Indian is still the most common term, although Native American can be used to