Sasi may refer to:

• I. V. Sasi (born 1948), a Malayali Indian film director
• Sasi (director), a director of Tamil films
• Sasi Shanker, a director of Tamil and Malayali films.
• A nickname for Indian chess Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran
• Sasi, Croatia, a village near Velika Gorica

See also[link]

• SASI (disambiguation)

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Saranya Mohan born 20 February 1989) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.

Early life[link]

Saranya was born on 20 February 1989 in Alappuzha, Kerala as the eldest daughter to Palakkad Iyer parents Mohan and Devika, and has a younger sister named Sukanya.^[1] Her mother, Devika, is a trained classical dancer, who runs a dance school in Alappuzha, where Saranya herself also learnt dancing bharatanatyam. She studied at St. Joseph's College in Alappuzha, completing her B. A. degree in English literature.^[2]

Career[link]

She was brought to light by Malayalam director Fazil, who had seen Saranya dancing at her dancing school.^[3] After approaching and persuading her parents, he casted her for a child character in the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathi Pravu and its Tamil remake, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Following two more roles as a child artiste, she took a break, concentrating on her studies,^[4] before enacting a supporting role in another Fazil directorial, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu (2005), in which she acted as a sister to the male lead character.

Her subsequent release, the Dhanush-Nayantara starrer Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), brought her into limelight. Her comedic performance as the younger sister to the lead female, who has a crush on her sister's love interest, won her fame and many accolades. She subsequently appeared in a number of Tamil films, which, however, were less successful. 2009, she had six releases, four of which being Tamil projects. Out of her Tamil releases, the tragedy sports film, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, directed by debutante Suseenthiran, and the supernatural thriller Eeram proved to be commercially as well as critically successful. Later that year, she made her Telugu debut with Village Lo Vinayakudu and made her comeback to Malayalam films, starring in Chemistry. In 2011 she acted in M.Raja's Velayudham which turned out to be a huge hit. Her role as Vijay's sister won her a lot of good reviews. She also acted in another film named Dharani's Osthi in 2011.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

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External links[link]

• Official website
• Saranya Mohan at the Internet Movie Database

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Catrinel Menghia (born October 1, 1985)^[1] is a Romanian model.

She was discovered at the age of 16 on the street by a local agent who took her to Bucharest to meet Liviu Ionescu of the MRA Agency. Six months later, Menghia's parents allowed her to move to Bucharest and start her modeling career.

She participated in the Ford Supermodel of the World Romania contest in November 2001, where she won the second runner-up prize.

Menghia now lives in Milan. She has done campaigns for major fashion houses and is the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide. She was also one of the new faces in the 2006 South African Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and has appeared in FHM and Maxim. She is featured in North American advertisements for the Fiat 500 Abarth coupe in 2012 speaking Italian.^[2]

She has been the face of the French lingerie brand Lise Charmel since 2005.

She married to the Italian ex-footballer Massimo Brambati in 2005^[3], but reportedly filed for divorce in late 2011.^[4] Her sister, Lorena, is a high jumper, currently competing in the U.S. college system.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Jaclyn Victor
Background information
Birth name	Jaclyn A/P Joshua Thanaraj Victor
Also known as	Jac
Born	(1978-12-04) December 4, 1978 (age 33)
Origin	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres	Pop, pop rock, R&B
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sony Music Malaysia
Website	http://www.jaclynvictor.com/

Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor (born December 4, 1978) is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented Malaysia in the first Asian Idol and Ikon Asean. She is also dubbed as Asia's Divette for her vocal prowess.

Biography and music career[link]

Early life[link]

Victor is a Malaysian of Tamil descent. She was born in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 4, 1978. She is the eldest and only daughter of Maggie Victor, a single mother of Indian descent. Her siblings include three younger brothers. When Victor was nine years old, her father died, prompting her mother to take on three jobs simultaneously to support her four children.^[1] At the age of eighteen, Victor started singing in clubs and hotel lounges.

With the support of friends and family, Victor and her friend, Ravi recorded an album, titled Dream. This self-produced album features songs co-written by Victor as well. There are attempts to promote this album including an appearance on the 8TV show Latte @ 8.

[edit] Malaysian Idol

In 2004, her mother encouraged her to audition for Malaysian Idol. Along with ten thousand others, Victor auditioned for Malaysian Idol. The judges Roslan Aziz, Fauziah Latiff and Paul Moss put her through to the next round. Upon landing a final thirty-third spot, Victor performed "Superwoman" live, becoming the seventh person to reach the top twelve.

In the first spectacular show, the theme for the week was "Song from your Pop Idol". Victor choose a song from Indonesian diva Ruth Sahanaya, "Keliru". Coached under Aubrey Suwito, Juwita Suwito along with Elaine Pedley, her performance took her through to the next round. The second theme was "Song from your Classic Idol". Victor's choice was When I Fall in Love where Michael Xavier Voon joined in as performance coach. It gained resounding praise. After another double elimination sending off Fahmy and Rydee, Victor was back the following week performing a "Song from the 80s", Chaka Khan’s I Feel For You. She went on to the "Rock Show" with a performance of Sweet Child O’ Mine.

The last six contestants included Nikki, Dina, Vick, Andrew, and Saipul. Victor performed an effortless Lady Marmalade, but received a less favourable comment from Roslan, who expressed that "she is a super singer but not an idol", and he felt bored week by week of her performances thus far. On the results show, she found herself in the bottom two for the first time (with Nikki, who performed Emotion), but she survived the elimination. After reaching the last three, her chances were improved by her performance of Alicia Keys' If I Ain’t Got You.

Victor had become the final two contestants on Malaysian Idol, and on 9 October 2004, she took the title of Malaysian Idol, earning 76% of audience votes over Dina.^[2] In tears, Victor performed the ballad Gemilang (Glory), the song written for the winner of Malaysian Idol, which would subsequently appear on her début album Gemilang. The song's music video incorporated short scenes of Victor through her journey in Malaysian Idol.

Post-Idol career[link]

Victor's album achieved gold status within weeks of going on sale. Her previously-released album Dream, sold out within days, despite the sudden increase in price^{[citation needed]}. She won the "Best Newcomer Award" on Hitz. FM and "Best New Artist" in Anugerah Bintang Popular.

Since winning, Victor has appeared in numerous television and talk shows such as Pillow Talk and Muzik-Muzik. She has also performed "Gemilang" at a Tsunami Concert held to aid victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. She has performed in duets with Hazami, Taufik Batisah, Akademi Fantasia's second winner, Zahid, Delon Thamrin, and Misha Omar.

Victor first received her international award when she won 'Golden Voice', the grand prize at Shanghai Music Festival, in China on October 28, 2005.

Victor emerged as the champion during the Asian Music Festival in Shanghai with her winning song, "Gemilang". On January 21, 2006, Victor walked away with RTM Hits 1 Best Song and Best Performance awards for Gemilang. Later, on February 5 the same year, the song earned her and its composer Aubrey Suwito and lyricist Azmin Mudin the "Juara Lagu" (Champion of Songs) and "Best Ballad Song" awards in TV3's 20th edition of the Anugerah Juara Lagu. She was expected to win the TV3's "Anugerah Vokal Terbaik" (Best Vocal Award). However, she lost the title to Hazami who performed "Kata". Victor grabbed the Best Female Artiste award at the Anugerah Planet Muzik (Music Planet Awards) in Singapore on March 24.

On April 29, 2006, Victor won four of seven nominations from the Malaysian music scene's biggest night, the 13th Anugerah Industri Muzik. They are Best New Artist, Best Musical Arrangement in a Song, Best Pop Album and Best Album.

After a series of delays, Victor's second album, Inilah Jac, was launched on August 25, 2006. Around the time it was launched, she was on a trip to Australia for both leisure and business purposes, including visiting Mount Buller, and performing in two concerts in Melbourne's Australia for Christ Fellowship Church (alongside singer-songwriter Juwita Suwito), and in Adelaide's Paradise Community Church (which inaugural Australian Idol winner, Malaysian-born Guy Sebastian is a member of; though Sebastian himself did not appear). While in Australia, Victor also did an interview for Christian radio station HCJB.^[3]

In November 2006, she finally landed her first "proper" music video (previously her videos are snippets from studio recording sessions or footage from her Malaysian Idol days) when she filmed Ceritera Cinta with male crooner Rio Febrian in his homeland in Indonesia.

2007 was a very busy year for Jaclyn. She competed in the Ikon Malaysia 2007 (solo category) competition. Victor made it to the Semi-Finals and Final round together with Dayang Nurfaizah and Mawi. In the final, Jac sang a medley of songs which is "Impian" (hope) from her first album, "Cepat-cepat" in her second album and her third song "Gemilang", and won the title Ikon Malaysia.

Later that year, she competed in Ikon Asean only to be defeated by the Philippines' Vina Morales. She also participated in first Asian Idol which was won by Hady Mirza of Singapore Idol.

At the 14th Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Malaysia, on the 28th of April 2007, Jac was nominated for 4 awards - Best Vocal Performance in an Album - Female; Best Music Arrangement in a song - Inilah Masanya; Best Pop Album - Inilah Jac; Ceritera Cinta - Song of the year. Jac won the "Best Female Vocal Performance in an Album" award. Jac also received two APM nominations, all of which are attributed to Inilah Jac.

Jac was featured on the highly-anticipated Special Edition of Disney studio's High School Musical 2 soundtrack. She sang the duet "You Are The Music In Me" in both English and Bahasa Malaysia with another singing reality-tv program "Akademi Fantasia" season 1 Winner, Vince Chong. A music video and nationwide mall tour followed for fans - both young and old - of the High School Musical franchise. The video of their version of the song is now on the Special Edition DVD of High School Musical 2 (2008).

As part of the year-long "50 Years of Malaysian Independence" celebrations, Jac was part of the "Live and Loud KL" concert series which featured international and local artists. This 10-day jam-packed music extravaganza featured a wide range of genres and over 50 of the planet’s hottest artistes, with more than 45 hours of live music. The festival was held from the 23rd of November until the 2nd of December, where each passing day gave festival-goers a different genre, a different theme, a different repertoire, a different venue and most definitely different stars. Whitney Houston, Elliott Yamin, Shaggy, Project Pop, James Taylor Quartet, Joe Flizzow and Hannah Tan were just some of the many acts to shine - alongside Jaclyn herself.

Prior to Christmas 2007, Jac flew to Moscow, Russia for a charity Christmas concert named Christmas Bash 2007,^[4] co-organized by the Sechenov Malaysian Student Association and Malaysian Fellowship Moscow after an invitation by the organizing committee. The concert was attended by close to a thousand people(majority of them being Malaysian Medical Students studying in Moscow). Her performance resulted in the audience's interests in her album though, it can't prove she's been accepted there as an artist due to the majority of Malaysians that make up the audience.

Jac also performed during the 8TV (Malaysia) 4th birthday bash in January 2008 to a very large crowd of cheering fans - and her talents were a true highlight of the event.

On January 27, 2008 the finals of the annual Anugerah Juara Lagu (Best Song) Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were held. After a long and difficult competition, Jac won the coveted Best Vocal Award - (along with Lah from VE) for their rendition of Jac's beautiful duet "Ceritera Cinta" (originally with Indonesian singer, Rio Febrian). The song can be found on Jac's Second Sony BMG album - Inilah Jac.

Thus far, two of her songs have been used as opening themes for two Malaysian television series, Fara (Cepat-Cepat) and Manjalara (Satu Harapan).

Acting career[link]

She starred in the film Talentime by Yasmin Ahmad in 2009. She received the award for Best Promising Actress for the film at the 22nd Malaysian Film Festival.^[5] She has also reportedly been invited to star in a film by Mamat Khalid^[6] but declined; she also landed a cameo appearance in local horror fiction, Susuk.Jac also starred in a local Tamil film, Appalam, a film directed by Afdlin Shauki.

Jac also tried her hand in a musical theatre, Cuci The Musical Season 2 in 2010.^[7]

Fan club[link]

The current official fan club of Jaclyn Victor is jaclynvictor.com (under construction), which was opened in August 2007, having taken over from Jacsville which was launched in 2004, shortly after Victor won Malaysian Idol.

Voice[link]

Jac's voice was noted for its brilliant upper register, "smoky" middle and lower registers, flowing phrasing, and wide dynamic range. She was well suited to the high belted song. Her voice ranged from lower D (D3) below Middle C to the B (B5) above High C and the capabilities to reach high C(C6) effortlessly.

• Voice Type : Spinto Soprano
• Low/Mid-Notes : Tunggu Sekejap (D3), Ceritera Cinta (F3), Wajah (G3)
• High Notes (Belts) : Satu Harapan (D#5), Cinta Tiada Akhirnya (F#5), Dambaran Cinta (G5), Gemilang (G5-Bb5)
• Vocal Range : 3.5 octaves

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

EPs[link]

• Malaysian Idol CD Single: Jac (2004, Sony BMG)
• Wajah (2005, Sony BMG)
• Satu Harapan (2007, Sony BMG)

Compilations[link]

• Malaysian Idol Karaoke (with Danell Lee) (2005, Karaoke CD/VCD, Sony BMG)
• Jubilee (Compilation Christian Album) (2007, AION Music)
• Keunggulan Jaclyn Victor (Compilation of her well known hits) (2011, 2CD/1VCD Sony Music)

Singles[link]

• In a Dream (2002, released only in independent music circles)
• Gemilang (2004)
• Di Bawah Pohon Asmara (2005)
• Tiada Lagi Indah (2005)
• Cuma Setia (2005)
• Wajah (2005, theme song for "Bersamamu" TV3)
• Getaran Rinduku (2005)
• Cepat Cepat (2006)
• Ceritera Cinta (2006, duet with Rio Febrian)
• Without You (2006, duet with Same Same)
• Jealous (2007)
• Satu Harapan (2007)
• Cinta Tiada Akhirnya (2007)
• Kau Muzik di hatiku (2007, duet with Vince Chong) (OST of High School Musical 2 - Asian Edition)
• You're the Music in Me (2007, duet with Vince Chong) (OST of High School Musical 2 - Asian Edition)
• Dambaran Cinta (2008, theme song for Apa Kata Hati)
• Bertamu Di Kalbu (2009)
• Cinta Ada (A collaboration with Dato' Sheila Majid & Karen Kong) (2009)
• Inilah Malaysia (2009, featuring Arch Little Danielle)(for the Lagu 1Malaysia Kita Song Competition)
• Ku Tak Bisa (2010)
• Di Mana Di Mana (A collaboration with Ning Baizura and Shila) (2011)
• Beribu Sesalan (A collaboration with Ning Baizura and Shila) (2011)
• Sebelah Jiwaku (first single under the KRU Studios label)

Music videos[link]

• Gemilang
• Wajah
• Cinta (duet with Misha Omar)
• Without You (duet with Same Same)
• Cepat-Cepat
• Ceritera Cinta (duet with Rio Febrian)
• Ipoh Mali (as featuring artiste)
• Satu Harapan
• You're the Music in Me (2007, duet with Vince Chong)
• Bertamu di Kalbu (2009)
• Koleksi Gemilang (2009)
• Beribu Sesalan (2011, a collaboration with Ning Baizura & Shila Amzah)

Awards[link]

• Hitz. FM Best Newcomer Award - March 12, 2005
• Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian - Most Popular New Female Artist - April 13, 2005
• Malaysia's Global Chinese Recommended Golden Arts Award (Music Category) - July 16, 2005
• XIII Shanghai Asian Music Festival Golden Prize - October 28, 2005
• RTM Hits 1 - January 21, 2006
  • Best Song Award - Gemilang
  • Best Performance Award
• TV3 Anugerah Juara Lagu - February 5, 2006
  • Juara Lagu Best Ballad Award - Gemilang
  • Song Of The Year Award - Gemilang
• Anugerah Planet Muzik (Singapore) - March 24, 2006
  • Best Female Artist
• 13th Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Malaysia - April 29, 2006
  • Best New Artist
  • Best Arrangement in a Song
  • Best Pop Album
  • Album of the Year
• URS Magazine Award
  • Non-malay glamour artist
• 14th Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) Malaysia - April 28, 2007
  • Best Female Vocal Performance in an Album
• IKON MALAYSIA
  • Winner of Ikon Malaysia - Solo
• Anugerah Era 2007
  • Chosen Local English Artiste - Ipoh Mali/Point Blanc
• Anugerah Juara Lagu 27 January 2008
  • Best Vocal Performance Ceritera Cinta (duet with Lah, from VE)
• Red Box Karaoke Chart 2008 Awards
  • No. 6 - Ceritera Cinta
• Shout! Awards 2009
  • Power Vocal Award
• Festival Filem Malaysia ke-22
  • Most Promising Actress (Talentime)
• Anugerah Skrin 2009
  • Special Jury Award - Anugerah Yasmin Ahmad (Talentime)
• Anugerah Planet Muzik 2011
  • Best Vocal Performance in a Group (collaboration with Ning Baizura & Shila Amzah)

Concerts[link]

• • Zoom in with Jaclyn Victor (2005)
  • Konsert Fenomena Jaclyn Victor & Misha Omar (2005)
  • Sunday Nite Live at Planet Hollywood (2006)
  • Zoom in with Jaclyn Victor (2006)
  • Konsert Fenomena Jaclyn Victor & Dayang Nurfaizah (2006)
  • Down Memory Lane with Jaclyn Victor (2007)
  • Malam Gemilang Ekslusif bersama Jaclyn Victor @ Planet Hollywood (2007)
  • Hard Rock Cafe's Pinktober LIVE (Special Showcase) (2010)

Notes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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