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Sneha a name meaning friendship in telugu

• Sneha (actress), a South Indian film actress
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• Sneha Khanwalkar, an Indian music director
• Sneha Anne Philip, an Indian-American physician
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Sundar C.
Born	Sundaravel Chidambaram Pillai (1968-01-21) 21 January 1968 (age 44) Erode, India
Occupation	Actor, Film director
Years active	1995 – present
Spouse	Kushboo
Parents	Chithambaram Pillai Deivannai Ammal

Sundar C. (Tamil: சுந்தர் சி.) is a Tamil film director and actor. He was born in Erode district of Tamilnadu.He has directed 25 films in Kollywood and debuted his acting career in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram.^[1] Initially he worked as a assistant director to manivannan and he got introduced as a director from the movie Murai Maman. Which is family drama. He got success as a director because of his comedy sense. Most probably in his movies heroine name will be Indhu. His most notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam and other notable films include Mettukudi,Winner, Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar, London (2005 Tamil film)and his most recent Masala Cafe.^[2]

Film career[link]

Director[link]

Sundar C. made his directorial debut through Murai Maman in 1995 and his second film was Murai Mapillai, which was also the debut film of Arun Vijay. He directed big stars Rajinikanth in Arunachalam and Kamal in Anbe Sivam. He has also worked with Karthik, Prashanth, Arjun, Sarathkumar, and Ajith.

Actor[link]

He gave up film directing and started his acting career in 2006, in Thalai Nagaram. The film opened to a lukewarm response but later turned out to be a surprise success at the box office. In 2007, he appeared in Veerappu which turned out to be a sleeper hit too. In 2008 he starred in the hugely successful Sandai, directed by Shakti Chidambaram. but his streak of successes ended with the box-office flops Aayudham Seivom, Perumal and Thee. Average grossing Aiyantham Padai was followed in 2010 by two box-office disasters, Guru Sishyan and Vaadaa. Nagaram also bombed, in spite of garnering highly positive reviews for its good story, Vadivelu's comedy and Anuya's glamour. He recently finished work on Murattu kaalai, which is remake of a 1980 film of same name.^[3]

Filmography[link]

Acting[link]

Directing[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sundar C. at the Internet Movie Database

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Manjula Vijayakumar (born 9 September 1953) is a South Indian actress. She has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She and actor Vijayakumar married shortly after they fell in love on the sets of Unnidam Mayanguhiren.^[1] The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi Vijaykumar.^[2]Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband's children from a previous marriage.

Acting career[link]

She first appeared in the film Shanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged girl of Gemini Ganesan's character). Her first lead role was in Rickshawkaran (1971). She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Since the late 80s, she has appeared in supporting roles. Manjula has performed alongside Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Shobhan Babu, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan and Kamal Hassan.^[3][4]

Partial filmography[link]

• Shanti Nilayam (1969)
• Jai Jawan (1970) (Telugu film)
• Rickshawkaran (1971)
• Mayadari Malligadu (1973) (Telugu film)
• Vade Veedu (1973) (Telugu film)
• Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1974)
• Palletoori Chinnodu (1974) (Telugu film)
• Alluri Seetarama Raju (1974) (Telugu film)
• Manchi Manasulu (1974) (Telugu film)
• Dorababu (1974) (Telugu film)
• Ellorum Nallavare (1975)
• Anbe Aaruyire (1975)
• Ninaithathai Mudippavan (1975)
• Gunavanthudu (1975) (Telugu film)
• Mahakavi Kshetrayya (1976)
• Pichi Maaraju (1976) (Telugu film)
• Iddaru Iddare (1976) (Telugu film)
• Mahakavi Kshetrayya (1976) (Telugu film)
• Magadu (1976) (Telugu film)
• Manushulantha Okkata (1976) (Telugu film)
• Neram Nadhi Kadhu Akalidhi (1976) (Telugu film)
• Monagadu (1976) (Telugu film)
• Bhale Donggalu (1976) (Telugu film)
• Chiranjeevi Rambabu (1977) (Telugu film)
• Bangaru Bommalu (1977) (Telugu film)
• Maa Iddari Katha (1977) (Telugu film)
• SIRITHANAKKE SAWAAL (1977) (Kannada Movie)
• Manushulu Chesina Dongalu (1977) (Telugu film)
• Sabhash Gopi (1978) (Telugu film)
• Shankar Salim Simon (1978)
• Kuppathu Raja (1979)
• Jeevana Ganga (1988) (Telugu film)
• Tarjan Sundari (1988) (Telugu film)
• Cheran Pandiyan (1991)
• Chanti (1992) (Telugu film)
• Sarada Bullodu (1996) (Telugu film)
• Vaasu (2002) (Telugu film)
• Manchi Manushulu
• Manushyulantha Okkate
• Mayadaari Malligaadu

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Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Prabhu
Born	Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (1975-11-07) November 7, 1975 (age 36) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor, director, playback singer, screenwriter
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Rajalakshmi (2001–present)
Website
http://www.venkatprabhu.com/

Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born on 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry. After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with his first three ventures, featuring him in a starring role, failing to release, following which he began appearing in character roles. He hogged spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit Chennai 600028 (2007).^[1] He achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials Saroja (2008) and Mankatha (2011).

Career[link]

Early years[link]

Venkat Prabhu lived in London, United Kingdom for seven years; during that time, he completed his high school and university studies, obtaining a degree in Accounting.^[2][3] After pursuing his music degree from Trinity College of Music, London, he had the ambition to become a successful music director.^[4] Following his return to India, Prabhu began singing for demo works of his cousins, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja,^[2] and started his career as a playback singer in the film industry. In 1996, he, his brother Premgi Amaren and his childhood friend S. P. B. Charan set up a music band called Next Generation,^[1] which also featured Yugendran and Thaman as members,^[5][6] and did several stage performances. The following year, Prabhu played the lead role opposite Sangeetha in a film titled Poonjolai directed by his father Gangai Amaren,^[7][8] but the film was cancelled in the midst and attempts to revive and release the film by the late-2000s were unsuccessful.^[7] Prabhu starred in two more ventures, alongside his friends S. P. B. Charan and Yugendran, Wanted, directed by Premgi Amaren,^[9][10] and Agathiyan's Kadhal Samrajyam,^[11][12] both failing to release as well. Venkat Prabhu was then approached to essay supporting roles, with April Maadhathil (2002), becoming his first release. He went on to play character roles in nearly ten films, the most notable ventures being N. Linguswamy's Ji, starring Ajith Kumar, and the Perarasu-directorial Sivakasi, featuring Vijay in the lead role. He also played lead roles in Samuthirakani's directorial debut Unnai Charanadaindhen and Gnabagam Varuthey (2007), both co-starring Charan.

[edit] Chennai 600028 and the future

In 2007, Venkat Prabhu ventured into film directing with the sports comedy film Chennai 600028, produced by S. P. B. Charan that revolved around a street cricket team from a suburban area in Chennai, with its players being portrayed by 11 newcomers, including his brother Premgi. The film emerged a sleeper hit,^[13][14] garnering high critical acclaim and becoming labelled a "cult classic" in the following years,^[15] which led to the lead cast growing in popularity. He next directed the comedy thriller film Saroja (2008), the title being derived from a hit number from Chennai 600028,^[16] which also featured an ensemble cast including Charan and Premgi. The film followed the journey of four young men who, by taking a diversion off the main road, land into the hands of a kidnapper gang; it received positive response from critics and at the box office as well. He followed it up with Goa (2010), a full-length comedy film, which received mixed response and fairly well at the box-office. In 2011, he directed his biggest project to date, the action thriller Mankatha, featuring Ajith Kumar in the lead role went on to become one of the highest grossing tamil movies of all time.

Personal life[link]

Venkat Prabhu is the son of director-cum-music-director Gangai Amaran and older brother to actor, singer and music director Premji Amaran. His uncle is the music director Ilayaraaja and his cousins are the music composers Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja and singer Bhavatharini.^[17] S. P. B. Charan, producer of Prabhu's first directorial venture Chennai 600028, is his very close friend and they both have worked together on several projects.

He did his schooling at annur higher school in Chennai.^{[citation needed]} On 10 September 2001, Venkat Prabhu married Rajalakshmi, the foster daughter of dance teacher K. J. Sarasa, and has a daughter named Shivani.^[18] Shivani has already sung a song for the album Thaaaii when she was 5 years old.^[19]

Recurring collaborators[link]

Venkat Prabhu often casts certain actors more than once in his films. His younger brother Premji, Jai, Shiva, Vaibhav and Sampath Raj are among his most frequent acting collaborators.

Venkat's cousin, Yuvan Shankar Raja, has composed the music for all his films, whilst another cousin, Vasuki Bhaskar, contributes as the costume designer. Duo Praveen and Srikanth have been Venkat's editors and Sakthi Saravanan has served as cinematographer for all of Venkat's films.

Actor	Chennai 600028 (2007)	Saroja (2008)	Goa (2010)	Mankatha (2011)
Premji Amaren	Y	Y	Y	Y
Jai	Y	Cameo	Y
Shiva	Y	Y
Vaibhav		Y	Y	Y
Sampath Raj	Y	Y	Y	Voice over
Aravind Akash	Y	Cameo	Y	Y
Nithin Sathya	Y	Cameo
Vijay Vasanth	Y	Cameo		Cameo

Filmography[link]

Direction[link]

Acting[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Venkat Prabhu's Official Website
• Venkat Prabhu at the Internet Movie Database
• Venkat Prabhu's profile at Nilacharal