- Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai, also known as Ash, is an Indian actress. She was awarded the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya Rai has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. She is currently regarded as one of the biggest names in Bollywood.
- Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and Supermodel. Since making her debut in the film "Baazigar" (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 films, her first leading role being in 1994 in "Aag". She resides at the centre of the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.
- M. Karunanidhi
M. Karunanidhi or Karunanidhi Muthuvel generally referred to as M.K and Dr. Kalaingar (கலைஞர்), is the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is one of the founder members and the president of the DMK political party in the state of Tamil Nadu DMK from the death of C.N. Annadurai in 1969 till date. He has been the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times (1969-71, 1971-74, 1989-91, 1996-2001 and 2006-date).
- A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an internationally renowned musician, best known for composing film scores and soundtracks. In a career spanning over a decade, Rahman has sold more than one hundred million records world-wide, and sold over two hundred million cassettes making him one of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists.
- Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan is the daughter of P. R. Balan , the Vice President of ETC Channel and her mother is a homemaker. She has an older sister named Priya. Vidya attended St. Anthony's Girls High School, St. Xavier's College, Bombay and later the University of Mumbai. She gradutaed in sociology. Balan's Bollywood debut film was Pradeep Sarkar's Parineeta (2005). She had appeared in many TV ads directed by Pradeep Sarkar before making her debut in his film.
- Nayanthara
- Priyamani
Priyamani is a model/actress who started her career with the film "Kangalal Kaithu Sei", which was a flop at the box-office. Afterwards, she was paired with Dhanush in Balu Mahendra's "Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam", which did well at the box-office.
- Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is a four time National Film Award winning Indian film actor. He began his career as a child artist in many films, while also attending a theatre for stage plays, to follow his dream to act. Kamal Haasan gained the Indian cinema's attention in 1960 by playing an Award-winning role in his first blockbuster, "Kalathur Kannamma" and since then he has acted in over two hundred Indian films.
- Abdul Kalam
Abul Pakir Jainulbadeen Abdul Kalam born October 15, 1931, Tamil Nadu, India, usually referred to as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ^) is the current President of India. A notable scientist and engineer, he is often referred to as the "Missile Man of India" for his work and is considered a leading progressive, mentor, innovator and visionary in India.
- P. Chidambaram
P. Chidambaram (or sometimes mistakenly referred Palaniappan Chidambaram) is an Indian politician. He is the present Finance Minister of India, in the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He has held the portfolio since May 2004, when the UPA formed the government. He was also a cabinet minister with the same portfolio for a brief period in the United Front coalition government from 1996 to 1998.
- Tanisha Mukherjee
Tanisha Mukherjee (born 1 January, 1978 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), known as Tanisha, is a Bollywood actress.
- Suman Ranganathan
Suman Ranganathan is an Indian model and actress who has starred in many Hindi and Tamil films.<br>;she still does some modelling work. She also was a part of a team of judges in the Mr India World 2007.
- Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; born November 26, 1954), sometimes referred to as Pirabaharan or Thambi, was born in the northern coastal town of Velvettithurai, Sri Lanka to "Thiruvenkadam Velupillai" and "Vallipuram Parvathy". At the age of 21, he founded the organisation now known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and is currently its leader.
- Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer. Mani Ratnam revolutionised the Tamil filmindustry and is one of the best directors in India.
- Meera Jasmine
Meera Jasmine (born Jasmine Mary Joseph on 15 February 1984) is an Indian actress from Kerala. She won India's National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in 2003 Malayalam film "Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilaapam". Meera Jamine is the highest paid Malayalam actress
- Esha Deol
Esha Deol (Hindi:ईशा धियोल)(born November 2, 1982) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.
- Nandita Das
Nandita Das (born November 7, 1969 in Delhi, India) is an Indian actress. Das gained popularity in the 1990s by starring in Deepa Mehta films like "Fire" (1996) and "Earth" (1998).
- Sarath Kumar
Sarath Kumar an actor and politician. He has good reputation as actor in Kollywood, also he is the present president of South Indian Film Artistes Association. He started his career in Kollywood as a villain, and slowly transformed to second hero in Vijaykanth movies. After few movies as second hero, KS Ravikumar launched him as lead hero in his project which was a success at Box-office.
- Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, Tamil:மஹேஷ் பாபு,born August 9, 1974 in Madras(Chennai), India, fondly known as PRINCE by fans, is an actor in the Indian Telugu movie industry.
- Samy Vellu
Samy Vellu told to stop passing the buck
- Reema Sen
Reema Sen decided to join the movies after she became confident in front of the camera. Her first film was a low budget film, "Chitram (Telugu)" , in which she acted against Uday Kiran. Later she did a Tamil film, "Minnale", which was also a major hit. She tried to prove herself in Bollywood but failed as the film "Hum Hogaye Aap Ke" was a flop. However, she is getting good offers from Bollywood.
- Hema Malini
Hema Malini is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the extremely successful "Sholay". She is the most successful female filmstar of Bollywood. She has starred in a large number of hit films and is considered a living legend. She is remembered as Bollywood's one and only Dream Girl. She is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the party in Rajya Sabha, …
- Mammootty
Muhammed Kutty, better known by his screen name Mammootty, is a very popular Indian film actor. He has acted in more than three hundred films, most of them in Malayalam cinema. Mammootty is the recipient of three National film awards for Best Actor, six State awards and six Filmfare awards in the "best actor" category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1998. Mammootty is also the current Chairman of Malayalam Communications, …
- Goundamani
Goundamani is one of the most famous Tamil comedians. Goundamani, like most actors from his era, gained entry into the Tamil film industry [Kollywood] due to his strong theatrical background. Known as Mani initially, he was later christened KounderMani due to his excellent portrayal of a "Kounder" in one of his early plays. KounderMani or Koundamani was then corrupted into [Goundamani].
- Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and music composer. He gained fame for his album entitled "Breathless" in which he apparently sings constantly for 2 minutes and 19 seconds without pausing for taking a breath. He is an engineering graduate trained in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. Shankar Mahadevan hails from the Tamil Iyer community. In Bollywood he is more popularly known for being part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio of music directors.
- Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha, popularly known as Udit Narayan is a playback singer in the Hindi, Tamil and Nepali cinema. He was born in a village called Bharadah in Saptari, Nepal.
- Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta is an Indian model-actress of Czech-origin currently working in India. She was married to Indian painter Satyakam Gupta, although they formally separated on 18th May 2005. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers, including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Femina, and now on Maxim. Gupta modeled for the premier Kingfisher's calendar and has performed dance numbers in three films including the remix of "babuji zara dheere chalo".
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja is a popular film composer from Tamil Nadu. He is one of the most successful composers in South India.
- Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan born on 4th May 1983 as Trisha Krishnamurthy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) an actress in the Tamil and Telugu film industry. She rose to fame with her roles in "Saamy" and "Ghilli".
- Sundar C
Sundar C is a Tamil language director who has recently gone on a sabbatical in order to become an actor. He had directed 28 films in the Tamil language film industry and has acted in one project but has signed up for five more. He is married to popular actress Kushboo and has two daughters.
- Anton Balasingham
Anton Stanislaus Balasingham was the chief political strategist and chief negotiator of the separatist militant group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which is banned by EU, the USA and several other countries as a terrorist organization. He was a British citizen of minority Tamil origin from Sri Lanka.
- Dayanidhi Maran
Dayanidhi Maran (born December 5, 1966, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India) is a member of parliament in India’s 14th Lok Sabha from Madras Central constituency. Till May 2007 he was Minister of Communications and IT in the Union Cabinet. He is the son of Late Mr.Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi. He is the younger brother of Kalanidhi Maran, the founder and managing director of Sun Network, …
- R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan, also called "Maddy", is a prominent regional Indian film actor, a game show host, a mobile game character, and an active PETA campaigner. He started to act in Hindi television serials and appear in advertisements and commercials before he started his film acting career. He currently acts in regional industries across India with the Tamil film industry being his main focus. Madhavan has also acted in Hindi films, English films, …
- Swarnamalya
Swarnamalya is a Tamil actress and TV anchor. She is also a bharathanatyam dancer.
- Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran :(born on September 11, 1982) is an Indian film actress. She began her career acting in Telugu language films in the Telugu cinema industry, while also attending an acting studio, to follow her dream to act. After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, she gained Indian cinema's attention in 2002 by playing the role of Bhanu in Santhosham, her first major hit. She reached superstardom by enacting the role of Anjali in the Telugu language film, Nuvve Nuvve, …
- Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider repertoire. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 950 Bollywood movies and sold many records. She is the sister of the equally accomplished Lata Mangeshkar. Asha Bhosle is considered as one of the most versatile of South Asian singers — her range of songs includes film music, …
- Lakshman Kadirgamar
Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar PC (April 12, 1932 - August 12, 2005) was a Sri Lankan politician. After a distinguished career as a lawyer and international humanitarian, he was appointed as foreign minister of Sri Lanka in 1994 by President Chandrika Kumaratunga. He achieved international prominence in this position due his wide ranging condemnation of the LTTE and his efforts to have then banned internationally.
- K. S. Ravikumar
K.S. Ravikumar is a Tamil film director and actor, who has a reputation for directing big strong films. His movies are more have mixtures ranging from comedy to action thrillers. He has worked with all the major stars of the South Indian industry including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan,Vijay, Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Chiranjeevi, Madhavan and Ajith Kumar. He is one of South India's best directors
- Jayam Ravi
Jayam Ravi is a Tamil Cinema actor. Jayam Ravi is the upcoming star of Tamil Cinema. He debuted with "Jayam" released in 2002 produced by his father editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. He is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai, he decided to get into the acting industry.
- K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander (born July 9-1930 in Nannilam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer. He is known for his distinct filmmaking style; the films he scripts and directs analyse unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. In his career, he has encouraged and contributed to the flourishing of the Tamil film industry in South India, …