Shriya Saran is an Indian film Actress and Model. She has acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada.

Shriya Saran Bhatnagar was born on 11 September 1982 in the Haridwar in Northern India, to Pushpendra Saran Bhatnagar and Neeraja Saran Bhatnagar. Her father worked for Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and her mother was a chemistry teacher in Delhi Public School, Ranipur in Haridwar and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. Saran completed her schooling from both schools where her mother had taught. She has an elder brother named Abhiroop who lives in Mumbai.Her family lived in the small town of BHEL colony in Haridwar when she was growing up. She later studied at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhiand received a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature.

Saran is an accomplished dancer. She was first trained as a child by her mother in Kathak and Rajasthani folk dance, and later trained in Kathak style by Shovana Narayan. She was involved with many dance teams in college and with her teacher. They would incorporate social issues into their dance routines.

In 2001, her dance master gave her the opportunity to appear in Renoo Nathan’s debut music video “Thirakti Kyun Hawa”, which brought Saran to the attention of many Indian filmmakers. Although Saran aspired to become a well-known dancer, she was offered a leading role. Thus, Saran made her film debut in 2001 with the Telugu film ‘Ishtam’ and had her first commercial success with ‘Santhosham’ (2002).

She subsequently appeared in several more Telugu films, while making in-roads in the Hindi and Tamil industries. In 2007, Saran starred in ‘Sivaji’, the highest-grossing Tamil film at that time. She also gained critical acclaim for her role in the 2007 Bollywood film ‘Awarapan’. In 2008, Saran played the lead role in her first English film, the American-Indian co-production ‘The Other End of the Line’. Her following projects included popular films such as ‘Kanthaswamy’ (2009) in Tamil and ‘Pokkiri Raja’ (2010) in Malayalam — roles that established her as one of the leading actresses in the South Indian film industries. In 2012, she was cast in the British-Canadian film ‘Midnight’s Children’ under the direction of Deepa Mehta, based on Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, for which she received international critical acclaim. She achieved further commercial success by starring in films such as Pavitra (2013) and Chandra (2013). In 2014, Saran starred in the critically acclaimed Telugu film ‘Manam’, which she received accolades for her performance.

In addition to her work in films, Saran has been the brand ambassador for brands across India, endorsing beauty and health products. Among other philanthropic activities, she has volunteered for charity organizations. In 2011 she opened a spa employing exclusively visually challenged people. She also was the brand ambassador Celebrity Cricket League for its two first seasons.

some of her recent movies are ‘Life is Beautiful’, ‘Pavitra’, ‘Manam’, ‘Gopala Gopala’, ‘Drishyam’, ‘Oopiri’, ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’.

Tamannaah Bhatia known as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.

Tamannaah Bhatia was born on 21 December 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to Santhosh and Rajani Bhatia. She has an elder brother, Anand. Her father is a diamond merchant. She is of Sindhi descent. She did her schooling in SJR high School, Mumbai. She later changed her screen name for numerological reasons, varying it slightly to Tamannaah. She has been working since the age of 13, when she was spotted at her school’s annual day function and offered a lead role, which she took up, and then also became a part of Mumbai’s Prithvi Theatre for a year. She also appeared in Abhijeet Sawant’s album song “Lafzo Mein” from the album Aapka Abhijeet which was released in the year 2005.

Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in ‘Sri’, and the next year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, ‘Kedi’. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, ‘Happy Days’ in Telugu and ‘Kalloori’ in Tamil.

Her projects include the Tamil films ‘Ayan’ (2009), ‘Paiyaa’ (2010), ‘Sura’ (2010), ‘Siruthai’ (2011), Veeram’ (2014) and Telugu films include ‘100% Love’ (2011), ‘Racha’ (2012), ‘Thadaka’ (2013), ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’ (2015), ‘Bengal Tiger’ (2015) and ‘Oopiri’ (2016). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema.

Tamannaah has acted with major actors including Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Prabhu Deva, Suriya, Karthi, Dhanush, Jayam Ravi, Arya, Vijay Sethupathi, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ravi Teja, Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh. She is one of the highest paid actresses in South Indian cinema. She acted nearly 50 films in three different languages- Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

She is the first actress from India who was nominated at Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to Jessica Chastain for Crimson Peak.

Tamannaah received the Kalaimamani Award in 2010 from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

some of her recent movies are ‘Aagadu’, ‘Speedunnodu’, ‘Abhinetri’, ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’.

Prabhas is an Indian Film Actor known for his works in Telugu cinema.

Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod Uppalapati and sister Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Krishnam Raju Uppalapati.

In 2015, he played a titular role in the epic’Baahubali: The Beginning’ (2015), which is the third Global highest grossing Indian film of all time, and the highest grossing Indian film of all time within India.

Prabhas started his movie career with ‘Eshwar’ in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in ‘Raghavendra’. In 2004, he appeared in ‘Varsham’. He continued his career with ‘Adavi Raamudu’ and ‘Chakram’.

In September 2005 he acted in the film ‘Chatrapathi’ directed by S. S. Rajamouli, in which he portrays the role of a refugee, exploited by goons. It had a 100-day run in 54 centers.

Later he acted in’Pournami’, ‘Yogi’ and ‘Munna’, an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy ‘Bujjigadu’ in 2008. In 2009 his two films were ‘Billa’ and ‘Ek Niranjan’.

In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy’Darling’ and in 2011, ‘Mr. Perfect’, another romantic comedy. In 2012, Prabhas starred in ‘Rebel’, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was ‘Mirchi’. He rendered voice for a short cameo for the film ‘Denikaina Ready’.

In 2015 he appeared in S.S. Rajamouli’s epic ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’. The film became the third highest grossing film worldwide in India and garnered critical and commercial praise all over the world. The sequel is set to release in 2017.

Manchu Manoj Kumar is an Indian Film Actor known for his works exclusively in Telugu Cinema.

Manchu Manoj Kumar was born on 20 May 1983 to film actor Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi Manchu and an elder brother Vishnu Manchu who are both Tollywood actors. He received his bachelor’s degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Manoj first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in Major Chandrakanth. Manoj made his film debut in a leading role with ‘Donga Dongadi’ in 2004. He received state Nandi Special Jury Award for his work in ‘Bindaas’.

Manoj was familiar to Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child actor in his own banner movies where his father Mohan Babu is shown as a child in flashbacks. He was well received for the role he played in the movie ‘Punyabhoomi Naa Desam’ starred by his father.

He started his career as a hero in 2004 with a movie called ‘Donga Dongadi’. In 2005, he appeared in the movie ‘Sri’ and next in ‘Raju Bhai’ in 2007. His movie ‘Nenu Meeku Telusa…?’ was an average grosser but known for its melodious music. In 2009 his first movie ‘Prayanam’ in the direction of Chandra Sekhar Yeleti did moderately well. His first movie in 2010, ‘Bindaas’ turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. Another movie in 2010, ‘Vedam’ was a critical and commercial success. He gained accolades for his role in Vedam. In 2012, he starred in ‘Mr. Nookayya’ and ‘Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?’. In March 2013, he announced 5 films. His subsequent releases were ‘Potugadu’, ‘Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda’ and ‘Current Theega’.

in 2015-16 he did movies like ‘Dongaata’, ‘Shourya, ‘Attack’.

in 2017 his movie Gunturodu released with positive response.