Star Portrait-Tamanna

Tamanna Bhatia who is well known as South Milky Beauty Tamanna is a south Indian model and actress who started her film career through her debut film in Hindi film “Chand Sa Roshan Chehra” but she was not recognized at that time. Later on she debuted into South films where she made her own mark in entire film industry.   Tamanna was born to Santhosh Bhatia and Rajani Bhatia on 21st December 1989 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father is a financial consultant and mother is Home maker. She started acting at the age of 13, she did her schooling in Maneckji Cooper Educational Trust School, Juhu, Mumbai and she is currently pursuing a BA degree at National College, Mumbai through distance education. She has a brother, Anand Bhatia. She can speak Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and English. Her real name is Tamanna later she changed her screen name for numerological reasons, varying it slightly to Tamannaah.  First she was spotted at her school’s annual day function and offered the lead role which she took up. She also appeared in the music video of ‘Lafzon Mein Keh Na Saku by Abhijeet Sawant’, the winner of the first Indian Idol. Tamanna has done many ads in Tamil for big companies such as Shakti Masala, Saravana Stores and RMKV. She also did few music albums before she entered the film industry. She stars in the commercial of Sun Direct.

Film Journey

Tamanna started her film journey through a Hindi film “Chand Sa Roshan Chehra” at the age of 13 years and made her debut in Tamil film industry with “Kedi” which did not do well at the box office. Her debut film in Telugu is “Sri” in which she played the leading female role opposite Manoj Kumar and in the following year she appeared in her first Tamil film “Kedi”. Her Role in Telugu film "Happy Days” brought her huge success in Tollywood. Her performance in the role of Madhu in "Happy Days" brought her critical acclaim. Film “Kalloori” in Tamil brought her craze in Kollywood too. ”. Presently she is acquiring popularity as a heroine in both Tollywood and Kollywood industries. After being part of the several commercially successful films she emerged as a leading contemporary actress in film industry. She staged a successful comeback in Tollywood in 2011 with the romance film “100% Love” in 2011 which won her several accolades. She was subsequently acted in several high-profile projects like “Oosaravelli”, “Rachcha”and “Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu” which became a block buster at box office. She established herself as one of Tollywood's leading modern actresses.  After establishing herself in Tollywood and Kollywood she again re-entered into Bollywood with the film “Himmatwala” opposite Ajay Devagab but the film didn’t ran well at box office and Tammana was not recognised in proper way so, than she is back to pavilion and she is currently busy with Telugu and Tamil films.  Her current release “Thadaka” is running with an above average talk at the box office.   

Brand Endorsement

Tamannaah is endorsing popular brands like Celkon Mobiles, Fanta and Chandrika Ayurvedic Soap. She is also the brand ambassador of the Salem based jewellery shop AVR and Khazana Jewellery. Before entering the film industry, she also acted in Tamil advertisements like Shakthi Masala, Power Soap and Sun Direct.She also worked with Virat Kohli recently for an ad shoot of celkon mobile.

Award Nominations

She nominated five times for Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the films, Tamil film “Kalloori” in  2007, Telugu film “Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam” in 2009,Tamil film “Kanden Kadhalai” in 2009, Tamil Film “Paiyaa” in 2010, Telugu film “100% Love” in  2011

She nominated three times for Vijay Awards  for Best Actress  for the Tamil films “Kanden Kadhalai” in  2009, “Ayan”  in 2009, “Paiyaa” in 2010

Awards Received

She won the CineMAA Award for Best Actress  for the Telugu film “100% Love” in 2011

She won the Hyderabad Times Film Award for the Telugu film “100% Love”

She won the Santhosham Awards as Best Actress for the performance in “100% Love”.

She won the Kalaimaamani Awards  By Tamil Nadu Government

She won the South Scope Award for Best Tamil Actress  for the Tamil Film “Kanden Kadhalai”

Star Portrait-Devi Sri Prasad

Devi Sri Prasad who is well known as DSP is one of the famous Music Director, Composer and Play singer in Tollywood, Kollywood and Bollywood film industry. He was born on 2nd August 1979 in Vedurupaka in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh and later on moved to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father Satyanand was a school master and his mother Siromani is a home maker. He has only one brother Sagar who is also a Play Back Singer and Anchor too. He completed his entire schooling at Sir M. Venkata Subba Rao Boys High School, Chennai and completed his graduation in Chennai only. He won several prizes in the culturals organised at inter-school level for both dance and singing competitions. He has directed music for several South Indian films and many of them are box office hits. Devi’s soundtracks are dubbed in several languages also. He is a big fan of Ilayaraja and A. R. Rahman.

Industry Journey.

Devi’s debut music album was “Dance Party” along with S. P. B. Charan and a few more debutants at the time, was the kick start of his music career. He started his music direction in the year 1999 through the Telugu film “Devi” which was musically hit. He is making his debut in Malayalam cinema with the forthcoming film Kandahar, which stars Mohanlal, Amitabh Bachchan and Surya Sivakumar in lead roles.

As a Lyric Writer.

He wrote lyrics for the many Telugu songs, ‘Vecha Vechaga’ song from “Vamsi”, ‘Premante Yemitante’ song from “Anandam”, ‘Chaila Chaila’ song from “Shankar Dada MBBS” and ‘Udayainche Suryadinadigaa’ and ‘Akaasam...’ songs from “Kalusukovalani”. ‘Chandamama Okati’ song from “Oka Oorilo”, ‘Thellarindoi..’ and ‘Chaila chaila..’ songs from “Shankardada MBBS”, ‘Good morning Hyderabad’ song from “Shankardada Zindabad”, ‘Pilla...’ song from “Gabbar Singh” , and ‘O Madhu’ song from “Julai”

As a Play Back Singer.

Some of the Songs he performed as a playback singer are Vecha Vechaga, Chitiksethe Alalaina, Jagada Jagada, Mudula Chiluka, Maakakrledu, Hot Summer, Lakapidathala, Tha Thai Tha Thai, Pantham Pantham, Andee Andaka, Hylessa, Just Love Me Baby, etc.

As a Composer.

Some films that he composed soundtracks include Yamudu, Manmadha Baanam, Mr. Perfect, 100% Love, Adurs, Arya 2, King, Current, Ready, Jalsa, Tulasi, Bommarillu, Rakhi, Pournai, Aaru, Andarivaadu, Namo Venkatesa, Rakhwala Pyar Ka ,Sye Aata, Yamudu, Singam, Manmadha Baanam, Dhada, Simhaputrudu, Oosaravelli, Gabbar Singh, Julayi ,Damarukam, Sarocharu , Bad Boy, Alex Pandian, Mirchi,  Iddarammayilatho, etc. He composed song for the Telugu Cinema Vajrotsavam.

Awards

He received Film fare Best Telugu Music Director Award three times for the films “Varsham”, “Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana” and “Bommarillu”. He got Santosham Best Music Director Award three times for the films, “Varsham”, “Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana “ and “Jalsa”. He received Isai Aruvi Tamil Music Awards, Best Music Director and CineMAA Award for Best Music Director for the film “Arya 2”. He received MAA Music Awards Most Popular Music Director for the film “Gabbar Singh” . IIFA Award for Best Music Director for the tamil film “Venghai” and TSR TV9 Award for Best Music Director for Telugu film “Damarukam”