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Arasha Lalani is an American-Indian actress in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from Emerson College where she studied an individually-designed interdisciplinary major inside of the Performing Arts. After moving to LA, she secured a spot as a cast member on Youtube's Smosh. On January 1st of 2024, she launched her podcast, Spitball, a comfort show both recorded and filmed on all platforms. Arasha is managed by Steinberg Talent Management.

Sidhu Jonnalagadda was born on 7 February 1992 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is an actor and writer, known for DJ Tillu (2022), Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma (2020) and Krishna and His Leela (2020).

Neeraj is among India's leading contemporary filmmakers and is a National Award-winning director of the critically acclaimed Indo-French drama Masaan. The film received widespread acclaim from critics, mainstream media, and audiences alike, currently ranks among the top 250 films of all time from India. It won the FIPRESCI prize and the Promising Future prize (Prix avenir prometteur) in the Un Certain Regard section at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Aside from feature films, Neeraj co-directed the second season of Netflix's acclaimed flagship crime drama series Sacred Games. In addition to his film and television work, Neeraj is a highly sought-after commercial director. He directed the widely popular Fuelled By Love commercial for British Airways and the Touch of Care commercial for Vicks, which starred real-life transgender activist Gauri Sawant. The commercial won the Bronze Lion at Cannes in 2017. He directed Geeli Pucchi, the most critically-acclaimed segment of the Netflix anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans from Dharmatic. Neeraj's films have earned four Filmfare awards so far. He has wrapped shooting Season 2 of Amazon's critically-acclaimed drama Made in Heaven, and is currently developing his next feature film with a leading Indian production company, scheduled to go into production next year.

Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is an Indian actor and producer predominantly working in Telugu films. He is the owner of Advitha Creative Studios, a VFX company. They have provided special effects in movies like Legend (2014), To Father with Love (2016), and Krishnashtami (2016).

Ram is the son of the late politician and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna. He is also the grandson of politician and producer N.T. Rama Rao. His half-brother is the reputed actor N.T. Rama Rao Jr..

Ram attended St. Paul's in Hyderabad and KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, for his schooling. He earned his engineering degree from Coimbatore and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America.

Ram debuted in 1989 with the film Bala Gopaludu (1989) alongside his uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna.

After setting up his production company, he produced Athanokkade (2005), which was the directorial debut film of Surender Reddy.

He also acted in a series of films, including Abhimanyu (2003), Asadhyudu (2006), Vijaya Dasami (2007), Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), Hare Ram (2008), Jayeebhava (2009), and Kalyan Ram Kathi (2010).

In 2013, he produced and starred in Om 3D (2013). In 2015, he also produced the film Kick 2 (2015), starring Ravi Teja in the lead role. Ram also acted in the movie Sher (2015) alongside Sonal Chauhan.

In 2016, he produced and starred in the film Ism (2016) as the undercover journalist Satya Marthand. The next year, he appeared in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu (2017).

In 2019, he played his father on the silver screen in the film NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) and NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019). In 2020, he acted in Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020), an official remake of the Gujarati film Oxygen (2018).

He also produced and acted as the main character in the Telugu fantasy action film Bimbisara (2022).

Agerwal was born in Hyderabad and brought up in Bangalore. Born into a Hindi-speaking Marwari family, she can understand as well as speak Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. Her schooling was at Vidyashilp Academy and Vidya Niketan School. She holds a graduation in Business Management from Christ University, Bengaluru. She is well trained in ballet, kathak and belly dance. In 2016, director Sabbir Khan confirmed that Agarwal was signed as the lead in his film Munna Michael.

Vijay Varma began his acting journey as a theatre artist, who went on to work in both Hindi and Telegu films. He was nominated for a Filmfare award for his exceptional performance in Gully Boy (2019), a coming of age story about an aspiring street rapper from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, directed by Zoya Akhtar. It was India's official entry at the Academy Awards, 2020.

Vijay was born in a Marwari family in Hyderabad, the youngest of three siblings. After finishing his postgraduate course in Hyderabad, he shifted base to Mumbai to become an actor against his family's wishes. He secretly did theatre and secured a seat at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and for which he ran away to Pune. His friend paid the fees for the two year acting course and also helped with his monthly allowance.

Vijay's first acting job was a short film titled 'Shor', which was highly acclaimed at festivals and won the Best Short Film at the MIAAC festival, New York. He then went onto play the role of a young revolutionary in the critically acclaimed period drama 'Chittagong' (was shot in 2010, released in 2012), which won two National awards. He played the leading role in Monsoon Shootout (2013). The film was an official selection at Cannes Film Festival 2013, (however the film found theatrical release only in 2017). He captured the critics' and audience attention for his portrayal of a violent and abusive boy in the sleeper hit Pink (2016). Though it was Gully Boy (2019) that brought Vijay into the limelight! With a breakout performance of a cunning yet empathetic street hustler, he made it to the list of '100 best acting performances of the decade' by Film Companion. Soon after that he was seen playing a part of a narrator in Super 30 (2019). In 2020, Vijay saw more commercial success with Baaghi 3 (2020). He was also part of the Hindi-language anthology horror film Ghost Stories (2020), where he was paired opposite Janhvi Kapoor, the film was directed by Zoya Akhtar and was aired on Netflix. Vijay gave a tour de force performance of a psychopathic narcotics kingpin in the widely watched Netflix series She (2020). Vijay's portrayal of 'Sasya', impressed the audience and critics. He was recently seen in Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara (2020).

Vijay's upcoming projects include Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy (2020) (based on the novel by Vikram Seth) for the BBC, and Anand Gandhi's mini-series, a sci-fi mockumentary 'OK Computer'.

Vijay is an avid video gamer and lives on the mantra, 'watch one film every day'.

Neil is a television, stage, and film actor known for his versatile acting skills across all formats. Neil received tremendous praise for his roles in Shaitan and No One Killed Jessica. He has also acted in the Indian adaptation of the international hit series 24, alongside Anil Kapoor and Shabana Azmi. He played the lead role in NH10 opposite Anushka Sharma, which won praise from both audiences and critics. Most recently he starred in Kaalakaandi with Saif Ali Khan and Lust Stories with Bhoomi Pednekar, and was also a part of an Amazon series - 4 More Shots Please directed by Anu Menon. He is presently shooting for a film for Drishyam Films.

Kartikeya Gummakonda, is an Indian film actor who appears in Telugu films. He is from Telangana, India.

After completing his education from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal. He made some short films and later on in year 2016 he started is debut film Prematho Mee Karthik and is was released in 2017. After that he started his 2nd film RX 100. The film received highly positive reviews and was declared 'Double Blockbuster' at box office appreaciating the lead cast performances and screenplay of the movie was highly appreciated. The film got craze for its bold scenes showcased in the trailer. His Next film is directed by Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan, Produced by S. Thanu

Srikanth Iyengar was born on 19 August 1970 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is an actor, known for Dear Comrade (2019), Vakeel Saab (2021) and Game Changer (2025).

Tottempudi Gopichand is an Indian film actor and producer who primarily works in Telugu films. Born to the late T. Krishna, a Telugu filmmaker who wrote, edited, and directed numerous movies like Neti Bharatam (1983), he was not focused on acting at an early age.

Gopichand did his schooling at the Ramakrishna Mission School in Chennai. Later, he moved to Russia to complete his degree in mechanical engineering. Around this time, his older brother, who was working as an associate director under Muthyala Subbaiah, died in a car accident. He decided to extend his father's legacy and pursued a course in dialogue modulation. From there on, he started focusing more on the film industry.

Gopichand made his acting debut in 2001 with the Telugu film Tholi Valapu (2001), in which he played the role of the protagonist, Prem. The film did not fare well at the box office.

He went on to play the antagonist in three Telugu movies, Jayam (2002), Nijam (2003), and Varsham (2004). His performance in Jayam was especially well-received critically and commercially.

Gopichand's debut in Tamil cinema happened in 2003 with the film Jayam (2003), in which he reprised his role from the original Telugu version. He continued to star in several successful Telugu films, including Yagnam (2004), Ranam (2006), and Lakshyam (2007).

Gopichand is known for his action and drama roles. Despite playing the role of a protagonist in most of his movies, he has won awards in the 'Best Villain' category four times and has been nominated for the same once. He played notable antagonist roles in films like Jayam, Nijam, and Varsham and won the CineMAA, Filmfare, and Nandi Awards for 'best villain' in all these movies.

In 2013, Gopichand married Reshma, the niece of Telugu actor Meka Srikanth. Gopichand and Reshma are blessed with two children, Virat (born in 2014) and Viyaan (born in 2018).

Apart from his film career, Gopichand is also involved in philanthropic work. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he donated Rs. 10 lakhs to the Corona Crisis Charity.

A Bengali actress who achieved success young, Sharmila appeared in numerous Bengali classics before making the jump to Hindi cinema, which first made her a romantic actress and later a legendary actress thanks to her intense films opposite Superstar Rajesh Khanna. A distant relative of poet Rabindranath Tagore, she is also the wife of His Highness Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi, with whom she has three children, actor Saif Ali Khan born 16 August 1970, Saba and Soha Ali Khan, born 4 October 1978. Her pairing with Shammi Kapoor made her famous in the sixties but as an actress she evolved and became popular due to different films, each belonging to different genre, she did opposite the Superstar Rajesh Khanna.The pair gave 6 box office blockbusters and 3 unfortunate box office flops which were critically acclaimed films. Sharmila's pairing opposite male actors Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor was loved by the audiences, though Khanna-Sharmila pair remained the most popular with both critics and audience.

Sri Divya is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu and Tamil films. She started her acting career as a child artist in the movie Bharathi (2006) in 2006 and won the Nandi Award for Best Child Actress.

She completed her primary schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hyderabad, in Telangana. She is a graduate of SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Sri Divya's debut film in a lead role was the 2010 Telugu film Mansara (2010). She played Anjali in the film directed by Ravi Babu.

She achieved success with the romantic Telugu film Bus Stop (2012), where she played Sailaja. Her co-star in the movie was Prince Cecil.

Her next role in 2013 was as Lakshmi in the film Mallela Theeramlo Sirimalle Puvvu (2013), a lonely wife in love with a writer.

In the same year, she debuted in Tamil movies with Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) and played the role of Latha Pandi. Sri Divya won the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress for this film. Her performance got positive reviews from writer Baradwaj Rangan.

The year 2014 saw Sri Divya play Jenny in the sports drama Jeeva (2014) and Yamuni in the romantic comedy Vellaikaara Durai (2014) with Vikram Prabhu.

In 2015, she played Divya in the Tamil action thriller Kaaki Sattai (2015) and Manaswini in the Telugu romantic drama Kerintha (2015).

She had six releases in 2016. She was a part of Bangalore Naatkal (2016), where she played Divya Raghavan, and Maaveeran Kittu (2016), where she played Gomathi.

She was also part of the romantic thriller Pencil (2016), where she played Maya. Then, in Marudhu (2016), she played Bhagyalakshmi.

Her next movie was Remo (2016), where she played the role of Divya.

Her last release in 2016 was Kaashmora (2016), where she played Yamini.

Her only release in 2017 was the Tamil horror comedy Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2017), where she played Swetha.

She was part of the 2022 Malayalam crime thriller Jana Gana Mana (2022), where she played Padma.

Meghana Chowdary was born on 3 July 1988 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She is an actress, known for Rudranetri (2022), Naked: The Lust (2020) and Yedu Chepala Katha (2019).

Born on 15th June 1988 in Hyderabad to Marathi mother and Telugu father. Her Father served as Central Government Employee in ESIC Hyderabad. Spending a lot of her childhood in Maharashtra with her mother and siblings she has a more command over Marathi than Telugu. Later her schooling and further education happened in Hyderabad. Seeing her interest in cultural activities her parents encouraged her to join Bal Bhavan Since then she has been trained in classical dancing and western as well which helped her a lot in her future in her acting career.

Made her acting debut as a child artist in the Telugu film "Aahaa" which starred Jagapati Babu in 1998 directed by Suresh Krishna and produced under Annapurna Studios banner. Since she has been active in films and shared the screen with the South India's top actors like Mega Star Chiranjeevi, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Jagapati Babu, Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan, Hero Jeyam Ravi, Hero Allu Arjun, Hero Siddharth and many others. Worked under eminent Directors like K.Raghavendra Rao, Jayanth C.Paranjee, Srinu Vaitla,Gunasekhar, Kishore(Dolly), Koratala Siva,Lawrence,Ameer Sultan, Suresh Krishna to name a few.

Her performance in Akkineni Nagarjuna . and Lawrence Master's Mass movie got her a good recognition and name, was later chosen for a prominent role in Shankar Dada MBBS, the blockbuster film of Mega star Chiranjeevi Which continued with a lot of films since then. Known for choosing decent roles in top movies playing prominent roles at regular intervals, entertaining the Telugu and Tamil audiences.

She has also anchored a TV travel show named Vihari The Traveller on Maa Tv which has a record telecast of 12years since its inception. Making her the first anchor in the Telugu television history to host a programme for more than 10 years of telecast. She started her Television Career with Yuva in 2007 produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna . aired on Maa Tv. And since then she has been working in various television serials such as Love serial in Maa Tv as Dr.Kavita, As Narmada in Pasupu kumkuma, Devi in Mogalirekulu , Poojanath in Sravana Sameeralu, Aishwarya in Nuvva Nena, Dr.Subhadra in Abhishekam , Hita in Yamuna (Tamil) and Nathicharami (Telugu), as Suryarekha in Neelikaluvalu

Ritu Varma is an Indian film actress from Telangana who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She is best known for her performance in the short film Anukokunda and the movie Pelli Choopulu, which elevated her into overnight fame. She received Nandi Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress - South for her performance in Pelli Choopulu.

Kaumudi is also an accomplished singer who was trained under Shri DV Mohan Krishna and sang in movies like "Vangaveeti" and also an Independent musician. Kaumudi has also worked as an Assistant Director for "Annamayya Paataku Pattabhishekam" in Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel (SVBC). She has hosted a few shows like "Talking movies with iDream", "Melodies and Memories"m "#50 with Kaumudi" among others. She has worked as an Executive Producer for "Sye Sye Sayyare" on ETV channel.

Venky Atluri was born on 10 August 1988 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is a writer and director, known for Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023) and Rang De (2021).

Ram Pothineni is an Indian actor who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.

His uncle, Ravi Kishore, owns a film production company, Sri Sravanthi Movies. He is known for producing hit romantic comedies like Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav (2001), Linga Babu Love Story (1995) and many others.

Actor Sharwanand, who has acted in numerous films like Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), for which he received the SIIMA Award for the best male debut- Tamil is his cousin.

Pothineni made his theatrical debut with the film Devadasu (2006). This film is a romantic drama directed by Y.V.S. Chowdary. He played the role of Devadas and won the Filmfare Award South under the category of Best Male Debut in 2007.

He went on to work in the Telugu film Jagadam (2007), written and directed by Sukumar.

In 2008, he worked in the action-comedy film Ready (2008) directed by Sreenu Vaitla, opposite actress Genelia Deshmukh. He was nominated under the category of Best Actor - Telegu in the Filmfare awards South for his role in the film.

Pothineni worked in two movies in 2009. He worked in the romantic action-comedy film Maska (2009) where he played the role of Krishna, and the romantic drama film Ganesh (2009) where he played the role of Ganesh.

In 2010, he worked in Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010), an action-drama film produced by Dil Raju, where he played the role of Rama Krishna.

In 2011, Pothineni acted in the film Kandireega (2011) as Srinivas or Sreenu. This film is a romantic comedy action film directed by Santosh Srinivas. He was again nominated under the Best Actor - Telegu category in the Filmfare awards South.

He played the dual role of Ram and Krishna in Endukante... Premanta (2012), a fantasy romantic comedy written and directed A. Karunakaran.

He went on to act in films like Ongole Githa (2013), Masala (2013), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Shivam (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Hyper (2016), Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017), and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018).

In 2019, Pothineni acted in the film iSmart Shankar (2019) as Sankar. He was nominated for Best Actor in the 10th South Indian International Move Awards and Zee Cine Awards Telugu in 2021 for his role in this film.

He also won the Zee Cine awards Telugu Sensational star of the year.

In 2021, he worked in the film Red (2021). He also made a cameo appearance in Romantic (2021).

Besides Telegu films, Pothineni acted in a Tamil short film titled Adayaalam, in which he essayed the role of an 18-year-old drug addict. He was highly appreciated for this role and won the Best Actor award at the European Movies Festival. He was only 11 when he played this role.

In 2022, he debuted in the Tamil film industry with the film The Warriorr (2022).

Donna Munshi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She is known for Karwaan (2018), Indori Ishq (2021) and Daayre (2023).

Teja Sajja is a former child artist turned actor known for his works in the Telugu Film Industry. Teja entered the film industry at a very young age and has acted in many successful films. Teja made his debut as a child artist at the age of two in Megastar Chiranjeevi's Choodalani Vundi and acted in about fifty other films alongside leading actors from the industry. Besides Tollywood, Teja also starred in some notable Kollywood and Hollywood movies. He made his debut in 2019 with the super hit film Oh! Baby. He is expected to be launched as the lead actor in his upcoming projects which include a film titled Zombie Reddy directed by Prasanth Varma and another fantasy flick directed by Mallik Ram.

In addition to his acting career, Teja also endorses a leading Indian brand.

Suryadevara Naga Vamsi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is known for Jersey (2019), Lucky Baskhar (2024) and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020).

Sai Dharam Tej was born on 15 October 1986 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is an actor, known for Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham (2014), Virupaksha (2023) and Republic (2021).

Deepika Pilli was born on 15 April 1999 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She is an actress, known for Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi (2025), Wanted PanduGod (2022) and Comedy Stock Exchange (2022).

Tanikella Bharani is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 750 films, including Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He has won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards.

Tanikella's ancestry includes poets and literary figures of Telugu literature. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani and Viswanatha Satyanarayana were his grand uncles. Divakarla Tirupati Sastry one of the Telugu poet duo Tirupati Venkata Kavulu was his great-grand-uncle.

Tanikella directed the Telugu drama film Mithunam (2012) featuring S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and Lakshmi. Tanikella Bharani received CineMAA Award Special Jury Award for Best Direction for this film.

Srinivas Avasarala was born on 19 March 1984 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is an actor and writer, known for Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014), Jyo Achyutananda (2016) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024).