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Vasanthabalan is an Indian Tamil film director and screenwriter.He has made critically acclaimed films including Veyil (2006), Angadi Theru (2010) and Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014).Vasanthabalan began his film career as an editing assistant and later became an assistant director to S.Shankar in the latter's directorial debut, Gentleman (1993). He continued to work under Shankar in three more films-Kaadhalan (1994), Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998)-and first attempted to make a film titled Aathi with Rajasekar in the lead role, but the project was stalled. He later made his break as an independent director with the box-office failure Album (2002).
His second film, produced by Shankar's S Pictures, Veyil (2006) was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. It was shown as the Indian representative at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.His next release, Angadi Theru (2010), showcased a romantic tale set in the famous Ranganathan Street in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The film won critical acclaim and was a commercial success as well. It was shortlisted for India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2012, he released Aravaan, a period film based on the novel Kaaval Kottam that reflects the life of people of South Tamil Nadu in the 18th century. Following that, he made the period drama Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014), which won critical acclaim.- Actor
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Bharani was born on 21 June 1986 in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. He is an actor and composer, known for Naadodigal (2009), Thalaivi (2021) and Anandha Ragam (1982).- Actress
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Dheepa Ramanujam is an Indian American actor. She was born and raised in South India.
In 1995, she was spotted by renowned director K. Balachander and he cast her in Premi, a popular television series. She was a series regular and she got accolades for her performance and portrayal of "Shenbagam Athai".
Around the same time she was introduced to theater by her colleague and mentor "Bombay Gnanam" in her all women theater group.
Inspired by that, she founded Krea, a community theater group, when she moved to the USA in 2000. With Krea she has produced and directed 10 plays and multiple shows across the United States and India.
She has been acting mainly in South Indian films, shuttling between the Bay area and Chennai. Her role in the 2015 blockbuster film "Pichaikaran / Bichagadu" is still being talked about.
She recently turned into a producer. She was the Associate producer of "Atkan Chatkan" a Children's musical presented by AR Rahman.