Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh born 10 October is an Indian film actress who appears mostly in South Indian films.

Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan. She has been an active golf player and played nationals. Rakul was a student of Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, and had been engaged in modeling for more than two years prior to entering the Miss India contest in 2011. Apart from the Miss India Poll, Rakul won four subtitles at the pageant including Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.

Rakul made her film debut with the 2009 Kannada film, Gilli, a remake of Selvaraghavan's 7G Rainbow Colony. She stated that she signed up for her first film "with the aim to earn a little extra pocket money" and that she was unaware "how big south Indian films were". She won critical acclaim for her role in the film before returning to complete her degree and compete in the Miss India pageant. She returned to films in 2011, featuring opposite debutant Siddharth Rajkumar in Keratam, though critics noted that she "got very little screen time". The film was also made in Tamil simultaneously with the same cast but a different director as Yuvan, though the film is yet to release. In 2012, she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Thadaiyara Thaakka.

In 2014, Rakul debuted in Bollywood with Divya Kumar's directorial debut Yaariyaan and in the Tamil film industry with Yennamo Yedho. She has been signed for four Telugu films, which are directed by Sriwaas,] Nageshwara Reddy, Srinivas Reddy and Gopichand Malineni, respectively.

80s Reunion of Tamil Industry

Southern movie superstars such as Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Daggubati Venkatesh and Nandamuri Balakrishna along with star actresses such as Khushbu Sundar and Radhika Sarath Kumar reunited for a day filled with fun and frolic. As many as 32 popular actors of southern cinema of the 1980s got together at the beachfront property of Mohanlal Jan 18 here on East Coast Road.

"Mohanlal played host to the evening. We all had so much of fun talking, playing and reminiscing moments from the 1980s. We call ourselves the '80s club' and this is the fifth such get-together since 2009," said Suhasini Maniratnam, who initiated the idea of a reunion.

"It has become an annual tradition and the group has grown in size. We were about 32 actors who once were very successful in the 1980s. We also follow themes ever year. This year's party had a Hawaiian theme and all of us were dressed in Hawaiian shirts and outfits," she added.

Suhasini said the response has been phenomenal. "When I floated the idea around, I wasn't sure how many would be interested to meet. But I was quite surprised when mostly all the actors I met where game for the idea to meet once a year," she said.

The only rule of the reunion is that the actors shouldn't bring their families. "When we met for the first time, Rajinikanth emphasized that none of us should bring our families, not even our spouses. It was supposed to be a get together for the actors and it has to remain like that," she added.

She said that other top stars such as Kamal Haasan and Akkineni Nagarjuna have expressed interest in participating in the next reunion. "Kamal and Nagarjuna have always wanted to join us, but they have been busy. They hope to join us next year. Some more actors have also expressed interest," said Suhasini.Other actors at the reunion included Ramesh Arvind, Suman, Ambareesh, Jayaram, Ramya Krishnan, Revathi, Saritha, Radha, Ambika, Nadiya, Lizzy Priyadarshan, Mohan, among many more. Actors from all the four southern film industries - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada - were present.

Rupa Manjari

Rupa Manjari is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil as well as Malayalam films. Her mother tongue is Tamil. She made her debut in Nandhini's critically acclaimed Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru (2009), before playing the leading roles in Naan.

Rupa Manjari got a chance to meet director Nandhini, through one of her relatives who worked with director K. S. Ravikumar and became the first to audition for the role of Archana in Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru. It took four months for her to be finalised over 30 other girls who had expressed a desire to play the role. The film, a romantic comedy, pitted her opposite Ajmal and featured the pair looking for a lost baby. Rupa was nominated for the Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress Award for her performable and a critic described her portrayal of Archana as that she "brings her character vibrantly to life with all the nuances of anger, humour, tenderness and soft romance".
She was next seen in the 2010 Malayalam film Tournament directed and produced by Lal. She played a wildlife photographer who meets a bunch of men who have been selected for a cricket tournament. The film opened to neagtive reviews and performed poorly at the box office. She was seen in the long-delayed Vijay Antony starrer Naan and was a part of video for the successful promotional song, "Makkayala Makkayala", which was released online. The film started production in early 2010 and released in 2012. It got positive reviews from critics. In 2012 she was also seen in two Malayalam films Mallu Singh and I Love Me.
She has two upcoming films in Tamil, the comedy thriller Illa Aanalum Irukku and Sivappu in which she plays a construction worker.