History of Dhanush

Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor, producer, andplayback singer who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. In 2011, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the movieAadukalam and in the same year, he received international attention for his song "Why this Kolaveri Di", which went on to became the most viewed Indian song in YouTube.His most recent movie Velaiyilla Pattathari was his highest grossing Tamil movie, crossing the 70 crore mark within 15 days.

career

Dhanush debuted in the film Thulluvadho Ilamai, directed by Kasthuri Raja, which received mostly positive reviews from critics and the public. He then appeared in his brother Selvaraghavan's first directorial venture, Kadhal Kondein. The film portrayed Dhanush as a mentally-disturbed youth, Vinodh, who yearned for the love of his friend, eventually turning possessive over her.Upon release, the film won critical acclaim and also became a major commercial success, catapulting Dhanush into the main foray of actors in Tamil films.His next film, released later in 2003, was Thiruda Thirudi, which went on to become a highly successful movie, declared as a blockbuster.

Dhanush appeared in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan and Ramana's Sullan, both which performed average at the box office.Later, he also appeared in Dreams, another film panned by critics.The film was directed by his father, like their previous venture was released with reviews claiming it was another adult film.In 2005, Dhanush appeared in Devathaiyai Kanden which was commercially successful film. Later it was dubbed into Telugu,and in very same year he also worked on Balu Mahendra's Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam which was completely panned by critics.

Pudhupettai re-united Dhanush with his brother, pitted him with two prominent actresses Sneha and Sonia Agarwal. Dhanush's portrayal was praised by critics & movie also received positive reviews.The Telugu dubbed version was titled Dhoolpet. Dhanush went on to star in the commercial entertainer Thiruvilayadal Arambam, alongside Shriya Saran and Prakash Raj also went on to become high financial success.

Dhanush's first release in 2011, which he had shot for over three years, was Aadukalam, marking his second collaboration withVetrimaran. Dhanush played the role of a local cock fighter and described the venture as his "dream project" during production.The film gained highly positive reviews and won six awards at the 58th National Film Awards, with Dhanush receiving the National Film Award for Best Actor,becoming the youngest actor to win the award.Dhanush appeared in an extended guest appearance in Subramania Siva's Seedan. His next two ventures were action-masala films: Mappillai, a remake of his father-in-law's same-titled 1989 comedy flick andVenghai, by Hari, which received mixed reviews but was declared a box office hit

His next film, Mayakkam Enna, in which he again collaborated with his brother, casting him with Richa Gangopadhyay, received largely positive reviews. His only 2012 release was 3 directed by his wife, Aishwarya Rajinikanth with Shruti Haasan. The movie was a moderate success, owing to the popularity of the song Why this Kolaveri Di.In 2013 he appeared in Maryan opposite Parvathi Menon, which was applauded by critics and declared as an above-average grosser at the box office.His next release was Naiyaandi, directed by A. Sarkunam, which did not make any notable impact in the box office.

On July 18, 2014, he released Velaiyilla Pattathari, a romantic entertainer laced with action and directed by cinematography-turned-director Velraj. It released to positive reviews from critics and audience alike, and was a box office hit. It is his 25th venture and also known as #D25. He is currently filming for KV Anand's Action thriller Anegan and also working on a yet-untitled film of Vetrimaran's and R. Balki's Shamitabh.

Dhanush refutes rumors about signing any new film in Tamil. Earlier, it was said that Dhanush will be teaming up with "Ethir Neechal" director Durai. 

Music

Dhanush occasionally records music, generally for his own films. He was introduced as a playback singer in Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan by its composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and collaborated again with him in his brother Selvaraghavan's directorial, Pudhupettai. He sung further numbers in Selvaraghavan's films Aayirathil Oruvan and Mayakkam Enna; the former featured him alongside his wife Aishwarya Rajinikanth. "I'm not a playback singer, so my voice isn't perfect," Dhanush has said, in response to the popularity of his song Why this Kolaveri Di.

History of Thala Ajith

Ajith Kumar is an Tamil film actor and car racer, was born as the middle child in Hyderabad to a tamil father and a sindhi mother.  He has acted in many Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies.However he has strong ties to the Tamil culture and society as he grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He dropped out of Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School in 1986 to become a part-time two-four wheeler mechanic and a full-time garment exporter based in Erode till 1990. Several business agencies pushed him into modeling for advertisements in print media.

Career: 

Ajith started his film career at the age of 21 as an actor in the Telugu movie Prema Pustagam in 1992. His next film was a superhit Tamil film Amaravathi. His second Tamil film Pavithra was delayed for 17 months because of a racing injury that left him bed-ridden. Both films received vast appreciation from tamil audience. It was his third Tamil film that released 10 months later in 1995, Aasai, directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Rathnam which helped establish his career as a actor in Kollywood. Ajith's first big budget venture was Aasai but it was only until the release of Agathiyan's blockbuster Vaanmathi and particularly the National Award winning Kadhal Kottai which established him as an actor in Kollywood.

 Ajith later played the lead in Amitabh Bachchan's debut Tamil production Ullasam. This venture paid him a salary of over Rs. 1 million for the first time ever. A string of very successful movies followed, most notably Kadhal Mannan and Vaali which cast him alongside Simran. Vaali saw a new peak in Ajith's career. He played a dual role in the film. One as a deaf-and-dumb twin who lusts after his naive brother's wife . After Amarkalam with his then-fiancee, now wife Shalini, Ajith set up his own distribution company AK International with the office located within the premises of NIC Arts which was run by his ex-friend, producer and distributor S. S. Chakravarthi. This office was shifted in 2006. In 2000, Ajith was cast alongside Mammooty, Abbas, Tabu and Aishwarya Rai in Kandukondain Kandukondain. 

The film's audio rights were sold for a record Rs.66 million. Mugavari followed as Ajith acted alongside Jyothika Saravanan. In 2001 , Ajith played the role of Shahrukh Khan's brother in the commercially unsuccessful historical film Asoka. He began the year with the scintillating movie Dheena directed by A. R. Murugadoss. This movie showed Ajith as a rowdy and he acted alongside Suresh Gopi and Laila Mehdin. Citizen opposite Vasundhara Das was experimentally successful and earned the actor with lot of appreciation and awards but the movie failed to mark it's signature in the box office, Citizen was followed by Poovellam Un Vaasam which was also an average grosser.  The film Raja opposite Jyothika Saravanan and the action flick Red  proved to be a disaster for the actor and marked the downfall and an proved to be an all time low in the actor's career. 

In 2003 and 2004, Ajith acted in Anjaneya, Jana and Attagasam. While Anjaneya and Jana flopped at the box office, Attagasam became a hit, also giving a successful soundtrack album. He later went on to act in the film Ji which opened very well but failed to sustain success in the longrun. During 2006, Ajith acted in 3 projects. First he acted in Paramasivan directed P. Vasu and then in Thirupathi directed by Perarasu. Both were hit. Later that year he released his 3 year-pending project Varalaru: History of Godfather directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Varalaru turned out to be a super hit movie in terms of collection due to the three roles he played as an old man who was once a classical dancer and two identical twins, with one being the antagonist. Ajith's first film in 2007 was with the newcomer director Chella in his maiden film entitled Aalwar. Aalwar did not live up to the expectations created by the success of Varalaru. As a result it was a major let down for Ajith. 

After Aalwar, Ajith acted in a remake of a 1989 National Film Award winning Malayalam film, Kireedam with Trisha Krishnan. On December 14, 2007 Billa released breaking all his previous records. The movie was the remake of Rajinikanth's 1980 Tamil film Billa. After Billa, Ajith has in Aegan directed by Raju Sundaram which had been released on October 25, 2008. In 2010 his next release Asal Arrived and it doesnt become a hit. In late 2010 he started working for the movie Mankatha under Venkat Prabhu direction and this movie brought Ajith Kumar his best ever opening in his career and went on to become a financially successful venture as well.  

 Ajith then starred in Billa II, a prequel to his 2007 blockbuster Billa, which released on 13 July 2012 to mixed reviews with critics praising Ajith's screen presence and stunts, film's cinematography, pace and style while criticizing the climax to be poor and blaming the director. However it had a wonderful opening and was declared a commercial success.   He has starred in Vishnuvardhan's Arrambam alongside Arya, Nayantaracrore (US$15 million) worldwide in just 10 days.His next film post Arrambam is director Siva's Veeram is scheduled to release in Pongal 2014.