The cinema of South India is used to refer five film industries – Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu film industry as a single entity. People outside India still think that Bollywood alone makes movies in our country. But Regional Cinema, specially Tollywood (Telugu) and Kollywood (Tamil) has equally contributed to business and artistic achievements in Indian film industry. In terms of talent, South Indian Actress and Actors has the equal potential and calibre as bollywood superstars possess.
Baahubali is the biggest grosser in Indian film history. Not just Baahubali and Endhiran, South Indian films have been producing some of the biggest films both in terms of budget and box office collection. South Indian Actress plays the vital role in the success of Tollywood industry, Some of the Talented South Indian actresses are Anushka Shetty, Illeana, Kajal Aggarwal, Tamannah, Shruti Hassan and Hansika Motwani.
Anushka Shetty
Birth: 07th November 1981
Residence: Hyderabad, Telangana
Sweety Shetty known by her stage name Anushka, is a popular South Indian actress and model mainly works in Telugu and Tamil films. Anushka is the epitome of beauty, elegance, grace and class. She made her debut with 2005 film, Super. She achieved many of the known awards for her acting, including her first Filmfare Best Actress Award-Telugu, Nandi Award and Cinemaa Award for Best Actress for movie Arundhati, for which she garnered critical acclaim. Following the success of a series of films, she established herself as one of the leading actresses of Telugu Cinema. Her Role of Princess Devasena in the Baahubali series received widespread acclaim. Baahubali – The Conclusion was the highest grossing Indian film of all time, made her the highest paid actress in South Indian Cinema. Now she demands Rs. 3-4 crore per movie.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF ANUSHKA SHETTY:BAAHUBALI – THE CONCLUSION, ARUNDHATI, BHAAGAMATHIE AND VEDAM.
Ileana D’Cruz
Birth: 01st November 1987
Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Ileana is one of the prettiest South Indian Actress works mainly in Telugu and Bollywood films. She made her Telugu debut with movie, Devadasu and her bollywood debut with movie, Barfi which was a successful release and she also received several appreciations and gained Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. She has appeared in hits such as Pokiri, Jalsa, Kick, Julayi, establishing herself as one of the leading actress in Telugu Cinema. Then, she started working in Bollywood. Main Tera Hero(2014) was a semi hit, Phata Poster Nikla Hero(2013) and Happy Ending(2014) were box office flop and met with negative reviews. Her further releases Rustom, Mubarakan, and Badshaho gave her a commercial success.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF ILLEANA: BARFI, JALSA, RUSTOM, BADSHAHO AND POKIRI.
Shruti Haasan
Birth: 28th January 1986
Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Shruti Haasan, Versatile South Indian Actress and singer works in Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood films. She is the daughter of veteran actors Kamal Hassan and Sarika Thakur. She made her debut with bollywood film, Luck. She later went on to win critical acclaim for her role in the Walt Disney fantasy film in Telugu film, Anaganaga O Dheerudu. After a lot of hits in Telugu and Tamil Films, she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actress in South India. She has also appeared in several commercially successful Hindi films, Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Gabbar is Back and Welcome Back. She has become an established playback singer in India.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF SHRUTI HASSAN:SRIMANTHUDU, D-DAY, RACE GURRAM AND 3.
Kajal Aggarwal
Birth:19.06.1985
Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
She is an Indian Actress and model who established her career in the Telugu and Tamil film. She made her acting debut with 2004 Bollywood film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na… and her first Telugu release in 2007, Lakshmi Kalyanam. After a lot of hit movies like Darling, Mr. Perfect, Nayak, Temper, she established herself as one of the highest paid actress in Tollywood. She received many awards like CineMAA Award for best actress, Youth Icon of south India and many others. She made a brilliant comeback to Bollywood with Singham (2011) and Special 26 (2013), which were declared a box office success.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF KAJAL AGGARWAL: MAGADHEERA, DARLING, THUPPAKKI AND SPECIAL 26.
Tamannaah Bhatia
Birth: 21.12.1989
Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Beautiful South Indian Diva who mainly appears in Telugu and Tamil Films. Also appeared for hindi films. In 2005, she made her debut at age of 15 in bollywood film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra and appeared in Abhijeet’s album song Lafzon Me. She made her debut in Tamil and Telugu with Kedi and Sri. She is the first actress who was nominated at Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She also received a Honorary Doctarate from CIAC for her contributions to Indian Cinema.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF TAMANNAH:MUNGARU MALE, AARYA AND TUM BIN.. LOVE WILL FIND A WAY.
Hansika Motwani
Birth:09th August 1991
Residence: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Young South Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her debut in the telugu film, Desamuduru, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South. She, then appeared in several commercially successful Tamil films including Villian, Maan Karate, Velayudham. She has also been nominated for many awards like Indian Telly Award, CineMAA Award, and SIIMA Award.
MUST WATCH MOVIES OF HANSIKA MOTWANI: KOI MIL GAYA, VAALU AND VELAYUDHAM.
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