South Indian Film Stars For The Uninitiated.

[piyaara]

 
 As suggested by Nalim and seconded by Daniel in the 'Trisha' thread, here it is, a thread dedicated to South Indian film stars. Needless to say it is not complete and you may find that your favourite pic of your favourite actor and actress in not here. There is a solution to this, of course, and that is post it or make a request.


Update 25nd February 2006: Hopefully, everyone should be able to read this thread whatever your browser.  The Guys and Gals threads have been split into A-M, N-Z posts and are currently on this page, with the Comedians and Supporting Actors on Page 2.  Keep scrolling down.  If anyones post seems unconnected, that's my fault not that of the posters. 

 Anyway, stop reading this rubbish and go look at the pictures...   


So here we go, enjoy the ride...


The guys A - M

 

Abbas

Tamil actor.




Ajith Kumar

Ultimate Star!. Tamil actor.




Allu Arjun

Telugu actor.




Arjun

Action King.  Actually hails from Karnataka but has been successful both in Tamil and Telugu.




Arvind Swamy

Tamil actor




Arya

Keralan lad in Tamil film.




Balakrishna

Veteran Telugu actor.




Bharath

Tamil actor.




Cheran

Tamil Actor/Director.




Chiranjeevi

Megastar!  The biggest name in Telugu Cinema.




Dhanush

Tamil actor and Rajinikanth's son-in-law.




Dileep

Popular actor in Kerala.




Ganesh

Kannada film.




Gopichand

Telugu villain and hero roles...




Jagapati Babu

Telugu hero and secondary hero roles.




(Jayam)Ravi

Tamil actor.




Jayaram

Malayalam and Tamil film.




Jeeva

Tamil actor.




Jeevan

Tamil actor.




Jithan Ramesh

Son of producer, RB Choudhary and brother of Jeeva. Tamil actor.




Kalabhavan Mani

Malayalam actor who has also done Tamil villain roles.




Kalyan Ram

Telugu actor.




Kamal Hassan

Giant in Tamil cinema.




Karthik

Played hero in Tamil films in the past, though has ventured into politics now.




Karthik

This relatively new actor is Surya's younger brother.




Kiran Tej

Telugu actor.




Kunchacko

Actor from Kerala.




Lawrence

Dancer, Choreographer, director and actor too.




Madhavan(Maddy)

The former model works mainly in Tamil cinema.




Mahesh Babu

Prince.  A Telugu actor. Married to Namrata Shirodkar.





Mammooty

One of the biggest actors in Kerala.




Manoj Kumar

Telugu actor.




Mohan Babu

Veteran Telugu actor.




Mohan Lal

A major Malayalam actor.




Murali

Mainly in Tamil films.




 

[meenkaran]

Tamil actors (i've tried to include only moustache less pics) 

Mass & Class heroes (Kamal Hassan route)

Vikram
Surya

Mass heroes (Rajnikanth route)

Vijay
Ajith

Ladies' choice

Madhavan
Siddharth

Other popular young heroes

Ravi
Arya
Simbu
Bharath
Srikanth
Shaam

Superstars/Senior actors

Kamal Hassan
Rajnikanth

There are lots of others who are popular in B & C centers, which I'm sure most people here won't be interested in.

[paok]

Great thread piyaara and great posts piyaara and meenkaran.
I am not in the least an expert regarding South Indian films but this thread as well as your comments in the Beyond Bollywood section make me become more interested .
And a ton of thanks for the pictures of my two darlings,the awsome Genelia and the No.1 favourite,the stunning Shriya.
P.S.The Ajith pic is still not showing,at least for me
E.T.A:now i see the Ajith pic in the initial post

[Angie]

A big thank you, piyaara and meenkaran! 

So Ajith's a "tuff guy," huh?  He was adorable in Kandukondain Kandukondain; I fell in love with him.  I'll have to see more of his work! 

[meenkaran]

Popular Actresses

From TN/AP/KR

Trisha
Sneha

From Kerala
Asin
Bhavana
Gopika
Meera
Nayanthara
Shalini
Sandhya

From other parts of India

Simran
Shreya
Sadha
Jyothika
Genelia

From Srilanka

Pooja

[meenkaran]

A big thank you, piyaara and meenkaran! 

So Ajith's a "tuff guy," huh?  He was adorable in Kandukondain Kandukondain; I fell in love with him.  I'll have to see more of his work! 

He could be nice actor. But he chooses to do all these heroism movies, which never work.. unfortunately.

[2hapyft]

Thanks for all the good info and pics.

[piyaara]

 
The Guys N - Z


Nagarjuna

ANR's son.  Just celebrated 20 years in the film industry.




Nakul

Tamil actor, was the big lad in Boys




NTR Jnr

Telugu actor.  Son of NTR.




Navdeep

Telugu actor.




Nithin

Telugu actor.




Pawan Kalyan

Power Star Telugu actor, brother of Chiranjeevi.




Prabhas

Telugu actor.




Prabhu

Tamil actor and producer.




Prabhu Deva

Dancer, actor, choreographer, director and producer.  Yep, he just can't hold a job... 




Prakesh Raj

Well, minus the choreographer and dancer from above, the description would fit this guy too.




Prasanth

Tamil actor.




Prem

Hero in Kannada film.




Prithviraj

Keralan actor, in Tamil film too.




Raam

Telugu actor.




Rahman

Keralan actor who has acted in Tamil and Telugu films too.




Raja

In Telugu film.




Rajasekhar (Dr)

Telugu actor.




Rajendra Prasad

Mainly in Telugu films.




Rajinikanth

Superstar!.




Ravi Krishna

Son of producer, A.M. Rathman. Tamil actor




Ravi Teja

Telugu actor.




Richard

Shalini's brother and in Tamil film.




Rishi

In Telugu film.




Sarath Kumar

Tamil actor and MP.




Satyaraj

Tamil actor known for his satires.




Shaam

Tamil actor has also done Kannada film too.




Shashank

Telugu actor.




Sibaraj

Tamil actor, son of Satyaraj.




Silambarasan(Simbu)

Little Superstar. Tamil actor and, recently, director.




Siva Balaji

Mainly in Telugu films.




Srikanth

Tamil actor.




Srikanth

Telugu actor.

 


Sumanth

Nagarjuna's nephew and, Telugu actor.




Surya

One of the top Tamil actors at the moment and married to Jyothika.




Tarun

A Telugu actor.




Uday Kiran

Telugu actor.




Upendra

Superstar! In Kannada and Telugu film.




Venkatesh

A Telugu actor.




Venu

Telugu actor.




Vijay

Ilaiya Thalapathy.  One of the top action heros in Tamil Nadu.




Vijayakanth

The Captain. Tamil actor and currently in politics.




Vikram

Chiyaan. Tamil actor.




Vikramadithya

Mumbai model in Tamil film.




Vinay

Model debuted in Tamil recently.




Vineeth

Mainly in Malayalam cinema and a classical dancer.




Vishal

Tamil actor.




Yoha

Tamil film.



 

[Ishiqa]

HaHa, Not only that, I can't believe I forgot Vijay!!!! J8gurl is going to want my head on a platter...

Oooh yes! Thank goodness, meenkaran posted his pic just as I noticed him missing
Nice thread, piyaara.

Here's a missing star:

Srikanth
He was a new necomer in 2002 and has done some pretty good movies but his debut film 'Roja Kootam' was the best. Good looking guy, nah? 

[srkitalianfan]

Here's a picture of the newcomer actor Vishal. He was in Chellamae, interesting movie. Sorry if the picture isn't that great, I made a capture from dvd. Well I like this guy, he's tall, dark and handsome. Also he did impress me in this film

[stimpy]

What, where's Vivek?  so pretty please (from hopeless person who can't put pictures up)
so people will know what the Vivek we're talking about

[srkitalianfan]

Vivek

[Genelia]

Chiranjeevi;

Giselle will kill me if I don't post a pic of Chiru, big in Telugu cinema.

Well, I might have gently reminded you of your glaring omission.  Here’s my own little contribution to this thread: 

Vijayashanti (or Vijayshanti)
Sometimes referred to as “Amitabh Bachchan of the South,” she is known primarily as an action film heroine in the Telugu industry.  Has slowed down in recent years.  I have yet to see one of her films but I really, really want to. 







Khushboo
So popular in her 80’s-early 90’s heyday, fans built a temple in her honor.  She retired after she got “married” to director Sundar C (whoI think was already married--shades of Sridevi).  Primarily a Tamil star, I think.  Has done serials and game shows since retirement. 





Sunil

Sunil (Suneel) is a Telugu comic relief actor, kinda like Johnny Lever.  I almost went nuts trying to find his name when I was writing my Tagore review, so here you go! 

Mallikharjuna (Left) & Sunil (Right)

[piyaara]

 
J8Gurl, seen Srikanth in 'April Mannathil', thanks for the pic.

SrkItalianfan, is Vishal in Telugu films? Oh yes, and thanks for the pics of Vivek.

Stimpy, Thanks for suggesting my favourite comedian.



The Gals A - M


Aarti Agarwal

A Telugu actress from the USA.




Aarti Chabria

Telugu films.




Abhinaya Sri

Works in both Tamil and Telugu film.




Abhirami

Actress in Tamil films.




Akshaya

A Tamil actress.




Ambika

Former heroine.




Ankitha

In Telugu and Tamil film.




Anushka

In Telugu film and recently a Tamil film.




Aparna

Tamil actress.




Archana

Known as Vedika in Telugu.




Asin

Keralan actress though appearing in Tamil and Telugu films too.




Bhavana

Keralan actress who has also appeared successfully in Tamil too.




Bhavana Pani

In Tamil film.




Bhoomika

Popular in Telugu and Tamil.




Chaya Singh

Mainly Tamil. 




Charmi

Panjabi born actress.  Mainly in Telugu film.




Devayani

A popular heroine until marriage and a move to Television in Tamil.




Divya Unni

Heroine in Malayalam film.




Diya

Her last film before marriage was in Malayalam.




Ekhta Khosla

Telugu actress.




Gayathri Jayaram

Still no idea...




Gayathri Raghuram

Married in 2006.




Genelia

Genelia in Telugu film: Harini in Tamil film. 




Gopika

Malayalam actress appearing in Telugu and Tamil film.




Gouthami

A former heroine in Tamil, still working.




Gowri Mumjal

Telugu actress.




Ileana

Mumbai model in demand in Telugu film.




Jayalalitha

Former heroine in Tamil and Telugu.  The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, no less. 




Jothika

No 1 in the South for a long time.  Has now 'retired' from acting after her marriage to actor Surya in 2006.




Jyothirmayi

Heroine in Kerala, and now in Tamil too.  Still acting successfully after marriage.




Kajal

Heroine in Telugu film.




Kamalinee Mukherji

This Bengali gal is working in Tamil and Telugu film. (Thanks to Panjabigator for the correction  )




Kamna Jethmalani

She's been in Telugu films but has also ventured into Tamil.




Kavya Madhavan

Malayalam actress, usually paired with Dileep.




Keerthi Chawla

Telugu actress.




Khushboo

Hugely popular heroine in the South, still acting. A producer too and married to director Sundar C.




Kirat Bhattal

Telugu actress.




Kiran

Her Tamil debut was opposite Vikram in Gemini but, has also worked in Telugu.




Kousalya

A popular heroine once, rarely seen now.




Laila

Tamil heroine.  Now married.




Maanya

All regions of the south.




Madhavi

Former heroine.




Madhumitha

Tamil actress.




Madhu Shalini

In Telugu film.




Madhu Sharma

In Telugu film.




Malavika

Mainly in Tamil film. Married in March 2007.




Mallika

Tamil actress.




Mallika Kapoor

Panjabi-born actress who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and, now, Kannada film.




Mamtha Mohandas

Actress in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.



Manju Warrier

Was a top Malayalam heroine until her marriage to Dileep in 1998.




Meena

Former child-star, who went on to heroine roles, still occassionaly acts.




Meera Jasmine

Malayalam actress,who also acts in Tamil and Telugu film.




Meera Vasudevan

Tamil actress.




Meghana Naidu

Telugu film.




Milani

Telugu actress.




Mona Chopra

Also known as Nila.  Tamil and now Telugu films.




Mumaith Khan

Dancer in Item numbers, now acting in Telugu film.




Mumtaj

Mainly in Tamil films.




Mythili

Telugu actress.

[srkitalianfan]

J

 SrkItalianfan, is Vishal in Telugu films?  Oh yes, and thanks for the pics of Vivek. 

 

I was googling to find something but, no it looks like he wasn't in Telugu films. Of course if other members have more info please correct me..
I have added an interview with Vishal in the interview archive, if somebody's interested

[Ishiqa]

Sonia Agarwal

Made her debut in 'Kadhal Kondain' with Dhanush & then Kovil with Simbu & Madurey with Vijay. A good actress..

[piyaara]

The Gals N - Z


Nadiya

A popular heroine of the 80's, who returned with M.Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi.




Nagma

Jyothika's big sister, was actually a big heroine in the South.




Namitha

Popular away from the main towns of Tamil Nadu as a glamour actress.  Still waiting for that elusive non-glamour role...




Nandita Das

Has appeared in quite a few Tamil films and recently in the Telugu film Kamli.




Navneet Kaur

Telugu cinema.




Navya Nair

Keralan actress.

 


Nayantara

This Keralan actress is popular in both Tamil and Telugu.




Neha Jhulka

Actress in Telugu film.




Nisha Kothari

The actress formerly known as Amogha is now mainly in Telugu films.




Nithya Das

Malayalam actress.




Padmapriya

Keralan actress who has also appeared in some Tamil film.




Parvathi Melton

In Telugu film.




Pooja

Hails from Sri Lanka(thanks meenkaran!), mainly in Tamil film.




Pooja Bajwa

Currently in Telugu film.




Pooja Bharati

Telugu actress.




Priyamani

Tamil and now Telugu film.




Priyanka Trivedi

Upendra's wife! Has been in Tamil as well as Kannada films.




Raasi

In Telugu and Tamil film.  She is also known as Manthara.




Rakshita

Top heroine in Kannada film and has also appeared in Telugu film.




Rambha

Still making films but a more popular heroine in the past.




Ramya

Top heroine in Kannada films. Has also been in Telugu and Tamil film.




Ramya Krishnan

Another once popular heroine. Still acting.




Rathi

In Tamil and Telugu film.




Reema Sen

Tamil and Telugu.

 


Renuka Menon
 
Malayalam actress who had also ventured into Tamil film.  She's getting married soon.




Revathi

Veteran actress in the South.




Rimmi Sen

A Telugu actress.




Roja

Currently working in TV serials. Though a popular heroine not that long ago.




Sada

Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.




Saloni

A Telugu actress.




Sameera Reddy

In Telugu film.




Samyukta Varma

A Malayalam actress.




Sandya

Keralan actress also in Tamil and Telugu film.




Shalini

Retired after her marriage to Ajith Kumar. She did Rani's role in the Tamil original of Saathiya.




Sherin

In Tamil film.




Shreya Reddy

In Malayalam and now Tamil films.




Shriya

Mainly Telugu films though she has ventured into Tamil.




Simran

No 1 in Tamil until her marriage.




Sindhuri

Telugu and Tamil cinema.




Sindu Tolani

Actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema.




Sneha

Has worked in all four states of the South.  Her real name is Suhasini.




Sonia Agarwal

This Panjabi actress has worked in Tamil film and was married to director Selva in December 2006.




Soundarya

Another Telugu actress, sadly no longer with us.




SriDevi

Needs no introduction really, does she?  Will she act again? 




Sridevi (Vijayakumar)

In both Tamil and Telugu film.




Sruthika

Telugu film;




Suhasini

An actress in over 150 films in South India, and writer.  Niece of Kamal Hassan and married to some obscure bloke called Mani Ratnam... 




Suhasini

Your eyesights fine, this actress is mainly in Telugu films and has not yet acted in over 150 films...well not yet....




Susan

Tamil film.




Tamanna

Mumbai Model apparently the best thing in Kedi/Jadoo.  Working in Tamil film.




Thejasri

In Tamil film.




Trisha

The Tamil girl is Numero Uno in Andhara Pradesh at the moment. 




Vasundhara Das

Actress and Singer, has done a few Malayalam and Tamil films.




Vidisha

Telugu actress.




Vimala Raman

Tamil and Telugu cinema.

[gabahd]

wow thanks! Me likes Dhanush a lot!

[Prem Rogue]

Vijaykanth, hah, what a dumpy looking "action hero" 

My new favorite heroine is Asin 


http://www.telugucinema.com/c/foru/printer_bombaybabes.php

Heroes prefer Bombay Babes?
By Nihar Aman
Jul 7, 2005, 09:13


The evolution of Telugu film industry is getting much worse by day. Especially, in the section of female artistes, the situation is very appalling. These days, you hardly find actresses rather you encounter ‘dumb models’ masquerading as heroines who treat Telugu films as a money spinning avenues. These imported girls from Mumbai hardly utter a Telugu word properly save a heroine or two.

In the early days, Telugu filmmakers used to take the artists who could sing and speak Telugu perfectly, as there was no playback system as such. When the playback system began using, artists started dubbing their voices for dialogues and singers were roped in. As the technology improved, filmmakers began hiring non-Telugu girls for Telugu films as heroines. And now the ‘non-Telugu girls’ completely encroached the system and ruling the roost.

Now the trend is any heroine who speaks Telugu is not worthy of playing in big films. The pre-qualification these days for a heroine is that she should a non-Telugu speaker and preferably come from Mumbai and possess milky-white skin.

Check any Telugu film now, you will have at least a girl (model) from Mumbai and tries to the audience with her dumb expressions but readily shows off her body liberally.

And they charge not less than Rs 25 lakhs per a film. In case of an established (means acting in one or two films in Hindi), the remuneration would skyrocket to as much as Rs One crores.

For Narasimhudu, Mumbai model and actress Sameera Reddy has received about Rs 50 lakhs as remuneration not to add other perks. Amisha Patel has charged Rs 75 lakhs for the same film.

And the producers’ woes do not stop here. He will have to borne other expenses of these bimbettes.

Once a Hindi heroine signs a contract, the producers need to book the flight tickets to four people from Mumbai, (heroine personal make-up person, one guardian or boyfriend sometimes and her secretary). Once she lands in Hyderabad she cannot stay in any place other then five star hotel, and her accompanies will also need to be near to her. So the producers would end up booking two double bedrooms in a five star hotel, which cost a him/her few more lakhs.

Once they are done with the accommodation other things like food and entertainments come into the picture. When they are in the shooting they will not have anything other than the fresh juices, food mostly consisting of exotic fruits should come from five star restaurants.

Then the producer have to pay the bills of their spa and gym, when they are in the shooting days, which adds couple of more lakhs to the producer.

And not to forget the expensive costumes; all the heroines want their own costume designers for the film, which will dent a big hole in producer’s pocket.

Even if the producers like to pay these ‘petty amounts’, they will surely end up paying more for film rolls for many a Bollywood heroine normally eat the takes as if they are eating cakes.

We cannot blame them, as they do not understand the language.

Once the shoot part is over, then comes the post-production comes into the picture. We have set of dubbing artist who dubs for the heroines and another set for the remaining artists. Close your eyes listen to the voices of the heroines in five films, they all sound same, and we do not know which artist is the heroine in the film. Because there are two or three major dubbing artistes who by and large dub the female voices of almost all our heroines.

The question looms large is why are our producers are running after these Bombay Babes?

Well, one of the prime reasons our heroes prefer Bombay Babes to ‘local girls’ (read Telugu girls).

Recently a big hero (whose career is on the downslide) hell-bent on casting a particular ‘dusky beauty’ from Mumbai in his one of proposed films. When the director refused to cast her in, the film was shelved. That is how the industry works now.

And another reason is they are liberal in the skin show; they do not have qualms in exposing.

That is fine to some extent. But can these girls guarantee a film’s success? No. Nowhere you can find a film that ran because of heroine’s ‘skin show’ or charisma.

On the other side of the coin, there are some Mumbai heroines who are trying to learn Telugu and settling in Hyderabad to not to make producer’s life a misery. Sada speaks Telugu very well and has bought a house near Mehdipatnam. She is yet to dub her voice, though. Charmi is almost settled here and on the verge of dubbing her voice.

It is a good sign actually. Still, our heroes and filmmakers ask the producers to go for the dates of Bollywood heroines in their films.

Acknowledgements : Nikhil


© Copyright by Telugucinema.com

[Arwen]

wow thanks! Me likes Dhanush a lot!

Surprise surprise , me too.


Isn`t Siddarth also popular? (that`s a pic request, i can`t find a good one... )

[piyaara]

Isn`t Siddarth also popular? (that`s a pic request, i can`t find a good one... )

 Whether its good or not, I'll let you decide... 

 

[meenkaran]

Just watch any of Danush's films and your liking for him will fly far far away. Its not his fault really, but he is in some really low class films. His build doesn't allow him to be a hero in normal movies.

[Arwen]

Isn`t Siddarth also popular? (that`s a pic request, i can`t find a good one... )

Whether its good or not, I'll let you decide... 

Perfect, thanks!

Just watch any of Danush's films and your liking for him will fly far far away. Its not his fault really, but he is in some really low class films. His build doesn't allow him to be a hero in normal movies.

What´s wrong with his build?

[Prem Rogue]

Just watch any of Danush's films and your liking for him will fly far far away. Its not his fault really, but he is in some really low class films. His build doesn't allow him to be a hero in normal movies.

What´s wrong with his build?

Does this look like a guy who could kick some ass?



 

[meenkaran]

Isn`t Siddarth also popular? (that`s a pic request, i can`t find a good one... )

 Whether its good or not, I'll let you decide... 

 

Arwen,

Sidharth was really good in telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. Check it out.

http://bollywhat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1738.0