In the current 21st century, the lives of people is all about one thing – Money. And as far as the experience shows, earning money is not any small task. It takes a lot of hardworking, focus and perseverance to be successful and rich, at least a little rich! So for having a better life and earning money, people are busy in their own work.
And they are so indulged in this that people forget what is life. So it can be truly said that life in this world has lost its meaning. But recently people have started taking out some time for relaxation and enjoyment. And what are the common source of refreshing the mind? There are a lot.
The include gaming, reading books, listening to music, working out, spending time with family and many more. And out of all these, watching movies is a great method of relaxation and refreshment as well! Watching movies has done scientific benefits as well ( of course I’m lying!). Movies have proven their importance as mind refreshers every now and then.
And coming to movies, the genres of movies liked by people vary with them. Some like horror whereas done like drama or action. And each country has its own movie industry, out of which the most prominent are Hollywood, Bollywood etc. Bollywood of India is one of the most successful movie industries in the world.
And Bollywood is again divided into sections based on the states, out of which one is the South Indian industry. South Indian movie industry has grown to be a big name in Bollywood and has yielded some great actresses of all time.
Here is a list of some to actresses of the South Indian movie industry who can lure and impress almost everyone with their talent :
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| Kajal Aggarwal |
Kajal Aggarwal is one of the to names in the Bollywood movie industry. She has acted in various movie industries including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi etc.
Kajal Aggarwal was born in Mumbai, India on 19th June 1985. She started her schooling in St. Anne’s High School in Mumbai and completed her college in K.C College in the same city. She was a scholar during her childhood and always had a passion for acting. So she shifted her focus towards acting.
Being born in a middle-class family, she has to struggle while learning acting but achieved her first South Indian film alongside the legend Baba Patekar. Her breakthrough came with the movie Magadheera alongside Ram Charan. A few of her most liked films include Magadheera, Yevadu, Singham, Special 26, Mersal, etc.
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| Trisha Krishnan |
Trisha Krishnan, better known as Trisha, is one of the most prominent actresses of the South Indian Film industry. She is regarded as one of the all-time best actresses of the industry who is currently out of the limelight.
Trisha was born on 4 May 1983 in Chennai, India to a middle-class family. She started and completed her schooling in Ethiraj College for Women. She was well into modeling during her childhood and until her college days, she had won a lot of awards like Miss Madras Contest.
These modeling competitions grabbed many filmmaker’s attention and brightened her into films. She made her debut with the movie Mounam Pesiyadhe for which she received a lot of positive reviews.
First first big commercial success was the movie Saamy opposite Vikram. She has won a total of three South Filmfare Awards and has starred in a lot of high grossing films like Saamy, Ghilli, Varsham, Abhiyum Naanum and a Bollywood movie named Khatta Meetha opposite the legend Akshay Kumar.
One of the prettiest actresses in Indian cinema history, Shriya Saran can be considered as a big name in the South Film Industry.
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| Shriya Saran |
Shriya Saran was born in the glorious city of Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh on 11 September 1982. She started her schooling in Lady Shri Ram College for women. She always aspired to become a dancer which earned her an opportunity in Renoo Nathan’s Thirakti Kyun Hawa which seemed the attention of various filmmakers.
Although she wanted to become a professional dancer, she turned up to acting after he debut film Ishtam clicked at the box office. She has also acted in various American and British-Canadian movies. But she received limelight after the film Sivaji opposite the legend Rajnikant. Some of her well-known movies include Sivaji, Midnight’s Children, Pokkiri Raja, Pavitra, Chandra, and many more.
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| Rakul Preet Singh |
Rakul Preet Singh is a fast-growing raw talent in the Indian Film Industry. She is predominantly active in the Tamil and Telugu Film industry.
Rakul Preet Singh was born on 10 October 1990 in the capital city of New Delhi, India. She started her schooling in Jesus and Mary College and completed her degree at the University of Delhi. Unlike other actresses, she was not much into acting during her early life and started her career as a model during her college days.
It was in the year 2009 when she was offered a Kannada movie Gilli and there started her acting career. She received a lot of praise from the audience worth her Bollywood debut film Yaarian which was a big commercial success.
She also has won a lot of accolades during her modeling career which includes Femina Miss Take, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile, and a fifth spot in the Femina Miss India. Some of her prominent films include Yaarian, De De Pyaar De, Kick 2, Sarrainodu, Dhruva, Spyder, Shoorveer, and many more.
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| Nithya Menen |
Nithya Menen is a new talent in the Indian Film Industry and she has managed to receive a lot of praise and accolades within a short period of time.
Nithya Menen was born on 8 April 1988 in Bangalore, India. She started her schooling in Mount Carmel College and completed her degree in the same. As goes for Shriya Saran, Nithya during her childhood was interested more in singing. But she was given a chance as a child artist in the Hollywood movie
The Monkey Who Knew Too Much in 1998 and she was only eight years old at that time. The film received a lot of positive reviews from the audience and the critics and hence she turned up to acting.
She made her leading actress debut in Telugu with Ala Modalaindi and Tamil with 180. Both the films were a great success in the box office and she was offered a lot of films. Her Bollywood debut was opposite Akshay Kumar in Mission Mangal in 2019. Some of her prominent films include Veppam, Karmayogi, 24, Ishq, Violin, Ustad Hotel etc.
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| Asin Thottumkal |
Asin may not be a big name in the South Film Industry, but her excellent acting skills bagged her a lot of accolades and films opposite some big names.
Asin Thottumkal, better known by her stage name Asin, was born on 26 October 1985 in the city of Kochi in Kerala. Asin started her schooling in St Teresa School and completed her college in St Teresa College.
During her college days, she had an advertisement shoot for BPL mobile which fetched Asin her debut movie Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi opposite Ravi Teja which was a big success Android she received a lot of praise for her acting. The film went on to bring her first Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
Her excellent acting skills bagged her a number of Bollywood movies like Ghajini, Ready, Housefull 2, Bol Bachchan opposite big names like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan etc.
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| Amala Paul |
Amala Paul is another notable name in the South Film Industry who is known for her slow but big success in the industry.
Amala Paul was born on 26 October 1991 in Kochi district of Kerala. She did her schooling from Aluva Girls School and received her degree from St Teresa’s College. Her modelling career brought her into the attention of the filmmakers. But her early film career can be stated as a disaster. The disaster was so big that her seventh movie was her first commercial success. Her debut film was Veerasekaran which pages a lot of negative reviews from the critics and audience. But he seventh release Mynaa went on to be a big hit and bagged her more films. Some of her prominent releases include Iddarammayilatho, Naayak, Hebbuli, Thalaivaa, Aadai, VIP 2, Run Baby Run, Mili etc.
These were some of the most-watched and loved actresses of the South Indian movie Industry!
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| Kriti Kharbanda |
Kriti Kharbanda is currently one of the most popular faces in the Indian Film Industry, mostly Telugu and Hindi.
Kriti Kharbanda was born on 29 October 1990 in Delhi and is a Punjabi. She started and completed her schooling in Baldwin Girls High School and completed her degree from Shree Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College.
She was into modeling during her childhood but enacted in a lot of short plays as well. She made her debut through the Telugu Film Boni after grabbing attention in the Spar Billboard.
The film received negative reviews but fetched her a lot of positive reviews. This made her appear next in Pawan Kalyan’s Teen Maar where her acting was praised a lot. He prominent movies include Bruce Lee, Teen Maar, Guest Iin London, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana, Karwaan, Raaz: Reboot, and the recent huge grosser Housefull 4.
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| Nayanthara |
Nayanthara is one of the most talented and acclaimed actresses of the South Film industry and is known to give great films during her gala time.
Nayanthara, whose real name goes as Diana Mariam Kurian, was born on18 November 1984 in Bangalore, India. Her father being an Indian Air Force official did schooling in various parts of India including Delhi, Gujrat, and the northern part of the country. Due to her immense love for acting, she took acting classes and did modeling.
During this phase, she was offered a Kannada Film Manassinakkare which was a huge commercial success and bagged her a lot of movies afterward. Though she did not want to star in films, the guide success of her debut movie made her take up acting. Some of her prominent films include Ayya, Lakshmi, Chandramukhi, Billa, Raja Rani, etc.
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| Anushka shetty |
Anushka Shetty is perhaps the biggest name in the history of the Tamil and Telugu movie industry. And it will not be wrong to say that most of her films are the reason why the South Film industry has such big fame.
Anushka Shetty was born on 7th November 1981 in Bangalore, India. Her real name is Sweety Shetty and she started her schooling at Rama Devi School in Bangalore and completed her degree in Mount Carmel College in the same city. She was attracted to acting from her childhood days.
But it was during a photo shoot when she was suggested to try a film and hit the jackpot with the debut film Super. The film earned her a nomination in the category of best actress in Filmfare Awards Telugu. She has a total of three Filmfare Awards to get name with the films Arundhati, Vedam, and Rudramadevi respectively.
And her accolades are not limited to these three only. Some of her most prominent movies include Rudramadevi, Vedam, Singam I, II and Si3, Vettaikaran, and the world-famous Bahubali Series.