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9 South Indian Beauties Who Rocked Bollywood!

We truly admire these divas!

There has always been a distinct difference between the South Indian film industry and Bollywood. Here we list some talented actresses, who are from the Southern part of India, made their debuts in the South and moved to North to made it big and successful in Bollywood! These divas are an inspiration for generations to come! 

 

AISHWARYA RAI

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One of Bollywood’s leading ladies, she is from a Tulu speaking Bunt family in Mangalore, Karnataka. She won the Miss World Pageant in 1994 and there has been no turning back since then. Not many know this, but Aishwarya Rai made her debut in the Tamil film Iruvar which had Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Prakash Raj in lead roles. The film was directed by ace director Mani Ratnam. She was recognized by Bollywood after she did Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam opposite Salman Khan.

 

DEEPIKA PADUKONE

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Deepika is one of the highest paid actresses in Bollywood, she was born in Copenhagen and raised in Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru. She is daughter of famous badminton player, Prakash Padukone. Deepika is also a professional badminton player but left the sport to pursue modelling. It’s a lesser known fact that Deepika made her debut in the Kannada movie Aishwarya in 2006. But her first hit in Bollywood was Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan in 2007. Farah Khan, the director of the movie spotted her from her modelling career.

 

VIDYA BALAN

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Vidya Balan is from Palakkad in Kerala, with a Tamilian descent (Palakkad borders Tamil Nadu and Kerala). But she grew up in Mumbai and studied sociology in the prestigious St. Xavier’s College. She made her acing debut in Hum Paanch and went on do do movies like No One Killed Jessica, Dirty Picture and Kahaani.

 

ASIN THOTTUMKAL

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Asin was born and brought up in Kochi, Kerala. She made her entry into films with the Malayalam movie called, Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in 2001. After this she did several Telugu and Tamil movies and her breakthrough movie is Tamil was Ghajini opposite Suriya. Her entry was Bollywood was the remake of the hit Ghajini starring Aamir Khan.

 

SRIDEVI

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Veteran actress Sridevi was born in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu. She debuted into movies as a child artist at the age of four. Her first lead role was in Balachander’s Moondru Mudichu, which starred both the legends of Tamil cinema, Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan. She then acted in many hit Tamil films and was widely loved and appreciated as an actress. She made her debut into Hindi films with Solva Sawan and also acted in a string of successful movies like Himmatwala, Mr. India and Chandni. She is considered to be the first female superstar in Hindi Cinema. In 2012, after a 15 year break Sridevi appeared in English Vinglish and it is said to be the most successful comeback for any heroine.

 

TABU

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Iron lady of Bollywood, Tabu is from Hyderabad. She moved to Mumbai to pursue her studies in St. Xavier’s College. She made her debut with the Telugu film Coolie No.1 opposite megastar Venkatesh. Her first successful film in Bollywood was Vijaypath starring Ajay Devgan. After that she went on to do many successful films like in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi and is one of the leading ladies of Bollywood.

 

REKHA

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Rekha is the daughter of popular Tamil actor, Gemini Ganesan. She was born in Chennai and studied in the prestigious Church Park Convent in Chennai. She made her debut in the Kannada movie Operation Jackpot Nalli CID 999 with megastar Rajkumar. In 1970 she made her Bollywood debut with Sawan Bhadon which made her an overnight star.

 

HEMA MALINI

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Veteran actress Hema Malini was born into an Iyengar family in Tamil Nadu. She made her debut into films with the Tamil movie Idhu Sathiyam. She then moved to Bollywood and acted opposite Raj Kapoor in Sapno Ka Saudagar. She was the most sought after actress and ruled Bollywood after she gave hits like Johnny Mera Naam, Seeta Aur Geeta and Sholay. 

 

JAYA PRADA

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Jaya Prada is from Andhra Pradesh and she made her entry into films with the Telugu movie, Bhoomi Kosam. She gave many blockbuster movies in both Tamil and Telugu before moving to Bollywood. She made her Bollywood debut with Sargam opposite Rishi Kappor. She went to give more super hits like Sharaabi, Sanjog and Saagara Sangamam. 

 

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