South Indian cinema is no longer just about the female eye candy. It has notably peaked in notoriety for waving those delicious youths right in front of the female audience; presenting the eight most eligible convicts who’ve been snatching hearts by the million.
Vishal
Sporting a towering physique at 6 feet, this TheerathiVilayaatu Pillai can just as easily bust a move as he can bust the daylights out of onscreen goons. The man can also carry swagger like it were featherweight and look downright smoking with his Heathcliff-inspired stubble. Searing the screen with his chemistry with any given co-star, Vishal has had us all dying to trade places with Shriya Saran, Reemma Sen and Lakshmi Menon at some point or the other.
Arya (a.k.a Adonis of South India)
Eyes that could liquefy gold – that is his million dollar feature that could make practically any warm-blooded female go weak in the knees. Staggering height and rock-solid abs aside, this alpha male from Madrasapattinampossesses some serious acting skills, making you swoon with his smoulder one moment, guffaw with his comic roles in the next, and send your adrenaline raging when he connects that iron fist to the bad guy’s face. And the litany is still not done –he doubles as a restaurateur as well! A man with gorgeous build AND gourmet leanings? Yes, please!
Silambarasan
The adorable Kollywood representation of all our first high school crushes! Mischief and humour just crackle from his persona, exciting every girl’s fancy by a gazillion. How could one forget the blazing passion he conveyed in VinnaithaandiVaruvaaya, where he first showcased his boyish petulance with an aggressive twang? And that faint dimple on his right cheek doesn’t hurt either.
Rana Dagubbati
Drum maaro drum! You couldn’t announce this good-looking Goliath without a drumroll. That would just be wrong. Voted Most Promising Newcomer of 2011, the 6 feet 2.5 inches hunk has kept Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood spellbound with his conspicuous presence on the big screen (which doesn’t seem so big when Rana occupies it). A lot can be explained by the fact that he’s a cousin of Nag. The handsomeness genes have been assigned to this household waaay too partially.
Aadhi
The ‘stache for men may have gone out of style for a moment there, but when Aadhi brought it back, he brought it back real good. The Tom Selleck of Tamil cinema, he effortlessly emanates that gentlemanly aura. Sure, he has the height, the shoulders and the pecs to draw fox whistles (girl equivalent of the wolf whistle), but there is a quality about him that you can’t quite put a finger on, that sets him a class apart as a man’s man, which in turn sets him apart as many women’s ideal man!
Kalidas Jayaram
He certainly inherits from his father the unmistakable characteristic of innocence on his face. With a mug like that, Jayaram Junior could demand your last pint of blood and still seem like a cherub. Many would also agree he’d give Robert Pattinson a run for his money in the crooked-smile stakes. The final statement on this model of cuteness – bachelorhood becomes him!