Did you know your favorite movie stars were these popular TV personalities before they went to the big screen! From TV show presenters, to participants and actors. Here is a round up of celebrities that went from the small screen to the big screen.

Sai Pallavi 

Sai Pallavi Senthamarai She has won several awards including four Filmfare Awards South and two SIIMA Awards. She was featured by Forbes magazine as one of India’s 30 under 30 in 2020. Sai Pallavi was a contestant on the Vijay TV show Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva? And Dhee 4 both were major dance competitions in the Tamil and Telugu industry. 

Pallavi made her acting debut with 2015 Malayalam film Premam, which was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film till then, for which she received critical praise. She has since established herself in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam cinema with acclaimed performances in successful films like Kali (2016), Fidaa (2017), Middle Class Abbayi (2017), Maari 2 (2018), Love Story (2021), Shyam Singha Roy (2021) and Gargi (2022).