7 South Celebrities Who Are Related In Real Life!

Prithviraj Kapoor acted in one of India’s first movies, ‘Alam Ara’ way back in 1931. Fast forward 2017 and the Kapoors are still gracing the silver screen. Similarly, many actors over the past 10 decades have followed the footsteps of their family members and took up acting as  a profession. Many say, acting stays in the DNA; may be it’s true!

Down South, we’ve had many legends who have stolen our hearts and now their descendants have taken the legacy forward. Here are some of the actors who are related in real life.

Cho Ramaswamy-Ramya Krishnan

 

 

A brave Journalist and a legendary actor; Cho Ramaswamy’s December 2016 death came as a shock to fans and the film industry. Not many know that Baahubali star Ramya Krishnan is his niece. Some super acting skills passed on to her by him!

Allu Arjun- Ram Charan Tej

 

Yesteryear actor Allu Rama Lingaiah’s daughter got married to Megastar Chiranjeevi in the 80s. The star couple have a son together, Actor Ram Charan. Allu Arjun is the grandson of Allu Rama Lingaiah and is the son of Gajini producer, Allu Arvind. The cousins are quite close and never leave a chance to make it to family getogethers. Quite a star family!

Rana Daggubati-Naga Chaitanya

 

 

Daggubati Rama Naidu was one of the most successful filmmakers and producers of Indian cinema. His daughter Lakshmi Daggubati was married to Akkineni Nagarjuna, however, the couple separated after a son together; Naga Chaitanya. Rana Dagguabati is the son of Suresh Daggubati and is Naga Chaitanya’s first cousin.

 

Nandamuri Balakrishna- NTR Jr

 

 

Tollywood’s legend N T Rama Rao had eight sons and four daughters with his wife Basava Tarakam. His son Nandamuri Balakrishna is still rocking the silver screen. NTR’s fourth son N. Harikrishna secretly had a second wife who gave birth to a son, NTR Jr. the latter has a striking resemblance to his grandfather and is one of the most successful stars of Tollywood today.

Bhanupriya-V. Shantaram

 

 

South Indian actress Bhanupriya and legendary Bollywood actor, director, producer V. Shantaram are related! Who knew? Bhanupriya’s sister Shanthipriya is married to V. Shantaram’s grandson Siddharth Ray, of Baazigar fame.

S.S Rajamouli-M.M Keeravani

 

Who knew these two legends were related! S.S Rajamouli is the son of popular filmmaker and living legend K.V. Vijayendra Prasad. Music director M.M Keeravani is his nephew. Now we know how the duo rocked Baahubali!