Malayali Beauties Who Made It Big In Tamil Cinema!

8 years ago

Tamil cinema has always been fascinated with our neighboring state, be it their locations or women. Many beautiful and talented ladies from Kerala have made it big in Kollywood. Here’s a look at the top 10!

NAYANTHARA

The leading lady of South cinema is popular in all four south states and has given blockbuster hits in all South Indian languages. Nayanthara has proved herself and has carved a name for herself in the industry. Nayanthara hails from Tiruvalla in Kerala and her birth name is Diana Mariam Kurian.

KEERTHY SURESH

Keerthy Suresh is making waves in the industry by singing films with Vijay and Suriya. This Malayali beauty is one the most wanted actress at the moment after her back to back hit with Thodari and Remo. Keerthy who hails from a film background debuted as a child artist in Malayalam.

ASIN

Asin is from Kochi and has a syro-malabar catholic background. Asin too debuted in Malayalam cinema before taking over Tamil cinema and then moving to Bollywood. She gave the blockbusters Ghajini, M.Kumaran, son of Mahalakshmi and Ready. She is currently married to Micromax founder, Rahul Sharma.

AMALA PAUL

Amala Paul shot to fame after Prabhu Solomon's Mynaa although she made her debut film in Malayalam. The actress gave many hits like Deiva Thirumagal, Vettai and Velaiyilla Pattathari. She is currently working on her next film Vada Chennai with Dhanush directed by Vetrimaaran.

NITHYA MENEN

Nithya Menen was brought up in Banglore but has her roots from Kerala. She has done well for herself in Mollywood and Kollywood. She gave delivered hits like 180, Oh Kadhal Kanmani and Kanchana 2.

NAZRIYA

Nazriya charmed Tamil audience with her cute expression in Raja Rani, Neram and Vaayai Moodi Peavum. In a short span she became very popular but sadly she quit films after her marriage to Mollywood actor, Fahad Fazil.

In the 80's many Malayali actress ruled Tamil cinema, namely, Revathi, Radha, Urvashi, Ambika and Nadiya. These actresses set a benchmark for Tamil cinema and many more from God's own country followed suit. Tamil cinema has reached such a level due to the contribution from these Malayali actresses.

Other Malayali actresses who are rising in the industry are Lakshmi Menon, Parvathy, Madonna Sebastian, Manjima Mohan and Anupama Parameshwaran. They have all given decent hits and managed to get people's attention.