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News India Live, Digital Desk: In today’s era, the trend of ‘Pan-India’ films has increased, but since decades ago, actresses have been making South Industry the launchpad of their career. When she entered Bollywood after working in South films, she became a superstar overnight.
1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai, one of the most beautiful women in the world, made her debut in the South before the Bollywood film ‘Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’ (1997).
First movie: ‘Iruvar’ – Tamil (1997)
director: Mani Ratnam
Important thing: Aishwarya worked with veteran director Mani Ratnam in her very first film.
2.Deepika Padukone
Deepika, who is considered the number-1 actress of Bollywood today, was not her first film ‘Om Shanti Om’.
First movie: ‘Aishwarya’ (Aishwarya) – Kannada (2006)
Important thing: Just a year before making a splash in Hindi cinema with Farah Khan’s film, she had shared the screen with Kannada superstar Upendra.
3. Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Global icon Priyanka Chopra also went to South first after becoming Miss World.
First movie: ‘Thamizhan’ – Tamil (2002)
Important thing: She was seen with Thalapathy Vijay in this film. His first Hindi film ‘The Hero’ came in 2003.
4. Kriti Sanon
National Award winner Kriti Sanon also started her acting with a Telugu film.
First movie: ‘1: Nenokkadine’ (1: Nenokkadine) – Telugu (2014)
Important thing: She made her debut with South superstar Mahesh Babu, after which she entered Bollywood with ‘Heropanti’ in the same year.
5. Katrina Kaif
Although Katrina’s first film ‘Boom’ (Hindi) got a lot of discussion, she moved to South in the early stages and was quite successful there.
South Film: ‘Malliswari’ – Telugu (2004)
Important thing: For this film, she was considered the most expensive debut actress of that time.
Other prominent names who started from South:
Taapsee Pannu: Movie ‘Jhummandi Naadam’ (Telugu)
Rakul Preet Singh: Film ‘Gilli’ (Kannada)
Pooja Hegde: Film ‘Mugamoodi’ (Tamil)
