Top 10 South Indians Who Have Made A Mark In Bollywood

1. A R Rahman

Hailing from the state of Tamil Nadu, the 49–year-old “Oscar Indian” is the face of Indian music at the international level. An accomplished south Indian music director in Bollywood is a rarity. Rahman rose to fame with his musicals Roja and Bombay. The other notable works of Rahman in Bollywood are Lagaan, Rang De Basanti Click to look into! >> Read More... , Ghajini, the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire Click to look into! >> Read More... , Raavan and so on.

2. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More...

The 43-year-old Miss World 1994 is a quintessential Indian fashion icon in world cinema. She hails from a Mangalorean Tulu speaking family. The noteworthy performance of Mrs. Bachchan is in Devdas. This lady with mesmerizing eyes is also widely acclaimed to be the most beautiful woman on the surface of the earth.

3. Hema Malini Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the >> Read More...

The 68 year old, ever young looking, Hema Malini was born in a Tamil speaking family of Thanjavur district of the then Madras Presidency. She is celebrated for her never-decreasing beauty even in her late 60’s.She is married to the legendary actor Dharmendra and is an incumbent Member of Parliament. She is popular to be one of the most elegantly dressed actresses. She claimed immense appreciations for her performance in the star-studded cult film Sholay.

4. Vidya Balan Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress >> Read More...

The 37-year-old Tamilian beauty is considered to be one of the faces of women empowerment in India. In the starting of her career, she was maligned for being unfashionable which Vidya had lent a deaf ear to after few years. She was conferred with Padma Shri at a young age of 35.The notable films of Vidya are Parineeta, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Kahaani, No One Killed Jessica etc...

5. Hariharan Hariharan is a renowned Indian singer, who sings m >> Read More...

The 61-year-old ace Indian playback singer was born into a Tamil speaking family. Haiharan’s parents were also musicians. He received Padma Shri in 2004.Although he is credited with over 200 Hindi songs; he is identified with the highly intense “Tu Hi Re” from Bombay. The expressions in his songs are considered to be impeccable.

6. Benny Dayal Benny Dayal is an Indian Pop-Singer. Born in Kolla >> Read More...

The 32-year-old has become a constant factor in bollywood music albums lately. Hailing from Kerala, the sensational singer had quit his job in the BPO sector to honour his passion. Some of his famous numbers are Pappu Can’t Dance Saala, Badtameez Dil Story soon >> Read More... , Disco Deewane, Loacha-e-Ulfat, Ude Dil Befikre etc...

7. R Madhavan R Madhavan is a popular film actor in Tamil and Hi >> Read More...

The 46-year-old was born into a Tamil speaking family in Bihar. He holds a distinct record of having appeared in films of seven different languages. Madhavan became a recognizable face in bollywood post his performance in Rang De Basanti. His other appreciated bollywood movies are 3 Idiots and the Tanu Weds Manu Click to look into! >> Read More... enterprise.

8. Dhanush This lanky superstar Dhanush is an actor from Tami >> Read More...

The 33-year-old Kollywood superstar is an actor cum singer who made his maiden bollywood appearance through Ranjhanaa. He attained fame at the international level with his song “Why This Kolaveri Di”. Dhanush’s second bollywood appearance was in Shamitaabh where he shared screen with the Bollywood Supremo Mr.Bachchan. Dhanush won the Filmfare Award for Best Debutant actor for Ranjhanaa in 2013, after having attained immense fame in Kollywood for almost a decade.

9. Asin

The 31-year-old gorgeous Keralite had enjoyed her stardom in the film industry until 2015 after which she called it quits to get married in 2016.After the legendary actress Padmini, Asin is the only actress t have dubbed for all her films. Asin can speak eight different languages. She rose to fame in bollywood with her debut film Ghajini opposite Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... . She has also worked with other leading men of bollywood viz. Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and hi >> Read More... , Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... , Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... in movies like Khiladi 786, Houseful 2, Bol Bachchan Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Ready.

10. Siddharth

The 37-year-old actor hails from a Tamil speaking family. Siddharth made his mark in bollywood through films Rang De Basanti and Chhashme Baddoor. Siddharth is currently doing The House Next Door films in three languages-Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.