Raashi Khanna
Regina Cassandra
Rakul Preet Singh
Adah Sharma
Pranitha Subhash
Kriti Sanon
Charmy Kaur
Kajal Aggarwal
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Tamannaah Bhatia
Swathi Reddy
Anjali Naidu
Avika Gor
Shriya Saran
Lakshmi Manchu
Suma Kanakala
Rajasekhar
Nani
Navdeep
Sharwanand
Sundeep Kishan
Tarun Kumar
Sai Dharam Tej
Naga Shourya
Sumanth Ashwin
Naga Chaitanya
Allari Naresh
Rana Daggubati
Nikhil Siddharth
Pradeep Machiraju
1. Raashi Khanna
2. Regina Cassandra
Regina Cassandra is a film actress, who is noticeable in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies. She rose to fame in the film, Kanda NaalMudhal directed by V. Priya at the age 16. Regina was born on 13 December 1988. Her birthplace is Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her mother is from Karnataka, and her father is from North-India.
She is Christian as her grandfather is an Iyengar who converted to Christianity. Her grandmother is Anglo-Indian from Goa. Regina started anchoring when she was four years old on a children’s channel Splash. She was seen in many TV commercials during her school days. She debuted in the Kannada film Suryakaanti. Also, she made her Telugu movie debut with the film SMS (Shiva Manasulo Shruthi).
She receiv...
3. Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet Singh is a famous Indian model working predominantly in South India. She has got a wide range of craze in a short span of time. She was born on 10 October, 1990. She was born in New Delhi to an army family. She completed her schooling from Army public school and graduation from Jesus and Mary College. She is a professional Golf player and has played National level golf competition. She is a huge fan of Sharukh Khan. Rakul has been passionate about acting since her childhood. So, she opt Modeling as her career. She started modeling when she was just 18. She debuted with the Kannada film Gilli. Next she played a small role in Tamil film, Keratam.
Though she was on the screen for a short time she gained a lot of fame for the movie. She did Yaariyan in Hindi and ...
4. Adah Sharma
Adah Sharma is an Indian actress and a model. She got popular for her role in Bollywood horror movie “1920”. She has also worked in some Telugu movies and a few ad films. Adah Sharma was born in Palakkad, Kerela on 11 May 1989 and brought up in Mumbai, Maharastra. She belongs to a non-film background, to a Tamil Brahmin family. She went to Auxilium Convent School in Pali, Mumbai for early education. She was very clear on career front and decided to become an actress when she was in class 10th. She had already learned to write Bhagwad Gita at the tender age of three. She completed her graduation in Kathak, from Gopi Krishna’s dance academy. She is a dancer since her age of three.
She is fond of gymnastics too. Adah auditioned for a lot of roles in Mumbai. She faced a lot of rejections. Aft...
5. Pranitha Subhash
She is a model turned actress. She is from Bangalore and has been a part of Tollywood and Kannada films. Her parents are doctors and run a hospital in Bangalore. Pranitha was a model by profession before she stepped into acting. She debuted in the year 2010 opposite in Porki, a remake of a Telugu hit film with the same name.
She also acted in a Telugu film, Em Pillo Em Pillado in 2010 again. After being choosy and rejected a few Kannada films, she signed a Telugu love story Baava, opposite Siddharth. She was appreciated by the masses for her role of Varalakshmi in this film. She then made her Tamil film debut with Udhayan. Her film Saguni was released both in two languages.
Saguni was released in thousand one fifty...
6. Kriti Sanon
Kriti Sanon is a model-turned-actress who made her first break in cinema through a Telugu film. It was in the year 2014; she signed for a Telugu film “Nenokkadine’’ where she played the role of Sameera. The film was a biggest grosser in US markets, and the film had Mahesh Babu as hero opposite Kriti Sanon. It was the most costly film in Tollywood. In the same year, she got her first break in Bollywood.
The film Heropanti, an action comedy drama in which she won the best female debut from Filmfare. Critics labeled her as a lovely and gorgeous girl who could perform too in front of the camera. In 2014, she signed another Telugu film ’ Dohchay’ opposite Naga Chaitanya, which was a disaster at box office. As the film could not revive her talent back, Sanon has signed Farzi( Telu...
7. Charmy Kaur
8. Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal is a modern Indian model and film actress, known for working predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and few Bollywood films. She was born on June 19, 1985, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Vinay and Suman Aggarwal. Her younger sister, Nisha Aggarwal, also works in the same field and appeared in Tamil and Telugu films.
She had an internship with the famous cosmetics and beauty company, L’Oreal and that’s when she started her career in modeling. She initially planned on taking an MBA in Brand Management before she decided to start her acting career. Kajal was debuted in the Bollywood romance film, ‘Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..’, Where she played a small role as Aishwarya Rai’s sister.
This was followed...
9. Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Born on April 28 1987 Samantha is a model and actress, who has acted in Telugu and Tamil films. Samantha was brought up in Chennai and she was involved in modeling in her teens. The Telugu film Ye Maya Chesave was her first film and she was instantly successful; she got the Filmfare award for Best Debut. She also has a Nandi award to her credit, for this film.
The Year 2013 was a happening year for this southern beauty; she got the Filmfare award for Best Actress in both Telugu and Tamil. This feat was accomplished only by actress Revathi earlier. Samantha got the award for her performances in the films Neethane En Pon Vasantham and Eega. The Telugu films Attarintiki Daredi and Manam also gained her awards. Samantha did her schooling in Chennai and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce. Samantha once admitted that, she pursued m...
10. Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamannaah Bhatia is a well known actress in Tamil and Telugu film industry with lots of fan following. Chand Sa Roshan Chehra was her first Hindi movie, in the year 2005. Her Telugu debut was Sri and the Tamil debut was Kedi. In Kedi, she did a negative role and the movie did not go well. It was also the debut movie for Ileana, the South Indian popular actress. Tamannaah Bhatia acted in Vyapari with director S.J.Suryah; but she did not get a good recognition. After she performed in Balaji Sakthivel’s Kalloori, she became notable. Her performance in that film was appreciated by everyone. Similarly, her Telugu film Happy Days was also a super hit and got her good name. Tamannaah Bhatia steadied her market by choosing good films.
11. Swathi Reddy
Swathi Reddy is an actress and TV presenter from India. She was known as Colours Swathi when she was doing the Telugu TV show, ‘Colours’, which was aired on Maa TV. Swathi was born on April 9, 1987, in Vladivostok, Russia. Her first name was Svetlana and then changed it to Swathi. Her father was working as a submariner from the Indian Navy. Then they moved to Mumbai and afterward, in Visakhapatnam where she spent her childhood days. When she was in her 11th standard, she moved to Hyderabad and studied at St. Mary’s College and finished Biotechnology. After taking the EAMCET test, she started on TV at 17. She hosted ‘Colors’ and because of the good feedback from the viewers, they extended the show, and it became a primetime show. She has fi...
12. Anjali Naidu
Anjali Naidu is a prominent Indian film actress, known in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries during the 80’s. Her career spanned only until the year 1987. She was debuted and co-starred with actors, Mammootty and Raghu, in the 1980 Malayalam film, Mela. She played as Sharada, the wife of Raghu, who played as a circus clown. In 1981, she played as a heroine in Balu Kiriyath’s Thakilukottampuram, where she was seen being slap by Mohanlal.
Anjali also played as Gayathri in Rajaji Babu’s Angachamayam in 1982. In the same year, she appeared in films like Kayam, Mylanchi, and Ee Nadu. She also starred and debuted in B. Nagi Reddy’s Hindi film, Shriman Shrimati, alongside Sanjeev Kumar, Amol Palekar, Rakesh Roshan, Sarika, A.K. Hangal, Raakhee, and Lalita Pawar in the lead roles. From the ...
13. Avika Gor
Avika Gor is an Indian Television Actress who was born on June 30, 1997 in Bombay, India. Her father is Sameer Gor, an insurance agent and her mother is Chetna Gor, a Homemaker. She studied at Ryan International School located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was first seen in the Indian drama soap, “Balika Vadhu” – Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte as Anandi Jagdish Singh when she was still studying. She earned fame and received many praises and awards for her appearance in this serial.
Her real dream is to be a model and a B-town Actress. When she was a child, she attended different fashion shows and got the “Best Model Award” for Gini and Johnny in 2007. But she was happy to see her growing career and to be known as a celebrity. She also dreams of becoming a Miss Universe and she aspires ...
14. Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran, the timeless beauty, is a much loved actor of the South Indian film industry who’s been reigning the world of cinema from nearly a decade. She’s acted in nearly 70 films in the languages of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English and Hindi and won a host of prestigious awards in all of her career.
A trained and expert traditional dancer, Shriya Saran was noticed in one of her dance videos and for the beauty that she was, movie offers came her way. Ishtam, the telugu film produced by Ramoji Rao was the first that she acted in and although the film didn’t really fare all that well, she was noticed. She was paired with bigger heroes like Nagarjuna and Tarun right after that when she acted in films like Santosham (with Nag) and Nuvve nuvve (first directorial of Trivikram Srinivas along side Tarun...
15. Lakshmi Manchu
Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu is an Indian celebrity known for her acting and hosting skills, along with being a producer. She was born on 8 October 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her father (Mohan Babu) and brothers (Vishnu Manchu and Manoj Manchu) are accomplished actors. Her birth mother, Vidya Devi, is no more, but she has a step-mother, Manchu Nirmala Devi. She is quite a learned woman in the industry. She graduated in theater from Oklahoma City University. Later, she attended the film school at the University of Southern California. Lakshmi’s career kick-started with the role of Sarasvati, on the American comedy-drama television series titled ‘Las Vegas.’ She recurred in eleven episodes of the show from 2004 to 2007. In 2006, she not only acted in the short film titled ‘Private Lives&r...
16. Suma Kanakala
Suma is a familiar person in south Indian film industry. She is from Kerala but she settled in Hyderabad because of her father’s job purpose. Her father name is P.N. Kutty and her mother’s name is Vimala and who were settled in secunderabad. Her father was a railway employee. She is the only daughter to her parents. She started acting on Doordharshan period onwards. In the year of 1990, she started her career in serials and she acted in serials like Megalaya, Mandhakini, Samatha, etc.
In Megalaya serial she and Rajeev Kanakala was acted under the direction of her uncle Devadas Kanakala. After that Rajeev and Suma were both did many serials like Ruthuragalu and etc. they both were loved each other and they got married. And they are having 2 children: Roshan Kanakala and Manaswini Kanakala. Rajiv K...
17. Rajasekhar
Dr. Rajasekhar is a famous Telugu actor. He was born on 4 February, 1962. He is born in Tamil Nadu to Varadharajan and Andalu Pillai. He has done M.B.B.S and he’s a qualified doctor. Though he hails from a Tamil family he married Telugu director, Jeevitha and settled as a big hero in Tollywood. He has two daughters Sivani and Sivatmika. His elder daughter Shivani is going to start her film career with the movie Vanda ki Vanda. Raja Sekhar’s brother, ‘Selva’ is also a famous Tamil actor. He debuted on the big screen with the film ‘Vande Mataram’. With his ferocious acting, he gained fame as an angry young man of Tollywood. He acted in many Telugu films ‘Prathighatana’, Repati Pourulu, ‘Talambralu’, ‘Ankusam’, ‘Aahuthi’.
He acted ...
18. Nani
Actor Nani (Naveen Babu Ghanta) is an adorable hero in Tollywood who had a dream to become a film director. He was born on 24 February 1984 in Hyderabad (Telangana). During his college days, he was a movie-buff and was addicted watcher of movies. Hence, he found inspiration from Mani Ratnam’s movies and even became a clap director to Bapu for the film ‘Radha Gopalam.' Later, of course, he worked as an assistant director to Srinu Vaitla and also with great Bapu. After taking a long sabbatical from studios, he worked as a radio jockey for a World Space Satellite.
Nani even titled his program as ‘Non-Stop Nani’ and presented the program for one year. In between, an offer came to him for a hero role from a director Mohan Krishna Indraganti, w...
21. Sundeep Kishan
Sundeep Kishan is the assistant director of the popular director Gautam Menon. He is acting in Telugu films and hailed from the family of film celebrities. Chota K. Naidu and Shyam K. Naidu are the popular cinematographers, who are the uncles of Sundeep Kishan. Born in the year 1987 in Hyderabad, Sundeep Kishan completed his graduation in Loyola College in Chennai. Though his father is a business man and his mother, an employee of All India Radio, he developed his interest in cinema. Sneha Geetham was the debut movie of Sandeep. He has also acted in the Hindi film Shor in the city. Routine Love Story was an average hit movie in the year 2012, which had Sundeep Kishan in the lead. He has also acted in a Tamil movie called Yaaruda Mahesh, but the movie failed to hit the box office. At present, he is acting in...
22. Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar Bhatt, the child actor, can easily share a credit with Mani Ratnam who introduced him as a child artiste in Anjali which fetched him the national award. Later on, ultimately his recognition as a child actor made him the real chocolate hero in 2000s and he went to become the craze star in Tollywood then. But his success was short lived too. His success came early in Telugu films with Nuvve Kavali (remake of a Malayalam movie Niram) which was a smash hit at box office. After success of Nuvve Kavali, his break in Kollywood was with “Punnagai Desam’’ (R. B. Chowdary film) which was not well appreciated in the box office. Even his next Telugu flick’’ Enakku 20 Unakku 18", could not create the same magic of Nuvve Kavali. Later on with subsequent releases of films, he...
23. Sai Dharam Tej
Sai Dharam Tej is a famous Telugu actor. He is known for his acting in Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam. He was born in Delhi but lives in Film Nagar, Hyderabad now in Telangana. He is the son of Vijaya Durga; she is the sister of South Indian superhero Chiranjeevi. He is also the nephew of Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan, who are renowned Tollywood actors. His family is recognized easily in the film industry as his cousins Ram Charan, Allu Sirish, Allu Arjun and Varun Tej are also Tollywood actors. He did his primary education in Chennai till 7th standard and later shifted to Hyderabad for 8th standard. Later he completed his education with an MBA in Biotechnology at IIPM. The film industry blood run in his veins as many of his family members are associated with the film industry.
24. Naga Shourya
Naga Shourya is a popular Telugu star who made his debut in cinema through the film Cricket, Girls And Beer in the year 2011. Basically, he was a tennis player. He was born in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh. He was brought up in Vijayawada and then shifted to Hyderabad to quench his thirst for acting. He tried a lot to enter the cinema industry and at last succeeded to commit to the film after five years of struggle. He sent his portfolio for the audition of the movie Oohalu Gusagusalade and finally got selected. Before the release of Oohalu Gusagusalade, his second movie Chandamama Kathalu got released. The success of Oohalu Gusagusalade was a grand success movie, which made Naga Shourya become a competitor among the top stars of Andhra. As he looks like a normal boy who resides next to the house, the Telugu people welcomed him warmly. ...
25. Sumanth Ashwin
Sumanth Ashwin is an actor, born in Hyderabad, Telangana, working in the Telugu film industry. His father is M.S. Raju, a film director, and producer. Sumanth worked in his father’s home production company called “Sumanth Art Productions”.
His 2012 debut film was named “Tuneega Tuneega”. Unfortunately, this movie did not do very well at the box-office. However, he climbed the ladder of success with his second film and also, with his 2015 film, “Columbus”.
“Lovers” proved as his first commercial break.
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Sumanth Ashwin’s full name is Mantena Sumanth Ashwin. He was born on June 30, 1988. He has a sister...
26. Naga Chaitanya
Naga Chaitanya is a Telugu actor and he is into the film industry since 2009. His debut film Josh fetched him several awards, though he didn’t get the expected positive reviews for it. Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad on 23rd November 1986. His parents are Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati. His granddads Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Daggubati Naidu were both prominent faces in Telugu film industry. Film celebrities Daggubati Venkatesh, Rana Daggubati, Sushanth and Sumant Yerlagada are also relatives to him.
When his parents parted ways Chaitanya came to Chennai. Amala Akkineni is the stepmother of ...
27. Allari Naresh
28. Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati is a famous Indian actor. He was born on 14 December, 1984 in Chennai. Rana is the grandson of legendary producer Daggubati Rama Naidu and son of the producer, D.Suresh Babu. He is the nephew of Venkatesh.. Rana has completed his entire childhood and schooling in Chennai. Rana has also done Photography course in Konica institute of Imaging and Technology. Before acting, Rana was an entrepreneur and his company name is Spirit Media. He was a successful Digital Post entrepreneur. His company has won Nandi award for special effects for the movie Sainikudu. Born with silver spoon in his mouth, Rana has not struggled a lot for movie chances.
He has the responsibility to continue his family legacy as a good actor. He made his debut with the Telugu film, Leader in 2010 directed by Sekhar Kammula. He act...
29. Nikhil Siddharth
Nikhil Siddharth is an Indian actor. He is known for many films in Telugu film Industry. He was born on 1 June 1985 in Hyderabad in Telangana. Earlier he played many minor roles before he rose to great name and fame as a hero. His first film that brought him name and fame was Happy Days.
Sekhar Kammula directed the film. It was a college drama that was a huge success. Then he played in many other commercial and critically acclaimed movies. He acted in Yuvatha in 2008, Veedu Theda in 2011, Alasyam Amrutham in 2010, Karthikeya in 2014 and many others.
He studied at Begumpet School called Hyderabad Public School. Some his fans refer to him as Begumpet boy. He completed his engineering in MJCET in Hyderabad. He first worked as an assistan...
30. Pradeep Machiraju
He was born on 23rd of October in Amalapuram, east Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He was brought up in the capital city Hyderabad. He was born to Mr Panduranga Machiraju and Mrs Bhavani Machiraju and couple have two children among whom pradeep was younger and he has an older sister.
He was very good at studies; He did his schooling in St Alphonas School, and Intermediate education in St Mary's college. He completed his degree of B.Tech Electronics from Vignaan Institute of Technology in Hyderabad.
He was also known as Mirchi pradeep. Pradeep started his career as an event promoter. His energy and enthusiasm made him a Radio Jockey. He worked as a RJ in radio Mirchi for some time. He left the job and joined a Local TV channel when he got the offer to host a dance show. He then never looked behind and toady he...