Most Popular Actors in South Movie Industry Indian

Gaurav Kumar
4 min readFeb 17, 2023

India is the second most populated country in the world. Statista report shows that full of diversities. Statista report shows that by 2027 Indian popularity will cross the 1469 million mark. There are 22 official languages in India. India is not just a populated country. But a country full of diversity. Its beauty lies in the fact that Indians have found integrity in diversity.

Indians are now the CEO of the most popular and richest businesses, such as Microsoft, Google, etc.

Indians are not only into population and business but also love entertainment. This is the reason why every Indian state has its movie wood.

Even though Bollywood or Hindi movie industry dominated Indian cinema for a long time, the South movie industry has shown incredible success in the past decade.

These days, the south movie industry is dominating Indian cinema. And the reason behind the hard work of south Indian movie makers, actors, and other people.

One must know about the most popular South Indian Actors working in the south-movie industry for a long time.

Here is the list!

Rajinikanth:

Rajnikanth is a well-known name not only in the South movie industry but also in Bollywood. He is well known for his unique action style and movies. He is 71 years old. Rajnikanth has gained worldwide fame with movies like Robot. His popular movies include Annaatthe, Darbar, Kabali, Kaala Karikalan, Sivaji, Petta, etc.

Chiranjeevi:

Chiranjeevi is also known as Mega Star in Telugu cinema. He has not only acted in Telugu movies but also did movies in other Indian languages such as Hindi movies, Tamil movies, Kannada movies, etc. Chiranjeevi is one of the most successful actors on south-Indian cinema.

His most popular movies include Godfather, Waltair Veerayya, Acharya, Sye Raa Narasimha, Indra, Bhola Shankar, Gang Leader, Khiladi No, 150, Khiladi, Tagore, Annayya, Daddy, Stalin, Hitler, etc.

Kamal Haasan:

Like Rajnikanth, Kamal Hasan is also active in Indian cinema for a very long time. He is also 71 years old. His movie Vikram has set new records in Tamil movie cinema. Kamal Haasan is well known for his movies like Kalathoor kannamma, Vishwaroopam, Mumbai Express, Virumaandi, Saagar, Zara si Zindagi, Virasat, Aalavandhan, etc.

Joseph Vijay:

Vijay’s full name is Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar. He is a well-known south-movie actor. He is also known as “Thalapathy” Thalapathy means commander. His movies Varisu, Beast, Master, Thalapathy 67, Mersal, Bigil, Theri, Sarkar, Thuppaki, Ghilli, Kaththi, Jilla, Tahlaiva, etc., have left a great impact on south-Indian cinema. He is quite popular in Tollywood.

Prabhas:

Prabhas is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema. His movie series Baahubali has set new records for Telugu cinema and made it popular worldwide. Prabhas’s popularity is not limited to Telugu cinema only. He is also popular in hindi cinema. Prabhas’s most popular movies are Baahibali, Radhe Shyam, Salaar, Saaho, Project K, Adipurush, Mirchi, Rebel, Billa, Darling, Varsham, Chatrapathi, Munna, etc. He is an established action star in Telugu cinema.

Allu Arjun:

Allu Arjun is one of the most popular actors in Indian cinema. He is also one of the most searched Indian actors on Google. Allu Arjun has gained popularity because of his style and action. He is quite capable of doing the action, comedy, romance, etc. His movies include Pushpa: The Rule, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Pushpa The Rise, Race Gurram, Naa Peru Surya, S/O Stayamurthy, DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham, Sarrainodu, Arya 2, Rudramadevi, Badrinath, Arya, Vedam, Happy, Bunny, Yevadu, Varudu, Geetha Govindam, etc.

Mahesh Babu:

Mahesh Babu is one of the cutest actors in south Indian cinema. His movies Maharshi, Srimanthudu, Sarkaru Vaari Paata, Spyder, Athadu, Dookudu, Bharat Ane Nenu, Pokiri, Major, Yuvaraju, Takkari Donga, Achrya, Nijam, Aagadu, are popular. Mahesh Babu has stirred controversy by saying he will never do any Bollywood movie.

Dhanush:

Dhanush is also a popular actor from south-Indian cinema who has worked in Hollywood. His movies Vaathi, Naane Varuvean, Jagame Thundiram, Karnan, Atrangi Re, Maaran, Enai Noki Paayum Thota, Vada Chennai, The Gray Man, Maari 2, Raanjhanaa, Anegan, Maari, Shamitabh, etc., are quite popular.

Ram Charan Teja:

Ram Charan is also one of the highest-paid actors in Telugu cinema. He is the son of Cheeranjivi. Ram Charan is famous for movies like RRR, Acharya, Magadheera, Vinaya Vidheya Rama, Rangasthalam, Yevadu, Dhruva, RC15, Zanjeer, Naayak, Bruce Lee 2, Raacha, Orange, Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, Sye Raa Narasimha, Aravinda Sametha Veera, etc.

N.T. Rama Rao Jr.

NTR Jr. is the son of politician and Telugu actor N.T. Rama Rao. He is also known as Tarak and Jr NTR. He has known for movies like RRR, Aravinda Sametha Veera, Janatha Garage, Nannaku Prematho, NTR 30, Jai Lava Kusa, Temper, Baadshah, Simhadri, Brindavanam, Yamadonga, Student No 1, Dhammu, Kantri, Rabhasa, etc.

Ravi Teja:

Ravi Teja is also a popular south Indian actor. His movies Disco Raja, Dhamaka, Neninthe, Khadgam, Ramarao on Duty, Khiladi, Dhamaka, Krack, Raja the Great, Awe!, Bengal Tiger, etc., are quite popular.

Many popular south-Indian actors will soon join this list.

Stay Tuned!

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