After getting tremendous responses on the 6 South Indian Superstars Famous Among Bollywood Fans
& Television, here we are with a second edition to that one.
Since we missed a few stars in the last article, on popular demand we have now
added more South celebs who have made a mark in the industry with their
superhit films and brilliant performances. While many of you may recognize them
since you have watched their films umpteen times, here is all you need to know
more about them.
5 South Superstars who have made a mark with
their films:
Allu Arjun
Allu Arjun is a noted actor in the Telugu film industry. Other than his acting skills, the actor is better known for his exceptional dance moves as well. After starting out as a child actor in Vijetha, Allu truly made his mark with his debut film Gangotri. His other famous works include, Parugu for which he won the Best actor award.Parugu was recently remade in Hindi as Heropanti starring Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon.
Allu Arjun is a noted actor in the Telugu film industry. Other than his acting skills, the actor is better known for his exceptional dance moves as well. After starting out as a child actor in Vijetha, Allu truly made his mark with his debut film Gangotri. His other famous works include, Parugu for which he won the Best actor award.Parugu was recently remade in Hindi as Heropanti starring Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon.
Allu Arjun
tasted immense box office success with his 2007 film Desamuduru which was the second highest grossing
film of the year with a business of INR 410 million in 100 days and is second
to Mahesh Babu’sPokiri in Telugu which had made a significant
business. His other famous movies include, Vedam, Julainwhich is better
known as Dangerous Khiladi, its Hindi version, that is often
featured on Television.
The younger
brother of legendary actor Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan is a noted actor, writer,
director in Telugu cinema. A known face in the Telugu film industry, Pawan has
starred in the National Award winning film Tholi Prema which was remade in Hindi as Mujhe
Kuch Kehna Hai starring Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
Pawan also stepped into Salman Khan’s
shoes as he starred in Gabbar Singh (2012) which was adapted from
Bollywood film Dabangg. This film collected
150 crores gross and 63 crores nett which is huge. His other famous films
include Teen Maar which was a remake of Love
Aajkal, Attharintiki Daaredhi, Jalsa.
N.T. Rama Rao Jr.
Nandamuri
Taraka Rama Rao Jr. is better known as Jr. NTR, Young Tiger in Telugu cinema.
The actor is grandson of veteran Telugu actor and former Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. His film Rakhi with Ileana D’Cruz got huge responses,
we know the film’s dubbed version ‘The
Return Of Kalia‘ better because of its frequent airing on
Television.
Prabhas Raju
Uppalapati better known as Prabhas is another big name in the Telugu film
industry. The actor has tried hands at both action as well as romance and
excelled in both. He is known for his charming looks and impressed by many
girls with his performance in the romantic film Darling with Kajal Aggarwal.
His
hot-blooded character in Raghavendra too won him quite a lot of accolades
and the film was also remade in Bollywood as Rocky: The
Rebel starring Zayed
Khan and Isha Sharvani.
Prabhas is known as the ‘Young Rebel’ in Telugu film industry.
Ravi Teja
Ravi Teja is
one of the most popular faces in Tollywood and is popularly known as
MassMaharaja. He is a favorite of Tollywood’s ace directors and has almost
worked with all of them. His well-known works include Kick which was recently
remade in Bollywood by the same name and starred Salman Khan in the lead also
he was a part of Don Seenu which was dubbed in Hindi as Sabse Bada Don and is
undoubtedly one of the most frequently featured films on Television.
Also if you
have seen Ek Aur Vinashak ample of times, it is the dubbed
version of Teja’s most famous work ‘Neninthe’.