9 South Indian Actresses From Filmy Families

Aishwarya Rajesh who made herself a potent name in Tamil Cinema with films like Attakathi and Vada Chennai hasn't revealed much about her background. We can say that this Kanaa heroine has risen to fame with hard work and persistence than any support from her family or industry godfathers. Very few know that Aishwarya Rajesh is the daughter of yesteryear Telugu actor Rajesh who played hero and support roles in about 50 films in the 1980s in Telugu. Her paternal aunt is the legendary Telugu comedy actress Srilakshmi. Interestingly, Aishwarya Rajesh's grandfather was a noted film star of the 1960s, Amarnath who is known for portraying Lord Krishna and Lord Rama roles in a few notable films. 

Kalyani Priyadarshan made her on-screen debut with Akhil Akkineni starrer Hello. Though the film was not that successful at the box office, Kalyani was appreciated for her looks and performance. Kalyani Priyadarshan is the daughter of Malayalam star director Priyadarshan and actress Lissy. Kalyani went on to sign multiple films in Telugu and Tamil film industries.

She needs no introduction, she is the daughter of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s brother Naga Babu. Arising from Megastar family is already a pressure but Niharika Konidela did her homework before she debuted. Niharika started off on the small screen followed by a web series and then short films. After gaining enough experience she made her silver screen debut with Oka Manasu which fared above average at box office. Now, Niharika is in talks with a couple of filmmakers.

Daughter of Dialogue King Mohan Babu, this Manchu lady is quite active on small and big screen. She handles multiple reality shows and is grabbing opportunities coming her way. Probably Manchu Lakshmi is the only Telugu lady to have featured on American television as she did couple of shows before she relocated to India. Currently she has a Hollywood film in her kitty.

Darling daughters of Universal hero Kamal Haasan are quite multi-talented. Before making their on-screen debut, Shruti and Akshara were involved in the filmmaking process. Shruti’s personal interest is in music and she composed music for Kamal’s Eenadu which is the official Telugu remake of A Wednesday. Shruti has featured in blockbuster hits in Telugu like Gabbar Singh, Race Gurram and Srimanthudu to her credits. On the other hand, Akshara is currently assisting her dad in his directorial ‘Sabash Naidu.’ She is yet to make her mark in Telugu.

Sridevi is the youngest daughter of character artists Vijayakumar and late Manjula. She debuted along with Prabhas in Eshwar and then featured in quite a few films. Though Sridevi could not manage to get desired the success, she grabbed the attention of many. Post her wedding too, she appeared in a couple of movies. The last noted film of Sridevi was Ravi Teja’s Veera (2011).

Karthika and Thulasi are daughters of yesteryear’s popular heroine Radha. Karthika made her debut with Naga Chaitanya in Josh while Thulasi was introduced by ace director Mani Ratnam in Kadali. Karthika’s Ko (Rangam in Telugu) scored a huge hit at the box office and later on she featured in couple of Telugu movies. Karthika’s last Telugu outing was Brother of Bommali with Allari Naresh.

Keerthy Suresh is the daughter of producer Suresh and actress Menaka. Keerthy made her Telugu debut in 2016 with Ram’s Nenu Sailaja. The success of the film got the eyeballs of Telugu filmmakers but she is in no rush to do films at a stretch. Keerthy is being very selective. After 8 months of her Telugu debut, she signed her second film titled Nenu Local opposite Nani.

She is the sister of hero Sumanth and hails from the very popular Akkineni family. Supriya got introduced along with Power Star Pawan Kalyan in Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. But she did not feature in a single film after her debut. Nevertheless, Supriya is busy behind the camera. She handles the production of Annapurna Studios flicks.

There have been many reports that Rajasekhar’s elder daughter Sivani would soon make her silver screen debut. But Jeevitha had clarified that she is in talks with couple of filmmakers and would take a final call soon. However reports have it say that Sivani would make her debut opposite hero Naga Shaurya under producer Sai Korrapati's Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram banner. Time would answer Sivani's debut.

This 26 year old is the daughter of Action King Arjun. Aishwarya started off her career in 2013 with Vishal’s Pattathu Yaanai which was dubbed in Telugu as Dheerudu. But after her Tamil debut she took a gap and now Aishwarya has two films in hand in Tamil. Hopefully, she will make her Telugu debut soon.