He is mainly known for his acting in Tamil cinema. He used to be a bus conductor in Bangalore Transport Service before he started acting and his real name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, which was named after Chhatrapati Shivaji, a Maratha warrior King.
During his schooling at the Acharya Pathasala, he used to spend a lot of time acting in plays, such as Kurukshetra in which he played the role of Duryodhana. After becoming an actor he changed his name and Rajinikanth become his stage name.
He was born in Mogalthur, a small village near Narsapur, West Godavari. His original name is Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad and he was also an NCC cadet.
During the early 70's he had participated in the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi as an NCC cadet. Later in 1978, he made his acting debut with the film Punadhirallu. Prior to movies, he was also the Minister of State with independent charge for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
He is best known for his work in Tamil cinema and his real name is Venkatesh Prabhu. He has won 3 National Film Awards and 7 Filmfare Awards in his 15 years of acting career.
In 2011, Dhanush's popular song "Why this Kolaveri Di" became the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views on YouTube and made him famous across the world.
Baahubali actor was born as Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati. He made his debut in 2002 with a drama film Eshwar. After which he appeared in the movies such as Varsham, Chatrapathi, Chakram, Billa, Darling, Mr. Perfect, and Mirchi.
Later in 2015, he played the lead in S. S. Rajamouli's epic film Baahubali: The Beginning, which became one of the highest grossing films of India ever. He was applauded for this role worldwide by both fans and critics. As a result, cuurently he is one of the most popular south Indian actors.
He is an actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who is mostly known for his work in Telugu cinema. He also owns a production house called G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. He made his debut as a child artist at the age of 4 with the movie Needa.
He made his debut as a leading actor with the movie Rajakumarudu in the year 1999. He also won the State Nandi Award for Best Male Debut for this film. He was born as Mahesh Ghattamaneni but he changed his stage name to Mahesh Babu.
He is popularly known for his work in Telugu cinema and his real name is Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr.
He made his debut in 2000 with the film Ninnu Choodalani. His annual income in 2016 was Rs.360 million. In his film career spanning 18 years, Jr. NTR has worked in twenty seven films and has received two state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards and four CineMAA Awards.
Kamal Haasan is an Indian actor, director, producer, dancer, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He started his career as a child artist with a Tamil movie Kalathur Kannamma. He has been awarded for his contribution to the cinema world with Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Kalaimamani and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
He is one of the most popular faces down south. He has won many awards including nineteen Filmfare Awards and four National Film awards. Did you know he was born Parthasarathy Srinivasan?
He has worked across Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema. He is not only an actor but also a producer, visual effects co-ordinator, and photographer. He was born as Ramanaidu Daggubati to Telugu film producer Daggubati Suresh Babu.
He made his acting debut in 2010 with a Telugu film called Leader, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. After a great start, he appeared in many Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films such as Baby, Department, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani etc.
He is a famous actor, producer, director, screenwriter, writer, and politician down south. He is the younger brother of popular actor turned politician Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in the 1996 with a Telugu film called Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.
He is popularly known for his work in the films such as Gokulamlo Seetha, Suswagatam, Tammudu, Badri, Kushi, Jalsa and Gabbar Singh. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu for Gabbar Singh. His real name is Konidela Kalyan Babu.
He is one of the famous actors in Indian Cinema, who has also worked as a producer and television presenter. He is best known for his work in Tamil movies such as Nandha, Pithamagan, Ghajini, Singam, Singam II and S3.
The Singham of the south film industry has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards (South) for his work in Tamil cinema. His real name is Saravanan Sivakumar.
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