Katrina, Deepika, Aishwarya: Bollywood actresses who have won hearts with their performances in South Indian movie

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

After being crowned as Miss World in 1994, Aishwarya bagged her first film in Mani Ratnam's 1997 Tamil film, Iruvar. She made her acting debut with a South Indian film and in the same year, she was also seen in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol. She has done several South movies like Kandukondain Kandukondain, Enthiran. Now, the actor will be next seen in Ponniyin Selvan which is also directed by Mani Ratnam

Katrina Kaif

Before making it big in Bollywood, Katrina bagged a huge role in 2004 opposite Venkatesh Daggubati, titled Malliswari. She was a hit in the Telugu industry. Katrina later acted in a Malayalam film Balram vs. Tharadas and another Telugu movie Allari Pidugu. Interestingly, now she will be working with South superstar Vijay Sethupathi in Merry Christmas which will be directed by Sriram Raghavan.

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is a global star today. The actor is one of the most successful actors but she began her filmy career by starring opposite Vijay in Thamizhan in 2002. The movie was a huge box office hit. In 2003, the actor made her Bollywood debut with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and then Andaaz, for which she also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has even worked with Ram Charan in Zanjeer which tanked at the box office.

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone was one of the top models during the initial days of her career. She had starred in some music videos but she made her acting debut with Kannada film Aishwarya. Deepika even did an animated film with Rajinikanth in Kochadaiiyaan. The leggy lass is also going to work with Baahubali star Prabhas in Nag Ashwin’s next.

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut is one of the leading actresses in Bollywood. But there was a time when she also made her presence in Tollywood with Ek Niranjan opposite none other than Prabhas. In an interview, after the success of Baahubali, she even mentioned they didn’t get along during the shoot but feels good to see him doing well for himself.

Kriti Sanon

In 2014, Kriti Sanon made her entry as an actor in Tollywood with Nenokkadine opposite Mahesh Babu. Interestingly, she even made her Bollywood debut with Heropanti with Tiger Shroff. She also starred in Dohchay with Naga Chaitanya. Now, Kriti who is making it big in Bollywood is touted to be one of the rising stars of tinsel town.

Vidya Balan

Being half Malyali, Vidya Balan had starred in Urumi along with Prithviraj and Prabhu Deva. The film also stars Tabu and Genelia D’Souza. She made her Bollywood debut opposite Saif Ali Khan in Parineeta which was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.