Aishwarya Rai and other Bollywood celebrities who started their career with Tamil films

Bollywood has seen many popular actors rise to fame with ir iconic movie roles and charming persona. Over years, many of Bollywood’s most successful faces have come from Tamil film industry. Re on to find out which famous Bollywood actors started ir acting careers with Tamil films.

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5 Bollywood actors who started ir career with Tamil Films

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan started her acting career with Tamil film Iruvar in 1997 with well-kwn filmmaker Mani Ratnam. film also starred Tabu, Prakash Raj and Mohanlal alongside Aishwarya Rai. She has also acted in some or Tamil films like Mani Ratnam’s Ravanan, Shankar’s Jeans, Rajiv Men’s Kandukondaen.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to join Mani Ratnam yet again in his magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, which is an upcoming drama film. Her first Bollywood film was Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya that also released in 1997.

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Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is a global icon today. She has recently impressed audiences with her performance in Sky Is Pink. However, it is a lesser-kwn fact that Priyanka Chopra started her successful acting career with Tamil film Thamizhan. Priyanka Chopra’s first Tamil film was directed by Majith and it starred Thalapathy Vijay in le. Thamizhan became increasingly popular for song Ullathai Killhe which turned out to be a mega-hit song. Audiences were also impressed with Priyanka Chopra’s incredible chemistry with her co-star Vijay. Her or movie Hero: Love Story Of A Spy also released in 2002 and marked her entry in Bollywood.

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 Sri Devi

Late actor Sri Devi me her acting debut in Bollywood with film Solva Sawan. However, this wasn’t first time Sri Devi h appeared on screen. Sri Devi was in fact a child actor and me her acting debut in Tamil film Kandhan Karunai. Sri Devi’s career in Tamil film industry was an elaborate one. She shared screen with top Kollywood actors like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. She has also worked with critically acclaimed directors like K Balachander and Balu Mahendra.

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 Hema Malini

Hema Malini is one of Bollywood’s most loved veteran actors. She has featured in many successful Bollywood films like Johny Mera Naam, Kinara, Naseeb and several ors. However, her first film was in Kollywood and was titled Ithu Sathiyam. Hema Malini’s role in film was a tiny one, however, this was her first onscreen appearance. film starred actor SA Ashokan as male le, while actor K Chandrakantha was seen as female le.

R Mhavan

R Mhavan me his acting debut in Hindi series Sea Hawks. However, R Mhavan’s first film as a le actor was Mani Ratnam’s Alaipaayu. It starred Shalini as leing ly. To this day R Mhavan’s Alaipaayu is one of most celebrated films of Kollywood, which was also his claim to fame.

R Mhavan’s popularity instantly rose with film and he was dubbed as ‘Chocolate Boy’ of Kollywood for his role. His or Tamil films Minnale and Dum Dum Dum also starred him as charming romantic hero. R Mhavan will next be seen with Anushka Shetty in Nishabdham, which will be released in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.