Indian cinema is known for releasing the most number of movies in a single calendar year than any other film industry in the world. The Indian cinema comprises of many film industries but the top three biggest film industries are Bollywood, Tollywood, and Kollywood.
The south cinema which is Tollywood and Kollywood is known for crazy action, romance, and swag. Gone are the days when only a few masses knew about south actresses, nowadays even South Indian actresses give tough competition to Bollywood actresses. Some of the top Bollywood actresses started their career from south movies. Few of these hottest and very beautiful south actresses have also made a successful debut in Bollywood.
So below is the list of Top 10 Hottest South Indian Actresses
10. Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu born on May 4, 1983, is an Indian actress and model primarily working in South movies. She came into the film industry after winning the Miss Madras contest. Her first film was Mounam Pesiyadhe which was released in 2002. She received her first South Filmfare Award for the movie Varsham. Trishaâs highest-grossing movie of all time is Mankatha.
In 2010, Trisha made her debut in Bollywood for which she was nominated for Filmfare Best Debut Actress.
9. Nayantara
Diana Mariam Kurian a.k.a Nayantara born on November 18, 1984, in Bangalore. She had been dominating the south film industry for many years. In 2003, she made her acting debut in the movie Manassinakkare for which she received many accolades.
Nayantara won many awards for the movie Sri Rama Rajyam. She was also known as âLady Megastar of South Cinemaâ?.
8. Asin Thottumkal
Another famous and sexy south actress Asin Thottumkal is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from Kerala born on October 26, 1985. She is one of the few actresses from the south that has given hit movies both in Bollywood and in Kollywood. She won her First Filmfare Award South for Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.
Her debut Bollywood movie was with the perfectionist Aamir Khan in the movie Ghajini for which she also won Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. As per Times Now Asin was one of the Most Desirable Women in India.
7. Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran Bhatnagar is more commonly known as Shriya Saran born on September 11, 1982, in Uttarakhand. She is a multitalented person with amazing acting skills and has worked in many languages. Shriya worked with Rajnikant in the Sivaji movie which was one of the highest-grossing at that time.
She was also seen in some of the Bollywood movies. Shriya is also associated with some charity organizations.
6. Taapsee Pannu
The next hot and sexy south actress is Taapsee Pannu who made people crazy by her cute looking face making her the 6th hottest actress. She was born on August 1, 1987, in New Delhi. She is a well-known professional model and has won titles like Miss Fresh Face and Miss Beautiful Skin in 2008.
She has given many blockbuster movies of which her Tamil movie Aadukalam won six national film awards. She made her Bollywood debut through Chashme Baddoor and for movie Pink, she received many accolades.
5. Kajal Aggarwal
Born on June 19, 1985, the Mumbai born actress Kajal Aggarwal is one of the most famous Indian celebrities. In one of the interview when asked about her beauty secret Kajal said that she believes in natural things.
Kajal Is also known as Tollywood Queen. Kajal made her debut in Bollywood movie Kyun! Ho Gaya Na.. but she was not noticed. But the turning point came when her Telugu film Magadheera broke all records and was ranked as highest-grossing Telugu films of all time. She was also one of the highest-paid actresses in Tollywood.
4. Ileana Dâ Cruz
Born on November 1, 1987, in Mumbai started her career from Telugu film Devadasu in 2006. She also won Filmfare Best Female Debut South for Devadasu from then on she gave many hits Pokiri, Jalsa, Kick.
In 2012 she made her Bollywood debut in the movie Barfi for which she won Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her upcoming Bollywood movie is with Ajay Devgan for the movie Baadshaho.
3. Tamanna Bhatia
The very cute and gorgeous looking Tamanna Bhatia born on December 21, 1989, known for her beauty makes her the 3rd hottest actress. She started her acting career from a Bollywood film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra in 2005 at the age of 15. She delivered many hits like Kalloori, Kanden Kadhalai, 100% Love and the epic Baahubali: The Beginning. Tamanna was the first actress to get nominated for the movie Baahubali at Saturn Awards.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister bestowed Tamanna with Kalaimamani Award in 2010 for her excellence in the field of art and literature.
2. Shruti Haasan
The very sexy and extremely talented Shruti Haasan born on January 28, 1986, in Chennai is the daughter of well-known actor Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. She started as a child artist singing song for Kamal Haasanâ’s movie Hey Ram in 2000. Her Bollywood career started in the movie Luck in 2009. She moved to south movies and delivered many hit movies Anaganaga O Dheerudu, 7aum Arivu, Race Gurram and many more.
She came back to Bollywood with a bang and won accolades for Ramaiya Vastavaiya, Gabbar is Back and Welcome Back. Shruti is a talented singer and she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer- Tamil and Telugu languages.
1. Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Born on April 28, 1987, in Chennai Samantha Ruth Prabhu is extremely talented and beautiful. Ye Maaya Chesave was her debut film in 2010 for which she won Filmfare Best Debut Female South. In 6 years span, she became a sensation all over India and was also considered as the Youth Icon of South India.
She was the second actress ever to win Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in the same year. In 2012, Samantha started an NGO named Pratyusha Support that helps in providing medical support to women and children. Samantha donates her earnings to the Pratyusha Support foundation.
Here we have the list of Top 10 Hottest South Indian Actresses featured above
Top 10 Hottest South Indian Actresses
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Shruti Haasan
- Tamanna Bhatia
- Ileana DâCruz
- Kajal Aggarwal
- Taapsee Pannu
- Shriya Saran
- Asin Thottumkal
- Nayantara
- Trisha Krishnan