List of South Indian film families


South Indian cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema. It refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major languages of the region, namely — Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. They are often colloquially referred to as Tollywood, Kollywood, Sandalwood and Mollywood, respectively.
This article lists notable families in the South Indian cinema, who have been involved in a variety of professions related to the film rather than South Indian films, see List of Hindi film families.

A

Adivi family

  • Adivi Baapiraju, Indian polymath, novelist, fiction writer, and screenwriter; cousin to Adivi Gangaraju
  • Adivi Gangaraju, Nationalist, and Freedom fighter; Grandfather to Adivi Sesh
  • Adivi Sesh, Actor, Screenwriter, Director; Grandson of Adivi Gangaraju
  • Sai Kiran Adivi, Director; cousin to Adivi Sesh

Agathian family

  • Agathian, director.
  • Kani Thiru, television personality; daughter of Agathian.
  • *Thiru, director; husband of Kani
  • Vijayalakshmi Feroz, actress and television personality; daughter of Agathian.
  • * Feroz Mohammed, director; husband of Vijayalakshmi.
  • Niranjani Ahathian, actress and costume designer; daughter of Agathian.
  • *Desingh Periyasamy, director; husband of Niranjani.

Ajith Kumar family

Akkineni and Daggubati family

The Akkineni–Daggubati family is a prominent film family with a long history in Telugu cinema. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and influential movie Mogul Daggubati Ramanaidu are the prominent heads of both families.

Akkineni Prasad (L. V. Prasad) family

Ambareesh family

Anandan family

Asif Ali family

Azhagappan family

B

Balasubrahmanyam family

  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, playback singer
  • S. P. B. Pallavi, playback singer; daughter of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
  • S. P. B. Charan, playback singer; son of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
  • S. P. Sailaja, playback singer; sister of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
  • *Subhalekha Sudhakar, actor; husband of S. P. Sailaja.
  • K. Viswanath, actor and director; uncle of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
  • *[Chandra Editor Mohan|Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan], actor; cousin of K. Viswanath.

Bhagyaraj family

Bhanupriya family

Bharathiraja family

C

Chalasani family

Chandrasekhar family

Cho Ramaswamy family

Choudary family

Chittajallu family

D

Deva family

  • Deva, music director.
  • *Srikanth Deva, music director; son of Deva.
  • **Febi, playback singer; wife of Srikanth Deva.
  • *Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; daughter of Deva.
  • **Parthi Bhaskar, director; husband of Sangeetha.
  • Murali, music director; brother of Deva.
  • *Bobo Shashi, music director; son of Murali.
  • Sabesh, music director; brother of Deva.
  • *Karthik Sabesh, actor; son of Sabesh
  • Jai, actor; nephew of Deva.

Deve Gowda family

Dileep Family

F

Fazil family

  • Fazil, director and actor.
  • *Fahadh Faasil, actor and producer, son of Fazil
  • **Nazriya Nazim, actress and producer, wife of Fahadh
  • **Naveen Nazim, actor, brother of Nazriya, brother-in-law of Fahadh.
  • *Farhaan Faasil, actor, son of Fazil, brother of Fahadh, brother-in-law of Nazriya.

G

Ghattamaneni family

Ghantasala Family

Gemini Ganesan family

Gowda family

  • K. C. N. Gowda, producer.
  • K. C. N. Chandrasekhar, producer; son of KCN Gowda.
  • K. C. N. Mohan, producer; son of KCN Gowda.
  • * Poornima Mohan, director; wife of K. C. N. Mohan.

H

Haasan family

Hema Chaudhary Family

Hunsur family

I

Ilaiyaraaja family

  • Ilaiyaraaja, music director.
  • *Karthik Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • **Yatheeswaran, playback singer; son of Karthik Raja.
  • *Yuvan Shankar Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • **Zafroon Nizar, costume designer; wife of Yuvan.
  • *Bhavatharani, playback singer; daughter of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • Gangai Amaran, music director; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • *Venkat Prabhu, director; son of Gangai Amaran.
  • *Premji Amaran, actor; son of Gangai Amaran.
  • R. D. Bhaskar, producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • *Parthi Bhaskar, director; son of Bhaskar.
  • **Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; wife of Parthi.
  • *Hari Bhaskar, playback singer; son of Bhaskar.
  • *Vasuki Bhaskar, costume designer; daughter of Bhaskar.
  • Pavalar Varadharajan, music director; half-brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • *Ilaiya Gangai, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • *Pavalar Shiva, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • *Jo V, director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.

Iyer family

J

Jaggesh family

Jayan family

Jayachitra family

Jayadev family

Jayaram family

Jeeva family

  • Jeeva, cinematographer.
  • Aneez Jeeva, costume designer; wife of Jeeva.
  • *Vasanth, director; Husband of Jeeva's Sister.
  • *Ritvik Varun, actor; son of Vasanth.

K

Kalabhavan Abi family

Kallara Sarasamma family

  • Kallara Sarasamma, politician and wife of Kunjan Nair
  • *Radha, actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
  • **Rajasekaran Nair, entrepreneur and restaurateur
  • ***Karthika Nair, actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
  • ***Thulasi Nair, actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
  • *Ambika, actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
  • **Ravikanth, actor, ex-husband of Ambika
  • *Suresh Nair, director; son of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
  • **Gauri Nambiar, actress; cousin of Karthika

Kamesh family

  • Kamala Kamesh, actress
  • Uma Riyaz Khan, actress; daughter of Kamesh.
  • *Riyaz Khan, actor; husband of Uma.
  • *Shariq Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.
  • *Samshad Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.

Kannadasan family

  • Kannadasan, poet
  • Parvathi Kannadasan, Wife of Kannadasan
  • Ponnammal Kannadasan, Wife of kannadasan
  • Gandhi Kannadasan, publisher, son of Kannadasan
  • Dr.Kamal Kannadasan, Dental Professor, son of Kannadasan
  • Srinivasan Kannadasan, Agri Officer, son of Kannadasan
  • Muthiah Kannadasan, actor, grand son of Kannadasan
  • Vishali Kannadasan, writer; daughter of Kannadasan
  • Annadurai Kannadasan, writer, producer, lyric writer, director actor, son of Kannadasan
  • Kanmani Subbu, poet and writer; son of Kannadasan
  • Kalaivanan Kannadasan, director; son of Kannadasan
  • *Aadhav Kannadasan, actor; son of Kalaivanan Kannadasan
  • Panchu Arunachalam, poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
  • *Subbu Panchu, actor, producer; son of Panchu Arunachalam
  • Revathi Shanmugam, anchor; daughter of Kannadasan
  • *Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; granddaughter of Kannadasan

Karunanidhi family

Karunas family

Kasthuri Raja family

Kunchacko family

  • Kunchacko, director and producer.
  • *Boban Kunchacko, actor, producer and director; son of Kunchacko.
  • *Kunchacko Boban, actor and producer; grandson of Kunchacko
  • Navodaya Appachan, director and producer; brother of Kunchacko.
  • *Jijo Punnoose, actor, producer and director; son of Appachan
  • *Jose Appachan, actor, producer and director; son of Appachan

Kiriyath family

  • Balu Kiriyath, director, producer, writer, lyrist.
  • *Paarvati Kiriyath, Celebrity designer; daughter of Balu Kiriyath.
  • *Rajan Kiriyath, writer; brother of Balu Kiriyath
  • *Vinu Kiriyath, writer and producer; brother of Balu Kiriyath.

Koduri family

Komal Swaminathan family

Konidela and Allu family

Konidela–Allu is a prominent Indian film family known for their work in Telugu cinema. At least two generations of the Konidela family and three generations of Allu family are involved in films, business ventures, and politics. Prominent heads of the family are actor-politician Chiranjeevi, and his father-in-law Allu Ramalingaiah.

Kottarakkara family

Krish family

  • Krish, playback singer.
  • Sangeetha, actress; wife of Krish.
  • *Parimal, actor; brother of Sangeetha.
  • *K. R. Balan, producer; grandfather of Sangeetha.

L

Lakshminarayana family

Lokesh family

Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family

M

M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) Family

Madhavan family

Mammootty family

Manchu family

  • Manchu Mohan Babu, actor
  • Lakshmi Manchu, actress, daughter of Mohan Babu
  • *Andy Srinivasan, son-in-law of Mohan Babu
  • *Vidya Nirvana Manchu Anand, daughter of Lakshmi Manchu and Andy Srinivasan
  • Vishnu Manchu, actor, son of Mohan Babu
  • *Viranica Reddy, wife of Manchu Vishnu
  • **Ariana and Viviana, twin daughters of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
  • **Avram, son of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
  • **Ayra, daughter of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
  • Manoj Manchu, actor; son of Mohan Babu.

Mohan family

  • Mohan, editor.
  • M. Raja, director; son of Mohan.
  • Ravi Mohan, actor; son of Mohan.
  • Pranav Mohan, actor; son of Raja.
  • Aarav, actor; son of Ravi.
  • *Aarti Ravi, costume designer; ex-wife of Ravi.
  • *Sujatha Vijayakumar, producer; ex mother-in-law of Ravi.

Mohanlal-Balaji family

Murali family

Muthuraman family

N

Nandamuri family

N. N. Pillai family

  • N.N. Pillai, Playwright, actor, theatre director, orator, screenplay writer, & lyricist.
  • Vijayaraghavan, actor; son of N.N. Pillai.

Nag family

Nagendra Rao family

Nagesh family

Narayan family

  • S. Narayan, actor and director.
  • *Pankaj Narayan, actor; son of Narayan.

Nassar family

  • Nassar, actor.
  • Kameela Nassar, producer; wife of Nassar.
  • Luthfudeen Baasha, actor; son of Nassar.
  • Abi Mehdhi Hassan, actor; son of Nassar.

Naval family

  • Simran, actress.
  • *Deepak, actor; husband of Simran.
  • Monal, actress; sister of Simran
  • Jyothi Naval, actress; sister of Simran.

Nidudavolu family

O

Om Prakash Rao family

P

Pandian family

  • Durai Pandian, Film director
  • *Divya, actress; elder daughter of Durai Pandian
  • *Ramya Pandian, actress; second daughter of Durai Pandian
  • Arun Pandian, actor
  • *Kavitha Pandian, producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • **Yuva Krishna, actor; ex-husband of Kavitha
  • *Kirana Pandian, producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • *Keerthi Pandian, actress; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • **Ashok Selvan, actor; husband of Keerthi.
  • ***Abinaya Selvam, producer; sister of Ashok.
  • Driya Pandian, actress; granddaughter of Arun Pandian

Panthulu family

Parthiban family

Peethambaram family

  • Peethambaram Nair, make-up man
  • P. Vasu, director; son of Peethambaram.
  • Sakthi Vasu, actor; son of Vasu.
  • *Ramu, make-up artiste; father-in-law of Vasu.
  • Gautham V. R., director; grandson of Peethambaram.

Pinnisetty family

Pothineni family

Pudipeddi family

Priyadarshan Family

R

Radha family

Rahman family

  • A. R. Rahman, music director.
  • R. K. Shekhar, musician; Rahman's father.
  • A. R. Reihana, playback singer; sister of Rahman.
  • Israth Kadhiri, playback singer; sister of Rahman.
  • G. V. Prakash Kumar, music composer and playback singer; son of Reihana.
  • *Saindhavi, playback singer; ex-wife of Prakash.
  • Khadija Rahman, playback singer; daughter of Rahman.
  • A. R. Ameen, playback singer; son of Rahman.
  • Azhar Kaashif, music composer; nephew of Rahman.
  • *Rahman, actor; co-brother of Rahman.

Rajasekhar family

Rajendar family

  • T. Rajendar, actor, director, music composer.
  • Usha Rajendar, actress; wife of Rajendar.
  • Silambarasan, actor; son of Rajendar.
  • Kuralarasan, actor and music composer; son of Rajendar.
  • *L. V. Muthukumarasamy, music composer; cousin of Silambarasan.

Rajendra Babu family

Rajesh family

  • Rajesh, actor.
  • Amarnath, actor; father of Rajesh.
  • Sri Lakshmi, actress; sister of Rajesh.
  • Aishwarya Rajesh, actress; daughter of Rajesh.
  • Manikanda Rajesh, actor; son of Rajesh.

Rajinikanth family

Rajkumar family

Rao family

Rathnam family

Ravichandran family

Reddy, G. K. family

Reddy, Sameera family

S

Sait Family

Saluri family

Sarja family

Sarovar Sanjeev family

  • Sarovar Sanjeev Manjappa, producer; actor; business man;
  • *Kichcha Sudeep, actor; director; producer; screenwriter; singer; television presenter; cricketer; son of Sarovar Sanjeev Rao and Saroja.
  • **Priya Radhakrishna, producer, event management group business person; wife of Sudeep.
  • **Sanchith Sanjeev, film director; nephew of Sudeep.

Sasi family

  • I. V. Sasi, director.
  • Seema, actress; wife of IV Sasi.
  • Anu Sasi, actress; daughter of IV Sasi.
  • Ani Sasi, director; son of IV Sasi.

Sathyaraj family

Satyanarayana family

Sekhar family

Siddique family

Sivaji Ganesan family

Sivakumar family

Singh Babu family

Sreenivasan family

Sridevi family

As the family of Sridevi have primarily appeared in Hindi films, only those who have appeared in South Indian films are listed below:

SS Rajendran family

  • S. S. Rajendran, actor.
  • *C. R. Vijayakumari, actress; wife of SS Rajendran.
  • S. S. Rajendra Kumar, actor; son of Rajendran.
  • S. S. R. Kannan, actor; son of Rajendran.
  • S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar, actor; grandson of Rajendran.

Subramanyam family

Sukumaran family

Sundar family

  • Sundar C, director.
  • Khushbu, actress; wife of Sundar.
  • *Abdullah, actor; brother of Kushboo.
  • *Ramya Raj, actress; sister of Kushboo's sister-in-law.

Sundaram family

Suresh family

  • G. Suresh Kumar, Actor, Producer.
  • Menaka Suresh, Actress, Producer, wife of G. Suresh Kumar.
  • * Revathy Suresh, Director, Producer, Creative Director, Elder daughter of G. Suresh Kumar, Wife of Nithin Mohan.
  • * Keerthy Suresh, Actress, Younger daughter of G. Suresh Kumar, Wife of Antony Thattil.

Suresh Gopi family

Susarla family

T

[|Thiagarajan] family

  • Thiagarajan, actor.
  • Prashanth, actor; son of Thiagarajan.
  • *Peketi Sivaram, actor; father-in-law of Thiagarajan.
  • *Jayanthi, actress; ex-wife of Sivaram.
  • Vikram, actor; nephew of Thiagarajan.
  • Arvind Victor John, actor; brother of Vikram.
  • *Vinod Raj, actor; father of Vikram.
  • *Akshita Vikram, playback singer; daughter of Vikram.
  • *Dhruv Vikram, actor; playback singer; son of Vikram.
  • *Arjuman, actor; nephew of Vikram.

Thoogudeepa family

Travancore Sisters family

Thotakura family

U

Uppalapati family

V

Vairamuthu family

Vasudevan family

Vedantham family

  • Vedantam Raghavayya, actor.
  • Suryaprabha, actress; wife of Raghavayya.
  • Vedantam Ramu, dancer; son of Raghavayya.
  • Shubha, actress; daughter of Raghavayya.
  • *Pushpavalli, actress; sister of Suryaprabha.
  • **Gemini Ganesan, actor; husband of Pushpavalli.
  • *Rekha, actress; daughter of Pushpavalli.

Veeraswamy family

Vijayakanth family

  • Vijayakanth, actor.
  • Premalatha Vijayakanth|Premalatha, producer; wife of Vijayakanth.
  • Shanmuga Pandian, actor; son of Vijayakanth.
  • Vijay Prabhakaran, son of Vijayakanth.

Vijayakumar family

Vishnuvardhan family

  • Vishnuvardhan, actor.
  • *Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, actress; wife of Vishnuvardhan.
  • *Keerthi Vishnuvardhan, costume designer; daughter Of Vishnuvardhan.
  • *Anirudha, actor; son-in-law of Vishnuvardhan.
  • *Chandana Vishnuvardhan, daughter of Vishnuvardhan

Vyjayanthimala family