List of South Indian film families


, 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

  • Ajith Kumar, actor.
  • *Shiva, actor; husband of Ajith's cousin, Priya.
  • Shalini, former actress; wife of Ajith Kumar.
  • *Shamili, actress; sister of Shalini.
  • *Richard Rishi, actor; brother of Shalini.

    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.

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 Mohan, actor; cousin of K. Viswanath.

    Bhagyaraj family

  • K. Bhagyaraj, director.
  • Praveena Bhagyaraj, actress; late wife of Bhagyaraj
  • Poornima Bhagyaraj, actress; wife of Bhagyaraj
  • Saranya Bhagyaraj, actress; daughter of Bhagyaraj
  • Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, actor; son of Bhagyaraj
  • *Keerthi Shanthanu, television personality; wife of Shanthnu.

    Bhanupriya family

  • Bhanupriya, actress.
  • *Vindhya, actress; sister-in-law of Bhanupriya.
  • Shantipriya, actress; sister of Bhanupriya.
  • *Siddharth Ray, actor; husband of Shantipriya.
  • *V. Shantaram, director; grandfather of Siddhanth Ray.

    Bharathiraja family

  • Bharathiraja, actor and director.
  • Jayaraj, actor; brother of Bharathiraja
  • Manoj Bharathiraja, director; son of Bharathiraja.
  • *Nandana, actress; wife of Manoj.
  • Manoj Kumar, director; brother-in-law of Director Bharathiraja.

    C

Chalasani family

  • C. Aswini Dutt, producer and founder of Vyjayanthi Movies
  • *Swapna Dutt, producer; daughter of Aswini Dutt.
  • **Nag Ashwin, film director and screenwriter; husband of Swapna Dutt.
  • *Priyanka Dutt, producer; daughter of Aswini Dutt.

    Chandrasekhar family

  • S. A. Chandrasekhar, director
  • *Xavier Britto, entrepreneur; brother-in-law of Chandrasekhar.
  • **Sneha Britto, director; daughter of Xavier Britto.
  • ***Akash, actor; brother-in-law of Sneha Britto
  • Shoba Chandrasekhar, playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
  • *S. N. Surendar, Singer and Dubbing Artist, Brother of Sobha
  • **Viraj, Actor, Son of SN Surendar
  • *Sheela, actress; sister of Shoba.
  • **Sanjeev, director; son of Sheela.
  • **Vikranth, actor; son of Sheela.
  • ***Manasa, actress; wife of Vikranth.
  • ****Kanakadurga, actress; mother of Manasa.
  • Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar, Actor, Singer, Politician; Son of Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar.
  • *Sangeetha Joseph Vijay; wife of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar.
  • **Jason Sanjay; Son of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar and Sangeetha Joseph Vijay.
  • **Divya saasha; Daughter of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar and Sangeetha Joseph Vijay.

    Cho Ramaswamy family

  • Cho Ramaswamy, actor.
  • Ramya Krishnan, actress; niece of Cho Ramaswamy.
  • *Krishna Vamsi, director; husband of Ramya Krishna.

    Choudary family

  • R. B. Choudary, producer.
  • *Jithan Ramesh, actor; son of Choudary.
  • *Jiiva, actor; son of Choudary.

    Chittajallu family

  • C. Pullaiah, director
  • *C. S. Rao, director, actor and writer; son of C. Pullaiah.
  • **Rajasulochana, actress and classical dancer; wife of C.S. Rao.

    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

  • H. D. Deve Gowda
  • *H. D. Kumaraswamy
  • *Anitha Kumaraswamy
  • *Radhika kumarswamy
  • **Nikhil Gowda
  • **Revathi - wife of Nikhil
  • *M. Krishnappa, Indian politician
  • **Priya Krishna
  • *H. D. Revanna
  • *Bhavani Revanna
  • **Suraj Revanna
  • **Prajwal Revanna
  • *C. N. Manjunath
  • **C. N. Balakrishna

    Dileep Family

  • Dileep, actor; producer; businessman
  • *Manju Warrier, actress; ex-wife of Dileep
  • *Kavya Madhavan, actress; wife of Dileep

    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

  • Krishna
  • * Indira Devi
  • * Ramesh Babu
  • * Mahesh Babu
  • ** Namrata Shirodkar
  • * Manjula Ghattamaneni
  • * Sudheer Babu
  • * Galla Ashok

    Ghantasala Family

  • Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, widely known as S. Thaman, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.
  • Ghantasala Balaramayya Grandfather to S. Thaman
  • Ghantasala Siva Kumar, Composer and drummer, son of Ghantasala Balaramayya, father to S.Thaman
  • Ghantasala Savitri, Playback singer, wife of Ghantasala Siva Kumar, mother to S. Thaman
  • Ghantasala Sri Vardhini, Playback singer, wife of S. Thaman
  • B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.

    Gemini Ganesan family

  • Muthulakshmi Reddy, aunt of Gemini Ganesan
  • Gemini Ganesan, actor.
  • Pushpavalli, actress; partner of Gemini Ganesan.
  • Savitri Ganesan, actress; second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
  • Rekha, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
  • Gigi, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan
  • Abhinay Vaddi, actor, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.
  • *Medha Raghunath, actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan.
  • *Madhuvanti Arun, actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan.
  • Vedantam Raghavayya, filmmaker; brother-in-law of Pushpavalli.
  • Tej Sapru, actor; brother-in-law of Rekha.
  • Shubha, actress; niece of Pushpavalli.
  • Kamala Selvaraj, doctor; half-sister of Rekha.

    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

  • Kamal Haasan, Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, choreographer, dancer, philanthropist & politician
  • *Vani Ganapathy, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
  • *Sarika Thakur, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
  • **Shruti Haasan, actress & singer; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
  • **Akshara Haasan, actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
  • *Gautami Tadimalla, actress; ex-partner of Kamal Haasan.
  • Charuhasan, actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
  • *Komalam, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
  • *Suhasini, actress; daughter of Charuhasan and Komalam.
  • **Mani Ratnam, director; husband of Suhasini.
  • ***G. Venkateswaran, producer ; brother of Mani Ratnam.
  • ***G. Srinivasan, producer ; brother of Mani Ratnam.
  • Chandrahasan, producer ; brother of Kamal Haasan.
  • *Geethamani; wife of Chandrahasan.
  • *Anu Haasan, actress; daughter of Chandrahasan.
  • Nalini Raghu, dancer; sister of Kamal Haasan.
  • *Gautam Kanthadai, actor; son of Nalini Raghu
  • Rama Ramasamy, actress; cousin of Kamal Haasan.