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There have been several families who have been involved in
South Indian cinema in a variety of professions related to the industry. For actors who featured in predominantly Hindi films rather than South Indian films, see
List of Hindi film clans . Below is an incomplete list of families that have been involved in South Indian cinema.
A
Adivi family
Adivi Baapiraju , Indian polymath, novelist, fiction writer, and screen writer; 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 family
Ambareesh family
Anant Nag family
Anandan family
Asif Ali family
Azhagappan family
A. L. Azhagappan , producer.
A. L. Vijay , director; son of Azhagappan.
Udhaya , film actor; son of Azhagappan.
Keerthika Udhaya, dubbing artiste; wife of Udhaya.
Hamaresh, actor; grandson of Azhagappan.
B
Balasubrahmanyam family
Bhagyaraj family
Bhanupriya family
Bharathiraja family
C
Chandrasekhar family
S. A. Chandrasekhar , director
Xavier Britto, entrepreneur; brother-in-law of Chandrasekhar.
Sneha Britto, director; daughter of Xavier Britto. (see
Murali family )
Atharvaa , actor; brother-in-law of Sneha Britto
Shoba Chandrasekhar , playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
Sheela, actress; sister of Shoba.
Sanjeev, director; son of Sheela.
Vikranth , actor; son of Sheela.
Manasa, actress; wife of Vikranth.
S. N. Surendar , voice actor; brother of Shoba.
Viraj , actor; son of Surendar.
Vijay , actor; son of Chandrasekhar.
Cho Ramaswamy family
Choudary family
Chittajallu family
D
Daggubati Family
Deva family
Deva , music director.
Murali , music director; brother of Deva.
Sabesh , music director; brother of Deva.
Srikanth Deva , music director; son of Deva.
Febi , playback singer; wife of Srikanth Deva.
Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; daughter of Deva.
Bobo Shashi , music director; son of Murali.
Karthik Sabesh, actor; son of Sabesh
Jai , actor; nephew of Deva.
Deve Gowda family
H. D. Deve Gowda , politician.
H. D. Revanna , politician; son of Deve Gowda.
Bhavani Revanna, politician; wife of Revanna.
Prajwal Revanna , politician; son of H. D. Revanna.
H. D. Kumaraswamy , producer and politician; son of Deve Gowda.
Nikhil Gowda , actor; son of Kumaraswamy and Anitha Kumarswamy
Revathi Nikhil; wife of Nikhil Gowda
Shamika Kumarswamy; daughter of Radhika and Kumarswamy
Dileep Family
Dileep , actor; producer; businessman
F
Fazil family
Fazil , director.
Fahadh Faasil , actor, son of Fazil
Nazriya Nazim , actress, wife of Fahadh Faasil
Naveen Nazim, actor, brother of Nazriya, brother-in-law of Fahadh.
Farhaan Faasil , actor, son of Fazil, brother of Fahadh Faasil
G
Ghattamaneni family
Krishna , actor.
Indira Devi, film producer, first wife of Krishna, mother of Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu, and Manjula
Vijaya Nirmala , actress; second wife of Krishna (see
Nidudavolu family )
Ramesh Babu , actor; son of Krishna.
Manjula , actor,producer; daughter of Krishna.
Mahesh Babu , business man,producer,actor; son of Krishna
Ghantasala Family
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas , widely known as
S. Thaman ,
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.
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Ghantasala Balaramayya Grandfather to
S. Thaman
Ghantasala Siva Kumar, Composer and drummer, son of
Ghantasala Balaramayya
Ghantasala Savitri, Playback singer, wife of Ghantasala Siva Kumar, mother to S. Thaman
Ghantasala Sri Vardhini, Playback singer, wife of S. Thaman
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B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.
Gemini Ganesan family
Gowda family
K. C. N. Gowda , producer. (d. 2012)
K. C. N. Chandrasekhar, producer; son of KCN Gowda.
K. C. N. Mohan, producer; son of KCN Gowda.
Poornima Mohan (d. 2017), 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
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 (d. 2003); brother of Mani Ratnam.
G. Srinivasan, producer (d. 2007); brother of Mani Ratnam.
Chandrahasan , producer (d. 2017); 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.
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.
R. D. Bhaskar, producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
Parthi Bhaskar, director; son of Bhaskar.
Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; wife of Parthi. (see
Deva family )
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
Jayan , Malayalam actor.
Jayabharathi , actress, Cousin of Jayan.
Hari Pothen , producer; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
Sathaar , actor; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
Krish J. Sathaar , actor; son of Jayabharathi and Sathaar.
Adithya Jayan, actor; nephew of Jayan.
Munna , actor; nephew of Jayabharathi.
Ajayan, actor, younger brother of Jayan .
Jayachitra family
Jayachitra , actress
Amresh Ganesh , actor and music composer; son of Jayachitra
Jayasree, actress; mother of Jayachitra
Jayadev family
Devayani , actress; daughter of Jayadev.
Nakul , actor; brother of Devayani.
Mayur, actor; brother of Devayani.
Jayaram family
Jeeva family
Jeeva , cinematographer. (d.2007)
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
Ambika , actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
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.
Shariq Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.
Samshad Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.
Kannadasan family
Kannadasan , poet
Parvathi Kannadhasan, Wife of Kannadhasan
Ponnammal Kannadhasan , Wife of kannadhasan
Gandhi Kannadhasan, publisher, son of kannadhasan
Dr.kamal Kannadhasan, Dental Professor, son of Kannadhasan
Srinivasan Kannadhasan, Agri Officer, son of kannadhasan
Muthiah Kannadhasan, actor, grand son of Kannadhasan
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
Panchu Arunachalam , poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
Revathi Shanmugam, anchor; daughter of Kannadasan
Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; granddaughter of Kannadasan
Karunanidhi family
M. Karunanidhi , Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu
M. K. Muthu , actor; son of Karunanidhi
M. K. Alagiri , politician; son of Karunanidhi.
M. K. Stalin , Politician and current chief minister of Tamil Nadu; actor; son of Karunanidhi.
M.K.Tamilarasu, Producer; Businessman; son of Karunanidhi.
Arivunidhi, playback singer; son of Muthu.
Dhayanidhi Alagiri , producer; son of Alagiri.
Anusha Dhayanidhi, playback singer; wife of Dhayanidhi Alagiri.
Udhayanidhi Stalin , Actor; Producer; Politician and Current Minister; son of Stalin.
Arulnithi , actor; son of
Tamilarasu .
Kanimozhi , politician; Daughter of Karunanidhi
Gunanidhi Amirtham, producer; grandson of Karunanidhi.
Karunas family
Kasthuri Raja family
Kasthuri Raja , director.
Selvaraghavan , director; son of Kasthuri Raja.
Sonia Agarwal , actress; ex-wife of Selvaragahvan.
Gitanjali Selvaraghavan, director; wife of Selvaragahvan.
Mohan V. Raman , actor; uncle of Gitanjali.
V. P. Raman , Indian lawyer and politician, father of Mohan Raman.
Vimalageetha, producer; daughter of Kasthuri Raja.
Dhanush , actor; son of Kasthuri Raja.
Karthiga Karthik; Doctor ; daughter of Kasthuri Raja
Konda Family
Konda Muthaiah , Toddy Topper, 5 sons , 2 daughter's; K.Papaiah father
Konda Papaiah , Toddy Topper, Horse rider, 5 sons, 2 Daughter's; Son of Muthaiah
Konda Mangaiah , Singer, Horse rider, Graduate (BZC), Toddy Topper, 2 Sons; Son of Papaiah
Konda Naveen , Software; Son of Mangaiah
Kunchacko family
Kunchacko , director and producer. (d.1976)
Boban Kunchacko, actor, producer and director; son of Kunchacko. (d.2004)
Kunchacko Boban , actor and producer; grandson of Kunchacko
Navodaya Appachan , director and producer; brother of Kunchacko. (d.2012)
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. (d.1988)
Rajan Kiriyath , writer ; brother of Balu Kiriyath
Vinu Kiriyath , writer and producer; brother of Balu Kiriyath.
Koduri family
Siva Shakthi Datta , lyricist; elder brother of V. Vijayendra Prasad
M. M. Keeravani , music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta
M. M. Srivalli, line producer; wife of Keeravani and elder sister of Rama Rajamouli
Kalyani Malik , music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta, younger brother of Keeravani
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V. Vijayendra Prasad , writer; younger brother of Siva Shakti Datta
S. S. Rajamouli , director; son of V. Vijayendra Prasad.
Rama Rajamouli , costume designer; wife of S. S. Rajamouli and younger sister of M. M. Srivalli
S. S. Karthikeya, assistant director, production manager; son of Rama through her previous marriage and adopted son of Rajamouli
M. M. Srilekha , music director; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.
S. S. Kanchi, writer; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.
Raja Koduri , tech executive; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.
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Komal Swaminathan family
Komal Swaminathan , director. (d.1995)
Anand Shankar , director; grandson of Swaminathan.
Varun R Swaminathan, Youtuber; grandson of Swaminathan
Srikanth Ravichandran, director; cousin of Anand Shankar.
Konidela-Allu family
Chiranjeevi , actor and politician.
Ram Charan , actor, producer; businessman; son of Chiranjeevi.
Upasana Konidela, businesswoman; wife of Ram Charan.
Susmitha, costume designer; daughter of Chiranjeevi.
Srija, daughter of Chiranjeevi
Nagendra Babu , actor, producer; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
Pawan Kalyan , actor, filmmaker, and politician; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
Anna Lezhneva, wife of Pawan Kalyan.
Renu Desai , actress; ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan.
Sai Dharam Tej , actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
Panja Vaisshnav Tej , actor; younger brother of Sai Dharam Tej
Allu Rama Lingaiah , actor; father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
Allu Aravind , producer; Son of Allu Rama Lingaiah
Allu Venkatesh; Son of Allu Aravind.
Allu Arjun , actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
Allu Sirish , actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
Krish family
Krish , playback singer.
Sangeetha , actress; wife of Krish.
Parimal , actor; brother of Sangeetha.
K. R. Balan, producer; grandfather of Sangeetha.
Kottarakkara family
L
Lakshminarayana family
V. Lakshminarayana (d. 1990), musician
L. Vaidyanathan (d. 2007), composer; son of Lakshminarayana
L. V. Ganesan, composer; son of Vaidyanathan
L. V. Muthukumarasamy, composer; son of Vaidyanathan
L. Shankar , violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
L. Subramaniam , violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
Lokesh family
Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family
M
M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) Family
Madhavan family
O. Madhavan , stage actor
Vijayakumari , actress, wife of O. Madhavan
Sandhya Rajendran, actress, daughter of Madhavan and Vijayakumari
E.A. Rajendran, actor, husband of Sandhya
Divyadarshan , actor, son of Sandhya and Rajendran
Mukesh , actor, son of Madhavan and Vijayakumari
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.
Jayam Ravi , actor; son of Mohan.
Pranav Mohan, actor; son of Raja.
Aarav, actor; son of Ravi.
Aarti Ravi, costume designer; wife of Ravi.
Sujatha Vijayakumar, producer; mother-in-law of Ravi.
Mohanlal-Balaji family
K. Balaji , producer; father-in-law of Mohanlal.
Murali family
Siddalingaiah , director. (d.2015)
Murali , actor; son of Siddalingaiah. (d.2010)
Atharvaa Murali , actor; son of Murali.
Akash Murali, actor; son of Murali.
S.D.Suresh , actor; producer ; Film maker ; younger brother of Murali.
Muthuraman family
N
N.N. Pillai family
N.N. Pillai , Playwright, actor, theatre director, orator, screenplay writer, & lyricist. (d. 1995)
Vijayaraghavan , actor; son of N.N. Pillai.
Nagendra Rao family
Nagesh family
Nandamuri family
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR (or Sr NTR), was a Telugu cinema actor, filmmaker, and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh over three terms.
N. Trivikrama Rao , producer; brother of NTR.
Basavatarakam, Wife of NTR
Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr., actor; son of NTR (deceased)
Nandamuri Saikrishna, Theatre owner; son of NTR (deceased)
Nandamuri Jayashankar Krishna; Film exhibitor; son of NTR (deceased)
Nandamuri Harikrishna , actor, politician; son of NTR (deceased)
Nandamuri Jayakrishna, Theatre owner; son of NTR
Nandamuri Mohana Krishna , cinematographer; son of NTR
Nandamuri Balakrishna , actor, politician; son of NTR
Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr., producer; son of NTR
Nara Bhuvaneshwari, daughter of NTR
Nara Chandrababu Naidu , politician; married to Bhuvaneshwari
Daggubati Purandeswari , politician; daughter of NTR
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao , politician; married to
Daggubati Purandeswari
Nandamuri Lokeswari, Daughter of NTR
Nandamuri Uma Maheswari, Daughter of NTR
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 (d. 2002)
Jyothi Naval, actress; sister of Simran.
Nidudavolu family
Nidudavolu Venkatarao Indian littérateur, son of Sundaram Pantalu, brother of Vishalakshi
Nidudavolu Rameshwara Rao, son of Venkatarao, husband of actress Joga Bai
Vijaya Nirmala , actress, paternal niece of Nidudavolu Venkatarao, Aunt to Jayasudha, wife of
Krishna (see
Ghattamaneni family )
Vijaya Krishna Naresh , actor, son of Vijaya Nirmala
Srinu Master, choreographer, father of Naresh's first wife
Naveen Vijayakrishna, actor, son of Naresh with his first wife
Rekha Supriya, granddaughter of poet Devulapalli Krishna Shastri, second wife of Naresh, mother of Teja Vijayakrishna
Ramya Raghupathi, niece of
Raghuveera Reddy , cousin of
Aadarsh Balakrishna ,
Prashanth Neel , and
Sriimurali 's wife Vidya (see
Rajkumar family )
Pavithra Lokesh , actress, daughter of
Mysore Lokesh , ex-wife of
V. Suchendra Prasad , Naresh's fiancée and soon-to-be 4th wife (see
Lokesh family )
Raavu Vishalakshi, sister of Venkatarao, wife of Raavu Parthasarthy
Jagannatha Rao Nidadavolu, cousin of Venkatarao (his father was the brother of Venkatarao's father Sundaram Pantalu)
Nidadavolu Malathi , Indian littérateur, novelist, daughter of Jagannatha Rao
Sarayu Rao , Hollywood actress, daughter of Nidadavolu Malathi and Velcheru Narayana Rao
P
Pandian family
Arun Pandian , actor
Durai Pandian, Film director
Divya, actress; elder daughter of Durai Pandian
Ramya Pandian , actress; second daughter of Durai Pandian
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 (d. 2011)
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
M. R. Radha , actor (d. 1979).
M. R. R. Vasu , actor: son of M. R. Radha.
Radharavi , actor; son of M. R. Radha.
Hari Radharavi, actor; son of Radharavi.
Radhika , actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
Rayane, Grand daughter, daughter of Radhika sarathkumar
Rahul Sarathkumar, Grandson, son of Radhika and Sarathkumar
Sarath Kumar , actor; husband of Radhika
Nirosha , actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
Ramki , actor; husband of Nirosha.
Ike Radha, director; grandson of M. R. Radha.
Joshna Fernando , actress; niece of M. R. Radha.
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
Rajasekhar , actor
Shivani Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
Shivathmika Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
Selva , actor; brother of Rajasekhar.
Madhan, actor; nephew of Rajasekhar.
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.
Rajkumar family
Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, actor; father of Dr. Rajkumar.
S. P. Varadappa , actor; producer; son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, brother of Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2006).
Dr. Rajkumar , actor, singer, son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah (d. 2006).
S. A. Chinne Gowda , producer; brother of Parvathamma.
Shiva Rajkumar , actor; son of Dr. Rajkumar.
Geetha, (producer, wife of Shiva Rajkumar.)
Nirupama, doctor, daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.
Niveditha, (child artist, producer, daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.)
Bangarappa , Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, father-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar (d. 2011).
Kumar Bangarappa , (actor and former Minister; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar)
Madhu Bangarappa : (actor, producer, MLA, Minister); brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar , actor, producer; son of Dr. Rajkumar.
Mangala, wife of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
Vinay Rajkumar , actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
Yuva Rajkumar , actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
Puneeth Rajkumar , actor, singer, producer, son of Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2021).
Ashwini, producer, wife of Puneeth Rajkumar.
Druthi, daughter of Puneeth Rajkumar.
Vanditha, daughter of Puneeth Rajkumar.
Poornima, child actor; daughter of Dr. Rajkumar.
Ramkumar , actor; husband of Poornima.
Dheeren Ramkumar, actor; son of Poornima and Ramkumar.
Dhanya Ramkumar , actress; daughter of Poornima and Ramkumar.
Shringar Nagaraj , actor, producer and father of Ramkumar.
Lakshmi, daughter of Dr. Rajkumar.
S. A. Govindraju, producer, husband of Lakshmi and brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar.
Shan Govindraju, son of Lakshmi.
Saraswati, daughter of Lakshmi.
Parvathi, daughter of Lakshmi.
S. A. Srinivas, producer, brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar.
Suraj - Son of S. A. Srinivas
Balaraj, actor, nephew of Dr. Rajkumar.
Rao family
Y. V. Rao , producer.
Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao.
Rukmani , actress; second wife of Rao.
Lakshmi , actress; daughter of Rao.
Aishwarya , actress daughter of Lakshmi.
Rathnam family
Ravichandran family
Reddy, G. K. family
Reddy, Sameera family
S
Sait Family
Sarja family
Shakti Prasad , actor
Kishore Sarja , director; son of Shakti Prasad.
Aparna Kishore; wife of Kishore Sarja.
Suraj Sarja, musician; son of Kishore Sarja.
Arjun Sarja , actor; director; producer; son of Shakti Prasad.
Bharat Sarja, actor; nephew of Arjun Sarja.
Pavan Teja, actor; nephew of Arjun Sarja.
Ammaji, daughter of Shakti Prasad.
Chiranjeevi Sarja , actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
Dhruva Sarja , actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
Prerana Shankar; wife of Dhruva Sarja.
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
Saluri family
S. Rajeswara Rao ,
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.
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Saluri Koteswara Rao, widely known as
Koti ,
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of S. Rajeswara Rao.
Roshan Saluri,
composer , singer-songwriter, actor, son of Saluri Koteswara Rao.
Singh Babu family
Sreenivasan family
Sreenivasan , actor, screenwriter, director.
Vineeth Sreenivasan , singer, actor, screenwriter, director; son of Sreenivasan.
Divya Vineeth, singer; wife of Vineeth Sreenivasan
Dhyan Sreenivasan , actor, screenwriter, director; son of Sreenivasan.
M. Mohanan , director; brother-in-law of Sreenivasan.
Rakesh Mantodi, screenwriter; nephew of Sreenivasan.
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.
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
K. Subramanyam , director (d.1971)
S. D. Subbulakshmi , actress; wife of Subramanyam.
S. Krishnaswamy , director; son of Subramanyam.
S. V. Ramanan , director; son of Subramanyam.
Padma Subrahmanyam , dancer; daughter of Subramanyam.
Raghuram , choreographer; grandson of Subrahmanyam.
Girija Raghuram, choreographer; wife of Raghuram.
Jayanthi, actress; sister of Girija.
Brindha , choreographer; sister of Girija.
Kala , choreographer; sister of Girija.
Sneha , actress; former sister-in-law of Kala.
Prasanna , actor; husband of Sneha.
Suja Manoj, actress; daughter of Raguram.
Gayathri Raguram , actress; daughter of Raguram.
Sukumaran family
Sukumaran , actor (d. 1997)
Mallika Sukumaran , actress; wife of Sukumaran.
Indrajith , actor; son of Sukumaran.
Poornima Mohan , actress; wife of Indrajith.
Prarthana Indrajith , playback singer; daughter of Indrajith and Poornima.
Nakshatra Indrajith, child artist; daughter of Indrajith and Poornima.
Prithviraj , actor,director, producer; son of Sukumaran.
Supriya Menon , BBC India Reporter, producer; wife of Prithviraj.
Alankritha Menon Prithviraj, only daughter of Prithviraj and Supriya.
Sundar family
Sundaram family
Suresh family
Suresh Kumar, film producer.
Menaka , actress; wife of Suresh.
Revathy Suresh, daughter of Suresh and Menaka.
Keerthy Suresh , actress; daughter of Suresh and Menaka.
Suresh Gopi family
Susarla family
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr.
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.
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Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sr.
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Jr.
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry.
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T
Thiagarajan family
Thiagarajan , actor.
Prashanth , actor; son of Thiagarajan.
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. (see
Karunanidi family )
Dhruv Vikram , actor; playback singer; son of Vikram.
Arjuman, actor; nephew of Vikram.
Thoogudeepa family
Thoogudeepa Srinivas , actor. (d. 1995)
Darshan , actor; son of Srinivas
Dinakar Thoogudeepa , director; son of Srinivas.
Meena Thoogudeepa Srinivas, producer; wife of Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Vijaya lakshmi Darshan, wife of Darshan Thoogudeepa
Vinish Thoogudeepa, grand son of Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Manasa Dinkar, Director; wife of Dinakar Thoogudeepa
Divya Thoogudeepa, Daughter of Thoogudeepa Srinivas
Travancore Sisters family
Lalitha , actress; part of the
Travancore Sisters
Padmini , actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
Ragini , actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
P. K. Sathyapal (Baby), producer; cousin of the Travancore Sisters
Kumari Thankam , actress; (Wife of P. K. Sathyapal)
Latika Suresh, producer; (Daughter of Raveendran Nair) - cousin of Travancore Sisters
Shobana , actress; niece of the Travancore Sisters
Vineeth , actor; nephew of
Padmini and Travancore Sisters
Krishna , actor; grandson of Lalitha
Ambika Sukumaran , actress; cousin of the Travancore Sisters
Sukumari , actress; cousin of the Travancore Sisters (d. 2013)
A. Bhimsingh , director; husband of Sukumari (d. 1978)
B. Lenin , editor; son of Bhimsingh (but not of Sukumari)
B. Kannan , cinematographer; son of Bhimsingh (but not of Sukumari)
Suresh Bhimsingh, actor; son of Bhimsingh and Sukumari
Thotakura family
T. V. Raju
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.
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Thotakura Somaraju widely known as
Raj–Koti ,
composer , multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of
T. V. Raju .
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U
Uppalapati family
V
Vairamuthu family
Vasudevan family
Vedantham family
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
Vijayakumar , actor.
Manjula Vijayakumar , actress. (d. 2013)
Arun Vijay , actor; son of Vijayakumar.
N. S. Mohan, producer; father-in-law of Arun.
Hemanth, actor; son of Mohan.
Kavitha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
Vanitha Vijayakumar , actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
Akash, actor; ex-husband of Vanitha.
Robert , choreographer; ex-partner of Vanitha.
Peter Paul, visual effects director; ex-husband of Vanitha
Preetha Vijayakumar , actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
Hari , director; husband of Preetha.
Sridevi Vijayakumar , actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
Arnav Vijay, actor; son of Arun Vijay.
Jovika Vijayakumar, reality television contestant; daughter of Vanitha.
Sanjeev , actor; nephew of Manjula Vijayakumar.
Preethi, actress; wife of Sanjeev.
Sindhu , actress; niece of Manjula Vijayakumar. (d. 2005)
Rishi, actor; husband of Sindhu.
Raghuveer , actor; ex-husband of Sindhu. (d. 2014)
Vishnuvardhan family
Vyjayanthimala family
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