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There have been several families who have had two or more members 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 (i.e. Aishwarya Rai or Kajol; see List of Hindi film clans). Below is an incomplete list of families that have been involved in South Indian cinema.

A

Ahathian family

Ajith Kumar family

  • Ajith Kumar, a leading actor who has appeared in 50 films, has won major awards,racing driver, have largest fanbase next to Actor Vijay, Have Starpower in Kollywood
  • Shalini, former actress who featured in critically acclaimed films and started as a child artiste; wife of Ajith Kumar
    • Richard Rishi, an actor who has featured in several low-budget films in Tamil and Telugu without considerable success; brother of Shalini
    • Shamili, actress who a National Award as a child artiste and has recently featured in her first role as female lead; sister of Shalini

Akkineni family

  • Akkineni Nageshwara Rao Considered one of the pioneers of the Telugu film industry, a renowned actor and philanthropist. (d. 2014)
  • Akkineni Nagarjuna Son of Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, one of the most famous actors in Telugu cinema, regarded as "King"
  • Amala Akkineni Wife of Nagarjuna, once ruled the roost as an actress in South Indian Cinema, does a few amazing roles every now and then, Andhra Pradesh's main animal rights activist
  • Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Son of Nagarjuna and his first wife Daggubati Lakshmi.
    • D. Ramanaidu, a multilingual Indian film producer, ex-father-in-law of Nagarjuna
    • Daggubati Venkatesh, a Indian film actor, ex-brother-in-law of Nagarjuna
    • Sumanth, a Telugu film actor/producer, nephew of Nagarjuna
    • Sushanth, a Telugu film actor, nephew of Nagarjuna
  • Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao popularly known as L. V. Prasad was an Indian film actor, producer and director. (d. 1994)

C. L. Anandan family

  • C. L. Anandan, former actor who featured films in 1960's and 1970's. (d. 1989)
  • Disco Shanthi, actress, daughter of C. L. Anandan.
    • Srihari, an award-winning actor, husband of Disco Shanthi (d. 2013)
  • Lalitha Kumari, actress, daughter of C. L. Anandan.
    • Prakash Raj, leading award-winning character actor, producer and director, ex-husband of Lalitha Kumari
    • Pony Verma, Bollywood choreographer, currently wife of Prakash Raj

Azhagappan family

  • A. L. Azhagappan, a Tamil film actor and producer and served as President of Tamil Nadu Producers Council
  • A. L. Vijay, Tamil film director; son of Azhagappan
    • Amala Paul, a leading actress; wife of A. L. Vijay
  • Udhaya, film actor; son of Azhagappan.

B

Balachander family

  • K.Balachander, a stalwart, legendary and revolutionary Director, producer, writer, actor, playwright, stage conductor, comedian (d.2014)

Balasubrahmanyam family

  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam aka S.P.B, is a veteran Indian film playback singer of 50000 songs, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer.
  • S. P. B. Charan, is an Indian film playback singer, actor, and producer known for his works primarily in Tamil Cinema; Son of S.P.B.
  • S. P. Sailaja, is an Indian singer and actress and a voice actor; Sister of S.P.Balasubrahmanyam
  • Subhalekha Sudhakar, is an Indian film actor in Tamil & Telugu; Husband of S.P.Sailaja

Bhagyaraj family

Bharathiraja family

C

Cethirakath family

  • Arya, leading film actor who has appeared in critically acclaimed films
  • Sathya, an upcoming film actor

Chandrasekhar family

  • S. A. Chandrasekhar, a director of over sixty films in Tamil and Telugu
  • Shoba Chandrasekhar, an Indian film playback singer, director, writer and producer; wife of Chandrasekhar
  • Vijay, a leading actor who has appeared in 50 films; son of Chandrasekhar,who has the largest fan base in Tamil Nadu & critically acclaimed super star. Having largest fanbase next to Rajnikanth.
  • Jason Sanjay, a child artiste who has made a guest appearance in one song; son of Vijay
    • Vikranth, an actor who has featured in several films in Tamil without considerable success; nephew of Chandrasekhar

Chiranjeevi Family

Chiranjeevi, who came without any background to film industry has established himself as a legend in Tollywood by starring 149 films till date. His family is considered as most influencing family in industry and is often referred as Mega Family.

Cho Ramaswamy family

  • Cho Ramaswamy,a veteran Tamil comedian, politician, playwright and lawyer and founder and editor of Tamil magazine Thuglak
    • Ramya Krishnan, actress of Telugu and Tamil films, Niece of Cho Ramaswamy
    • Krishna Vamsi, a Telugu film director, producer and choreographer, husband of Ramya Krishnan

Choudary family

  • R. B. Choudary, film producer
  • Githan Ramesh, actor who has featured in a string of films; son of Choudary
  • Jiiva, actor whose work has been critically acclaimed; son of Choudary

D

Daggubati Family

Delhi Kumar Family

Deva family

  • Deva, music director who has worked in hundreds of films.
  • Srikanth Deva, music director; Deva's son
  • Sabesh, part of the music director duo Sabesh-Murali; Deva's brother
  • Murali, part of the music director duo Sabesh-Murali; Deva's brother
  • Bobo Shashi, music director for a couple of films; Murali's son
    • Jai, film actor who has featured in several films; Deva's nephew.

Devika family

F

Fazil family

G

Ghattamaneni family

Gemini Ganesan family

  • Gemini Ganesan, Notable Tamil Actor, He known as Romance King.
  • Pushpavalli, Notable Tamil Actress, Second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
    • Rekha, predominant actress in Hindi Cinema, daughter of Gemini Ganesan & Pushpavalli.
  • Savitri Ganesan, predominant actress in Tamil Cinema, Third wife of Gemini Ganesan.
      • Rajendra Prasad,Notable Telugu actor, husband of Vijaya Chanmundeswari(daughter of Gemini Ganesan & Savitri).

I

Ilaiyaraaja family

Karthik Raja - The eldest son of musician Maestro Ilaiyaraaja

Bhavatharani - Award winning singer and music composer and daughter of Ilaiyaraaja

Yuvan Shankar Raja - Music composer, singer. The youngest child of musician Maestro Ilaiyaraaja

Gangai Amaran - Brother of Ilaiyaraaja. A music director, singer, lyricist, script writer, film director and actor

Venkat Prabhu - Nephew of Ilaiyaraaja, Son of Gangai Amaran. An actor, playback singer and film director

Premji Amaran - Nephew of Ilaiyaraaja, Son of Gangai Amaran. A playback singer, film composer, songwriter and actor

J

Jayadev family

  • Devayani, former actress, now television artiste; daughter of Jayadev.
  • Nakul, film actor; brother of Devayani

Jyothi Lakshmi family

  • Jyothi Lakshmi, former actress, well noted for her glamorous roles and item songs.
  • Jyothi Meena, actress; daughter of Jyothi Lakshmi
  • Jayamalini, actress, who is known for her vamp roles and item numbers; sister of Jyothi Lakshmi

K

Kamesh family

Karunanidhi family

Kunchacko family

Kaushal family

Koduri family

Krish family

  • Krish, theatre actor and singer
  • Sangeetha, film actress; wife of Krish

Kulasekaran family

Kumar family

  • Karthik Kumar, theatre actor who has appeared in leading and supporting roles
  • Suchitra, playback singer and television host; wife of Karthik Kumar

L

Lakshmi family

  • Yaragudipati Varada Rao, veteran film producer, director, thespian, screenwriter, editor and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil cinema
  • Lakshmi, former leading actress in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, Daughter of Yaragudipati & Rukhmini
    • Mohan Sharma, Indian actor and film producer, acts in south Indian languages, ex-husband of Lakshmi
    • Sivachandran, Indian actor, producer and director, acts in south Indian languages, husband of Lakshmi
  • Aishwarya, actress who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies, Daughter of Bhaskar & Lakshmi

M

MGR Family

  • M. G. Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, Makkal Thilagam, Puratchi Thalaivar, was a stalwart in Tamil films as an actor, director, producer, and politician and a three time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He founded the Tamil political Party ADMK and was later succeeded by Ms.Jayalalithaa
  • Janaki Ramachandran, Tamil actress, Wife of MGR. After the demise of MGR (d.1987) she briefly served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  • M. G. Chakrapani, Tamil actor and elder brother of MGR

Mammootty Family

Mohan family

  • M. Raja, film director who has specialised in remakes; son of Mohan
  • Jayam Ravi, a leading actor who has enjoyed significant success as an actor; son of Mohan

Manchu Family

Murali family

  • Siddalingaiah, film director and writer in the Kannada film industry
  • Murali, actor appeared leading and supporting roles in Tamil and Kannada; son of Siddalingaiah (d.2010)
  • Atharvaa Murali, Emerging actor in Tamil films, Son of late Murali

Muthuraman family

N

Naidu Family

Nagesh family

  • Nagesh, veteran film actor who appeared in comic roles (d. 2009)
  • Anand Babu, actor and dancer; son of Nagesh
  • Gajesh Tamil actor; son of Anand Babu

Nair family

  • Radha, former film actress; daughter of Rajasekaran Nair
  • Karthika Nair, upcoming actress; daughter of Radha
  • Thulasi Nair, upcoming actress; daughter of Radha
  • Ambika, former film actress; daughter of Rajasekaran Nair

Nair (Travancore) family

  • Padmini, former film actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
  • Lalitha, former actress; part of the Travancore sisters
  • Ragini, former film actress and dancer; part of the Travancore sisters
  • Shobana, film actress, dancer and choreographer; niece of the Travancore sisters
  • Vineeth, film actor and choreographer; nephew of the Travancore sisters
  • Sukumari, veteran film actress; cousin of the Travancore sisters (d. 2013)
    • A. Bhimsingh, film director; husband of Sukumari (d. 1982)
      • B. Lenin, film editor; son of Bhimsingh
      • B. Kannan, film cinematographer; son of Bhimsingh

Nandamuri Family

Naval family

  • Simran, film actress noted for many award winning performances across several languages; daughter of Ashok Naval
  • Monal, former actress; sister of Simran (d. 2002)

P

Prasad's family

Pandiarajan family

Parthiban family

  • Parthiban, leading award-winning actor, producer and director
  • Seetha, actress; ex-wife of Parthiban
  • P. S. Keerthana, former child actress; daughter of Parthiban

Prakash Raj family

Pinnisetty family

  • Aadhi, upcoming actor; son of Ravi Raja

Peketi Sivaram family

Pudipeddi family

  • P. J. Sarma - Veteran Telugu film dubbing artits, television character artist, acted in more than 50 films
  • Sai Kumar, Younger son of P. J. Sharma, Telugu and Kannada film actor, Telugu dubbing artist and television presenter, Nandi Award winner
  • P. Ravi Shankar, Brother of Sai Kumar, Telugu and Kannada film actor, Telugu dubbing artist and television presenter, Nandi Award winner
  • Aditya Pudipeddi, Son of Sai Kumar, contemporary Telugu actor.

R

D. Rajendra Babu Family

  • D. Rajendra Babu, Kannada film maker and writer (d. 2013)
  • Sumithra, former south Indian actress, wife of D. Rajendra Babu
  • Uma, leading actress in south Indian films, daughter of D. Rajendra Babu
  • Nakshatra, leading actress in south Indian films, youngest daughter of D. Rajendra Babu

Rajkumar Family

Radha family

  • M. R. Radha, former leading film actor (d. 1979)
  • Radharavi, character actor and leading film fraternity representative; son of M. R. Radha
  • Radhika, leading actress in yesteryear films and in television serials and producer; daughter of M. R. Radha
    • Pratap Pothen, former actor and director; ex-husband of Radhika
    • Sarath Kumar, leading award-winning actor, representative of the film fraternity and politician; husband of Radhika
      • Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, upcoming film actress and theater artist; daughter of Sarath Kumar from another marriage
  • Nirosha, former actress; daughter of M. R. Radha
    • Ramki, former actor; husband of Nirosha

Rahman family

Rajendar family

  • T. Rajendar, actor, director, screenwriter, music composer, cinematographer, producer, lyricist, playback singer, politician
  • Usha Rajendar, former film actress, producer; wife of Ranjendar
  • Silambarasan, a leading film actor, director, lyricist, playback singer, screenwriter; son of Rajendar
  • Kuralarasan Rajendar, former child artiste, music composer; son of Rajendar
  • Ilakkiya Rajendar, former child artiste; daughter of Rajendar

Rajasekhar family

Rajinikanth family

Reddy, A. K. family

Reddy, G. K. family

  • Vikram Krishna, former actor cum producer of films; son of Reddy
    • Sriya Reddy, actress and former music VJ; wife of Vikram Krishna
  • Vishal, an actor who has appeared in films; son of Reddy

Rathnam family

Ravichandran

  • Ravichandran, actor in Tamil films
    • Hamsavardhan, son of Ravichandran-Vimala, actor in Tamil films
  • Sheela, second-wife of Ravichandran, actor in Malayalam films, National Award Winner

Sameera Reddy family

A. L. Raghavan family

  • A. L. Raghavan, an Indian playback singer and actor.
  • M. N. Rajam, an Indian actress, who works mainly in Tamil cinema; wife of A. L. Raghavan

S

Sarja family

  • Shakti Prasad, an actor who has appeared in over 200 Kannada films
  • Arjun Sarja, a leading actor who has appeared in over 100 films; son of Shakti Prasad
  • Aishwarya Arjun, actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja
    • Rajesh, actor; father-in-law of Arjun Sarja
  • Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor, grandson of Shakti Prasad, nephew of Arjun Sarja
  • Dhruva Sarja, actor, grandson of Shakti Prasad, nephew of Arjun Sarja

Sathyaraj family

  • Sathyaraj, leading film actor who has played a wide variety of roles
  • Sibiraj, film actor; son of Sathyaraj
  • Sathyan Sivakumar, a Tamil film actor and comedian; Son of Producer Madhampatti Sivakumar and Nephew of Sathyaraj

Sekhar family

Selvaraj family

Sethupathi family

Siddalingiah family

  • Murali, award-winning Tamil film actor (d. 2010); son of Siddalingiah
  • Adharvaa, an upcoming actor; son of Murali

Sivaji Ganesan family

  • Sivaji Ganesan, actor whose performances included versatile roles with critical acclaim (d. 2001)
  • Ramkumar Ganesan, a leading film producer and head of Sivaji Productions; son of Sivaji
  • Prabhu Ganesan, a former leading actor who has gone on to appear in character roles; son of Sivaji

Sivakumar family

  • Sivakumar, former leading actor who has gone on to appear in character roles and television roles.
  • Suriya, a leading actor whose performances have won critical acclaim and commercial success; elder son of Sivakumar
  • Karthi, a leading actor who has won critical acclaim for his performances til date; younger son of Sivakumar.
  • Jyothika, a former leading actress who has won awards for her performances across several languages; wife of Suriya
    • Nagma, former leading actress who has appeared in films in several Indian languages; half-sister of Jyothika

Sripathi family

Srinivasan family

Subramanyam family

Sukumaran family

  • Sukumaran, former Malayalam actor (d. 1997)
  • Indrajith, actor who has appeared in several films; son of Sukumaran
  • Prithviraj, leading film actor who has appeared in critically acclaimed films; son of Sukumaran

Sundar family

Sundaram family

T

Thiagarajan family

  • Thiagarajan, Notable film actor, director
  • Prashanth, was a leading romantic hero, Son of Thiagarajan
    • Peketi Sivaram Telugu actor from Pekeru village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India and director/ Father-in-law of Thiagarajan
    • Vikram, a leading Indian film actor predominantly in Tamil, Nephew of Thiagarajan

U

Uppalapati family

V

Vairamuthu family

Vasu family

Vasudevan family

Vijayakumar family

  • Vijayakumar, former leading film actor and now supporting actor
  • Manjula Vijayakumar, former leading film actress; wife of Vijayakumar
  • Arun Vijay, an actor who has appeared in several Tamil films; son of Vijayakumar
  • Vanitha Vijayakumar, an actress who appeared in a couple of films; daughter of Vijayakumar
  • Preetha Vijayakumar, an actress who appeared in a dozen films; daughter of Vijayakumar
    • Hari, director who has worked on films; husband of Preetha
  • Sridevi Vijayakumar, an actress who has appeared in several regional language films; daughter of Vijayakumar
    • Sanjeev, leading Tamil television actor; Nephew of Manjula Vijayakumar
    • Preethi,Tamil television actress; Wife of Sanjeev

Vinod Raj family

  • Vikram, National Film Award winning actor,predominantly appears in Tamil language films
  • Vinod Raj, character artist in Tamil films

Vyjayanthimala family

References

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