List of South Indian film families

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

Agathian family

  • Agathian, director.
  • Karthika Agathian (a) Kani agathiyan television anchor; daughter of Agathian..
    • Thiru, director; husband of Karthika.
  • Vijayalakshmi, actress; daughter of Agathian.
    • Feroz, director; husband of Vijayalakshmi.
  • Niranjani Agathian, costume designer; daughter of Agathian.


Ajith Kumar family

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

Ambareesh family

Anant Nag family

Akkineni family

Anandan family

Arunpandian family

  • C. Arunpandian, actor.
  • C. Duraipandian, director; brother of Arun Pandian.
  • Kavitha Arunpandian, producer; daughter of Arun Pandian.
    • Yuva Krishna, actor; husband of Kavitha.
  • Keerthi Pandian, actress; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • Sundari Divya Pandian, costume designer; daughter of Durai Pandian.
  • Ramya Pandian, actress; daughter of Durai Pandian.

Asif Ali family

Azhagappan family

B

Balasubrahmanyam family

Bhagyaraj family

Bhanupriya family

Bharathiraja family

C

Chandrasekhar family

  • S. A. Chandrasekhar, director
  • Shoba Chandrasekhar, playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
    • Vijay, actor; son of Chandrasekhar.
    • Sangeeta Sornalingam, businesswoman; wife of Vijay
      • Jason Sanjay; son of Vijay.
      • Divya Saasha; daughter of Vijay.
  • Xavier Britto, entrepreneur; brother-in-law of Chandrasekhar.
    • Sneha Britto, director; niece of Chandrasekhar. (see Murali family)
  • 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.
  • S. N. Surendar, voice actor; brother of Shoba.
    • Viraj, actor; son of Surendar.
  • S. N. Sundar, writer; brother of Shoba.

Cho Ramaswamy family

Choudary 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

F

Fazil family

G

Ghattamaneni family

Ghantasala Family

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
  • Charuhasan, actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
    • Komalam Chandrahasan, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
    • Suhasini, actress; daughter of Charuhasan.
  • Chandrahasan, producer (d. 2017); brother of Kamal Haasan.
  • 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.
  • Gangai Amaran, music director; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • R. D. Bhaskar, producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • Pavalar Varadharajan, music director; half-brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • Karthik Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • Bhavatharani, playback singer; daughter of Ilaiyaraaja.
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
    • Zafroon Nizar, costume designer; wife of Yuvan.
  • Venkat Prabhu, director; son of Gangai Amaran.
  • Premji Amaran, actor; son of Gangai Amaran.
  • 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.
  • Ilaiya Gangai, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • Pavalar Shiva, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • Jo V, director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • Yatheeswaran, playback singer; son of Karthik Raja.

Iyer family

J

Jaggesh family

Jayan family

  • Jayan, legendary malayalam actor, first action superstar of malayalam.
  • Jayabharathi, actress, Cousin of Jayan.
  • 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
  • Ammaji (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

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
  • A. L. Srinivasan, producer; brother of Kannadasan
  • Vishali Kannadasan, writer; daughter of Kannadasan
  • Annadurai Kannadasan, 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

Karunas family

Kasthuri Raja family

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

Koduri family

Komal Swaminathan family

Konidela-Allu family

Main article: Allu Konidela Family

  • Chiranjeevi, actor and ex-politician Padmabhushan doctarete megastar.
    • Ram Charan, actor; producer; businessman; Son of Chiranjeevi.
      • Upasana Konidela, entrepreneur Apollo hospitals; wife of Ram Charan.
    • Susmitha, costume designer; daughter of Chiranjeevi.
    • Srija, daughter of Chiranjeevi; wife of actor Kalyaan Dev
      • Kalyaan Dhev, actor; son-in-law of Chiranjeevi
    • Nagendra Babu, actor, producer; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
    • Pawan Kalyan, actor, director, producer and politician; younger brother of Chiranjeevi. Founder of Janasena party.
      • Anna Lezhneva, wife of Pawan Kalyan.
      • Renu Desai, actress; ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan.
      • Nandini, ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan.
    • Sai Dharam Tej, actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
    • Vaishnav Tej, actor; younger brother of Sai Dharam Tej; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
  • Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor; father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
    • Allu Aravind, producer; Son of Allu Rama Lingaiah and father of actors Allu Arjun and Allu Sirish; brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi
      • Allu Venkatesh, producer; Son of Allu Aravind.
      • Allu Arjun, actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
      • Allu Sirish, actor; Son of Allu Aravind.brother of Allu Arjun.

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

MGR 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
  • 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

Murali family

Muthuraman family

N

Nagendra Rao family (RNR)

Nagesh family

Nair family

  • Kallara Sarasamma, politician and wife of Kunjan Nair
    • Radha, actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
      • Rajasekaran Nair, entrepreuner 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

Nandamuri family (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.
  • Simran, actress.
    • Deepak, actor; husband of Simran.
  • Monal, actress; sister of Simran (d. 2002)
  • Jyothi, actress; sister of Simran.

P

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

Pudipeddi 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.
  • Radhika, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
  • Rayane, Grand daughter, daughter of Radhika sarathkumar
  • Rahul Sarathkumar, Grandson, son of Radhika and Sarathkumar
  • Nirosha, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
    • Ramki, actor; husband of Nirosha.
  • Vasu Vikram, actor; son of M. R. Vasu.
  • Hari Radharavi, actor; son of Radharavi.
  • 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; son of Reihana.
  • Bhavani Sre , Actress; daughter of Reihana, Sister of G. V. Prakash Kumar and niece of A. R. Rahman.
  • 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.

Rajinikanth family

Rajkumar family

  • Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, actor; father of Dr Rajkumar
    • S. P. Varadappa, actor; producer; son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, brother of Rajkumar.
    • Rajkumar, Actor, son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah (d.2006).
      • Parvathamma Rajkumar, Producer, Distributor; Wife of Rajkumar
      • Shiva Rajkumar, actor; Elder son of Rajkumar.
        • Niveditha Shiva Rajkumar, (as child artist) Producer, Daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.
          • Bangarappa, Famous politician, Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka, Father-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar.
          • Kumar Bangarappa, actor and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
          • Madhu Bangarappa: actor, producer, and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
      • Raghavendra Rajkumar, Actor, Producer; son of Rajkumar.
        • Vinay Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
        • Yuva Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
      • Puneeth Rajkumar, actor; son of Rajkumar.
        • Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, producer, wife of Puneeth Rajkumar
      • Poornima, daughter of 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 Rajkumar
        • S. A. Govindraju, Producer, husband of Lakshmi

Rao family

  • Y. V. Rao, producer.
    • Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao.
    • Rukmini, actress; second wife of Rao.
  • Lakshmi, actress; daughter of Rao.
  • Aishwarya, actress daughter of Lakshmi.

Rathnam family

Ravichandran family

Reddy, G. K. family

  • G. K. Reddy, producer.
  • Vikram Krishna Reddy, producer; son of Reddy.
  • Vishal, actor; son of Reddy.
    • Anisha Alla, actress; fiancé of Vishal.

Reddy, Sameera family

S

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.
  • Ammaji, daughter of Shakti Prasad.
    • Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
    • Meghana Raj, actress; wife of Chiranjeevi Sarja.
    • Dhruva Sarja, actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
      • Prerana Shankar; wife of Dhruva Sarja.

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

Susarla 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.
  • 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

Sundaram family

Suresh family

  • Suresh Kumar, film producer.

Suresh gopi family

T

Thiagarajan family

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 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 the 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
  • Gopi Bhimsingh, director; son of Bhimsingh
  • Maria Kavita Thomas, playback singer; niece of Kannan

Thotakura family

U

Uppalapati family

V

Vairamuthu family

Vasudevan family

Veeraswamy family

Vijayakanth family

  • Vijayakanth, actor.
  • 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.
    • 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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