List of South Indian film families

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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[]

Agathian family[]

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

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.

Allu–Konidela family[]

  • Chiranjeevi, actor and politician.
    • 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
      • Kalyaan Dhev, actor; ; husband of Srija
    • Nagendra Babu, actor, producer; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
    • Pawan Kalyan, actor, director, producer and politician; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
      • , 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.
    • 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
      • , producer; Son of Allu Aravind.
      • Allu Arjun, actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
      • Allu Sirish, actor; Son of Allu Aravind.

Ambareesh family[]

  • Chowdiah, musician
  • Ambareesh, actor-politician, grand-nephew Chowdiah
  • Sumalatha, actress, wife of Ambareesh
    • Abhishek Gowda, actor, son of Ambareesh and Sumalatha

Anant Nag family[]

  • Anant Nag, actor and producer
  • Shankar Nag, actor, director and producer, younger brother of Anant Nag
  • Arundhati Nag, actress, theater artist and wife of Shankar Nag
  • , actress and wife of Ananth Nag

Akkineni family[]

  • Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, actor (d. 2014).[1]
  • Nagarjuna, actor.
    • Amala, actress; wife of Nagarjuna.
  • Naga Chaitanya, actor; son of Nagarjuna and his ex-wife, Daggubati Lakshmi. (see Daggubati family)
    • Samantha, actress; wife of Naga Chaitanya.
  • Akhil, actor; son of Nagarjuna and Amala.
  • Sumanth, actor; nephew of Nagarjuna.
  • Sushanth, actor; nephew of Nagarjuna.

Anandan family[]

  • C. L. Anandan, actor (d. 1989).
  • Disco Shanthi, actress; daughter of C. L. Anandan.
    • Srihari, actor; husband of Disco Shanthi. (d. 2013)
  • Lalitha Kumari, actress, daughter of C. L. Anandan.
    • Prakash Raj, actor; ex-husband of Lalitha Kumari.
    • Pony Verma, choreographer; wife of Prakash Raj.
    • , actor; brother of Prakash Raj.

Asif Ali family[]

  • Asif Ali, actor

Azhagappan family[]

  • A. L. Azhagappan, producer.
  • A. L. Vijay, director; son of Azhagappan.
    • Amala Paul, actress; ex-wife of Vijay.
  • Udhaya, film actor; son of Azhagappan.
    • , dubbing artiste; wife of Udhaya.

B[]

Balasubrahmanyam family[]

  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, playback singer.
  • 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.

Bhagyaraj family[]

  • K. Bhagyaraj, director.
  • Poornima, actress; wife of Bhagyaraj
  • Saranya Bhagyaraj, actress; daughter of Bhagyaraj
  • Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, actor; son of Bhagyaraj

Bhanupriya family[]

  • Bhanupriya, actress.
  • Shantipriya, actress; sister of Bhanupriya.
    • Vindhya, actress; sister-in-law of Bhanupriya.
  • Siddharth Ray (d. 2004), actor; husband of Shantipriya.
    • V. Shantaram (d. 1990), director; grandfather of Siddhanth Ray.

Bharathiraja family[]

  • Bharathiraja, actor and director.
    • , actor; brother of Bharathiraja
  • Manoj Bharathiraja, director; son of Bharathiraja.
  • Manoj Kumar, director; brother-in-law of Director Bharathiraja.

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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; daughter of Xavier Britto. (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. Surendar, writer; brother of Shoba.

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[]

Daggubati Family[]

  • D. Rama Naidu, producer.[1]
    • Daggubati Suresh Babu, producer; son of Ramanaidu.
      • Rana Daggubati, actor; son of Daggubati Suresh Babu.
    • Venkatesh, actor; son of Ramanaidu.
    • Nagarjuna, actor, son-in-law of Ramanaidu
      • Naga Chaitanya, actor, grandson of Ramanaidu. (see Akkineni family)
        • Samantha Akkineni, actress, wife of Naga Chaitanya, daughter in law of Nagarjuna
      • Akhil Akkineni, actor, half-brother of Naga Chaitanya

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.
  • , playback singer; daughter of Deva.
  • Bobo Shashi, music director; son of Murali.
  • , 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.
  • H. D. Kumaraswamy, producer and politician; son of Deve Gowda.
    • Anitha Kumaraswamy, producer; wife of Kumaraswamy.
    • Radhika kumarswamy, actress; second wife of Kumaraswamy.
  • 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
    • Manju Warrier, actress; ex-wife of Dileep
    • Kavya Madhavan, former actress; wife of Dileep

F[]

Fazil family[]

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

G[]

Ghattamaneni family[]

  • Krishna, actor.
    • Vijaya Nirmala, actress; wife of Krishna.
      • Vijaya Naresh, actor; son of Vijaya Nirmala.
      • Jayasudha, actress; niece of Vijaya Nirmala.
  • Ramesh Babu, actor; son of Krishna.
  • Manjula, producer; daughter of Krishna.
  • Mahesh Babu, actor; son of Krishna
    • Namrata Shirodkar, actress; wife of Mahesh Babu.
      • Shilpa Shirodkar, actress; sister of Namrata.
      • Meenakshi Shirodkar, actress; grandmother of Namrata.
    • Sudheer Babu, actor; son-in-law of Krishna.

Ghantasala Family[]

  • Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, widely known as S. Thaman, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[2][3]
  • 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[4]
  • B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.

Gemini Ganesan family[]

  • Muthulakshmi Reddy -aunt of Genini ganeshan
  • Gemini Ganesan, actor. (d. 2005)
  • Pushpavalli, actress; partner of Gemini Ganesan.
  • Savitri Ganesan, actress; second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
  • Kamala Selvaraj, doctor; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Alamelu.
  • Rekha, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
  • ; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Alamelu.
  • Abhinay Vaddi, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.

Gowda family[]

  • K. C. N. Gowda, producer. (d. 2012)
  • , producer; son of KCN Gowda.
  • , producer; son of KCN Gowda.
    • Poornima Mohan (d. 2017), director; wife of K. C. N. Mohan.

H[]

Haasan family[]

  • Kamal Haasan, actor
    • Vani Ganapathy, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
    • Sarika, 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 Chandrahasan, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
    • Suhasini, actress; daughter of Charuhasan.
      • 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.
    • 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[]

  • Hunsur Krishnamurthy, producer and director. (d. 1989)
  • H. R. Bhargava, director; cousin of Hunsur Krishnamurthy.
  • Dwarakish, actor,
    • , actor; son of Dwarakish.

I[]

Ilaiyaraaja family[]

  • Ilaiyaraaja, music director.
    • Yuvan Shankar Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
      • , 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.
  • , producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
    • , director; son of Bhaskar.
    • , playback singer; son of Bhaskar.
    • Vasuki Bhaskar, costume designer; daughter of Bhaskar.
  • , music director; half-brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
    • , music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
    • , music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
    • , director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
  • Karthik Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
    • , playback singer; son of Karthik Raja.

Iyer family[]

  • , actor.
  • S. Rajam, actor; son of Iyer. (d.2010)
  • Sundaram Balachander, director; son of Iyer. (d.1990)
  • S. Jayalakshmi, actress; daughter of Iyer. (d.2007)
  • Jayashree, actress; granddaughter of Jayalakshmi.

J[]

Jaggesh family[]

  • Jaggesh, actor, director.
    • Gururaj Jaggesh, actor; son of Jaggesh
    • Yathiraj Jaggesh, actor; son of Jaggesh
  • Komal Kumar, actor; brother of Jaggesh

Jayan family[]

  • Jayan, Malayalam actor.
  • Jayabharathi, actress, Cousin of Jayan.
    • , producer; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
    • Sathaar, actor; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
  • Krish J. Sathaar, actor; son of Jayabharathi and Sathaar.
  • , 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
  • , actress; mother of Jayachitra

Jayadev family[]

  • Devayani, actress; daughter of Jayadev.
    • Rajakumaran, director; husband of Devayani.
  • Nakul, actor; brother of Devayani.
  • , actor; brother of Devayani.

Jayaram family[]

  • Jayaram, actor
  • Parvathy Jayaram, actress; wife of Jayaram
  • Kalidas Jayaram, actor, son of Jayaram and Parvathy

Jeeva family[]

  • Jeeva, cinematographer. (d.2007)
  • , costume designer; wife of Jeeva.
    • Vasanth, director; Husband of Jeeva's Sister.
    • , actor; son of Vasanth.

K[]

Kamesh family[]

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

Kannadasan family[]

  • Kannadasan, poet
  • A. L. Srinivasan, producer; brother of Kannadasan
  • , writer; daughter of Kannadasan
  • Annadurai Kannadasan, actor, son of Kannadasan
  • , poet and writer; son of Kannadasan
  • , director; son of Kannadasan
  • Panchu Arunachalam, poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
  • , anchor; daughter of 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.
  • , Producer; Businessman; son of Karunanidhi.
  • , playback singer; son of Muthu.
  • Dhayanidhi Alagiri, producer; son of Alagiri.
    • , playback singer; wife of Dhayanidhi Alagiri.
  • Udhayanidhi Stalin, actor; son of Stalin.
  • Arulnithi, actor; son of .
  • , producer; grandson of Karunanidhi.
    • Murasoli Maran, director; nephew of Karunanidhi.
    • Kalanidhi Maran, producer; Business Man; son of Murasoli Maran.
    • Dayanidhi Maran, politician; son of Murasoli Maran.
    • C. S. Jayaraman, playback singer; father-in-law of Muthu.
    • , playback singer; granddaughter-in-law of Muthu. (see Thiagarajan family)
    • Dhananjay,

Karunas family[]

  • Karunas, actor.
  • Grace Karunas, playback singer; wife of Karunas.
  • Ken Karunas, actor; son of Karunas.

Kasthuri Raja family[]

  • Kasthuri Raja, director.
  • Selvaraghavan, director; son of Kasthuri Raja.
    • Sonia Agarwal, actress; ex-wife of Selvaragahvan.
    • , director; wife of Selvaragahvan.
  • Mohan V. Raman, actor; uncle of Gitanjali.
  • , producer; daughter of Kasthuri Raja.
  • Dhanush, actor; son of Kasthuri Raja.
    • Aishwarya Dhanush, producer; director; daughter of Rajinikanth; wife of Dhanush.

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[]

  • K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, director.
  • S. S. Rajamouli, director; son of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
  • M. M. Keeravani, music director; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
    • Kaala Bhairava, singer; son of Keeravani
    • Sri Simha, actor; son of Keeravani
  • Kalyani Malik, music director; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
  • M. M. Srilekha, music director; niece of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
  • , writer; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.

Komal Swaminathan family[]

  • Komal Swaminathan, director. (d.1995)
  • Anand Shankar, director; grandson of Swaminathan.
  • , director; cousin of Anand Shankar.

Krish family[]

  • Krish, playback singer.
  • Sangeetha, actress; wife of Krish.
    • , actor; brother of Sangeetha.
    • , producer; grandfather of Sangeetha.

Kottarakkara family[]

  • Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, actor
  • Sai Kumar, son of Kottarakkara
  • Shobha Mohan, daughter of Kottarakkara
  • Kailasveswar S Nair

L[]

Lakshminarayana family[]

  • V. Lakshminarayana (d. 1990), musician
  • L. Vaidyanathan (d. 2007), composer; son of Lakshminarayana
    • , composer; son of Vaidyanathan
    • , composer; son of Vaidyanathan
  • L. Shankar, violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
  • L. Subramaniam, violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
    • Viji Subramaniam (d. 1995), vocalist; wife of Subramaniam
    • Kavita Krishnamurthy, singer; wife of Subramaniam

Lokesh family[]

Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family[]

  • Mysore Lokesh, actor
  • Pavitra Lokesh, actress.
    • Suchendra Prasad, actor; husband of Pavitra Lokesh.
  • Aadi Lokesh, actor

M[]

MGR Family[]

  • M. G. Ramachandran, actor, politician, Former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu
    • Janaki Ramachandran, actress; wife of MGR and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
  • M. G. Chakrapani, actor; brother of MGR
  • , actor; son of Chakrapani
  • , actor; grand-nephew of MGR

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
    • Saritha, actress, ex-wife of Mukesh
      • Viji Chandrasekhar, actress, sister of Saritha.
      • Shravan Mukesh, actor, son of Mukesh and Saritha
    • Methil Devika, dancer, wife of Mukesh

Mammootty family[]

  • Mammootty, actor.
    • Dulquer Salmaan, actor, son of Mammooty.
  • , actor, brother of Mammooty.

Manchu family[]

  • Manchu Mohan Babu, actor
  • Lakshmi Manchu, actress, daughter of Mohan Babu
    • , son-in-law of Mohan Babu
    • , daughter of Lakshmi Manchu and Andy Srinivasan
  • Vishnu Manchu, actor, son of Mohan Babu
    • , wife of Manchu Vishnu
      • , 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[]

  • , editor.
  • M. Raja, director; son of Mohan.
  • Jayam Ravi, actor; son of Mohan.
  • , actor; son of Raja.
  • , actor; son of Ravi.
    • , costume designer; wife of Ravi.
    • , producer; mother-in-law of Ravi.

Mohanlal-Balaji family[]

  • K. Balaji, producer; father-in-law of Mohanlal.
    • Suchitra Mohanlal, producer; daughter of K. Balaji, wife of Mohanlal.
      • Mohanlal, actor, producer.
        • Pranav Mohanlal, actor; son of Mohanlal and Suchitra
    • Suresh Balaje, producer; son of K. Balaji.
      • Sitara Suresh, producer; daughter of Suresh Balaje.
    • Y. G. Parthasarathy, actor; brother-in-law of Balaji (see Rajinikanth family).

Murali family[]

  • Siddalingaiah, director. (d.2015)
  • Murali, actor; son of Siddalingaiah. (d.2010)
  • Atharvaa Murali, actor; son of Murali.
  • , actor; son of Murali.
  • Daniel Balaji, actor; cousin of Murali.

Muthuraman family[]

  • R. Muthuraman, actor. (d. 1982)
  • Karthik, actor; son of Muthuraman.
    • Ragini, actress; wife of Karthik.
  • Gautham Karthik, actor; son of Karthik.

N[]

Nagendra Rao family (RNR)[]

  • R. Nagendra Rao, actor (d. 1977).
  • R. N. Jayagopal, director and poet (d. 2008); son of Nagendra Rao.
  • R. N. K. Prasad, cinematographer and actor (d. 2012); son of Nagendra Rao.
  • R. N. Sudarshan, actor (d. 2017); son of Nagendra Rao.

Nagesh family[]

  • Nagesh, actor. (d. 2009)
  • Anand Babu, actor; son of Nagesh.
  • Bijesh, actor; son of Anand Babu.
  • Gajesh, actor; son of Anand Babu.

Nair 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
    • , director; son of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
      • , actress; cousin of Karthika

Nandamuri family (NTR)[]

  • Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as 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
    • Nandamuri Jayakrishna, cinematographers; son of NTR
    • Nandamuri Saikrishna, theatre owner; son of NTR
    • Nandamuri Harikrishna, actor, politician; son of NTR
      • , politician; daughter of Nandamuri Harikrishna
      • Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, actor; son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
      • Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Junior), actor; son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
      • , film maker.
    • Nandamuri Mohanakrishna, cinematographers; son of NTR
    • Nandamuri Balakrishna, actor, politician; son of NTR
      • (Executive Director Heritage Foods Ltd), daughter of Nandamuri Balakrishna, married to Nara Lokesh
    • Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr., producer; son of NTR
    • , daughter of NTR
    • Nara Chandrababu Naidu, politician; married to Bhuvaneshwari
      • Nara Lokesh, politician; son of Nara Chandrababu Naidu) and Bhuvaneshwari
      • Nara Rohit, actor; nephew of Chandrababu
    • Daggubati Purandeswari, politician; daughter of NTR
    • , politician; married to Daggubati Purandeswari

Narayan family[]

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

Nassar family[]

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

Naval family[]

  • Simran, actress.
    • , actor; husband of Simran.
  • Monal, actress; sister of Simran (d. 2002)
  • , actress; sister of Simran.

P[]

Pandian family[]

  • Arun Pandian, actor
  • , Film director
  • Tripura Sundari (Divya), actress; elder daughter of Durai Pandian
  • Ramya Pandian, actress; second daughter of Durai Pandian
  • , producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
    • , actor; ex-husband of Kavitha
  • , producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • Keerthi Pandian, actress; daughter of Arun Pandian
  • , actress; granddaughter of Arun Pandian

Panthulu family[]

  • B. R. Panthulu, producer and director
  • B. R. Vijayalakshmi, cinematographer and director; daughter of Panthulu
  • , director; son of Panthulu

Parthiban family[]

  • Parthiban, actor.
  • Seetha, actress; ex-wife of Parthiban.
  • P. S. Keerthana, actress; daughter of Parthiban.

Peethambaram family[]

  • , make-up man (d. 2011)
  • P. Vasu, director; son of Peethambaram.
  • Sakthi Vasu, actor; son of Vasu.
    • , make-up artiste; father-in-law of Vasu.
  • , director; grandson of Peethambaram.

Pinnisetty family[]

Pothineni family[]

  • Ram Pothineni, actor.
  • Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, producer; Uncle of Ram.
  • , Cardiologist; Uncle of Ram.
  • Sharwanand Myneni, actor; Cousin of Ram.

Pudipeddi family[]

  • P. J. Sarma, actor. (d. 2014).
  • Saikumar, actor and voice actor.
    • Aadi, actor; son of Saikumar.
  • P. Ravishankar, actor and voice actor.
  • , director.

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.
    • , actor; son of Radharavi.
  • Radhika, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
    • , Grand daughter, daughter of Radhika sarathkumar
    • , Grandson, son of Radhika and Sarathkumar
    • Sarath Kumar, actor; husband of Radhika
      • Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actor; Daughter of Sharath Kumar
  • Nirosha, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
    • Ramki, actor; husband of Nirosha.
  • , 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.
    • Saindhavi, playback singer; wife of Prakash.
  • , 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
  • , actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
  • , actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
  • Selva, actor; brother of Rajasekhar.
  • , actor; nephew of Rajasekhar.

Rajendar family[]

  • T. Rajendar, actor, director, music composer.
  • , actress; wife of Rajendar.
  • Silambarasan, actor; son of Rajendar.
  • Kuralarasan, actor and music composer; son of Rajendar.
    • , music composer; cousin of Silambarasan.

Rajendra Babu family[]

  • D. Rajendra Babu, director (d. 2013)
    • Sumithra, actress; wife of Rajendra Babu.
  • Umashankari, actress; daughter of Rajendra Babu
  • Nakshathra, actress; daughter of Rajendra Babu

Rajesh family[]

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

Rajinikanth family[]

  • Rajinikanth, actor
  • Latha Rajinikanth, singer; wife of Rajinikanth.
    • Ravi Raghavendra, actor; brother of Latha.
    • Anirudh Ravichander, music director; son of Ravi Raghavendra. (see Subramanyam family)
    • Y. G. Mahendra, actor; brother-in-law of Latha (see Vyjayanthimala family).
      • Y. G. Parthasarathy, playwright; father of Mahendra
        • K. Balaji, producer; brother-in-law of Parthasarathy (see Mohanlal-Balaji family).
      • Madhuvanti Arun, actress; daughter of Mahendra (see Gemini Ganesan family).
      • , actor; son of Y. G. Mahendra.
  • Aishwarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter of Rajinikanth.
  • Soundarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter of Rajinikanth.
    • Vishagan Vanangamudi, actor; husband of Soundarya.

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
    • S. A. Chinne Gowda, producer; brother of Parvathamma.
    • Shiva Rajkumar, actor; Elder son of Rajkumar.
      • Geetha Shiva Rajkumar, Producer, wife of Shiva Rajkumar
      • Niveditha Shiva Rajkumar, child artist, producer, daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Bangarappa, Famous politician, Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka, Father-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Kumar Bangarappa, MLA, actor and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
      • Madhu Bangarappa: actor, producer, Ex-MLA 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; producer, son of Rajkumar.
      • Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, producer, wife of Puneeth Rajkumar
    • Poornima, (as child artist)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
    • Balaraj, actor, Rajkumar's sister son.
    • S.A. Srinivas, Producer, Brother in law of Rajkumar.

Rao family[]

  • Y. V. Rao, producer.
    • , actress; first wife of Rao.
    • , 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.
    • Sriya Reddy, actress; wife of Vikram Krishna
  • Vishal, actor; son of Reddy.
    • , actress; fiancé of Vishal.

Reddy, Sameera family[]

  • Sameera Reddy, actress.
  • , actress; sister of Sameera.
  • Sushma Reddy, actress; sister of Sameera.

S[]

Sarja family[]

  • Shakti Prasad, actor
  • Kishore Sarja, director; son of Shakti Prasad.
    • ; wife of Kishore Sarja.
    • , musician; son of Kishore Sarja.
  • Arjun Sarja, actor; director; producer; son of Shakti Prasad.
    • Niveditha Arjun, actress; wife of Arjun Sarja.
    • Aishwarya Arjun, actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
    • , producer; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
    • , actor; nephew of Arjun Sarja.
    • , actor; nephew of Arjun Sarja.
  • Ammaji, daughter of Shakti Prasad.
    • Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
    • Meghana Raj, actress; wife of Chiranjeevi Sarja.
      • Sundar Raj, actor; director; father of Meghana Raj.
      • Pramila Joshai, actor; producer; mother of Meghana Raj.
    • Dhruva Sarja, actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
      • ; wife of Dhruva Sarja.

Sasi family[]

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

Sathyaraj family[]

Satyanarayana family[]

  • E. V. V. Satyanarayana, director. (d. 2011)
  • Allari Naresh, actor; son of Satyanarayana.
  • Aryan Rajesh, actor; son of Satyanarayana.
  • , director; cousin of Satyanarayana.

Sekhar family[]

  • , producer.
  • Vishnuvardhan, director; son of Sekhar
    • Anu Vardhan, costume designer; wife of Vishnuvardhan.
      • N. S. Krishnan, actor; grandfather of Anu Vardhan.
      • T. A. Madhuram, actress; wife of Krishnan.
      • Ramya NSK, singer; granddaughter of Krishnan.
        • K. R. Ramaswamy, actor; grandfather of Ramya.
  • Kreshna, actor; son of Sekhar.

Siddique family[]

  • Siddique; actor and producer
  • Shaheen Siddique; son of Siddique; actor

Sivaji Ganesan family[]

  • Sivaji Ganesan, actor (d. 2001).
  • Ramkumar Ganesan, producer; son of Sivaji.
  • Prabhu Ganesan, actor; son of Sivaji.
  • Dushyanth Ramkumar, actor and producer; son of Ramkumar.
  • Shivaji Dev, actor; son of Ramkumar.
    • Suja Varunee, actress; wife of Shivaji Dev.
    • Sripriya, actress; aunt of Shivaji Dev.
    • Rajkumar Sethupathi, actor; husband of Sripriya.
      • Shanmugha Rajeswara, producer; father of Rajkumar.
      • Latha, actress; sister of Rajkumar.
      • Kamala Kotnis, actress; aunt of Latha.
  • Vikram Prabhu, actor; son of Prabhu.
    • Jayalalithaa, actress; former foster mother-in-law of the granddaughter of Sivaji.
      • , actress; mother of Jayalalithaa.
      • , actor; brother of former foster son of Jayalalithaa.
  • , director; nephew of Sivaji.

Sivakumar family[]

  • Sivakumar, actor.
  • Suriya, actor; older son of Sivakumar.
    • Jyothika, actress; wife of Suriya.
      • Nagma, actress; half-sister of Jyothika.
      • Roshini, actress; sister of Jyothika.
  • Karthi, actor; younger son of Sivakumar.
  • Brindha Sivakumar, Singer; Daughter of Sivakumar
    • Gnanavel Raja, producer; nephew of Sivakumar.
    • S. R. Prabhu, producer; nephew of Sivakumar.

Saluri family[]

  • S. Rajeswara Rao, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[5]
  • 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.

Susarla family[]

  • Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr. composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.[6]
  • 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.[6]

Singh Babu family[]

Sreenivasan family[]

  • Sreenivasan, actor.
    • Vineeth Sreenivasan, actor; son of Sreenivasan.
    • Dhyan Sreenivasan, actor; son 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:

  • Sridevi, actress.
    • Boney Kapoor, Film Producer; Husband of Sridevi
    • Janhvi Kapoor, actress; elder daughter of Sridevi
    • Maheswari, actress; niece of Sridevi.
    • Avishek Karthik, actor; nephew of Sridevi.

SS Rajendran family[]

  • S. S. Rajendran, actor.
    • C. R. Vijayakumari, actress; wife of SS Rajendran.
  • , actor; son of Rajendran.
  • , actor; son of Rajendran.
  • , actor; grandson of Rajendran.

Subramanyam family[]

  • K. Subramanyam, director (d.1971)
  • S. D. Subbulakshmi, actress; wife of Subramanyam.
  • S. Krishnaswamy, director; son of Subramanyam.
  • , director; son of Subramanyam.
  • Padma Subrahmanyam, dancer; daughter of Subramanyam.
  • Raghuram, choreographer; grandson of Subrahmanyam.
    • , choreographer; wife of Raghuram.
    • Jayanthi, actress; sister-in of Girija.
    • Kala, choreographer; sister of Girija.
    • Brindha, choreographer; sister of Girija.
    • , choreographer; nephew of Kala.
    • , video jockey; niece of Kala. (see Bhagyaraj family)
      • Sneha, actress; former sister-in-law of Kala.
        • Prasanna, actor; husband of Sneha.
  • , actress; daughter of Raguram.
  • Gayathri Raguram, actress; daughter of Raguram.
  • Anirudh Ravichander, music director; grandson of Ramanan. (see Rajinikanth family)
  • Hrishikesh, actor; grandson of Ramanan. (see Rajinikanth family)

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.
      • Prithviraj, actor; son of Sukumaran.
        • Supriya Menon, BBC India Reporter; wife of Prithviraj.

Sundar family[]

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

Sundaram family[]

  • Sundaram, choreographer.
  • Raju Sundaram, choreographer; son of Sundaram.
  • Prabhu Deva, actor and director; son of Sundaram.
    • , choreographer; nephew of Prabhu Deva
  • Nagendra Prasad, choreographer; son of Sundaram.

Suresh family[]

  • , film producer.
    • Menaka, actress; wife of Suresh.
      • Keerthy Suresh, actress; daughter of Suresh and Menaka.

Suresh gopi family[]

  • Suresh Gopi, actor.
    • Gokul Suresh, actor; son of Suresh Gopi.

T[]

Thiagarajan family[]

  • Thiagarajan, actor.
  • Prashanth, actor; son of Thiagarajan.
  • Vikram, actor; nephew of Thiagarajan.
  • , actor; brother of Vikram.

Thoogudeepa family[]

  • Thoogudeepa Srinivas, actor. (d. 1995)
  • Darshan, actor; son of Srinivas
  • , director; son of Srinivas.
  • , producer; Wife of thoogudeepa srinivas
  • , wife of Darshan thoogudeepa
  • , grand son of thoogudeepa Srinivas
  • , Director; wife of Dinakar 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[]

  • T. V. Raju composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[7]
  • Thotakura Somaraju widely known as Raj–Koti, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of T. V. Raju.[7]

U[]

Uppalapati family[]

  • , Producer.
  • Krishnam Raju Uppalapati, elder brother of Suryanarayana; Actor, Producer.
  • Prabhas Raju Uppalapati, son of Suryanarayana, Actor.

V[]

Vairamuthu family[]

  • Vairamuthu, poet.
  • Madhan Karky, poet; son of Vairamuthu.
  • Kabilan, poet; son of Vairamuthu.

Vasudevan family[]

  • Malaysia Vasudevan, playback singer. (d. 2011)
  • Yugendran, actor; son of Vasudevan.
    • , TV host; wife of Yugendran.
  • Prashanthini, playback singer; daughter of Vasudevan.

Vedantham family[]

  • Vedantam Raghavaiah- actor,Dancer, director
  • -son of raghavayya- dancer
  • suryaprabha- wife of raghavayya
  • Shubha- DAUGHTER of raghavayya
  • Pushpavalli- sister of suryaprabha
Gemini Ganesan- partner of pushpavalli.
rekha- daughter of pushpavalli

Veeraswamy family[]

  • N. Veeraswamy, producer. (d. 1992)
    • V. Ravichandran, actor, director and music composer; son of Veeraswamy
  • , actor; brother of Ravichandran

Vijayakanth family[]

  • Vijayakanth, actor.
  • , producer; wife of Vijayakanth.
  • Shanmuga Pandian, actor; son of Vijayakanth.
  • , son of Vijayakanth.

Vijayakumar family[]

  • Vijayakumar, actor.
  • Manjula Vijayakumar, actress. (d. 2013)
  • Arun Vijay, actor; son of Vijayakumar.
    • , producer; father-in-law of Arun.
    • , actor; son of Mohan.
  • , actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
  • Vanitha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
    • , actor; ex-husband of Vanitha.
    • Robert, choreographer; ex-partner of Vanitha.
    • Peter Paul, visual effects director; ex-husband of Vanitha
      • Alphonsa, actress; sister of Robert.
  • Preetha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
    • Hari, director; husband of Preetha.
  • Sridevi Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
    • Sanjeev, actor; nephew of Manjula Vijayakumar.
    • , actress; wife of Sanjeev.
    • Sindhu, actress; niece of Manjula Vijayakumar. (d. 2005)
      • , actor; husband of Sindhu.
      • Raghuveer, actor; ex-husband of Sindhu. (d. 2014)

Vishnuvardhan family[]

  • Vishnuvardhan, actor.
    • Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, actress; wife of Vishnuvardhan .
    • , Costume Designer; Daughter Of Vishnuvardhan.
    • Anirudha, actor; son-in-law of Vishnuvardhan.

Vyjayanthimala family[]

  • Vyjayanthimala, actress.
  • Vasunthara Devi, actress; mother of Vyjayanthimala.
  • Suchindra Bali, actor; son of Vyjayanthimala.

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