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

Ahathian family

• Ahathian, director.
• Karthika Ahathian, television anchor; daughter of Ahathian.
  • Thiru, director; husband of Karthika.
• Vijayalakshmi, actress; daughter of Ahathian.
  • Feroz, director; husband of Vijayalakshmi.
• Niranjani Ahathian, costume designer; daughter of Ahathian.

Ajith Kumar family

• Ajith Kumar, actor.
• Shalini, former actress; wife of Ajith Kumar
  • Shamili, actress sister of Shalini.
  • Richard, actor; brother of Shalini.
    • Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; wife of Richard.
    • Aadhav Kannadasan, actor; brother of Sathyalakshmi.
    • Kannadasan, lyricist; grandfather of Sathyalakshmi.
    • Vishali Kannadasan, actress; daughter of Kannadasan.
    • Muthaiah Kannadasan, actor; grandson of Kannadasan.
    • Gopi Kannadasan, actor; son of Kannadasan.
  • Shiva, actor; husband of Ajith's cousin, Priya.

Ambareesh family

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

Akkineni family

Further information: ANR-Ramanaidu Family

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, actor (d. 2014).
• Akkineni 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.
  • Prasad Raj, actor; brother of Prakash Raj.

Arunpandian family

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

Azhagappan family

• A. L. Azhagappan, producer.
• A. L. Vijay, director; son of Azhagappan.
  • Amala Paul, actress; ex-wife of Vijay.
  • Abijith Paul, actor; brother of Amala.
• Udhaya, film actor; son of Azhagappan.
  • Keerthika Udhaya, 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.
• Kasinathuni Viswanath, actor and director; uncle of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
  • Chandra Mohan, actor; cousin of K. Viswanath.

Bhagyaraj family

• K. Bhagyaraj, director.
• Poornima, actress; wife of Bhagyaraj.
• Saranya Bhagyaraj, actress; daughter of Bhagyaraj
• Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, actor; son of Bhagyaraj
  • Keerthi, video jockey; wife of Shanthnu. (see Subramanyam family)

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

C

Chandrasekhar family

• S. A. Chandrasekhar, director.
• Shoba Chandrasekhar, playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
• Joseph Vijay, actor; son of Chandrasekhar.
• Sangeetha Vijay, wife of vijay
• Jason Sanjay, actor; son of Vijay.
• Divya Saasha, actress; daughter of Vijay.
  • Vikranth, actor; nephew of Chandrasekhar.
    • Manasa, actress; wife of Vikranth.
    • Kanakadurga, actress; mother of Manasa.
  • Sneha Britto, director; grand-niece of Chandrasekhar.
    • S. N. Surendar, voice actor; brother of Shoba.
    • Viraj, actor; son of Surendar.

Chiranjeevi family

• Chiranjeevi, actor and politician.
• Chiranjeevi Kid(s)
  • Ram Charan, actor; producer; businessman; Son of Chiranjeevi.
  • Upasana Konidela, entrepreneur; wife of Ram Charan.
  • Susmitha, costume designer; daughter of Chiranjeevi.
  • Srija, wife of actor Kalyaan Dev
• Chiranjeevi Brothers
  • Nagendra Babu, actor, producer; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
    • Varun Tej, actor; son of Nagendra Babu.
    • Niharika Konidela, actress; daughter of Nagendra Babu.
  • Pawan Kalyan, actor, director, producer and politician; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
    • Renu Desai, actress; former wife of Pawan Kalyan
• Chiranjeevi Sister Sons
  • Sai Dharam Tej, actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
  • Vaishnav tej, actor; younger brother of Sai Dharam Tej; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
  • Kalyaan Dhev, actor; son-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
• Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor; father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
  • Allu Aravind, producer; Son of Allu RamaLingaiah.
    • Allu Venkatesh, Son of Allu Aravind.
    • Allu Arjun,actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
    • Allu Sirish,actor; Son of Allu Aravind.

Cho Ramaswamy family

• Cho Ramaswamy, actor.
• Ramya Krishnan, actress; niece of Cho Ramaswamy.
  • Krishna Vamsi, director; husband of Ramya Krishna.
• J.Jayalalithaa, Actor and Politician;Friend of Cho Ramaswamy.

Choudary family

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

D

Daggubati Family

Further information: ANR-Ramanaidu Family

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

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.
  • Parthi Bhaskar, director; husband of Sangeetha. (see Ilaiyaraaja family)
• 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.
  • Prajwal Revanna, poltiican; son of H. D. Revanna.
• H. D. Kumaraswamy, producer and politician; son of Deve Gowda.
  • Anitha Kumaraswamy, producer; wife of Kumaraswamy.
  • Kutty Radhika, actress; second wife of Kumaraswamy.
• Nikhil Gowda, actor; son of Kumaraswamy.

F

Fazil family

• Fazil, director.
• Fahadh Faasil, actor, son of Fazil
  • Nazriya Nazim, actress, wife of Fahadh Faasil
• Farhaan Faasil, actor, son of Fazil.

G

Ghattamaneni family

• Krishna Ghattamaneni, actor.
  • Vijaya Nirmala, actress; wife of Krishna.
    • Vijaya Naresh, actor; son of Vijaya Nirmala.
• Ramesh Babu, actor; son of Krishna.
• Manjula, producer; daughter of Krishna.
• Mahesh Babu, actor; son of Krishna.
• Gautham, son of Mahesh Babu.
  • 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.

Gemini Ganesan family

• Gemini Ganesan, actor. (d. 2005)
• Pushpavalli, actress; second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
• Savitri Ganesan, actress; third wife of Gemini Ganesan.
• Rekha, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
• Gigi; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
• Abhinay Vaddi, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.
  • Madhuvanti Arun, actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan. (see Vyjanthimala 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

Hunsur family

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

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

• Sundaram Iyer, 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

Jayabharathi family

• Jayabharathi, actress.
  • Hari Pothen, producer; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
    • Pratap Pothen, actor; brother of Hari. (see Radha family)
  • Sathaar, actor; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
• Krish J. Sathaar, actor; son of Jayabharathi and Sathaar.
• Jayan, actor; cousin of Jayabharathi.
• Adithya Jayan, actor; nephew of Jayan.
• Munna, actor; nephew of Jayabharathi.

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.
  • Rajakumaran, director; husband of Devayani.
• Nakul, actor; brother of Devayani.
• Mayur, actor; brother of Devayani.

Jayaram family

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

Jeeva family

• Jeeva, cinematographer. (d.2007)
• Aneez Jeeva, costume designer; wife of Jeeva.
  • Vasanth, director; brother of Aneez.
  • Ritvik Varun, actor; son of Vasanth.

K

Kamal Haasan family

• Kamal Haasan, actor
  • Vani Ganapathy, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
  • Sarika, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
    • Shruti Haasan, actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
    • Akshara Haasan, actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
• Charuhasan, actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
  • 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

Kamesh family

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

Karunanidhi family

• M. Karunanidhi, script writer.
• M. K. Muthu, actor; son of Karunanidhi
• M. K. Alagiri, politician; son Karunanidhi.
• M. K. Stalin, Politician;actor; 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; son of Stalin.
  • Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi, director; wife of Udhayanidhi Stalin.
• Arulnithi, actor; grandson of Karunanidhi.
• Gunanidhi Amirtham, producer; grandson of Karunanidhi.
  • Murasoli Maran, director; nephew of Karunanidhi.
  • Kalanidhi Maran, producer; son of Murasoli Maran.
  • C. S. Jayaraman, playback singer; father-in-law of Muthu.
  • Akshita Vikram, playback singer; granddaughter-in-law of Muthu. (see Thiagarajan family)

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.
  • Gitanjali Selvaraghavan, director; wife of Selvaragahvan.
• Mohan V. Raman, actor; uncle of Gitanjali.
  • Vidyullekha Raman, actress; daughter of Mohan.
• Vimalageetha, 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.
• Navodaya Appachan, producer; brother of Kunchacko.
  • Jijo Appachan, director; son of Appachan
  • Jose Appachan, director; son of Appachan
• Boban Kunchacko, actor; son of Kunchacko.
• Kunchacko Boban, actor; grandson of Boban.

Koduri family

• K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, director.
• S. S. Rajamouli, director; son of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
  • Rama Rajamouli, costume Designer; wife of S. S. Rajamouli.
• M. M. Keeravani, music director; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
• Kalyani Malik, music director; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
• M. M. Srilekha, music director; niece of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.
• S. S. Kanchi, writer; nephew of K. V. Vijayendra Prasad.

Komal Swaminathan family

• Komal Swaminathan, director. (d.1995)
• Anand Shankar, director; grandson of Swaminathan.
• Srikanth Ravichandran, director; cousin of Anand Shankar.
  • Dhivyadharshini, actress; ex-wife of Srikanth.
  • Priyadarshini, TV host; sister of Dhivyadharshini.

Kovelamudi family

• Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao, director. (d. 1996).
• Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, director.
  • Prakash Kovelamudi, actor and director
• Kovelamudi Bapayya, director; brother of Raghavendra Rao.
• Shobu Yarlagadda, producer; son-in-law of Raghavendra Rao.

Krish family

• Krish, playback singer.
• Sangeetha, actress; wife of Krish.
  • Parimal, actor; brother of Sangeetha.
  • K. R. Balan, producer; grandfather of Sangeetha.

L

Lokesh family

• Subbaiah Naidu, actor. (d. 1962).
• Lokesh, actor. (d. 2004).
• Girija Lokesh, actress; wife of Lokesh.
• Srujan Lokesh, actor and anchor.
• Pooja Lokesh, actress.

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.
  • Janaki Ramachandran, actress; wife of MGR.
• M. G. Chakrapani, actor; brother of MGR.
• M. G. C. Sukumar, actor; son of Chakrapani.
• Ramachandran, actor; grandson of MGR.

Madhavan family

• O. Madhavan, stage actor.
• Vijayakumari, actress; wife of O. Madhavan.
• Mukesh, actor; son of Madhavan and Vijayakumari.
  • Saritha, actress; ex-wife of Mukesh.
    • Viji Chandrasekhar, actress; sister of Saritha.

Mammootty family

• Mammootty, actor.
• Ibrahim Kutty, actor; brother of Mammooty.
• Dulquer Salmaan, actor; son of Mammooty.
• Maqbool Salmaan, actor; son of Ibrahim.

Manchu family

• Manchu Mohan Babu, actor.
• Lakshmi Manchu, actress; daughter of Mohan Babu.
• Vishnu Manchu, actor; son of Mohan Babu.
• Manoj Manchu, actor; son of Mohan Babu.

Mohan family

• Mohan, editor.
• M. Raja, director; son of Mohan.
• Jayam Ravi, actor; son of Mohan.
• Aarav, actor; son of Ravi.
  • Sujatha Vijayakumar, producer; father-in-law of Ravi.

Mohanlal family

• Mohanlal, actor.
• K. Balaji, producer; father-in-law of Mohanlal.
  • Suresh Balaje, producer; son of K. Balaji.
  • Suchitra Mohanlal, producer; daughter of K. Balaji.
    • Pranav Mohanlal, actor; son of Mohanlal,
    • Sitara Suresh, producer; daughter of Suresh Balaje.
    • Suchitra Mohanlal, wife of mohanlal.

Murali family

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

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

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

• Radha, actress; daughter of Kunjan Nair and wife of Rajasekaran Nair
• Ambika, actress; daughter of Kunjan Nair
• Suresh Nair, director; son of Kunjan Nair
• Karthika Nair, actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
• Thulasi Nair, actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
  • Gauri Nambiar, actress; cousin of Karthika

Nair (Travancore) family

• Padmini, actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
• Lalitha, actress; part of the Travancore sisters
• Ragini, actress; part of the Travancore sisters
• Shobana, actress; niece of the Travancore sisters
• Vineeth, actor; nephew of the Travancore sisters
• Krishna, actor; grandson of Lalitha
• Sukumari, actress; cousin of the Travancore sisters (d. 2013)
• Ambika Sukumaran, actress; cousin of the Travancore sisters
  • A. Bhimsingh, director; husband of Sukumari (d. 1982)
    • B. Lenin, editor; son of Bhimsingh
    • B. Kannan, cinematographer; son of Bhimsingh

Nandamuri family

• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR, was a Telugu cinema legendary actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh over three terms.
• Basavatarakam-W/O NTR

Lakshmi Parvati -W/O NTR 2nd wife

• N. Trivikrama Rao, producer; brother of NTR.
• Nandamuri Balakrishna (actor, politician)-S/O NTR
  • Nara Brahmani (Executive Director - Heritage Foods Ltd,D/O Nandamuri Balakrishna,W/O Nara Lokesh,DIL Nara Chandrababu Naidu )
• Daggubati Purandeswari(politician)-D/O NTR
• Nara Bhuvaneshwari-D/O NTR
  • Nara Chandrababu Naidu(Chief Minister Of Andhra Pradesh)-H/O Bhuvaneshwari
    • Nara Lokesh(politician,Cabinet Minister Of Andhra Pradesh)(Grand son of SR NTR,S/O Nara Chandrababu Naidu)
    • Nara Rohit, actor; nephew of Chandrababu
• Nandamuri Harikrishna (actor, politician)-S/O NTR
  • Nandamuri Kalyan Ram(Grandson of NTR,S/O Nandamuri Harikrishna)
  • Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Junior)(Grandson of NTR, S/O Nandamuri Harikrishna)
  • Nandamuri Suhasini (Politician)( D/O Nandamuri Harikrishna)
• Nandamuri Taraka Ratna(Grand son of SR NTR)

Narayan family

• S. Narayan, director.
• Pankaj Narayan, actor; son of S. 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, actress; sister of Simran.

P

Parthiban family

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

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

• Ravi Raja Pinisetty, director.
• Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty, director; son of Ravi Raja.
• Aadhi, actor; son of Ravi Raja.

Pudipeddi family

• P. J. Sarma, actor. (d. 2014).
• Saikumar, actor and voice actor.
  • Aadi, actor; son of Saikumar.
• P. Ravishankar, actor and voice actor.
• Ayyappa P. Sharma, 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.
• Radhika, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
  • Pratap Pothen, actor; ex-husband of Radhika.
  • Sarath Kumar, actor; husband of Radhika.
    • Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress; daughter of Sarath Kumar.
    • Pooja Sarathkumar, costume designer; daughter of Sarath Kumar.
• 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.
  • Saindhavi, playback singer; wife of Prakash.
• Khadija Rahman, playback singer; daughter of Rahman.
• Ameen Rahman, playback singer; son of Rahman.
  • Rahman, actor; brother-in-law of Rahman.

Rajasekhar family

• Rajasekhar, actor
  • Jeevitha, actress; wife 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 Rajendar, actor; son of Rajendar.
  • L. V. Muthukumarasamy, 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

• 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

• Rajinikanth, actor.
• Latha Rajinikanth, singer; wife of Rajinikanth.
  • Ravi Raghavendra, actor ; brother of Latha.
  • Anirudh Ravichander, music director; son of Ravi Raghavendra.
  • Hrishikesh, actor; cousin of Anirudh.
  • Y. G. Mahendra, actor; brother-in-law of Latha (see Vyjayanthimala family).
    • Y. G. Parthasarathy, playwright; father of Mahendra.
    • Madhuvanti Arun, actress; daughter of Mahendra (see Gemini Ganesan family).
    • Y. Gee. Harshavardhan, actor; son of Y. Gee. Mahendra.
• Aishwarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter of Rajinikanth.
  • Dhanush, actor; husband of Aishwarya (see Kasthuri Raja family).
• Soundarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter of Rajinikanth.
  • Vishagan, businessman, actor; husband of Soundarya

Rajkumar family

• Rajkumar, actor (d.2006).
• Parvathamma Rajkumar, producer; wife of Rajkumar.
  • S. A. Chinne Gowda, producer; brother of Parvathamma.
    • Vijay Raghavendra, actor; son of Chinne Gowda.
    • Sriimurali, actor; son of Chinne Gowda.
• Shiva Rajkumar, actor; son of Rajkumar.
  • Kumar Bangarappa, actor and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
• Raghavendra Rajkumar, producer; son of Rajkumar.
  • Vinay Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
  • Yuv Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
• Puneeth Rajkumar, actor; son of Rajkumar.
• Ramkumar, actor; son-in-law of Rajkumar.
  • Singanalluru Puttaswamayya, actor; father of Ramkumar.

Rao family

• Y. V. Rao, producer.
  • Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao.
  • Rukmini, actress; second wife of Rao.
• Lakshmi, actress; daughter of Yaragudipati.
  • Mohan Sharma, actor; ex-husband of Lakshmi.
  • Sivachandran, actor; husband of Lakshmi.
• Aishwarya, actress daughter of Lakshmi.

Rathnam family

• A. M. Rathnam, film producer.
• Jyothi Krishna, director; son of Rathnam.
• Ravi Krishna, actor; son of Rathnam.

Ravichandran family

• Ravichandran, actor.
• Sheela, actress; second wife of Ravichandran.
• Hamsavardhan, actor; son of Ravichandran.
• George Vishnu, actor; son of Ravichandran and Sheela.
• Tanya Ravichandran, actress; granddaughter of Ravichandran.

Reddy, G. K. family

• G. K. Reddy, producer.
• Vikram Krishna, producer; son of Reddy.
  • Sriya Reddy, actress; wife of Vikram Krishna
• Vishal, actor; son of Reddy.

Reddy, Sameera family

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

S

Sarja family

• Shakti Prasad, actor.
• Arjun Sarja, actor; son of Shakti Prasad.
  • Asha Rani, actress; wife of Arjun.
  • Rajesh, actor; father of Asha.
• Kishore Sarja, director; son of Shakti Prasad.
• Aishwarya Arjun, actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
• Anjana Arjun, producer; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
• Bharat Sarja, actor; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
• Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
  • Meghana Raj, actress; wife of Chiranjeevi Sarja
• Dhruva Sarja, actor, grandson of Shakti Prasad.

Sasi family

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

Sathyaraj family

• Sathyaraj, actor.
• Mathampatti Sivakumar, producer; brother of Sathyaraj.
• Sibi Sathyaraj, film actor; son of Sathyaraj.
• Sathyan Sivakumar, actor; nephew of Sathyaraj.

Satyanarayana family

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

Sekhar family

• Pattiyal Sekhar, 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.

Siddalingiah family

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

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.
    • Sandhya, actress; mother of Jayalalithaa.
    • Bas, actor; brother of former foster son of Jayalalithaa.
• Dharan Mandrayar, director; nephew of Sivaji.

Sivakumar family

• Sivakumar, actor.
• Suriya, actor; elder 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.
  • Gnanavel Raja, producer; nephew of Sivakumar.
  • S. R. Prabhu, producer; nephew of Sivakumar.

Singh Babu family

• D. Shankar Singh, director
• Prathima Devi, actress; wife of Shankar Singh
  • Rajendra Singh Babu, director; son of Shankar Singh and Prathima Devi
    • Aditya, actor; son of Rajendra Singh
    • Rishika Singh, actress; daughter of Rajendra Singh
• Vijayalakshmi Singh, director; sister of Rajendra Singh
  • Jai Jagadish, actor; husband of Vijayalakshmi Singh

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.
  • Maheswari, actress; niece of Sridevi.
  • Karthik, actor; nephew of Sridevi.

Thoogudeepa Srinivas family

• Thoogudeepa Srinivas, actor.
• Meena Thoogudeepa srinivas, producer; Wife of thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Darshan (actor), actor; son of thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Vijaya lakshmi Darshan, wife of Darshan thoogudeepa
• Vinish Thoogudeepa, grand son of thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Dinkar Thoogudeepa, Director; son of thoogudeepa Srinivas
• Manasa Dinkar, Director; wife of Dinakar thoogudeepa
• Divya Thoogudeepa, Daughter of thoogudeepa Srinivas

SS Rajendran family

• S. S. Rajendran, actor.
  • C. R. Vijayakumari, actress; wife of SS Rajendran.
• 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,
• Padma Subrahmanyam, dancer; daughter of Subramanyam,
• Raghuram, choreographer; grandson of Subrahmanyam.
  • Jayanthi, actress; sister of Girija.
  • Kala, choreographer; sister of Girija.
  • Brindha, choreographer; sister of Girija.
    • Sneha, actress; ex sister-in-law of Kala.
      • Prasanna, actor; husband of Sneha.
• Gayathri Raguram, actress; daughter of Raguram.
• Prasanna Sujit, choreographer; nephew of Kala.
• Keerthi, video jockey; niece of Kala. (see Bhagyaraj family)

Sukumaran family

• Sukumaran, actor (d. 1997)
• Mallika Sukumaran, actress; wife of Sukumaran.
  • Jagathy Sreekumar, actor; ex-husband of Mallika.
• Indrajith, actor; son of Sukumaran.
  • Poornima Mohan, actress; wife of Indrajith.
• Prithviraj, actor; son of Sukumaran.
  • Supriya Menon, BBC India Reporter; wife of Prithviraj.

Sundar family

• Sundar C, director.
• Kushboo Sundar, actress; wife of Sundar.(see Sivaji Ganesan family)
  • Abdullah, 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.
  • Vishnu Deva, choreographer; nephew of Prabhu Deva
• Nagendra Prasad, choreographer; son of Sundaram.

Suresh family

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

T

Thiagarajan family

• Thiagarajan, actor.
• Prashanth, actor; son of Thiagarajan.
  • Peketi Sivaram, actor; father-in-law of Thiagarajan.
• Vikram, actor; nephew of Thiagarajan.
  • Akshita Vikram, playback singer; daughter of Vikram. (see Karunanidhi family)
  • Dhruv Vikram, playback singer; son of Vikram.
  • Vinod Raj, actor; father 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

U

Uppalapati family

• Suryanarayana Raju Uppalapati, 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.
  • Hema Malini, TV host; wife of Yugendran.
• Prashanthini, playback singer; daughter of Vasudevan.

Veeraswamy family

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

Vijayakanth family

• Vijayakanth, actor.
• Premalatha, producer; wife of Vijayakanth.
• Shanmugapandian, actor; 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; partner 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.
  • 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

• Vishnuvardhan, actor.
  • Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, actress; wife of Vishnuvardhan .
  • Anirudh, actor; son-in-law of Vishnuvardhan.

Vyjayanthimala family

• Vyjayanthimala, actress.
• Vasunthara Devi, actress; mother of Vyjayanthimala.
• Suchindra Bali, actor; son of Vyjayanthimala.
  • Y. Gee. Mahendra, actor; cousin of Vyjayanthimala. (see Rajinikanth family)