List of South Indian film families

There have been several families who have had three 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).

A

Ajith Kumar family

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

Akkineni family

• Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (ANR), actor. (d. 2014)
• Akkineni Venkat, producer; elder son of ANR
• Akkineni Nagarjuna, actor; younger son of ANR
  • Amala, actress; wife of Nagarjuna.
• Naga Chaitanya, actor; elder son of Nagarjuna and his ex-wife, Daggubati Lakshmi. (see Daggubati family)
  • Samantha, actress; fiancé of Naga Chaitanya.
• Akhil, actor; younger 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.

Akshay Kumar family

• Akshay Kumar, actor, producer and presenter
• Twinkle Khanna, actress. (Wife of Akshay Kumar)
• Rajesh Khanna, actor, producer and politician. (Father-in-law of Akshay Kumar)
• Dimple Kapadia, actress. (Mother-in-law of Akshay Kumar)
• Rinke Khanna, actress. (Sister-in-law of Akshay Kumar)

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.

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

121

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 Bharathiraja.

C

Chandrasekhar family

• S. A. Chandrasekhar, director.
• Shoba Chandrasekhar, playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
• Vijay, actor; son of Chandrasekhar.
• Sangeetha Vijay, wife of Vijay.
• Jason Sanjay, actor; son of Vijay.
• Divya Saasha, actress; daughter of Vijay.
  • Sanjeev, director; nephew of Chandrasekhar.
  • 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 (Konidela) family

• Chiranjeevi, actor.
• Nagendra Babu, producer; brother of Chiranjeevi.
• Pawan Kalyan, actor; brother of Chiranjeevi.
  • Renu Desai, actress; ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan.
• Ram Charan Tej, actor; son of Chiranjeevi.
• Varun Tej, actor; son of Nagendra Babu.
• Niharika Konidela, actress; daughter of Nagendra Babu.
• Sai Dharam Tej, actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
  • Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor; father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.
  • Allu Aravind, producer; son of Allu Rama Lingaiah.
  • Allu Bobby, producer; 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.

Choudary family

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

D

Daggubati 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)

Dasari Family

• Dasari Narayana Rao, director
• Dasari Arun Kumar, actor; son of Dasari

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; brother of Murali.
• Karthik Sabesh, actor; son of Sabesh
• Jai, actor; nephew of Deva.

Deve Gowda family

• H. D. Kumaraswamy, producer and politician
  • Anitha Kumaraswamy, producer; wife of Kumaraswamy.
  • Radhika Kumaraswamy, actress; wife of Kumaraswamy.
• Nikhil Gowda, actor; son of Kumaraswamy.
• H. D. Deve Gowda, politician; father of Kumaraswamy.
• H .D . Bakitharan

F

Fazil family

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

G

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, 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.
• 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.

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

Jayalalithaa family

• J. Jayalalithaa, actress, politician and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• "Vadavalli" known as Sandhaya, actress and mother of Jayalalithaa
• R. Jayaram Iyengar, father of Jayalalithaa
• J. Jayakumar ,brother of Jayalalithaa

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

K

Kamal Haasan family

• Kamal Haasan, actor
  • Vani Ganapathy, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
  • Sarika, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
  • Gauthami, actress; ex-partner of Kamal Haasan.
    • Subbalakshmi, playback singer; daughter of Gauthami.
• Charuhasan, actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
• Chandrahasan, producer (d. 2017); brother of Kamal Haasan.
• Nalini Raghu, dancer; sister 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.
• Anu Haasan, actress; daughter of Chandrahasan.
• Shruti Haasan, actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
• Akshara Haasan, actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
• 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.

Kanakala family

• Devadas Kanakala, actor
• Lakshmidevi Kanakala, actor; wife of Devadas Kanakala
  • Rajeev Kanakala], actor; son of Devadas Kanakala
    • Suma Kanakala, actor, film anchor; wife of Rajeev Kanakala

Karunanidhi family

• M. Karunanidhi, script writer.
• M. K. Muthu, actor; son of Karunanidhi
• M. K. Alagiri, politician; son Karunanidhi.
• M. K. Stalin, 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.
• Keerthana Arulnithi,wife of Arulnithi.
• 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 Selvaraghavan.
  • 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, director. (see Rajinikanth family)
    • Kannan, actor; cousin 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; wife of Srikanth.
  • Priyadarshini, TV host; sister of Dhivyadharshini.

Kota Srinivasa Rao family

• Kota Srinivasa Rao, actor
• Kota Sankara Rao

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.

Krishna (Ghattamaneni) family

• Krishna Gattamaneni, Actor.
  • Ramesh Babu, Actor cum Producer, Elder son of Krishna.
  • Mahesh Babu, Actor, Younger son of Krishna.
    • Namrata Shirodkar, Actress, Wife of Mahesh Babu.
      • Shilpa Shirodkar, actress, sister of Namrata Shirodkar.
• Gautham Krishna, Child Artist, Son of Mahesh Babu.
• Adiseshagiri Rao, Brother of Krishna.
• Sudheer Babu, Son-in-law to Krishna.
  • Manjula, Actress cum Producer, Daughter of Krishna.
• Vijaya Nirmala, Actress; Spouse to Krishna. K.S Murthy was Vijaya Nirmala's first husband.
  • Naresh, Son of Vijaya Nirmala and K.S.Murthy (brother of Vijayalalitha)
  • Vijayalalitha, actress, Sister-in-law of Vijaya Nirmala
  • Vijayashanti, actress; Niece of Vijaya Nirmala and daughter of Vijayalitha's elder sister.
  • Jayasudha, actress; niece of Vijaya Nirmala
    • Nitin Kapoor (d. 2017), producer; husband of Jayasudha

L

Lokesh family

• Lokesh, actor. (d. 2004).
  • Subbaiah Naidu, actor. (d. 1962).
• Girija Lokesh, actress; wife of Lokesh.
• Srujan Lokesh, actor and anchor.
• Pooja Lokesh, actress.
• Pavitra Lokesh, actress.(not from lokesh family)
  • Suchendra Prasad, actor; husband of Pavitra Lokesh.

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.
• Sandhya Rajendran;daughter of Madhavan and Vijayakumari
• E.A.Rajendran;husband of Sandhya Rajendran
  • 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.
  • 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 Balaji

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; 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 Rajasekaran Nair
• Ambika, actress; daughter of Rajasekaran Nair
• Suresh Nair, director; son of Rajasekaran Nair
• Karthika Nair, actress; daughter of Radha
• Thulasi Nair, actress; daughter of Radha
  • 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
• Sukumari, actress; cousin of the Travancore sisters (d. 2013)
  • A. Bhimsingh, director; husband of Sukumari (d. 1982)
    • B. Lenin, editor; son of Bhimsingh
    • B. Kannan, cinematographer; son of Bhimsingh

Nandamuri Family

• N. T. Rama Rao, actor; politician; director; film producer.
• N. Trivikrama Rao, producer; brother of NTR.
• Mohanakrishna, cinematographer; son of NTR.
• Harikrishna, actor; son of NTR.
• Balakrishna, actor; son of NTR.
• Ramakrishna, film producer; son of NTR.
• Kalyan Ram, actor; son of Harikrishna.
• Junior NTR, actor; son of Harikrishna.
• Taraka Ratna, actor; grandson of 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 P. Vasu

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.

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M. R. Radha family

• M. R. Radha, actor (d. 1979).
• M. R. R. Vasu, actor: son of M. R. Radha.
• Radha Ravi, actor; son of M. R. Radha.
• Radhika, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
  • Pratap Pothen, actor; ex-husband of Radhika.
  • R. Sarath Kumar, actor; husband of Radhika.
    • Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, actress; 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 Radha Ravi, actor; son of Radharavi.
• Ike Radha, director; grandson of M. R. Radha.
• Joshna Fernando, actress; niece of M. R. Radha.

Rahman family

• R. K. Shekhar, musician; Rahman's father.
  • A. R. Rahman, music director.
    • Saira Banu, wife of Rahman.
      • Khadija Rahman, playback singer; daughter of Rahman.
      • A. R. Ameen, playback singer; son of Rahman.
    • Meherunnisa, sister of Saira Banu.
      • Rahman, actor; brother-in-law of Rahman.
  • A. R. Reihana, playback singer; sister of Rahman.
    • G. V. Prakash Kumar, music composer; son of Reihana.
      • Saindhavi, playback singer; wife of Prakash.
  • Israth Kadhiri, playback singer; sister of Rahman.

Rajasekhar family

• Rajasekhar, actor
  • Jeevitha, actress; wife of Rajasekhar.
• Selva, actor; brother 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

Rajinikanth family

• Rajinikanth, actor.
• Latha Rajinikanth, wife of Rajinikanth
  • Ravi Raghavendra, actor; brother of Latha.
  • Anirudh Ravichander, music composer; son of Ravi Raghavendra.
    • Hrishikesh, actor; cousin of Anirudh.
  • Y. Gee. Mahendra, actor; brother-in-law of Latha (see Vyjayanthimala family)
• Aishwarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter of Rajinikanth.
  • Dhanush, actor; husband of Aishwarya (see Kasthuri Raja family)
• Soundarya Rajinikanth, director; daughter

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
  • Guru Rajkumar, actor ; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar
• Puneeth Rajkumar, actor; son of Rajkumar.
• Ramkumar, actor; son-in-law of Rajkumar.
  • Shringar Nagaraj, 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.

G. K. Reddy family

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

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, actress; granddaughter of Ravichandran.

S

Sameera Reddy's family

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

Sarja family

• Shakti Prasad, actor.
  • Arjun Sarja, actor; son of Shakti Prasad
    • Asha Rani, actress; wife of Arjun
      • Rajesh, actor; father of Asha.
    • Aishwarya Arjun, actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
  • Kishore Sarja, director; son of Shakti Prasad
    • Bharat Sarja, actor, grandson of Shakti Prasad.
    • Chiranjeevi Sarja, actor, grandson of Shakti Prasad.
    • 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.
• Sibiraj, film actor; son of Sathyaraj.
• Sathyan Sivakumar, actor; nephew of Sathyaraj.

E.V.V.Satyanarayana (Eedara) 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.
• 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.
  • 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.

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.

Srinivasan family

• Thengai Srinivasan, comedy actor (d. 1987)
• Yogi Srinivasan, actor; grandson of Srinivasan
• Shrutika, actress; granddaughter of Srinivasan

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)
• Anirudh Ravichander, music director, great-grandson of Subramanyam (see Rajinikanth 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.

U

Uppalapati family

• Uppalapati Krishnam Raju(Actor)
  • Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju (Producer)
    • Prabhas(Actor)
      • Uppalapati Pramodh Raju(Producer)

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)
  • Madhuvanti Arun, actress; daughter of Mahendra. (see Gemini Ganesan family)
  • Harshavardhan, actor; son of Mahendra.
  • Y. G. Parthasarathy, actor; father of Mahendra.

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