Many south indian actors acting in tamil films. Here is the list of tamil movies of south indian actors in kollywood cinema industry. Ilaya Thalapathy’s first silver screen appearance was in Vetri (1984) as came child artist. He performed well as an emotional son. Then in Vasantha Ragam (1986) he became a cute innocent lover boy. His first lead role in Naalaya Theerpu (4 December 1992) alongside Keerthana, Easwari Rao and with some top stars like Radha Ravi, Sri Vidhya is an Action - Romance genre film. His father S.A.Chandrasekhar directed all these movies. Thala started his film career at the age of 21 in a Telugu film named Prema Pustakam (1992) means The Book of Love which itself won many awards like Nandi Special Jury, Best Screenplay, and Best Costume Designer. It remains his last Telugu film till date. Then he started building his empire in Tamil industry with his lead role in Amaravathi. Selva directed it, and his fellow actor Vikram rendered his voice for him. The song Putham Puthu Malare sung by S.P.B and Thala’s noticeable face expressions are evergreen favorites.
Saravanan Sivakumar, popularly known by his stage name Suriya. His debut film was Nerukku Ner in 1997 but had a breakthrough role in Nandha in 2001. Nerukku Ner was not only a good commercial but also a movie for the family audience. Born Amar Choudary on 4 January 1984, started his career as a child artist in his father’s films in 1996. His first lead role was in 2003 ( Aasai Aasaiyai). It is again a romance genre film but in this movie the director explains the responsibilities of each before they get into matrimony. Even now Punch Bala character brings the smile. Vijaya Ragunatha Sethupathi started his career in filmography as a background supporting actor. Besides that, he acted in a serial Penn and appeared in some of the short films. In 2011, he landed his first lead role in Thenmerku Paruvakatru in which he portrayed a shepherd, won three National Film Awards including Best Tamil Feature Film of that year.