List of South Indian film families#Rajinikanth family

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South Indian cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema. It refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major languages of the region, namely — Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. They are often colloquially referred to as Tollywood, Kollywood, Sandalwood and Mollywood, respectively.

This article lists notable families in the South Indian cinema, who have been involved in a variety of professions related to the film industry. For actors who featured in predominantly Hindi films rather than South Indian films, see List of Hindi film families.

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=Adivi family=

Adivi Baapiraju, Indian polymath, novelist, fiction writer, and screen writer; cousin to Adivi Gangaraju
Adivi Gangaraju, Nationalist, and Freedom fighter; Grandfather to Adivi Sesh
Adivi Sesh, Actor, Screenwriter, Director; Grandson of Adivi Gangaraju
Sai Kiran Adivi, Director; cousin to Adivi Sesh

= Agathian family =

Agathian, director.
Kani Thiru, television personality; daughter of Agathian.
Thiru, director; husband of Kani
Vijayalakshmi Feroz, actress and television personality; daughter of Agathian.
Feroz Mohammed, director; husband of Vijayalakshmi.
Niranjani Ahathian, actress and costume designer; daughter of Agathian.
Desingh Periyasamy, director; husband of Niranjani.

= Ajith Kumar family =

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

= Akkineni and Daggubati family =

The Akkineni–Daggubati family is a prominent film family with a long history in Telugu cinema. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and influential movie Mogul Daggubati Ramanaidu are the prominent heads of both families.{{Cite news |last= |date=2015-02-18 |title=Rama Naidu: Movie mogul who modernised film-making in the south |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movie-mogul-who-modernised-filmmaking-in-the-south/article6909753.ece |access-date=2024-07-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Nagarjuna (younger son of ANR)
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (son of Nagarjuna and Daggubati Lakshmi)
Amala (second wife of Nagarjuna)
Akhil Akkineni (son of Nagarjuna and Amala)
Sumanth (nephew of Nagarjuna)
Sushanth (nephew of Nagarjuna)
A. V. Subba Rao (paternal grandfather of Sushanth, Noted Film Producer)
Daggubati Ramanaidu (producer, former MP, father of Venkatesh and grandfather of Rana Daggubati)
Daggubati Suresh Babu (producer, elder son of Ramanaidu and father of Rana Daggubati)
Daggubati Rana (actor and grandson of Ramanaidu)
Daggubati Venkatesh (actor, younger son of Ramanaidu and uncle of Rana Daggubati)

File:A.Nageswara Rao.jpg|Akkineni Nageswara Rao

File:RamaNaidu.jpg|Daggubati Ramanaidu

File:Nagarjuna at 62nd Filmfare awards south.jpg|Nagarjuna (actor)

File:Daggubati Venkatesh.jpg|Daggubati Venkatesh

File:Amala Akkineni - TeachAIDS Interview (12617061074) (cropped).png|Amala Akkineni wife of Nagarjuna

File:Rana-Daggubati.jpg|Rana Daggubati

File:Naga Chaitanya at CBL Telugu Thunders team jersey launch.jpg|Naga Chaitanya

File:Akkineni Akhil.jpg|Akhil Akkineni

= Akkineni Prasad (L. V. Prasad) family =

Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao (Telugu and Hindi film producer, and Prasad's Group founder)
Akkineni Ramesh Prasad son of L. V. Prasad, and owner of Prasads Group
A. Sreekar Prasad (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film editor, son of Akkineni Sanjeevi)

File:LV Prasad 2006 stamp of India.jpg|L. V. Prasad

= Ambareesh family =

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

=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.

=Asif Ali family=

Asif Ali, actor
Askar Ali, actor, younger brother of Asif

= 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.
Keerthika Udhaya, dubbing artiste; wife of Udhaya.
Hamaresh, actor; grandson of Azhagappan.

B

= Balasubrahmanyam family =

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, playback singer (d. 2020)
S. P. B. Pallavi, playback singer; daughter of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
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.
Chandra Mohan, actor; cousin of K. Viswanath.

= Bhagyaraj family =

K. Bhagyaraj, director.
Praveena Bhagyaraj (d. 1983), actress; late wife of Bhagyaraj
Poornima Bhagyaraj, actress; wife of Bhagyaraj
Saranya Bhagyaraj, actress; daughter of Bhagyaraj
Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, actor; son of Bhagyaraj
Keerthi Shanthanu, television personality; wife of Shanthnu. (see Subramanyam family)

= Bhanupriya family =

Bhanupriya, actress.
Vindhya, actress; sister-in-law of Bhanupriya.
Shantipriya, actress; sister 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 (d. 2025), director; son of Bharathiraja.
Nandana, actress; wife of Manoj.
Manoj Kumar, director; brother-in-law of Director Bharathiraja.

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= Chandrasekhar family =

S. A. Chandrasekhar, director
Xavier Britto, entrepreneur; brother-in-law of Chandrasekhar.
Sneha Britto, director; daughter of Xavier Britto. (see Murali family)
Atharvaa, actor; brother-in-law of Sneha Britto
Shoba Chandrasekhar, playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
S. N. Surendar, Singer and Dubbbing Artist, Brother of Sobha
Viraj, Actor, Son of SN Surendar
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.
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar, Actor, Singer, Politician; Son of Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar.
Sangeetha Joseph Vijay; wife of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar.
Jason Sanjay; Son of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar and Sangeetha Joseph Vijay.
Divya saasha; Daughter of Joseph Vijay Chandrasekar and Sangeetha Joseph Vijay.

= 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

= 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, Former Prime Minister)
H. D. Kumaraswamy (film producer and politician; son of Devegowda)
Anitha Kumaraswamy (film producer; wife of Kumaraswamy)
Radhika kumarswamy (actress; second wife of Kumaraswamy)
Nikhil Gowda (actor; son of Kumaraswamy and Anitha Kumarswamy)
Revathi - wife of Nikhil
M. Krishnappa (politician, born 1953), Indian politician (grand uncle of Revathi)
Priya Krishna (politician, cousin of Revathi)
H. D. Revanna (politician; son of Devegowda)
Bhavani Revanna (politician, wife of Revanna)
Suraj Revanna(politician;son of Revanna)
Prajwal Revanna (politician; son of Revanna)
C. N. Manjunath (Indian cardiologist, son-in-law of Devegowda)
C. N. Balakrishna (politician, brother of Manjunath)

= Dileep Family =

Dileep, actor; producer; businessman
Manju Warrier, actress; ex-wife of Dileep
Kavya Madhavan, actress; wife of Dileep

F

= Fazil family =

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

File:Fazil.jpg|Fazil

File:Fahadh Faasil 2019.jpg|Fahadh Faasil

File:Nazriya Nazim Fahadh.jpg|Nazriya Nazim

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= Ghattamaneni family =

Krishna (actor, director and producer){{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Indira Devi (wife of Krishna)
Ramesh Babu (actor and producer, son of Krishna and Indira)
Mahesh Babu (actor, producer and philanthropist, son of Krishna and Indira)
Namrata Shirodkar (actress, wife of Mahesh Babu, daughter-in-law of Krishna and Indira)
Manjula Ghattamaneni (actress and producer, daughter of Krishna and Indira, sister of Mahesh Babu)
Sudheer Babu (actor, son-in-law of Krishna and Indira, husband of Priyadarshini Ghattamaneni)
Galla Ashok (actor, grandson of Krishna and Indira, son of Padmavathi Ghattamaneni and Jayadev Galla)

File:Siva Rama Krishna Ghattamaneni.jpg|link=|Krishna (Telugu actor)

File:Mahesh Babu in Spyder (cropped).jpg|link=|Mahesh Babu

File:Sudheer Babu at Saina Nehwal's wedding reception (cropped).jpg|link=|Sudheer Babu

File:Manjula Indira Productions.jpg|link=|Manjula Ghattamaneni

= Ghantasala Family =

Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, widely known as S. Thaman, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yuvan-and-thaman-team-up-again-for-'adhyaayam'/276400-8.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150413205747/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yuvan-and-thaman-team-up-again-for-'adhyaayam'/276400-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-13 |title=Yuvan and Thaman team up again for 'Adhyaayam' - IBNLive |website=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.raagalahari.com/news/16807/thaman-hits-fastest-half-century-in-music-history.aspx |title=Thaman to complete 50th film with Aagadu |website=Raagalahari.com |date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2016-01-20}}
Ghantasala Balaramayya Grandfather to S. Thaman
Ghantasala Siva Kumar, Composer and drummer, son of Ghantasala Balaramayya, father to S.Thaman
Ghantasala Savitri, Playback singer, wife of Ghantasala Siva Kumar, mother to S. Thaman
Ghantasala Sri Vardhini, Playback singer, wife of S. Thaman{{cite web|url=http://www.ap7am.com/lv-40210-studio-n-exclusive-interview-with-music-director-thaman-s.html |title=AP 7am |publisher=AP 7am |date=2015-04-23 |access-date=2016-01-20}}
B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.

= Gemini Ganesan family =

Muthulakshmi Reddy, aunt of Gemini Ganesan
Gemini Ganesan, actor (d. 2005).
Pushpavalli, actress; partner of Gemini Ganesan (see Vedantham family).
Savitri Ganesan, actress; second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
Rekha, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
Gigi, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan
Abhinay Vaddi, actor, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.
Medha Raghunath, actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan.
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

= Haasan family =

Kamal Haasan, Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, choreographer, dancer, philanthropist & politician
Vani Ganapathy, actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
Sarika Thakur, 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, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
Suhasini, actress; daughter of Charuhasan and Komalam.
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.
Geethamani; wife of Chandrahasan.
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.

File:Kamal Haasan with Akshara &Shruti Haasan at Alice in wonderland premiere.jpg|Kamal Haasan with daughters Shruti Haasan (left) and Akshara Haasan (right) in 2010.

File:Sarika.jpg|Sarika Thakur

File:Gauthami.jpg|Gautami Tadimalla

File:Suhasini Maniratnam - TeachAIDS Interview (cropped).png|Suhasini

File:Mani Ratnam at the Oh Kadhal Kanmani aka OK Kanmani Audio Success Meet.jpg|Mani Ratnam

File:Chandrahasan.jpg|Chandrahasan

File:Anu Hasan2.JPG|Anu Haasan

= Hema Chaudhary Family =

Brindavana Chaudhary, Telugu actress and mother of Hema Chaudhary
Hema Chaudhary, Actress and Dancer

= Hunsur family =

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

I

= Ilaiyaraaja family =

Ilaiyaraaja, music director.
Karthik Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
Yatheeswaran, playback singer; son of Karthik Raja.
Yuvan Shankar Raja, music director; son of Ilaiyaraaja.
Zafroon Nizar, 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.
R. D. Bhaskar, producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
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.
Pavalar Varadharajan, music director; half-brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
Ilaiya Gangai, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
Pavalar Shiva, music director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.
Jo V, director; son of Pavalar Varadharajan.

=Iyer family=

Sundaram Iyer, actor.
S. Rajam, actor; son of Iyer. (d.2010)
S. 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.
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.
Adithya Jayan, actor; nephew of Jayan.
Munna, actor; nephew of Jayabharathi.
Ajayan, actor, younger brother of Jayan .

= Jayachitra family =

Jayachitra, actress
Amresh Ganesh, actor and music composer; son of Jayachitra
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 and Parvathy

= Jeeva family =

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

K

= Kalabhavan Abi family=

Kalabhavan Abi, actor (d. 2017)
Shane Nigam, actor, son of Kalabhavan Abi

= Kallara Sarasamma 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
Ravikanth, actor, ex-husband of Ambika
Suresh Nair, director; son of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
Gauri Nambiar, actress; cousin of Karthika

= 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.

=Kannadasan family=

Kannadasan, poet
Parvathi Kannadhasan, Wife of Kannadhasan
Ponnammal Kannadhasan, Wife of kannadhasan
Gandhi Kannadhasan, publisher, son of kannadhasan
Dr.kamal Kannadhasan, Dental Professor, son of Kannadhasan
Srinivasan Kannadhasan, Agri Officer, son of kannadhasan
Muthiah Kannadhasan, actor, grand son of Kannadhasan
Vishali Kannadasan, writer; daughter of Kannadasan
Annadurai Kannadasan, writer, producer, lyric writer, director actor, son of Kannadasan
Kanmani Subbu, poet and writer; son of Kannadasan
Kalaivanan Kannadasan, director; son of Kannadasan
Aadhav Kannadasan, actor; son of Kalaivanan Kannadasan
Panchu Arunachalam, poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
Subbu Panchu, actor, producer; son of Panchu Arunachalam
Revathi Shanmugam, anchor; daughter of Kannadasan
Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; granddaughter of Kannadasan

= Karunanidhi family =

M. Karunanidhi, Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu
M. K. Muthu (actor; son of Karunanidhi)
M.K Stalin (Politician and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, son of Karunanidhi, father of Udhayanidhi Stalin)
Kanimozhi (politician, poet and journalist, daughter of Karunanidhi)
M.K.Tamilarasu (Producer; Businessman; 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; Producer; Politician and Current Minister; son of M.K Stalin)
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi, director; wife of Udhayanidhi Stalin.
Arulnithi, actor; son of Tamilarasu.
Gunanidhi Amirtham, producer; grandson of Karunanidhi.
Murasoli Maran, director; nephew of Karunanidhi.
Kalanidhi Maran, producer; Business Man; son of Murasoli Maran.
C. S. Jayaraman, playback singer; father-in-law of Muthu.
Kaviya Maran, daughter of Kalanidhi Maran.
Akshita Vikram, playback singer; Daughter of Vikram (actor), 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.
V. P. Raman, Indian lawyer and politician, father of Mohan Raman.
Vidyullekha Raman, actress; daughter of Mohan.
Vimalageetha, producer; daughter of Kasthuri Raja.
Pavish Narayan, grandson of Kasthuri Raja, son of Vimalageetha.
Dhanush, actor; son of Kasthuri Raja.
Aishwarya Rajinikanth, ex-wife of Dhanush, producer; director; daughter of Rajinikanth (see Rajinikanth family)
Karthiga Karthik; Doctor; daughter of Kasthuri Raja

= 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

= Kiriyath family =

Balu Kiriyath, director, producer, writer, lyrist.
Paarvati Kiriyath, Celebrity designer; daughter of Balu Kiriyath. (d.1988)
Rajan Kiriyath, writer; brother of Balu Kiriyath
Vinu Kiriyath, writer and producer; brother of Balu Kiriyath.

= Koduri family =

Siva Shakthi Datta, lyricist; elder brother of V. Vijayendra Prasad
M. M. Keeravani, music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta
M. M. Srivalli, line producer; wife of Keeravani and elder sister of Rama Rajamouli
Kaala Bhairava, singer and music director; elder son of Keeravani
Sri Simha, actor; younger son of Keeravani
S. S. Kanchi, writer, actor, director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta, younger brother of Keeravani and elder brother of Kalyani Malik.{{cite interview |last=Koduri |first=Srishakti Kanchi |subject-link=List of South Indian film families |date=2022-03-24 |title=Writer SS Kanchi Exclusive interview Dil Se With Anjali |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqT5EcWj-ww&t=946s |interviewer-last =IDREAM |interviewer-first=Anjali |publisher=iDream Media |access-date=2025-01-07}}
Kalyani Malik, music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta, younger brother of Keeravani{{Cite web |date=8 May 2017 |title=It runs in the family of Koduri - Baahubali story |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/today/it-runs-in-the-family-of-koduri-baahubalistory.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Idlebrain.com}}
V. Vijayendra Prasad, writer; younger brother of Siva Shakti Datta
S. S. Rajamouli, director; son of V. Vijayendra Prasad.
Rama Rajamouli, costume designer; wife of S. S. Rajamouli and younger sister of M. M. Srivalli
S. S. Karthikeya, assistant director, production manager; son of Rama through her previous marriage and adopted son of Rajamouli
M. M. Srilekha, music director; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.
Raja Koduri, tech executive; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.

File:SS Rajamouli, 2021.jpg|S. S. Rajamouli

File:K Vijayendra Prasad.jpg|V. Vijayendra Prasad

File:M. M. Keeravani at Inji Iduppazhagi Audio Launch (cropped).jpg|M. M. Keeravani

File:Kalyani Koduri in an interview, March 2023.jpg|Kalyani Malik

= Komal Swaminathan family =

Komal Swaminathan, director. (d.1995)
Anand Shankar, director; grandson of Swaminathan.
Varun R Swaminathan, Youtuber; grandson of Swaminathan
Srikanth Ravichandran, director; cousin of Anand Shankar.
Dhivyadharshini, actress; ex-wife of Srikanth.

= Konidela and Allu family =

Konidela–Allu is a prominent Indian film family known for their work in Telugu cinema. At least two generations of the Konidela family and three generations of Allu family are involved in films, business ventures, and politics. Prominent heads of the family are actor-politician Chiranjeevi, and his father-in-law Allu Ramalingaiah.{{Cite web |last=B |first=Nitin |date=2017-09-03 |title=Tollywood's first families: The kings and queens who rule the Telugu film industry |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tollywoods-first-families-kings-and-queens-who-rule-telugu-film-industry-67805 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}

Chiranjeevi (actor, former Minister of Tourism and son-in-law of Allu Ramalingaiah)
Ram Charan (actor, producer – son of Chiranjeevi)
Sai Dharam Tej (actor – son of Vijaya Durga, nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Panja Vaisshnav Tej ( actor – son of Vijaya Durga, nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Nagendra Babu (actor, producer – brother of Chiranjeevi)
Varun Tej (actor, producer – son of Naga Babu)
Niharika Konidela (actress, producer – daughter of Naga Babu)
Pawan Kalyan (actor, politician – brother of Chiranjeevi)
Allu Ramalingaiah (actor and comedian, father-in-law of Chiranjeevi)
Allu Aravind (producer, distributor and businessman) – son of Allu Ramalingaiah and brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi
Allu Arjun (actor – son of Allu Aravind, nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Allu Sirish (actor, producer – son of Allu Aravind, nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Allu Venkatesh (producer - son of allu aravind, nephew of Chiranjeevi)

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File:Shri Konidela Pawan Kalyan.jpg|Pawan Kalyan

File:Allu Ramalingaiah 2013 stamp of India.jpg|Allu Ramalingaiah

File:Allu Aravind.jpg|Allu Aravind

File:Ram Charan attends the wreath-laying ceremony as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahostav to commemorate 75 years of independence.jpg|link=|Ram Charan

File:Allu Arjun at 62nd Filmfare awards south.jpg|Allu Arjun

File:Varun Tej.jpg|Varun Tej

File:Allu-sirish-much-thrilled-malayalam-debut-1971-beyond-borders.jpg|Allu Sirish

File:Sai 6.jpg|Sai Dharam Tej

= Kottarakkara family =

Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, actor
Sai Kumar, son of Kottarakkara
Prasannakumari, ex-wife of Saikumar
Bindu Panicker, wife of Sai Kumar
Shobha Mohan, daughter of Kottarakkara
Vinu Mohan, actor, Shobha's son
Vidhya Mohan, actress, Vinu's wife
Anu Mohan, actor, Shobha's son

= Krish family =

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

L

=Lakshminarayana family=

V. Lakshminarayana (d. 1990), musician
L. Vaidyanathan (d. 2007), composer; son of Lakshminarayana
L. V. Ganesan, composer; son of Vaidyanathan
L. V. Muthukumarasamy, 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 =

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; ex-husband of Pavitra Lokesh.
Naresh, actor, husband of Pavitra Lokesh, son of Vijaya Nirmala (see Nidudavolu family)
Adi Lokesh, actor

M

=M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) Family =

M. G. Ramachandran, actor, politician, Former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu
V. N. Janaki Ramachandran, actress; wife of M.G.R. and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
M. G. Chakrapani, actor; brother of M.G.R.
M. G. C. Sukumar, actor; son of Chakrapani
Ramachandran, actor; grand-nephew of M.G.R.

= 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
Divyadarshan, actor, son of Sandhya and Rajendran
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, ex-wife of Mukesh

= Mammootty family =

Mammootty (three time National Award winning actor and film producer, who has acted in films in six languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema)
Ibrahim Kutty (actor - Brother of Mammootty)
Dulquer Salmaan (actor and producer, who has acted in films in four languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is the younger son of Mammootty)
Maqbool Salmaan (actor – nephew of Mammootty (Son of Ibrahim Kutty))
Ashkar Saudan (actor – nephew of Mammootty)

File:ActorMammootty.jpg|Mammootty

File:Dulquer Salmaan at Karwaan promotions (cropped).jpg|Dulquer Salmaan

= Manchu family =

Manchu Mohan Babu, actor
Lakshmi Manchu, actress, daughter of Mohan Babu
Andy Srinivasan, son-in-law of Mohan Babu
Vidya Nirvana Manchu Anand, daughter of Lakshmi Manchu and Andy Srinivasan
Vishnu Manchu, actor, son of Mohan Babu
Viranica Reddy, wife of Manchu Vishnu
Ariana and Viviana, twin daughters of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
Avram, son of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
Ayra, daughter of Manchu Vishnu and Viranica Reddy
Manoj Manchu, actor; son of Mohan Babu.

= Mohan family =

Mohan, editor.
M. Raja, director; son of Mohan.
Jayam Ravi, actor; son of Mohan.
Pranav Mohan, actor; son of Raja.
Aarav, actor; son of Ravi.
Aarti Ravi, costume designer; ex wife of Ravi.
Sujatha Vijayakumar, producer; ex mother-in-law of Ravi.

= Mohanlal-Balaji family =

Mohanlal, is a five time National Film Award winning Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films.
Pyarelal, actor; brother of mohanlal

. Balaji, producer; father-in-law of Mohanlal.

Suchitra Mohanlal, producer; daughter of K. Balaji, wife of Mohanlal.

Pranav Mohanlal, actor; son of Mohanlal and Suchitra
Vismaya Mohanlal, Author; daughter 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.
Akash Murali, actor; son of Murali.
Sneha Britto, director; wife of Akash. (see Chandrasekhar family)
S.D.Suresh, actor; producer; Film maker; younger brother of Murali.

= Muthuraman family =

R. Muthuraman, actor. (d. 1982)
Karthik, actor; son of Muthuraman.
Ragini, actress; ex-wife of Karthik.
Gautham Karthik, actor; son of Karthik.
Manjima Mohan, actress; wife of Gautham.

N

=N. N. Pillai family=

N.N. Pillai, Playwright, actor, theatre director, orator, screenplay writer, & lyricist. (d. 1995)
Vijayaraghavan, actor; son of N.N. Pillai.

= Nag family =

Anant Nag, actor and producer
Gayathri, actress and wife of Ananth Nag
Shankar Nag, actor, director and producer, younger brother of Anant Nag
Arundhati Nag, actress, theater artist and wife of Shankar Nag
Padmavati Rao, sister of Arundhati Nag

= Nagendra Rao family =

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.
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.

= Nandamuri family =

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. He is regarded as one of the most influential actors of Indian cinema
Nandamuri Basavatarakam – wife of NTR
Nandamuri Harikrishna, actor and politician – 4th son of NTR
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr., actor and popularly known as Jr. NTR – son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, actor and producer – son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
Nandamuri Mohanakrishna, cinematographer – 5th son of NTR
Nandamuri Taraka Ratna, actor – son of Nandamuri Mohanakrishna
Nandamuri Balakrishna, actor and politician – 6th son of NTR
Daggubati Purandeswari, politician – 2nd daughter of NTR
Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, politician – husband of Daggubati Purandeswari
Nara Bhuvaneshwari, 3rd daughter of NTR
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh – husband of Nara Bhuvaneshwari
Nara Lokesh, politician – son of Nara Chandrababu Naidu

File:N. T. Rama Rao in Shavukaru (1950).jpg|N. T. Rama Rao

File:BalaKrishna.jpg|Nandamuri Balakrishna

File:N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in 2021.jpg|N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

= Narayan family =

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

= Nassar family =

Nassar, actor.
Kameela Nassar, producer; wife of Nassar.
Luthfudeen Baasha, actor; son of Nassar.
Abi Mehdhi Hassan, actor; son of Nassar.

= Naval family =

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

=Nidudavolu family=

Nidudavolu Venkatarao Indian littérateur, son of Sundaram Pantalu, brother of Visalakshi
Nidudavolu Rameswara Rao, son of Venkatarao, husband of actress Joga Bai
Jayasudha, actress, daughter of Rameswara Rao and Joga Bai, granddaughter of Nidudavolu Venkatarao, ex-wife of Vadde Ramesh's brother-in-law, Rajendra Prasad, widow of Nitin Kapoor (see Kapoor family)
Vijaya Nirmala, actress, paternal niece of Nidudavolu Venkatarao, aunt to Jayasudha, wife of Krishna (see Ghattamaneni family)
Vijaya Krishna Naresh, actor, son of Vijaya Nirmala
Srinu Master, choreographer, father of Naresh's first wife
Naveen Vijayakrishna, actor, son of Naresh with his first wife
Rekha Supriya, granddaughter of poet Devulapalli Krishna Shastri, second wife of Naresh, mother of Teja Vijayakrishna
Ramya Raghupathi, niece of Raghuveera Reddy, cousin of Aadarsh Balakrishna, Prashanth Neel, and Sriimurali's wife Vidya (see Rajkumar family)
Pavithra Lokesh, actress, daughter of Mysore Lokesh, ex-wife of V. Suchendra Prasad, Naresh's fiancée and soon-to-be 4th wife (see Lokesh family)
Raavu Visalakshi, sister of Venkatarao, wife of Raavu Parthasarthy
Raavu Balasaraswathi, singer, daughter of Visalakshi, mistress of the Raja of Kolanka
Jagannatha Rao Nidadavolu, cousin of Venkatarao (his father was the brother of Venkatarao's father Sundaram Pantalu)
Nidadavolu Malathi, Indian littérateur, novelist, daughter of Jagannatha Rao
Sarayu Rao, Hollywood actress, daughter of Nidadavolu Malathi and Velcheru Narayana Rao
Subhashini, Telugu cine actress and sister of Jayasudha.

O

= Om Prakash Rao family =

Om Prakash Rao, director.
Rekha Das, actress; former wife of Om Prakash Rao.
Shravya Rao, daughter of Om Prakash Rao.

P

=Pandian family=

Arun Pandian, actor
Durai Pandian, Film director
Divya, actress; elder daughter of Durai Pandian
Ramya Pandian, actress; second daughter of Durai Pandian
Kavitha Pandian, producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
Yuva Krishna, actor; ex-husband of Kavitha
Kirana Pandian, producer; daughter of Arun Pandian
Keerthi Pandian, actress; daughter of Arun Pandian
Ashok Selvan, actor; husband of Keerthi.
Abinaya Selvam, producer; sister of Ashok.
Driya Pandian, actress; granddaughter of Arun Pandian

=Panthulu family=

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

= 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.
Nikki Galrani, actress; wife of Aadhi.
Sanjjanaa Galrani, actress; sister of Nikki.

= Pothineni family =

Ram Pothineni, actor.
Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, producer; 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.
Ayyappa P. Sharma, actor, Director and voice actor

= Priyadarshan Family =

Priyadarshan, Director.
Lissy, Actress, Ex-wife of Priyadarshan.
Kalyani Priyadarshan, Actress, Daughter of Lissy and Priyadarshan

R

= Radha family =

M. R. Radha, actor (d. 1979).
M. R. R. Vasu, actor: son of M. R. Radha.
Vasu Vikram, actor; son of M. R. Vasu.
Radharavi, actor; son of M. R. Radha.
Hari Radharavi, actor; son of Radharavi.
Radhika, actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
Rayane, Grand daughter, daughter of Radhika sarathkumar
Rahul 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.
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 and playback singer; son of Reihana.
Saindhavi, playback singer;ex wife of Prakash.
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
Jeevitha, actress; wife of Rajasekhar.
Shivani Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
Shivathmika Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
Selva, actor; brother of Rajasekhar.
Madhan, actor; nephew of Rajasekhar.

= Rajendar family =

T. Rajendar, actor, director, music composer.
Usha Rajendar, actress; wife of Rajendar.
Silambarasan, actor; son of Rajendar.
Kuralarasan, actor and music composer; son of Rajendar.
L. V. Muthukumarasamy, music composer; cousin of Silambarasan.

= Rajendra Babu family =

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, producer and screenwriter)
Latha Rajinikanth (film producer and playback singer – wife of Rajinikanth)
Aishwarya Rajinikanth (film producer and director – daughter of Rajinikanth)
Dhanush (actor) - ex-husband of Aishwarya, son of (see Kasthuri Raja family)
Soundarya Rajinikanth (graphic designer, film producer and director – daughter of Rajinikanth)
Ravi Raghavendra (actor – father of Anirudh, brother-in-law of Rajinikanth)
Anirudh Ravichander (music director and playback singer – son of Ravi Raghavendra and nephew of Rajinikanth)
Y. G. Mahendra (actor, dramatist, brother-in-law of Latha Rajinikanth)
Madhuvanti Arun (actress, daughter of Y. G. Mahendra)
Vyjanthimala (actress, cousin of Y. G. Mahendra)
K. Balaji (producer, Y. G. Mahendra's uncle)
Mohanlal (actor, son-in-law to K. Balaji)
Pranav Mohanlal (actor, son of Mohanlal)

= Rajkumar family =

Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2006) (actor and singer)
Parvathamma Rajkumar (d. 2017) (producer – wife of Rajkumar)
S. P. Varadappa (actor and producer - younger brother of Dr Rajkumar)
Shiva Rajkumar (actor – son of Rajkumar)
Bangarappa (politician) - father-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
Kumar Bangarappa (actor and politician) - brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
Madhu Bangarappa (politician) - brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar (actor and producer – son of Rajkumar)
Vinay Rajkumar (actor – son of Raghavendra Rajkumar)
Yuva Rajkumar (actor – son of Raghavendra Rajkumar)
Puneeth Rajkumar (d. 2021) (actor and playback singer – son of Rajkumar)
Ramkumar (actor – son-in-law of Rajkumar)
Shringar Nagaraj (Actor - father of Ramkumar)
Dheeren Ramkumar (actor- son of Ramkumar)
Dhanya Ramkumar (actress - daughter of Ramkumar)
S. A. Chinne Gowda (producer – brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar)
Vijay Raghavendra (actor – son of S. A. Chinne Gowda)
Sriimurali (actor – son of S. A. Chinne Gowda)
Prashanth Neel (director- brother-in-law of Sriimurali)
Aadarsh Balakrishna (Actor- cousin of Neel)
S.A.Govindaraj (Producer- brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar)
S.A.Srinivas (Producer - brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar )

File:Rajkumar 2009 stamp of India.jpg|Dr. Rajkumar

File:Shivarajkumar.jpg|Shiva Rajkumar

File:Puneeth Rajkumar (4).jpg|Puneeth Rajkumar

= Rao family =

Y. V. Rao, producer.
Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao.
Rukmani, actress; second wife of Rao.
Lakshmi, actress; daughter of Rao.
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.
Reshma, actress; wife of Hamsavardhan.
George Vishnu, actor; son of Ravichandran and Sheela.
Tanya Ravichandran, actress; granddaughter of Ravichandran.

= 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.

= Reddy, Sameera family =

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

S

= Sait Family =

Tanveer Sait: Politician from Bengaluru
Danish Sait: Host, Actor, Comedian; brother of Kubra Sait and nephew of Tanveer Sait
Kubra Sait: Actress, Sister of Danish Sait and niece of Tanveer Sait
Talha Sait: Entrepreneur

= Saluri family =

S. Rajeswara Rao, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.{{cite news |date=21 April 2014 |title=In a different league |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/in-a-different-league/article5931863.ece |access-date=2 August 2019 |work=The Hindu}}
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.

= Sarja family =

Shakti Prasad, actor
Kishore Sarja, director; son of Shakti Prasad.
Aparna Kishore; wife of Kishore Sarja.
Suraj Sarja, musician; son of Kishore Sarja.
Arjun Sarja, actor; director; producer; son of Shakti Prasad.
Niveditha Arjun, actress; wife of Arjun Sarja.
Rajesh, actor; father of Niveditha.
Anu Prabhakar, actress; cousin sister of Niveditha
Raghu Mukherjee, actor; husband of Anu.
Gayatri Prabhakar, actress; mother of Anu.
Jayanthi, actress; ex-mother-in-law of Anu.
Peketi Sivaram, actor; ex-husband of Jayanthi. (see Thiagarajan family)
Aishwarya Arjun, actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
Umapathy Ramaiah, actor; husband of Aishwarya.
Thambi Ramaiah, director; father of Umapathy.
Anjana Arjun, producer; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
Bharat Sarja, actor; nephew of Arjun Sarja.
Pavan Teja, 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.
Prerana Shankar; wife of Dhruva Sarja.

= Sarovar Sanjeev family=

Sarovar Sanjeev Manjappa, producer; actor; business man;
Kichcha Sudeep, actor; director; producer; screenwriter; singer; television presenter; cricketer; son of Sarovar Sanjeev Rao and Saroja.
Priya Radhakrishna, producer, event management group business person; wife of Sudeep.
Sanchith Sanjeev, film director; nephew of Sudeep.

= Sasi family =

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

= Sathyaraj family =

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

= Satyanarayana family =

E. V. V. Satyanarayana, director. (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. Ramasamy, 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, actor; son of Sivaji Ganesan.
Dushyanth Ramkumar, actor and producer; son of Ramkumar.
Shivaji Dev, actor; son of Ramkumar.
Vikram Prabhu, actor; son of prabhu
Dharan Mandrayar, director; nephew of Sivaji.

= Sivakumar family =

Sivakumar, actor.
Lakshmi, Wife of Sivakumar
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.
Brindha Sivakumar, singer; daughter 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, screenwriter, director.
Vineeth Sreenivasan, singer, actor, screenwriter, director; son of Sreenivasan.
Divya Vineeth, singer; wife of Vineeth Sreenivasan
Dhyan Sreenivasan, actor, screenwriter, director; son of Sreenivasan.
M. Mohanan, director; brother-in-law of Sreenivasan.
Rakesh Mantodi, screenwriter; nephew 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; daughter of Sridevi
Khushi Kapoor, actress; daughter of Sridevi
Sanjay Ramasamy, politician; husband of Sridevi’s sister
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.
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.
S. Krishnaswamy, director; son of Subramanyam.
S. V. Ramanan, director; son of Subramanyam.
Lakshmi Ravichander, wife of Ravi Raghavendra
Anirudh Ravichander, music director; son of Ravi and Lakshmi. (see Rajinikanth family)
Hrishikesh, actor; grandson of Ramanan. (see Rajinikanth family)
Padma Subrahmanyam, dancer; daughter of Subramanyam.
Raghuram, choreographer; grandson of Subrahmanyam.
Girija Raghuram, choreographer; wife of Raghuram.
Jayanthi, actress; sister of Girija.
Brindha, choreographer; sister of Girija.
Kala, choreographer; sister of Girija.
Prasanna Sujit, choreographer; nephew of Kala.
Keerthi Shanthanu, video jockey; niece of Kala. (see Bhagyaraj family)
Sneha, actress; former sister-in-law of Kala.
Prasanna, actor; husband of Sneha.
Suja Manoj, actress; daughter of Raguram.
Gayathri Raguram, actress; daughter of Raguram.

= 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.
Nakshatra Indrajith, child artist; daughter of Indrajith and Poornima.
Prithviraj, actor, director, producer; son of Sukumaran.
Supriya Menon, BBC India Reporter, producer; wife of Prithviraj.
Alankritha Menon Prithviraj, only daughter of Prithviraj and Supriya.

= Sundar family =

Sundar C, director.
Khushbu, actress; wife of Sundar.
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=

G. Suresh Kumar, Actor, Producer.
Menaka Suresh, Actress, Producer, wife of G. Suresh Kumar.
Revathy Suresh, Director, Producer, Creative Director, Elder daughter of G. Suresh Kumar, Wife of Nithin Mohan.
Keerthy Suresh, Actress, Younger daughter of G. Suresh Kumar, Wife of Antony Thattil.

= Suresh Gopi family =

Suresh Gopi, actor.
Gokul Suresh, actor; son of Suresh Gopi.
Madhav Suresh, actor & younger son of Suresh Gopi.

= Susarla family =

Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr. composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article1434815.ece|title=Melodious tribute|date=11 July 2008|newspaper=The Hindu}}
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.

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= Thiagarajan family =

Thiagarajan, actor.
Prashanth, actor; son of Thiagarajan.
Peketi Sivaram, actor; father-in-law of Thiagarajan.
Jayanthi, actress; ex-wife of Sivaram. (see Sarja family)
Vikram, actor; nephew of Thiagarajan.
Arvind Victor John, actor; brother of Vikram.
Vinod Raj, actor; father of Vikram.
Akshita Vikram, playback singer; daughter of Vikram. (see Karunanidi family)
Dhruv Vikram, actor; playback singer; son of Vikram.
Arjuman, actor; nephew 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

= Travancore Sisters 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 Padmini and 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

= Thotakura family =

T. V. Raju composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616055252/http://www.ap7am.com/ap7am_show_detail_videos.php?newsid=32394 Raj–Koti Reunited : Special Live show | ap7am]
Thotakura Somaraju widely known as Raj–Koti, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of T. V. Raju.

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= Uppalapati family =

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Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju (film producer; father of Prabhas and younger brother of Krishnam Raju)
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (actor; son of Surya Narayana Raju and nephew of Krishnam Raju)

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