Samantha to Vijay Deverakonda: South celebs taking over Bollywood in 2022

At a time when regional cinema is getting its due recognition, South movie stars are also breaking barriers and booking their ticket to Bollywood. From Samantha to Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna to Naga Chaitanya, here's a list of south stars lining up to take over the big screens in B-town.

Samantha is all set to stake her claim of Bollywood with her first Hindi film bankrolled by Taapsee Pannu. The actress, who most recently made waves with her stellar act in the OTT series 'The Family Man 2', will now take over the big screen in a female-centric thriller.

Vijay Deverakonda wooed the audience with his bad boy act in 'Arjun Reddy'. Now fans will soon get to sit ringside and cheer him on as he plays an MMA fighter in Karan Johar's 'Liger'. The hunk will bring the rags to riches story of a slumdog chai wala turned world champ in the film that also stars Ananya Panday and boxing legend Mike Tyson.

Another south star making her way to Bollywood is actress Rashmika Mandanna. The beauty will share the screen with B-town hunk Sidharth Malhotra in the spy thriller 'Mission Majnu' that is inspired by real events. Revealing why she picked this particular film for her debut, Rashmika said, "Mission Majnu, gave me the opportunity to transcend my boundaries. My heart feels happy to know that I started my journey in Hindi cinema with this film and with these beautiful people."

Telugu star Naga Chaitanya got an offer he could not refuse when Aamir Khan personally called him to offer a role in 'Laal Singh Chaddha'. Naga revealed that Aamir was impressed by his performances in films and offered him one of the key role of Bala in the upcoming remake of the Hollywood film 'Forrest Gump'.

After a string of successful Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, actor Raashii Khanna is curious to see how the Hindi audience will receive her in the upcoming action flick 'Yodha' co-starring Sidharth Malhotra and Disha Patani. She will also make her Hindi OTT debut opposite Shahid Kapoor in a Raj and DK project.

Telugu actor Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas is set to make his Hindi film debut with the remake of S S Rajamouli’s 2005 movie 'Chatrapathi'. The new movie will be helmed by filmmaker V V Vinayak. The film that starred south superstar Prabhas in the lead, revolved around the story of a young man in search of the family he lost.