15 Tamil actors with Telugu ancestry/Ethnicity
Though Art and Artists don’t belong to one place/language there will be this common identification for them saying where are they from? And then it automatically gets rooted to what he or she did before becoming popular and what language they spoke and other details are revealed.
There are several such celebs in Kollywood with other language and place ancestry beside mixed ones, Below are some of the popular Tamil actors who are often mistaken to be Tamilians for their accent, slang and culture but they are from different ethnicity and style…we have compiled a few in the below list…have a look…!
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Megha Akash – Telugu, Malayalam
Like Samantha, This South actress too shares a mixed ethnicity between a Telugu father and a Malayali mother born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and she has a handful of Tamil and Telugu movie projects on the sets now.
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Telugu, Malayalam
Unlike other Tamil actors having completely Telugu ancestry or migration, This lady superstar born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu shares a mixed ethnicity as her father is a Telugu and her mother is a Malayali and she is fluent in all the languages besides her popularity.
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Vaibhav Reddy
Tamil-Telugu actor Vaibhav Reddy who is popular for comedy action films in Tamil cinema is the son of Veteran Tollywood director A.Kodandarami Reddy, Vaibhav made his film acting debut in ‘Godava’ before he made his Tamil film debut as an actor.
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Vishal – Telugu
It is widely known Vishal’s original name is Vishal Krishna Reddy, If his father hails from Chennai his mother is from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Vishal is very popular for his films in Tamil cinema as well as Telugu but he always claimed to be a Tamil man as that is what helped him to reach where he is and what he is now…!
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Adi Pinisetty – Telugu
Tamil-Telugu actor Adi Pinisetty who is born and raised in Chennai is the son of Veteran Telugu film director Ravi Raja Pinisetty. He made his acting debut with a Telugu film Oka ‘V’ Chitram before he went on to become a successful actor in Tamil cinema.
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Bobby Simha – Telugu
Jayasimha aka Bobby Simha who has become popular in Tamil cinema lately is said to hail from Secundrabad, Telangana and his family is originally from Mopidevi, Krishna District and was educated in Telugu medium..before he went to get good recognition and made what he is today in Tamil cinema.
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Suresh
Popular Tamil-Telugu actor Suresh who made many movies is believed to be from Tamil Nadu but is a Telugu man who hails from Sri Kalahasthi and his grandfather is said to be from Nellore. However, he is very popular in Tamil Nadu too as in Andhra Pradesh.
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Sampath Raj – Telugu
Not many knew that Antagonist and character actor Sampath Raj is from Andhra Pradesh, He was born in Nellore and was raised in different places before he become a popular actor in south cinema.
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Aishwarya Rajesh
Yet another Tamil-Telugu actress Aishwarya Rajesh shares Telugu ethnicity as her parents moved to Chennai decades back and become popular in Tamil and Malayalam cinema besides a few films in Tollywood.
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Actor Sriman
Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy aka Sriman is said to be from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh like the above actors his family too have fled to Tamil Nadu decades back where he made his film acting debut with the 1992 film ‘Mouna Mozhi’ besides acting in a few Telugu films. Recently he was seen in Vijay’s ‘Varisu’ in an important role.
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Napoleon
Tamil actor Napoleon (screen name) aka Kumaresan Duraisamy is said to have a Telugu ancestry like other Telugu actors this acclaimed actor too has fled to Tamil Nadu decades back both in films and politics.
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Parthiban – Telugu
No one believes somebody says Parthiban has Telugu ancestry but the acclaimed actor-director himself revealed that he has Telugu ancestry, as his parents migrated to Chennai decades back but he feels more proud to be called a Tamilian as that is where he got to become what he is today as an actor and director.
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Vijay Kanth – Telugu
Tamil actor Vijay Kanth is a popular politician and leader who went on to become an opposition leader to the Leading Tamil Nadu govt from his DMDK Party. He is said to have Telugu ancestry as centuries ago his parents migrated from Andhra to Tamil Nadu and become Native Tamilans in the later period.
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K.Bhagyaraj – Telugu
Popular Tamil film director, actor and screenwriter who was very popular during the ’80s and ’90s of Tamil cinema is said to have a Telugu ancestry, as his parents Krishnaswamy and Amaravathiamma migrated to Tamil Nadu long back even before Andhra and Tamil Nadu were partitioned as two different states. His son Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and daughter Saranya Bhagyaraj both are actors in Tollywood.
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