Jisshu U Sengupta to Darshana Banik: Bengali artists making big in South Indian entertainment industry

South Indian industry is not only a diverse pool of talents, who enriched regional as well as Indian entertainment industry, but is also a place that nurtures budding artiste. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam entertainment industries have always been welcoming towards artists from neighbouring States and Bengal isn’t an exception. Many artists from West Bengal have worked in South and the number is only increasing. Jisshu U Sengupta, Madhumita Sarcar, Debjani Modak and other artists have already worked in South, and now, Priyanka Bhattacharjee has joined the list too. Here’s a quick look... (Photo: Facebook)

She is striking a fine balance among her projects in Tollywood and Bollywood, is slowly making her presence felt in South. She has worked with none other than Nagarjuna Akkineni. Bangarraju, and Black are two of her Telugu movies. ‘Yaarakkum Anjale’ is her first Tamil movie. (Photo: Facebook)

Jisshu U Sengupta: Jisshu will soon be seen in court room drama ‘The Trial’, where he is paired opposite none other than Kajol. Meanwhile, he has been simultaneously busy handling his commitments in Bengali TV and film industry, Bollywood as well as South Indian entertainment industry. NTR: Kathanayakudu marks his Telugu debut and that was just a start. Over the past few years, Jisshu did many prominent projects in Telugu including Bheeshma, Aswathama, Maestro, Shyam Singha Roy, Samantha starrer Shakuntalam. His first Tamil movie will release shortly. (Photo: Facebook)

The actress shot for a Telugu film that stars Baahubali fame Rakesh Varre. He is also the producer of the Telugu film, which is directed by renowned scriptwriter Sankar. Vishal Chandrashekhar, who scored the music for Sita Ramam, is composing the music of this film. (Photo: Facebook)

After having a pretty successful stint in Bengali TV industry, this Bengali beauty is currently casting a spell in South Indian entertainment industry. Debjani, who stepped into Bengali small screen at an early age and has TV shows like ‘Aponjon’, ‘Phoolmoni’, ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ to her credit, she made her debut in South in 2020 with Rasathi. Then, she did a Telugu TV show, titled ‘Vanathai Pola’. Then, she also did a Tamil show, tilted, ‘Ennenno Janmala Bandham’. (Photo: Facebook)

Rishav, who did projects like ‘Bhotbhoti’, ‘Sreekanto’, ‘Prosenjit Weds Rituparna’; recently completed the shooting of a Telugu movie, directed by Osho Tulsi Ram. (Photo: Facebook)

Ranojoy is currently busy with Bengali show ‘Guddi’. He all set to debut in South with the horror-thriller ‘12b’ which will release in Kannada and Tamil. (Photo: Facebook)

This Bengali beauty was roped in to play a shape-shifting serpentine in Telugu TV series ‘Nethra’. The shooting was mostly done in Mumbai. However, it was a short stint for the actress. She quit the project owing to some personal reasons. (Photo: Facebook)

The bubbly actress, who has shows like ‘Seema Rekha’, ‘Byomkesh’ and others to her credit, is the latest one to join the list. She is in Vizag for her Telugu debut. It’s a web series which will also be released in Hindi. Priyanka, who has already worked in a Hindi film starring artist Vinay Pathak, is looking forward to her first venture in South. (Photo: Facebook)