Bollywood beauties including Deepika Padukone, Pee Cee, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have created a special place in the Hindi film industry with their superb acting skills. But did you make out these stars actually entered the world of acting with Kollywood projects?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan entered the film biz with Manirathnam’s Tamil film Iruvar. Released in the year 1997, the flick was the semi-biographical political drama that had Tabu, Prakash Raj, Mohanlal, and Revathi.

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Priyanka Chopra – Though Piggy Chops’s first Bollywood film was The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, her initial acting spell was in Kollywood! Mrs. Jonas was witnessed as Thalapathy Vijay’s love interest in the 2002 film Thamizhan.

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Deepika Padukone – If you imagine Ranveer’s wifey Deepika Padukone’s first film was Om Shanti Om with super star Shah Rukh Khan then we are clearing your doubt. In the year 2006, Deepu made her entry in film world with Aishwarya opposite the Kannada super star Upendra. The romantic comedy remained a hit and that is whu we call DP currently the Queen of Bollywood!

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Katrina Kaif – After a terrible beginning in the Hindi film industry with Boom, Sallu’s lady love did her first Telugu film Malliswari in the year 2004. In the romantic comedy, Katrina Kaif worked with the Telugu super star Venkatesh Daggubati. In spite of bagging pessimistic reviews, the film did well in terms of numbers.

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Kriti Sanon – Not super hit flick Heropanti but Telugu movie 1: Nenokkadine marked Sanon’s debut in the film biz. The Bareilly Ki Barfi babe donned the character of a journalist called Sameera who was also in romantic kinship with the film’s male lead Mahesh Babu. The psychosomatic thriller bagged mixed assessments from reviewers.

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Genelia – Before making foray in the Hindi film industry with Tujhe Meri Kasam, Genelia had set up herself as a successful actress in the South Indian movie biz. Her first Tamil film Boys’ release got postponsed owing to Enthiran and was afterward rolled out during August 2003.

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Preity Zinta – Before making a big entry in Bollywood with Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se, dimpled beauty Preity Zinta worked in two Telugu flicks including Premante Idera and Raja Kumarudu with super stars Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu, respectively.

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Published by Sujatha Reddy on 09 Mar 2019