List of South Indian film families

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There have been several families who have been involved in South Indian cinema in a variety of professions related to the industry. For actors who featured in predominantly Hindi films rather than South Indian films, see List of Hindi film clans. Below is an incomplete list of families that have been involved in South Indian cinema.

A[edit]

Adivi family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Akkineni family[edit]

Ambareesh family[edit]

Anant Nag family[edit]

Anandan family[edit]

Asif Ali family[edit]

Azhagappan family[edit]

B[edit]

Balasubrahmanyam family[edit]

Bhagyaraj family[edit]

Bhanupriya family[edit]

Bharathiraja family[edit]

C[edit]

Vijay family[edit]

Cho Ramaswamy family[edit]

Choudary family[edit]

Chittajallu family[edit]

D[edit]

Daggubati Family[edit]

Deva family[edit]

  • 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.
  • Bobo Shashi, music director; son of Murali.
  • Karthik Sabesh, actor; son of Sabesh
  • Jai, actor; nephew of Deva.

Deve Gowda family[edit]

Dileep Family[edit]

F[edit]

Fazil family[edit]

  • Fazil, director.
    • Fahadh Faasil, actor, son of Fazil
      • Nazriya Nazim, actress, 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

G[edit]

Ghattamaneni family[edit]

Ghantasala Family[edit]

Gemini Ganesan family[edit]

Gowda family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Haasan family[edit]

  • Kamal Haasan, Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, choreographer, dancer, philanthropist & politician
  • Charuhasan, actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
    • Komalam, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
    • Suhasini, actress; daughter of Charuhasan and Komalam.
  • 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.

Hunsur family[edit]

I[edit]

Ilaiyaraaja family[edit]

  • 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.
  • 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[edit]

J[edit]

Jaggesh family[edit]

Jayan family[edit]

Jayachitra family[edit]

  • Jayachitra, actress
  • Amresh Ganesh, actor and music composer; son of Jayachitra
  • Jayasree, actress; mother of Jayachitra

Jayadev family[edit]

  • Devayani, actress; daughter of Jayadev.
  • Nakul, actor; brother of Devayani.
  • Mayur, actor; brother of Devayani.

Jayaram family[edit]

Jeeva family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Kalabhavan Abi family[edit]

Kallara Sarasamma family[edit]

  • Kallara Sarasamma, politician and wife of Kunjan Nair
    • Radha, actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
      • Rajasekaran Nair, entrepreneur and restaurateur
    • Ambika, actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
    • Suresh Nair, director; son of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
      • Gauri Nambiar, actress; cousin of Karthika

Kamesh family[edit]

  • Kamala Kamesh, actress
  • Uma Riyaz Khan, actress; daughter of Kamesh.
  • Shariq Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.
  • Samshad Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.

Kannadasan family[edit]

  • 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 kannadhsan
  • 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
  • Panchu Arunachalam, poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
  • Revathi Shanmugam, anchor; daughter of Kannadasan
    • Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; granddaughter of Kannadasan

Karunanidhi family[edit]

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Karunas family[edit]

Kasthuri Raja family[edit]

Kunchacko family[edit]

  • 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

Koduri family[edit]

  • 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
    • Kalyani Malik, music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta, younger brother of Keeravani[5]
  • 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.
  • S. S. Kanchi, writer; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.
  • Raja Koduri, tech executive; cousin of Rajamouli and Keeravani.[5]

Komal Swaminathan family[edit]

Konidela–Allu family[edit]

  • Chiranjeevi, actor and politician.
    • Ram Charan, actor, producer; businessman; son of Chiranjeevi.
      • Upasana Konidela, businesswoman; wife of Ram Charan.
    • Susmitha, costume designer; daughter of Chiranjeevi.
    • Srija, daughter of Chiranjeevi
      • Kalyaan Dhev, actor; husband of Srija
    • Nagendra Babu, actor, producer; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
    • Pawan Kalyan, actor, filmmaker, and politician; younger brother of Chiranjeevi.
      • Anna Lezhneva, wife of Pawan Kalyan.
      • Renu Desai, actress; ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan.
    • Sai Dharam Tej, actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi.
    • Panja Vaisshnav Tej, actor; younger brother of Sai Dharam Tej
  • Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor; father-in-law of Chiranjeevi.

Krish family[edit]

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

Kottarakkara family[edit]

L[edit]

Lakshminarayana family[edit]

Lokesh family[edit]

Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family[edit]

M[edit]

MGR Family[edit]

Madhavan family[edit]

  • 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

Mammootty family[edit]

Manchu family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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; wife of Ravi.
    • Sujatha Vijayakumar, producer; mother-in-law of Ravi.

Mohanlal-Balaji family[edit]

Murali family[edit]

Muthuraman family[edit]

N[edit]

N.N. Pillai family[edit]

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

Nagendra Rao family[edit]

Nagesh family[edit]

Nandamuri family[edit]

    • Nandamuri Lokeswari, Daughter of NTR
    • Nandamuri Uma Maheswari, Daughter of NTR

Narayan family[edit]

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

Nassar family[edit]

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

Naval family[edit]

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

Nidudavolu family[edit]

  • 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
    • Velcheru Narayana Rao, author, professor, critic, researcher, translator, husband of Nidadavolu Malathi
      • Sarayu Rao, Hollywood actress, daughter of Nidadavolu Malathi and Velcheru Narayana Rao

P[edit]

Pandian family[edit]

  • 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
  • Driya Pandian, actress; granddaughter of Arun Pandian

Panthulu family[edit]

Parthiban family[edit]

Peethambaram family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pothineni family[edit]

Pudipeddi family[edit]

Priyadarshan Family[edit]

R[edit]

Radha family[edit]

  • M. R. Radha, actor (d. 1979).
  • M. R. R. Vasu, actor: son of M. R. Radha.
  • 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
  • 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[edit]

  • 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.
  • 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[edit]

  • Rajasekhar, actor
  • Shivani Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
  • Shivathmika Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
  • Selva, actor; brother of Rajasekhar.
  • Madhan, actor; nephew of Rajasekhar.

Rajendar family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Rajesh family[edit]

  • 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.

Rajkumar family[edit]

  • Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, actor; father of Dr. Rajkumar.
    • S. P. Varadappa, actor; producer; son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah, brother of Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2006).
    • Dr. Rajkumar, actor, singer, son of Singanalluru Puttaswamiah (d. 2006).
    • S. A. Chinne Gowda, producer; brother of Parvathamma.
    • Shiva Rajkumar, actor; son of Dr. Rajkumar.
      • Geetha, producer, wife of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Nirupama, doctor, daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Niveditha, child artist, producer, daughter of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Bangarappa, politician, father-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar (d. 2011).
      • Kumar Bangarappa, actor and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar.
      • Madhu Bangarappa: actor, producer, Ex-MLA and politician; brother-in-law of Shiva Rajkumar
    • Raghavendra Rajkumar, actor, producer; son of Dr. Rajkumar.
      • Mangala, wife of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
      • Vinay Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
      • Yuva Rajkumar, actor; son of Raghavendra Rajkumar.
    • Puneeth Rajkumar, actor, singer, producer, son of Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2021).
      • Ashwini, producer, wife of Puneeth Rajkumar.
      • Druthi, daughter of Puneeth Rajkumar.
      • Vanditha, daughter of Puneeth Rajkumar.
    • Poornima, child actor; daughter of Dr. Rajkumar.
      • Ramkumar, actor; husband of Poornima.
      • Dheeren Ramkumar, actor; son of Poornima and Ramkumar.
      • Dhanya Ramkumar, actress; daughter of Poornima and Ramkumar.
      • Shringar Nagaraj, actor, producer and father of Ramkumar.
    • Lakshmi, daughter of Dr. Rajkumar.
      • S. A. Govindraju, producer, husband of Lakshmi and brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar.
      • Shan Govindraju, son of Lakshmi.
      • Saraswati, daughter of Lakshmi.
      • Parvathi, daughter of Lakshmi.
    • S. A. Srinivas, producer, brother of Parvathamma Rajkumar.
      • Suraj - Son of S. A. Srinivas
    • Balaraj, actor, nephew of Dr. Rajkumar.

Rao family[edit]

Rathnam family[edit]

Ravichandran family[edit]

Reddy, G. K. family[edit]

Reddy, Sameera family[edit]

S[edit]

Sait Family[edit]

Sarja family[edit]

  • 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.
    • 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.
      • Dhruva Sarja, actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
        • Prerana Shankar; wife of Dhruva Sarja.

Sarovar Sanjeev family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Satyanarayana family[edit]

Sekhar family[edit]

Siddique family[edit]

Sivaji Ganesan family[edit]

  • 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.
  • Vikram Prabhu, actor; son of Prabhu.
    • Jayalalithaa, actress; former foster mother-in-law of the granddaughter of Sivaji.
      • Sandhya, actress; mother of Jayalalithaa.
      • Thalaivan Bas, actor; brother of former foster son of Jayalalithaa.
  • Dharan Mandrayar, director; nephew of Sivaji.

Sivakumar family[edit]

Saluri family[edit]

  • S. Rajeswara Rao, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[6]
  • 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.

Susarla family[edit]

Singh Babu family[edit]

Sreenivasan family[edit]

Sridevi family[edit]

As the family of Sridevi have primarily appeared in Hindi films, only those who have appeared in South Indian films are listed below:

SS Rajendran family[edit]

  • S. S. Rajendran, actor.
  • 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[edit]

Sukumaran family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Sundaram family[edit]

Suresh family[edit]

  • Suresh Kumar, film producer.
    • Menaka, actress; wife of Suresh.
      • Revathy Suresh, daughter of Suresh and Menaka.
      • Keerthy Suresh, actress; daughter of Suresh and Menaka.

Suresh Gopi family[edit]

T[edit]

Thiagarajan family[edit]

Thoogudeepa family[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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
  • 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[edit]

U[edit]

Uppalapati family[edit]

V[edit]

Vairamuthu family[edit]

Vasudevan family[edit]

Vedantham family[edit]

Veeraswamy family[edit]

  • N. Veeraswamy, producer. (d. 1992)
  • Balaji (Kannada actor), actor; brother of Ravichandran

Vijayakanth family[edit]

  • Vijayakanth, actor.
  • Premalatha Vijayakanth|Premalatha, producer; wife of Vijayakanth.
  • Shanmuga Pandian, actor; son of Vijayakanth.
  • Vijay Prabhakaran, son of Vijayakanth.

Vijayakumar family[edit]

  • 1. Vijayakumar, actor.
  • 2. Manjula Vijayakumar, actress. (d. 2013)
  • 3. Arun Vijay, actor; son of Vijayakumar.
    • 4. N. S. Mohan, producer; father-in-law of Arun.
    • 5. Hemanth, actor; son of Mohan.
  • Kavitha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
  • 7. Vanitha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
    • Akash, actor; ex-husband of Vanitha.
    • 9. Robert, choreographer; ex-partner of Vanitha.
    • 10. Peter Paul, visual effects director; ex-husband of Vanitha
  • 12. Preetha Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
  • 14. Sridevi Vijayakumar, actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
    • 15. Sanjeev, actor; nephew of Manjula Vijayakumar.
    • Preethi, actress; wife of Sanjeev.
    • 17. Sindhu, actress; niece of Manjula Vijayakumar. (d. 2005)
      • Rishi, actor; husband of Sindhu.
      • 19. Raghuveer, actor; ex-husband of Sindhu. (d. 2014)

Vishnuvardhan family[edit]

Vyjayanthimala family[edit]

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