Kollywood Industry is Fastly rising on top with its mega-blockbuster releases like Bahubali series, Mersal, Sketch, Vishwaroopam and many more. All this can be credited to the superstars that Kollywood has produced over the years. The Tamil Actors have become popular names across the globe. For many, it might come as a surprise that their movies are getting major screenings in other countries as compared to Bollywood or even some of the Hollywood movies.The South Indian actors are famous for delivering their power-packed punches. These Tamil heroes carry such macho looks that people fall in love with their movies just by their personalities. The heavy dialog delivery, powerful punches, and strong storyline are some of the traits that make any movie successful. And these South Indian actors make sure to give their 100% to anything they do.
Let’s have a look at some of the best Kollywood actors in India.(Current scenario)
Thalapathy Vijay (Joseph Vijay)
Having a film background did a great help in Vijay’s life. He was born to a famous director and producer, S. A. Chandrasekhar. He rose to fame with his movie, Ghili. Vijay is a very popular actor, dancer, and singer in South Indian industry. He has also made Bollywood appearance in the song Chinta Chinta from Rowdy Rathore. His mega blockbuster so far is Mersal, which gave a huge competition to Bollywood movies released in October 2017.Vijay is the only actor in south India to have six films earn 100 crore (US$16 million) or more at the worldwide box office. he has acted in 61 movies as a lead actor and has won 40 awards including notable three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one Cosmopolitan Award, one Indiatoday Award, eight Vijay Awards, three Edison Awards, two Vikatan Awards and was nominated for one National Award UK.
Chiyaan Vikram (Kennedy John Victor)
He is also one of the popular actors of Kollywood. Chiyaan Vikram is famous for his movies like ‘Anniyan’ and ‘I’. His film ‘Sethu’ was a huge step in his life. Initially facing a lot many hurdles, the film finally released after 2 years. It gained immense popularity solely based on word of mouth. And it might come as a shock to few that during the struggle phase of this movie, Vikram was on the verge of losing his film career completely. Today, he has established himself as one of the successful actors in India. Chiyaan has won seven Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the People's University of Milan in May 2011.His Recent block buster is sketch.Chiyaan Vikram has been simultaneously working on director Gautham Menon's 'Dhruva Natchathiram' and 'Saamy Square' the sequel to his 2003 blockbuster directed by Hari.
Thala (Ajith Kumar)
He made his debut in Tamil industry through 1993 movie, Amaravathi. He first got critical acclamation from Aasai (1995). And since then, he has been giving multiple hits in Tamil cinema. He has starred in over 50 films, predominately in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, he is motor car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) in Chennai.Ajith created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl. These days, the actor is very famous for his action-packed roles, such as in Vivegam.
Superstar Rajinikanth (Shivaji Rao Gaekwad)
Rajinikanth has attracted love and attention from all over the world. Rajinikanth, is an Indian film actor and politician who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has given numerous superhits to date. Some of his blockbusters include Enthiran (Robot), Sivaji (Sivaji The Boss), Kabali and Lingaa, to name a few. And hence, he is also one of the highest earning actors all over Asia. Rajinikanth has won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor — and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. In addition to acting, he has also worked as a producer and screenwriter. Apart from his film career, he is also a philanthropist, spiritualist, and serves as an influence in Dravidian politics.The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016 for his contributions to the arts. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year". He is not only famous for his Tamil movies, but he has also given superhits in Bollywood, Tollywood, Kannada and Hollywood Cinemas.
Thala (Ajith Kumar)
He made his debut in Tamil industry through 1993 movie, Amaravathi. He first got critical acclamation from Aasai (1995). And since then, he has been giving multiple hits in Tamil cinema. He has starred in over 50 films, predominately in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, he is motor car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010) in Chennai.Ajith created the non-profit organisation "Mohini-Mani Foundation", named after his parents, in order to promote self-hygiene and civic consciousness and to help ease the problems of urban sprawl. These days, the actor is very famous for his action-packed roles, such as in Vivegam.
Superstar Rajinikanth (Shivaji Rao Gaekwad)
Rajinikanth has attracted love and attention from all over the world. Rajinikanth, is an Indian film actor and politician who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has given numerous superhits to date. Some of his blockbusters include Enthiran (Robot), Sivaji (Sivaji The Boss), Kabali and Lingaa, to name a few. And hence, he is also one of the highest earning actors all over Asia. Rajinikanth has won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor — and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. In addition to acting, he has also worked as a producer and screenwriter. Apart from his film career, he is also a philanthropist, spiritualist, and serves as an influence in Dravidian politics.The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016 for his contributions to the arts. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year". He is not only famous for his Tamil movies, but he has also given superhits in Bollywood, Tollywood, Kannada and Hollywood Cinemas.
