List Of 30 South Indian Heroes And Their Debut Movies

Contributed by Krithika Arakala

Every actor gets a chance and has their big break, and as they all have to start somewhere or the other. From made-for-TV films to blockbuster franchises, here are some of today’s biggest actors in their very first movie debut roles.

From Prabhas to Allu Arjun, Vijay Deverakonda to Dulquer Salman…, here are some of your favorite A-list actors in their first debut role in a film.

1.Prabhas

Debut Film: Eeswar
Release Date: 11th Novcember 2002
Director: Jayanth C. Paranjee
Cast: Sridevi Vijaykumar, Brahmanandam, Revathi
Language: Telugu

2. Vijay Deverakonda

Debut Film: Nuvvila
Release Date: 3rd Novemember 2011
Director: Ravi Babu
Cast:Yami Gautam, Ajay, Havish, Prasad Barve, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan
Language: Telugu

3.Mahesh Babu

Debut Film: Raja Kumarudu
Release Date: 30th July 1999
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Cast: Preity zinta
Language: Telugu

4.Suriya

Debut Film: Nerrukku Ner
Release Date: 6th September 1997
Director:  Vasanth
Cast:  Vijay, Suriya, Simran , Kausalya
Language: Tamil

5.Allu Arjun

Debut Film: Gangotri
Release Date: 28th March 2003
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Cast: Aditi Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Suman
Language: Telugu

6.Ram Pothineni

Debut Film: Devadasu
Release Date: 11th January 2006
Director: Y.V.S Chowdary
Cast: Illeana D’Cruz, Sayaji Shinde
Language: Telugu

7.Jiiva

Debut Film: Aasai Aasiyai
Release Date: 31st January 2003
Director: Ravi Mariya
Cast: Sharmelee, Santhoshi, Livingston, Ramesh Khanna, Anandaraj
Language: Tamil

8.Dhanush

Debut Film: Thulluvatho Ilamai
Release Date: 10th May 2002
Director: Kasthuri Raja
Cast: Sherin, Abhinay, Ramesh, Shilpa, Gangeshwari, Ramesh Khanna
Language: Tamil

9.Arya

Debut Film: Arinthum Ariyamalum
Release Date: 20th May 2005
Director: Vishnuvardhan
Cast: Prakash raj, Navdeep, Sameksha, Adithya menon, Yog Japee
Language: Tamil

10.Yash

Debut Film: Moggina Manasu
Release Date: 18th July 2008
Director: Shashank
Cast: Radhika Pandit, Shubha Poonja, Manasi, Sangeetha Shetty, Harsha, Manoj, Akash
Language: Kannada

11.Dulqer Salman

Debut Film: Second Show
Release Date: 3rd February 2012
Director: Srinath Rajendran
Cast: Gauthami Nair, Baburaj, Rohini, Sunny Wayne, Sudesh Berry
Language: Malayalam

12.Vishnu Manchu

Debut Film: Vishnu
Release Date: 3rd October 2003
Director: Shaji Kailas
Cast: Shilpa Anand
Language: Telugu

13.Akhil Akkineni

Debut Film: Akhil
Release Date: 11th November 2015
Director: V. V. Vinayak
Cast: Sayyeshaa
Language: Telugu

14.Adivi Sesh

Debut Film: Karma – Do You Believe?
Release Date: 26th November 2010
Director: Shesh Adavi
Cast: Jade Tailor
Language: Telugu

15.Ram Charan

Debut Film: Chirutha
Release Date: 28th September 2007
Director: Puri Jagannadh
Cast: Neha Sharma, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ali, Venu Madhav
Language: Telugu

16.Jr NTR

Debut Film: Ninu Choodalani
Release Date: 25th May 2001
Director: V. R. Prathap
Cast: Raveena Rajput, K Viswanath
Language: Telugu

17.Sundeep Kishan

Debut Film: Prasthanam
Release Date: 16th April 2010
Director: Deva Katta
Cast: Sharwanand, Sai Kumar, Ruby Parihar
Language: Telugu

18.Vijay

Debut Film: Naalaiya Theerpu
Release Date: 4th December 1992
Director: S. A. Chandrasekhar
Cast: Keerthana, Srividya, Radharavi, Sarath Babu
Language: Tamil

19.Ajith

Debut Film: Amaravathi
Release Date: ]4th June 1993
Director: Selva
Cast: Sanghavi
Language: Tamil

20.Manoj Manchu

Debut Film: Donga Dongadi
Release Date: 6th August 2004
Director: Subramaniam Siva
Cast: Sadha, Sunil, Rajiv Kanakala, Manikka Vinayagam
Language: Telugu

21.Naga Shaurya

Debut Film: Chandamama Kathalu
Release Date: 25th April 2014
Director: Praveen Sattaru
Cast: Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Richa Palai, Naresh, Krishnudu
Language: Telugu

22.Nithiin

Debut Film: Jayam
Release Date: 14th June 2002
Director: Teja
Cast: Sadha, Gopichand
Language: Telugu

23.Naga Chaitanya

Debut Film: Josh
Release Date: 5th September 2009
Director: Vasu Varma
Cast: karthika, Prakash Raj, Sunil Varma, J. D. Chakravarthy
Language: Telugu

24.Nani

Debut Film: Ashta Chamma
Release Date: 5th September, 2008
Director: Mohan Krishna and Indraganti
Cast: Swati, Srinivas Avasarala, Bhargavi, Tanikella Bharani
Language: Telugu

25.Vishal

Debut Film: Chellamae
Release Date: 10th Septmber 2004
Director: Gandhi Krishna
Cast: Bharath, Reema Sen, Vivek, Girish Karnad
Language: Tamil

26.Siddharth

Debut Film: Boys
Release Date: 29th August 2003
Director: Shankar
Cast: Genelia D’Souza, Nakul, S. Thaman, Bharath, Manikandan
Language: Tamil

27.Sai Dharam Tej

Debut Film: Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam
Release Date: 14th November 2014
Director: A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary
Cast: Regina Cassandra, Prakash Raj, Jagpathi Babu
Language: Telugu

28.Varun Tej

Debut Film: Mukunda
Release Date: 24th December 2014
Director: Srikanth Addala
Cast: Pooja Hedge, Prakash Raj, Ali, Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh
Language: Telugu

29.Rana Daggubati

Debut Film: Leader
Release Date: 19th February 2008
Director: Sekhar Kammula
Cast: Richa Gangopadhyay, Priya Anand, Suman, Subbaraju
Language: Telugu

30.Gopichand

Debut Film: Tholi Valapu
Release Date: 3rd August 2001
Director: Muthyala Subbaiah
Cast: Sneha, P. Ravishankar
Language: Telugu