- Katrina Kaif
Katrina is a Kashmiri-Brit fusion as his father was Indian and mom was English. Katrina was born on July 16th 1983 in Hong Kong; her family lived for a while in Hawaii and the moved to London. Katrina has seven other siblings and all sisters. Katrina started modeling when she was fourteen and her first shoot was for a jewellery brand. Katrina continued modeling in London and was approached by Kaizad Gustad for his film 'Boom'; after which the model decided to move to Mumbai.
- Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, Tamil:மஹேஷ் பாபு,born August 9, 1974 in Madras(Chennai), India, fondly known as PRINCE by fans, is an actor in the Indian Telugu movie industry.
- Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and Supermodel. Since making her debut in the film "Baazigar" (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 films, her first leading role being in 1994 in "Aag". She resides at the centre of the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.
- Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. She was born in Mumbai but brought up in Hyderabad. Coached by her father Imran Mirza, she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with career high rankings of number 31 in singles and 24 in doubles. She is now ranked 46th in singles and 38th in doubles as of June 21st, 2007.
- Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, writer and film producer from Andhra Pradesh. He is popular for his slick, grisly films and his penchant for horror and gangster films. Along with tamil director Mani Ratnam, he is rated as the best director in India. He owns a production house which churns out a large number of small budget Indie films every year, with great success. He has a cult like fan following in India and abroad.
- Preity Zinta
Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, Urdu: پریتی زینتا. Pronunciation: born 31 January 1975) is an award-winning popular Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry, and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India. Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema.
- Pawan Kalyan
Pawan Kalyan (born September 2, 1971) is a popular Indian film star and director in Andhra Pradesh. He is fondly called as Power Star by his fans.His birth name is Konidala Kalyan.
- Diana Hayden
Diana Hayden (born 1973) is a model from Hyderabad, India. She first came to attention when she represented India at the 1997 Miss World pageant. She became a known face when at 24 she won the crown. She became the third Indian woman to win the Miss World pageant. Like the second Indian winner of the crown, Aishwarya Rai, she followed up her win by launching an acting career in the Indian film industry and internationally.
- Mohan Babu
Mohan Babu (b. March 19 1952) is a popular Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. Babu was born in an agrarian village in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He was named Bakthavatsalam by his parents, but he decided to change his name to Mohan Babu when he entered the film industry. He made his debut in the Telugu Cinema industry with the film "Swargam-Narakam", which was very successful.
- Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy is a Telugu speaking Bollywood actress. Her fore fathers are from Rajahmundry, A town in Andhra Pradesh, India.She is a very close relative to Business tycoon Vijay Mallya.She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir. She was first noticed in a music video, "Aahista" by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films.
- Allu Arjun
Allu "Bunny" Arjun, born April 8 1983, is a Telugu film actor. He is the son of producer Allu Aravind, grandson of the comedian Padmashree Allu Ramalingaiah and nephew of the famous Telugu actors Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan. Allu debuted as a special appearance in the movie Daddy, that was produced by his father. His dancing abilities in the film bagged him more offers as an actor.
- Ravi Teja
Ravi Teja born January 26, 1968) is a Telugu film actor.
- Mumaith Khan
Mumaith Khan an Indian film actress who is very popular by her glamour songs. She has acted in nearly 15 movies in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada Languages.
- Rajendra Prasad
Gadde Rajendra Prasad, better known as Rajendra Prasad is a Telugu film actor. He born in Nimmakuru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Has a bachelors degree in Engineering. • First movie sneham in 1977 • Music directed Topi Raja sweety roja • Produced Madam and Rambantu.
- Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma Yanamandra, born July 11,Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. Before becomng a music director in Tollywood, Sharma used to work with M. M. Keeravani. He has composed music for over 100 films.
- Allari Naresh
Allari Naresh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer "EVV Satyanarayana". He got the tag "Allari" before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film was in Tamil, "Kurumbu" which flopped miserably.
- Kalyan Ram
Kalyan Ram is a Tollywood film actor. He is the half brother of Jr. NTR and the grandson of the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. His career started with 2 flops, "Abhimanyu" and "Toli Choopuloni". However, his third film "Athanokkade" became a runaway hit at box office. His fourth film "Asadhyudu" disappointed.
- N. Chandrababu Naidu
Nara Chandrababu Naidu was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh during 1995 & 2004. He holds the record of being the longest served chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and is also the founder of Heritage Foods. He is currently the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, and the president of Telugu Desam Party, the second largest legislative party in Andhra Pradesh.
- Meghna Naidu
Meghna Naidu is an Indian actress. She was born on 19 September 1980 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She had an overnight stardom by her music video "Kaliyon Ka Chaman". Meghna Naidu got a big fan base in South India. Although she is best known throughout India for her item numbers in Music Videos. She is known as a sex symbol in Bollywood. She is currently featured in the Saru Maini Video "Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix)
- Meera Chopra
Meera Chopra, known as Nila in the Tamil cinema industry, is an Indian actress.
- Ramya Krishnan
Ramyakrishnan (also spelt Ramya Krishnan) (born: September 15, 1967) is one of the successful multilingual actresses in commercial Indian cinema. She has over 200 films to her credit. She also holds a rare record of acting in five languages, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. She has played such diverse roles as glam-doll, caring wife, devoted mom, arrogant vamp and goddess.
- Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad; born 1982) is a musical director and playback singer in South Indian films, especially Tollywood. Born in a small village in East Godavari Dist.(AP), later moved to chennai where he broughtup, he began his musical-direction career in 1999 with "Devi"; Devi Sri Prasad was a disciple of Mandlolin Srinivas, he has directed music for dozens of South Indian films, including such box-office successes as "Manmadhudu", "Varsham", "Venky, …
- Venu Madhav
Venu Madhav is a popular Comedy Actor in Tollywood. He has acted in many movies in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam Languages. Besides an actor, he is a well known Mimicry artist. He is also a television anchor, who has hosted several popular programs in various Telugu Channels.
- Uday Kiran
Uday Kiran (born 1980) is an Indian Film Actor from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in the films of Telugu and Tamil
- Mallika Kapoor
Mallika Kapoor (born April 25 1987; also known as Malika) is an Indian actress in the Kollywood and Tollywood industries. She started her film career through her debut Malyalam film Albudhadweep, alongside actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. Her Tamil debut was the leading role in Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu, alongside Bharath, and then subsequently in Vathiyar with action king Arjun.
- Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran :(born on September 11, 1982) is an Indian film actress. She began her career acting in Telugu language films in the Telugu cinema industry, while also attending an acting studio, to follow her dream to act. After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, she gained Indian cinema's attention in 2002 by playing the role of Bhanu in Santhosham, her first major hit. She reached superstardom by enacting the role of Anjali in the Telugu language film, Nuvve Nuvve, …
- Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (born 8 July 1949), popularly known as Y.S.R., is currently serving as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He represents the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pulivendula Assembly Constituency of Cuddapah District.
- Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj (born January 8, 1975) is a film composer from Tamil cinema. He has written scores and soundtracks and played music for many Tamil films, as well as Telugu and Hindi films. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Over a period of six years, Jayaraj has established himself as one of the leading composers in South India.
- S. Janaki
S. Janaki (born April 23, 1938) is an Indian playback singer. She has sung in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. Janaki is also a lyricist and a music composer. A devotee of Lord Krishna and Shirdi Sai Baba, she spends a lot of time praying and has also released devotional music cassettes on Meera.
- Ravi Varma
Ravi Varma is a Tollywood actor. He debuted with "Vennela".
- Jr. Ntr
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983) more popularly known as Jr. NTR or just NTR, is an Indian film actor. He is the grandson of the Late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was a legendary actor and former chief minister or Andhra Pradesh. He is fondly called as Tarak by his family, friends and close associates. Rao was born and brought up in Hyderabad; his parents are Harikrishna Nandamuri and Shalini.
- Jr Ntr
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983 in Hyderabad, India) more popularly known as Jr. NTR or just NTR, is an Telugu film actor. He is the grandson of the Late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao.
- Sayaji Shinde
Sayaji Shinde is a Marathi film actor from India who is popular in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood.
- Mamta Mohandas
Mamta Mohandas (born 1985 in Bahrain) is a popular Malaylam actress. She attended the Indian School, Bahrain till 2002. Mamta, who originally hails from Kozhikode, Kerala, grew up in Bahrain and is currently undertaking a degree at Mount Carmel, Bangalore. Before films, Mamta was modelling for quite some time, doing both print ads for such names as IBM and Kalyan Kendra and on the ramp for the Mysore Maharajah and Raymonds. Mamta is trained in Karnatic and Hindustani music.
- Dil Raju
Dil Raju is a Telugu film distributor and Telugu film producer who produced hit films such as "Dil", "Arya", and "Bhadra". His recent "Bommarillu" was an instant success at box office and is said to be one of the greatest blockbusters out of Telugu film industry.
- Silk Smitha
Silk Smitha (December 2, 1960 - September 23, 1996) was a South Indian cinema actress. Even though Smitha appeared in some character roles, she became popular through her glamourous appearances in softcore films.
- Allu Aravind
Allu Aravind, born January 10, is a film producer and distributor in Tollywood. He produces films under Geetha Arts. He is the son of the late sri Padmasri Allu Rama Lingaiah. He is the brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan and father of Allu Arjun, all of whom are actors.
- Genelia D'Souza
"Genelia D'Souza" (Telugu:జెనీలియా డి'సూస ,Tamil:ஜெனிலியா டி'சூசா(Born 5 August, 1987 in England) is a young actress in India. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian cinema.
- Annamacharya
Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya (శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) (1408-1503), the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankeertanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India. He is widely regarded as the Telugu "pada kavita pitaamaha" (Grand old man of simple poetry).
- K. Raghavendra Rao
Darsakendra K. Raghavendra Rao (born May 23, 1942) is a renowned Telugu film director. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Telugu Cinema, and many believe that his contribution to Telugu Cinema has been instrumental to the success of Tollywood. As of 2006, Raghavendra Rao has directed 103 films. His most recent "Sri Ramadasu" was a major success, not only in India, but USA and UK for the Telugus living abroad.