Top 7 South actors who started with little-known or uncredited roles!

In the whole world, there won’t be any other movie industry with more devoted fans than South cinema in India. Several big actors and actresses have earned a cult-like following in this industry and considering how many of such names started their acting careers from uncredited roles one can get inspired by seeing their journey.

Here is a list of 7 top south actors who started with small and uncredited roles and are now ruling the industry;

1. Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar who has done 60 movies so far and is gearing up for the release of his next movie Thunivu made his debut as the lead in 1993 with the Tamil movie Amaravathi. However, his first big screen appearance was as a child artist in the movie En Veedu En Kanavar in 1990. After that, the actor signed his first movie in 1993 titled Prema Pusthakam but as the director of the movie Gollapudi Srinivas passed away, the venture was shelved. It was the first and only Telugu movie of Ajith to date.

2. Thalapathy Vijay

Thalapathy Vijay

Thalapathy Vijay who is currently gearing up for the release of his 66th movie Varisu and yesterday, December 5 started his next venture Thalapathy 67, made his official debut as the lead in 1992 with the movie Naalaiya Theerpu. Before, his debut the actor used to appear as a child artist in several movies and his first appearance was in the movie Vetri in 1984.

3. Karthi

Karthi

Karthi who recently gave hits like Ponniyin Selvan and Sardar is currently working on his 25th movie Japan. The actor made his official debut as the lead in the movie Paruthiveeran which was released in 2007. Before this, the actor was seen in one of the scenes in the movie Aayutha Ezhuthu in 2004.

4. Vijay Sethupathi

Vijay Sethupathi

Vijay Sethupathi who is riding the wave of success nowadays was recently seen in the movie DSP. The actor has several projects in different cinemas under his belt and soon he will be seen with Shah Rukh Khan in the movie Jawan. His next movie with Kamal Haasan was also announced recently.

Talking more about Vijay Sethupathi, his debut as the lead was Ramasamy’s drama film Thenmerku Paruvakaatru in 2011. Before that, he played background artist and minor roles in several projects with his first-ever movie being the 2006 Pudhupettai.

5. Trisha

Trisha

Trisha who is basking on the success of her recent release Ponniyin Selvan signed her first movie Lesa Lesa which release in 2003. She was also signed in to star in the A R Rahman musical hit, Enakku 20 Unakku 18 which was also released the same year. However, as both these ventures were postponed, her first release was Ameer’s Mounam Pesiyadhe opposite Surya Sivakumar which was released in 2002 despite being the 3rd movie, Trisha signed.

Before her debut, the actress worked as a supporting character in movies and her first appearance was in the movie Jodi in 1999.

6. Keerthy Suresh

Keerthy Suresh

Keerthy Suresh who was recently signed in Hombale Films’ forthcoming project Raghu Thatha also has another project Dasara with Nani under her belt. Keerthy is currently one of the leading actresses in the industry and she has other several big projects in her pipeline. Talking more about the actress, Keerthy made her debut as the lead actress in 2013 with the Malayalam movie Geethaanjali. Before that, she played a role as a child artist in the Malayalam movie Pilots in early 2000.

7. Jayam Ravi

Jayam Ravi

Jayam Ravi who was recently seen in Mani Ratnam Ponniyin Selvan 1 made his acting debut in 2003 with the action-masala film Jayam. This movie was financed by his father and directed by his brother Mohan Raja. Before this, the actor debuted as a child artist in the Telugu movie Bava Bavamaridi in 1993.

Some honorable mentions,

Sai Pallavi, Sivakarthikeyan, Vimal, Santhanam, R Madhavan, and others are also a few names who started their acting journey with minor roles.