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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 ==
===Adivi family===
*[[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 ===
*[[Agathiyan|Agathian]], director.
*Kani Thiru, television personality; daughter of Agathian.
**[[Thiru (director)|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 ===
*[[Ajith Kumar]], actor.
**[[Shiva (actor)|Shiva]], actor; husband of Ajith's cousin, Priya.
*[[Shalini]], former actress; wife of Ajith Kumar.
**[[Shamili]], actress; sister of Shalini.
**[[Richard Rishi|Richard]], actor; brother of Shalini.

=== Akkineni family ===
{{further|Akkineni–Daggubati family}}
*[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], actor (d. 2014).<ref name="news">{{cite news | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tollywoods-first-families-kings-and-queens-who-rule-telugu-film-industry-67805 | title=Tollywood's first families: The kings and queens who rule the Telugu film industry | date=3 September 2017 | publisher=The News Minutes | first=Nitin | last=B. | access-date=5 June 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], actor.
**Daggubati Lakshmi, ex-wife of [[Nagarjuna]]
**[[Amala Akkineni|Amala]], actress; wife of Nagarjuna.
*[[Naga Chaitanya]], actor; son of Nagarjuna and Daggubati Lakshmi. (see [[#Daggubati family|Daggubati family]])
**[[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]], actress; ex- wife of [[Naga Chaitanya]].
*[[Akhil (Telugu actor)|Akhil]], actor; son of Nagarjuna and Amala.
*[[Sumanth]], actor; nephew of Nagarjuna.
*[[Sushanth]], actor; nephew of Nagarjuna.

=== Ambareesh family ===
*[[Chowdiah]], musician
*[[Ambareesh]], actor-politician, grand-nephew Chowdiah
*[[Sumalatha]], actress-Politician,  wife of Ambareesh
**[[Abhishek Gowda]], actor, son of Ambareesh and Sumalatha

===Anant Nag family===

* [[Anant Nag]], actor and producer
**[[Gayatri (actress)|Gayathri]], actress and wife of [[Ananth Nag]]
* [[Shankar Nag]], actor, director and producer, younger brother of [[Anant Nag]]
**[[Arundhati Nag]], actress, theater artist and wife of [[Shankar Nag]]

=== Anandan family ===
*[[C. L. Anandan]], actor (d. 1989).
*[[Disco Shanthi]], actress; daughter of C. L. Anandan.
**[[Srihari (actor)|Srihari]], actor; husband of Disco Shanthi. (d. 2013)
*[[Lalitha Kumari]], actress, daughter of C. L. Anandan.
**[[Prakash Raj]], actor; ex-husband of Lalitha Kumari.
***[[Pony Verma]], choreographer; wife of Prakash Raj.
***Prasad Raj, actor; brother of Prakash Raj.

===Asif Ali family===
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], actor
**[[Askar Ali]], actor, younger brother of Asif

=== Azhagappan family ===
*[[A. L. Azhagappan]], producer.
*[[A. L. Vijay]], director; son of Azhagappan.
**R. Aishwarya, wife of [[A. L. Vijay]].
**[[Amala Paul]], actress; ex-wife of Vijay.
*[[Udhaya (actor)|Udhaya]], film actor; son of Azhagappan.
**Keerthika Udhaya, dubbing artiste; wife of Udhaya.

== B ==
=== Balasubrahmanyam family ===
*[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], playback singer (d. 2020)
*[[S. P. B. Pallavi]], playback singer; daughter of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
*[[S. P. B. Charan]], playback singer; son of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
*[[S. P. Sailaja]], playback singer; sister of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
**[[Subhalekha Sudhakar]], actor; husband of S. P. Sailaja.
*[[K. Viswanath]], actor and director; uncle of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.
**[[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], actor; cousin of K. Viswanath.

=== Bhagyaraj family ===
*[[K. Bhagyaraj]], director.
*[[Praveena Bhagyaraj]] (d. 1983), actress; late wife of Bhagyaraj
*[[Poornima Jayaram|Poornima Bhagyaraj]], actress; wife of Bhagyaraj
*[[Saranya Bhagyaraj]], actress; daughter of Bhagyaraj
*[[Shanthnu Bhagyaraj]], actor; son of Bhagyaraj
**Keerthi Vijay, television personality; wife of Shanthnu. (see [[#Subramanyam family|Subramanyam family]])

=== Bhanupriya family ===
*[[Bhanupriya]], actress.
**[[Vindhya (actress)|Vindhya]], actress; sister-in-law of Bhanupriya.
*[[Shantipriya (actress)|Shantipriya]], actress; sister of Bhanupriya.
**[[Siddharth Ray]] (d. 2004), actor; husband of Shantipriya.
**[[V. Shantaram]] (d. 1990), director; grandfather of Siddhanth Ray.

=== Bharathiraja family ===
*[[Bharathiraja]], actor and director.
*[[Jayaraj (actor)|Jayaraj]], actor; brother of Bharathiraja
*[[Manoj Bharathiraja]], director; son of Bharathiraja.
**[[Nandana (actress)|Nandana]], actress; wife of Manoj.
*[[Manoj Kumar (director)|Manoj Kumar]], director; brother-in-law of Director Bharathiraja.

== C ==
=== Vijay family ===
*[[S. A. Chandrasekhar]], director
**Xavier Britto, entrepreneur; brother-in-law of Chandrasekhar.
***Sneha Britto, director; daughter of Xavier Britto. (see [[#Murali family|Murali family]])
****[[Atharvaa]], actor; brother-in-law of Sneha Britto
*[[Shoba Chandrasekhar]], playback singer; wife of Chandrasekhar.
**Sheela, actress; sister of Shoba.
***Sanjeev, director; son of Sheela.
***[[Vikranth]], actor; son of Sheela.
****Manasa, actress; wife of Vikranth.
*****[[Kanakadurga]], actress; mother of Manasa.
**[[S. N. Surendar]], voice actor; brother of Shoba.
***[[Viraj (actor)|Viraj]], actor; son of Surendar.
**[[S. N. Surendar]], writer; brother of Shoba.
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], actor; son of Chandrasekhar.
***[[Jason Sanjay]]; son of Vijay.

=== Cho Ramaswamy family ===
*[[Cho Ramaswamy]], actor.
*[[Ramya Krishnan]], actress; niece of Cho Ramaswamy.
**[[Krishna Vamsi]], director; husband of Ramya Krishna.

=== Choudary family ===
*[[R. B. Choudary]], producer.
*[[Jithan Ramesh]], actor; son of Choudary.
*[[Jiiva]], actor; son of Choudary.

=== Chittajallu family ===
*[[C. Pullaiah]], director
*[[C. S. Rao]], director, actor and writer; son of C. Pullaiah.
*[[Rajasulochana]], actress and classical dancer; wife of C.S. Rao.

== D ==
=== Daggubati Family ===
{{main|Akkineni–Daggubati family}}
*[[D. Rama Naidu]], producer.<ref name = news/>
**[[Daggubati Suresh Babu]], producer; son of Ramanaidu.
***[[Rana Daggubati]], actor; son of Daggubati Suresh Babu.
***Miheeka Daggubati, wife of [[Rana Daggubati]] 
**[[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], actor; son of Ramanaidu.
**[[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], actor, son-in-law of Ramanaidu
***[[Naga Chaitanya]], actor, grandson of Ramanaidu. (see [[#Akkineni family|Akkineni family]])
****[[Samantha Akkineni]], actress, ex-wife of [[Naga Chaitanya]], daughter in law of [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]
***[[Akhil Akkineni]], actor, half-brother of [[Naga Chaitanya]]

=== Deva family ===
*[[Deva (composer)|Deva]], music director.
*[[Sabesh–Murali|Murali]], music director; brother of Deva.
*[[Sabesh–Murali|Sabesh]], music director; brother of Deva.
*[[Srikanth Deva]], music director; son of Deva.
**[[Febi (singer)|Febi]], playback singer; wife of Srikanth Deva.
*Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; daughter of Deva.
**Parthi Bhaskar, director; husband of Sangeetha. (see [[#Ilaiyaraaja family|Ilaiyaraaja family]])
*[[Bobo Shashi]], music director; son of Murali.
*Karthik Sabesh, actor; son of Sabesh
*[[Jai (actor)|Jai]], actor; nephew of Deva.

=== Deve Gowda family ===
*[[H. D. Deve Gowda]], politician.
*[[H. D. Revanna]], politician; son of Deve Gowda.
**[[Prajwal Revanna]], politician; son of H. D. Revanna.
*[[H. D. Kumaraswamy]], producer and politician; son of Deve Gowda.
**[[Anitha Kumaraswamy]], producer; wife of Kumaraswamy.
**[[Radhika Kumaraswamy|Radhika kumarswamy]], actress; second wife of Kumaraswamy.
*[[Nikhil Gowda]], actor; son of Kumaraswamy and Anitha Kumarswamy
*  Revathi Nikhil; wife of Nikhil Gowda
*  Shamika Kumarswamy; daughter of Radhika and Kumarswamy

=== Dileep Family ===
*[[Dileep]], actor; producer; businessman
**[[Manju Warrier]], actress; ex-wife of Dileep
**[[Kavya Madhavan]], actress; wife of Dileep

== F ==
=== Fazil family ===
*[[Fazil (director)|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 ==

=== Ghattamaneni family ===
*[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]], actor.
**Indira Devi, film producer, first wife of Krishna, mother of Ramesh Babu, Mahesh Babu, and Manjula
**[[Vijaya Nirmala]], actress; second wife of Krishna (see [[List of South Indian film families#Nidudavolu family|Nidudavolu family]])
*[[Ramesh Babu]], actor; son of Krishna.
*[[Manjula Ghattamaneni|Manjula]], producer; daughter of Krishna.
*[[Mahesh Babu]], actor; son of Krishna
**[[Namrata Shirodkar]], actress; wife of Mahesh Babu.
***[[Shilpa Shirodkar]], actress; sister of Namrata.
***[[Meenakshi Shirodkar]], actress; grandmother of Namrata.
**[[Sudheer Babu]], actor; son-in-law of Krishna.

=== Ghantasala Family ===
*[[S. Thaman|Ghantasala Sai Srinivas]], widely known as S. Thaman, [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yuvan-and-thaman-team-up-again-for-'adhyaayam'/276400-8.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150413205747/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/yuvan-and-thaman-team-up-again-for-'adhyaayam'/276400-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-04-13 |title=Yuvan and Thaman team up again for 'Adhyaayam' - IBNLive |website=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raagalahari.com/news/16807/thaman-hits-fastest-half-century-in-music-history.aspx |title=Thaman to complete 50th film with Aagadu |website=Raagalahari.com |date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
*[[Ghantasala Balaramayya]] Grandfather to [[S. Thaman]]
*Ghantasala Siva Kumar, Composer and drummer, son of [[Ghantasala Balaramayya]] 
*Ghantasala Savitri, Playback singer, wife of Ghantasala Siva Kumar, mother to S. Thaman
*Ghantasala Sri Vardhini, Playback singer, wife of S. Thaman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ap7am.com/lv-40210-studio-n-exclusive-interview-with-music-director-thaman-s.html |title=AP 7am |publisher=AP 7am |date=2015-04-23 |access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref>
*B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.

=== Gemini Ganesan family ===
*[[Muthulakshmi Reddy]], aunt of Gemini ganeshan
*[[Gemini Ganesan]], actor (d. 2005).
*[[Pushpavalli]], actress; partner of Gemini Ganesan.
*[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri Ganesan]], actress; second wife of Gemini Ganesan.
*[[Rekha]], actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
*Gigi, actress; daughter of Gemini Ganesan 
*[[Abhinay Vaddi]], actor, grandson of Gemini Ganesan and Savitri.
**[[Medha Raghunath]], actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan.
**[[Madhuvanti Arun]], actress; granddaughter-in-law of Gemini Ganesan (see [[#Vyjayanthimala family|Vyjanthimala family]]).

=== Gowda family ===
*[[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 ==
=== Haasan family ===
*[[Kamal Haasan]], Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, television presenter, choreographer, dancer, philanthropist & politician
**[[Vani Ganapathy]], actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
**[[Sarika Thakur]], actress; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan.
***[[Shruti Haasan]], actress & singer; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
***[[Akshara Haasan]], actress; daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika.
**[[Gautami|Gautami Tadimalla]], actress; ex-partner of Kamal Haasan.
*[[Charuhasan]], actor; brother of Kamal Haasan.
**Komalam, actress; wife of Charuhasan.
**[[Suhasini Mani Ratnam|Suhasini]], actress; daughter of Charuhasan and Komalam.
***[[Mani Ratnam]], director; husband of Suhasini.
****[[G. Venkateswaran]], producer (d. 2003); brother of Mani Ratnam.
****[[G. Srinivasan (producer)|G. Srinivasan]], producer (d. 2007); brother of Mani Ratnam.
*[[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.
<gallery class="center">
File:Kamal Haasan with Akshara &Shruti Haasan at Alice in wonderland premiere.jpg|thumb|[[Kamal Haasan]] with daughters [[Shruti Haasan]] (left) and [[Akshara Haasan]] (right) in 2010.
File:Sarika.jpg|thumb|[[Sarika Thakur]]
File:Gauthami.jpg|thumb|[[Gautami|Gautami Tadimalla]]
File:Suhasini Maniratnam - TeachAIDS Interview (cropped).png|thumb|[[Suhasini Mani Ratnam|Suhasini]]
File:Mani Ratnam at the Oh Kadhal Kanmani aka OK Kanmani Audio Success Meet.jpg|thumb|[[Mani Ratnam]]
File:Chandrahasan.jpg|thumb|[[Chandrahasan]]
File:Anu Hasan2.JPG|thumb|[[Anu Haasan]]
</gallery>

=== Hunsur family ===
*[[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]], producer and director. (d. 1989)
*[[H. R. Bhargava]], director; cousin of Hunsur Krishnamurthy.
*[[Dwarakish]], actor
**Giri Dwarakish, actor; son of Dwarakish.

== I ==

=== Ilaiyaraaja family ===
*[[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.
**[[Bhavatharini|Bhavatharani]], playback singer; daughter of Ilaiyaraaja.
*[[Gangai Amaran]], music director; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
**[[Venkat Prabhu]], director; son of Gangai Amaran.
**[[Premgi Amaren|Premji Amaran]], actor; son of Gangai Amaran.
*R. D. Bhaskar, producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja.
**Parthi Bhaskar, director; son of Bhaskar.
***Sangeetha Bhaskar, playback singer; wife of Parthi. (see [[#Deva family|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===
*Sundaram Iyer, actor.
*[[S. Rajam]], actor; son of Iyer. (d.2010)
*[[S. Balachander]], director; son of Iyer. (d.1990)
*[[S. Jayalakshmi]], actress; daughter of Iyer. (d.2007)
*[[Jayashree (actress)|Jayashree]], actress; granddaughter of Jayalakshmi.

== J ==
=== Jaggesh family ===
*[[Jaggesh]], actor, director.
**[[Gururaj|Gururaj Jaggesh]], actor; son of Jaggesh
**Yathiraj Jaggesh, actor; son of Jaggesh
* [[Komal Kumar]], actor; brother of Jaggesh

=== Jayan family ===
*[[Jayan]], Malayalam actor.
*[[Jayabharathi]], actress, Cousin of Jayan.
**[[Hari Pothen]], producer; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
***[[Pratap Pothen]], actor; brother of Hari. (see [[List of Tamil film families#Radha family|Radha family]])
**[[Sathaar]], actor; ex-husband of Jayabharathi.
*[[Krish J. Sathaar]], actor; son of Jayabharathi and Sathaar.
*Adithya Jayan, actor; nephew of Jayan.
*[[Munna (actor)|Munna]], actor; nephew of Jayabharathi.
*Ajayan, actor, younger brother of Jayan .

=== Jayachitra family ===
*[[Jayachitra]], actress
*[[Amresh Ganesh]], actor and music composer; son of Jayachitra
*Jayasree, actress; mother of Jayachitra

=== Jayadev family ===
*[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], actress; daughter of Jayadev.
**[[Rajakumaran (director)|Rajakumaran]], director; husband of Devayani.
*[[Nakul (actor)|Nakul]], actor; brother of Devayani.
*Mayur, actor; brother of Devayani.

=== Jayaram family ===
*[[Jayaram]], actor
*[[Parvathy Jayaram]], actress; wife of Jayaram
*[[Kalidas Jayaram]], actor, son of Jayaram and Parvathy

=== Jeeva family ===
*[[Jeeva (director)|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 ==

=== Kalabhavan Abi family===
*[[Kalabhavan Abi]], actor (d. 2017)
**[[Shane Nigam]], actor, son of Kalabhavan Abi

=== Kallara Sarasamma family===
*Kallara Sarasamma, politician and wife of Kunjan Nair
**[[Radha (actress)|Radha]], actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
***Rajasekaran Nair, entrepreneur and restaurateur
****[[Karthika Nair]], actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
****[[Thulasi Nair]], actress; daughter of Radha and Rajasekaran Nair
**[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], actress; daughter of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
***[[Ravikanth (actor)|Ravikanth]], actor, ex-husband of Ambika
**Suresh Nair, director; son of Sarasamma and Kunjan Nair
***Gauri Nambiar, actress; cousin of Karthika

=== Kamesh family ===
*[[Kamala Kamesh]], actress
*[[Uma Riyaz Khan]], actress; daughter of Kamesh.
**[[Riyaz Khan]], actor; husband of Uma.
*Shariq Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.
*Samshad Khan, actor; son of Riyaz and Uma.

===Kannadasan family===
*[[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
**[[Aadhav Kannadasan]], actor; son of Kalaivanan Kannadasan
*[[Panchu Arunachalam]], poet, screenwriter, producer; nephew of Kannadasan
**[[Subbu Panchu]], actor, producer; son of Panchu Arunachalam
*Revathi Shanmugam, anchor; daughter of Kannadasan
**Sathyalakshmi Kannadasan, producer; granddaughter of Kannadasan

=== Karunanidhi family ===
*[[M. Karunanidhi]], Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu 
wife [rasathi ammal] 
*[[M. K. Muthu]], actor; son of Karunanidhi
*[[M. K. Alagiri]], politician; son of Karunanidhi.
*[[M. K. Stalin]], Politician and current chief minister of Tamil Nadu; actor; son of Karunanidhi.
*M.K.Tamilarasu, Producer; Businessman; son of Karunanidhi.
*Arivunidhi, playback singer; son of Muthu.
*[[Dhayanidhi Alagiri]], producer; son of Alagiri.
**Anusha Dhayanidhi, playback singer; wife of Dhayanidhi Alagiri.
*[[Udhayanidhi Stalin]], Actor; Producer; Politician and Current Minister; son of Stalin.
**[[Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi]], director; wife of Udhayanidhi Stalin.
*[[Arulnithi]], actor; son of [[Tamilarasu]].
*[[Kanimozhi]], politician; Daughter of Karunanidhi
*Gunanidhi Amirtham, producer; grandson of Karunanidhi.
**[[Murasoli Maran]], director; nephew of Karunanidhi.
**[[Kalanidhi Maran]], producer; Business Man; son of Murasoli Maran.
**[[Dayanidhi Maran]], politician; son of Murasoli Maran.
**[[C. S. Jayaraman]], playback singer; father-in-law of Muthu.
**Akshita Vikram, playback singer; granddaughter-in-law of Muthu. (see [[#Thiagarajan family|Thiagarajan family]])

=== Karunas family ===
*[[Karunas]], actor.
*[[Grace Karunas]], playback singer; wife of Karunas.
*[[Ken Karunas]], actor; son of Karunas.

=== Kasthuri Raja family ===
*[[Kasthuri Raja]], director.
*[[Selvaraghavan]], director; son of Kasthuri Raja.
**[[Sonia Agarwal]], actress; ex-wife of Selvaragahvan.
**Gitanjali Selvaraghavan, director; wife of Selvaragahvan.
*[[Mohan V. Raman]], actor; uncle of Gitanjali.
**[[Vidyullekha Raman]], actress; daughter of Mohan.
*Vimalageetha, producer; daughter of Kasthuri Raja.
*[[Dhanush]], actor; son of Kasthuri Raja.
**[[Aishwarya Rajinikanth]], producer; director; daughter of [[Rajinikanth]]; wife of [[Dhanush]].
*Karthiga Karthik; Doctor ; daughter of Kasthuri Raja

=== Kunchacko family ===
*[[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 ===
*[[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
****[[Kaala Bhairava]], singer and music director; elder son of Keeravani
****[[Sri Simha]], actor; younger son of Keeravani
**[[Kalyani Malik]], music director; son of Siva Shakthi Datta, younger brother of Keeravani<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=8 May 2017 |title=It runs in the family of Koduri - Baahubali story |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/today/it-runs-in-the-family-of-koduri-baahubalistory.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref>
*[[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.<ref name=":0" />

=== Komal Swaminathan family ===
*[[Komal Swaminathan]], director. (d.1995)
*[[Anand Shankar]], director; grandson of Swaminathan.
*Srikanth Ravichandran, director; cousin of Anand Shankar.
**[[Dhivyadharshini]], actress; ex-wife of Srikanth.

=== Konidela–Allu family ===
{{Main|Konidela–Allu family|l1 = Konidela–Allu family}}
*[[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.
***[[Varun Tej]], actor; son of Nagendra Babu.
***[[Niharika Konidela]], actress; daughter of Nagendra Babu.
**[[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.
**[[Allu Aravind]], producer; Son of Allu Rama Lingaiah
***
***[[Allu Arjun]], actor; Son of Allu Aravind.
***[[Allu Sirish]], actor; Son of Allu Aravind.

=== Krish family ===
*[[Krish (singer)|Krish]], playback singer.
*[[Sangeetha (actress)|Sangeetha]], actress; wife of Krish.
**[[Parimal (actor)|Parimal]], actor; brother of Sangeetha.
**K. R. Balan, producer; grandfather of Sangeetha.

=== Kottarakkara family ===
*[[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]], actor
*[[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], son of Kottarakkara
**Prasannakumari, ex-wife of Saikumar
**[[Bindu Panicker]], wife of Sai Kumar
*[[Shobha Mohan]], daughter of Kottarakkara 
***[[Vinu Mohan]], actor, Shobha's son
****[[Vidhya Mohan]], actress, Vinu's wife
***[[Anu Mohan]], actor, Shobha's son

== L ==
===Lakshminarayana family===
*[[V. Lakshminarayana]] (d. 1990), musician
*[[L. Vaidyanathan]] (d. 2007), composer; son of Lakshminarayana
**L. V. Ganesan, composer; son of Vaidyanathan
**L. V. Muthukumarasamy, composer; son of Vaidyanathan
*[[L. Shankar]], violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
*[[L. Subramaniam]], violinist; son of Lakshminarayana
**[[Viji Subramaniam]] (d. 1995), vocalist; wife of Subramaniam
**[[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], singer; wife of Subramaniam

=== Lokesh family ===
*[[Subbaiah Naidu]], actor. (d. 1962).
*[[Lokesh]], actor. (d. 2004).
*[[Girija Lokesh]], actress; wife of Lokesh.
*[[Srujan Lokesh]], actor and anchor.
*[[Pooja Lokesh]], actress.

=== Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family ===
*Mysore Lokesh, actor
*[[Pavitra Lokesh]], actress.
**[[Suchendra Prasad]], actor; ex-husband of Pavitra Lokesh.
**[[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]], actor, husband of Pavitra Lokesh, son of [[Vijaya Nirmala]] (see [[List of South Indian film families#Nidudavolu family|Nidudavolu family]])
*Aadi Lokesh, actor

== M ==

=== MGR Family ===
*[[M. G. Ramachandran]], actor, politician, Former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu
**[[V. N. Janaki Ramachandran]], actress; wife of MGR and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
*[[M. G. Chakrapani]], actor; brother of MGR
*M. G. C. Sukumar, actor; son of Chakrapani
*Ramachandran, actor; grand-nephew of MGR

=== Madhavan family ===
*[[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)|Mukesh]], actor, son of Madhavan and Vijayakumari
**[[Saritha]], actress, ex-wife of Mukesh
***[[Viji Chandrasekhar]], actress, sister of Saritha.
***Shravan Mukesh, actor, son of Mukesh and Saritha
**[[Methil Devika]], dancer, ex-wife of Mukesh

=== Mammootty family ===
*[[Mammootty]], actor.
**[[Dulquer Salmaan]], actor, son of Mammooty.
*Ibrahim Kutty, actor, brother of Mammooty.
**[[Maqbool Salmaan]], actor, son of Ibrahim Kutty
*[[Ashkar Saudan]], actor, nephew of Mammootty

=== Manchu family ===
*[[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 ===
*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 ===
* [[K. Balaji]], producer; father-in-law of Mohanlal.
** [[Suchitra Mohanlal]], producer; daughter of K. Balaji, wife of Mohanlal.
*** [[Mohanlal]], actor, producer.
**** [[Pranav Mohanlal]], actor; son of Mohanlal and Suchitra
**** Vismaya Mohanlal, Author ; daughter of mohanlal and Suchitra
** [[Suresh Balaje]], producer; son of K. Balaji.
*** Sitara Suresh, producer; daughter of Suresh Balaje.
**[[Y. G. Parthasarathy]], actor; brother-in-law of Balaji (see [[List of Tamil film families#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]]).

=== Murali family ===
*[[Siddalingaiah]], director. (d.2015)
*[[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]], actor; son of Siddalingaiah. (d.2010)
*[[Atharvaa|Atharvaa Murali]], actor; son of Murali.
*Akash Murali, actor; son of Murali.
**Sneha Britto, director; wife of Akash. (see [[#Chandrasekhar family|Chandrasekhar family]])
*[[Daniel Balaji]], actor; cousin of Murali.

=== Muthuraman family ===
*[[R. Muthuraman]], actor. (d. 1982)
*[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], actor; son of Muthuraman.
** Ragini, actress; wife of Karthik.
*[[Gautham Karthik]], actor; son of Karthik.
** [[Manjima Mohan]], actress; wife of gautham karthik(m.28 nov 2022)

== N ==
===N.N. Pillai family===
*[[N.N. Pillai]], Playwright, actor, theatre director, orator, screenplay writer, & lyricist. (d. 1995)
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]], actor; son of N.N. Pillai.

=== Nagendra Rao family ===
*[[R. Nagendra Rao]], actor (d. 1977).
*[[R. N. Jayagopal]], director and poet (d. 2008); son of Nagendra Rao.
*[[R. N. K. Prasad]], cinematographer and actor (d. 2012); son of Nagendra Rao.
*[[R. N. Sudarshan]], actor (d. 2017); son of Nagendra Rao.
**[[Shylashri]], actress; wife of Sudharshan.

=== Nagesh family ===
*[[Nagesh]], actor. (d. 2009)
*[[Anand Babu]], actor; son of Nagesh.
*[[Bijesh]], actor; son of Anand Babu.
*[[Gajesh]], actor; son of Anand Babu.

=== Nandamuri family ===
* [[Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]] (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as NTR, was a Telugu cinema actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh over three terms.
* [[N. Trivikrama Rao]], producer; brother of NTR.
* Basavatarakam, Wife of NTR 
** Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr., actor; son of NTR (deceased)
** Nandamuri Jayakrishna, cinematographer; son of NTR
** Nandamuri Saikrishna, theatre owner; son of NTR (deceased)
** Nandamuri Jayashankar Krishna; actor; son of NTR (deceased)
** [[Nandamuri Harikrishna]], actor, politician; son of NTR (deceased)
*** Nandamuri Suhasini, politician; daughter of Nandamuri Harikrishna
*** [[Nandamuri Kalyan Ram]], actor; son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
*** [[Jr. NTR|Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (Junior)]], actor;  son of Nandamuri Harikrishna
*** Nandamuri Janaki Ram, film maker (deceased)
** Nandamuri Mohanakrishna, cinematographer; son of NTR
*** [[Taraka Ratna|Nandamuri Taraka Ratna]], actor; son of Nandamuri Mohanakrishna (deceased)
** [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], actor, politician; son of NTR
*** Nara Brahmani (Executive Director [[Heritage Foods]] Ltd), daughter of [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], married to [[Nara Lokesh]]
*** Mathukumilli Tejaswini
*** Nandamuri Mokshagna Teja
** Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr., producer; son of NTR
** Nara Bhuvaneshwari, daughter of NTR
** [[Nara Chandrababu Naidu]], politician; married to Bhuvaneshwari
***[[Nara Lokesh]], politician; son of [[Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]) and Bhuvaneshwari
***[[Nara Rohit]], actor; nephew of Chandrababu
** [[Daggubati Purandeswari]], politician; daughter of NTR
** [[Daggubati Venkateswara Rao]], politician; married to [[Daggubati Purandeswari]]

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

=== Narayan family ===
*[[S. Narayan]], actor and director.
**Pankaj Narayan, actor; son of Narayan.

=== Nassar family ===
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], actor.
*Kameela Nassar, producer; wife of Nassar.
*[[Luthfudeen |Luthfudeen Baasha]], actor; son of Nassar.
*Abi Mehdhi Hassan, actor; son of Nassar.

=== Naval family ===
*[[Simran (actress)|Simran]], actress.
**[[Deepak Bagga|Deepak]], actor; husband of Simran.
*[[Monal Naval|Monal]], actress; sister of Simran (d. 2002)
*Jyothi Naval, actress; sister of Simran.

===Nidudavolu family===
*[[Nidudavolu Venkatarao]] Indian littérateur, son of Sundaram Pantalu, brother of Vishalakshi
**Nidudavolu Rameshwara Rao, son of Venkatarao, husband of actress Joga Bai
***[[Jayasudha]], actress, daughter of Rameshwara Rao and Joga Bai, granddaughter of Nidudavolu Venkatarao, ex-wife of [[Vadde Ramesh]]'s brother-in-law, Rajendra Prasad, widow of [[Nitin Kapoor]] (see [[List of Hindi film families#Kapoor family (of Jeetendra)|Kapoor family]])
**[[Vijaya Nirmala]], actress, paternal niece of Nidudavolu Venkatarao, Aunt to Jayasudha, wife of [[Krishna (actor)|Krishna]] (see [[List of South Indian film families#Ghattamaneni family|Ghattamaneni family]])
***[[Naresh (actor)|Vijaya Krishna Naresh]], actor, son of Vijaya Nirmala
****Srinu Master, choreographer, father of Naresh's first wife
*****Naveen Vijayakrishna, actor, son of Naresh with his first wife
****Rekha Supriya, granddaughter of poet Devulapalli Krishna Shastri, second wife of Naresh, mother of Teja Vijayakrishna
****Ramya Raghupathi, niece of [[Raghu Veera Reddy|Raghuveera Reddy]], cousin of [[Aadarsh Balakrishna]], [[Prashanth Neel]], and [[Sriimurali]]'s wife Vidya (see [[List of South Indian film families#Rajkumar family|Rajkumar family]])
****[[Pavithra Lokesh]], actress, daughter of [[Mysore Lokesh]], ex-wife of [[Suchendra Prasad|V. Suchendra Prasad]], Naresh's fiancée and soon-to-be 4th wife (see [[List of South Indian film families#Lokesh (Mysore Lokesh) family|Lokesh family]])
*Raavu Vishalakshi, sister of Venkatarao, wife of Raavu Parthasarthy
**[[R. Balasaraswathi Devi|Raavu Balasaraswathi]], singer, daughter of Vishalakshi, concubine of the [[Kolanka Cup|Raja of Kolanka]]

*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
**[[Narayana Rao (author)|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 ==
===Pandian family===
*[[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===
*[[B. R. Panthulu]], producer and director
*[[B. R. Vijayalakshmi]], cinematographer and director; daughter of Panthulu
*B. R. Ravishankar, director; son of Panthulu

=== Parthiban family ===
*[[Parthiban]], actor.
*[[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]], actress; ex-wife of Parthiban.
*[[P. S. Keerthana]], actress; daughter of Parthiban.

=== Peethambaram family ===
*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 ===
*[[Ravi Raja Pinisetty]], director.
*Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty, director; son of Ravi Raja.
*[[Aadhi (actor)|Aadhi]], actor; son of Ravi Raja.
*[[Nikki Galrani]], actress, wife of [[Aadhi Pinisetty]]

=== Pothineni family ===
*[[Ram Pothineni]], actor.
*[[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]], producer; Uncle of Ram.
*[[Sharwanand Myneni]], actor; Cousin of Ram.

=== Pudipeddi family ===
*[[P. J. Sarma]], actor. (d. 2014).
*[[Saikumar (actor, born 1960)|Saikumar]], actor and voice actor.
**[[Aadi (Telugu actor)|Aadi]], actor; son of Saikumar.
*[[P. Ravishankar]], actor and voice actor.

=== Priyadarshan Family ===
*[[Priyadarshan]], Director.
*[[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]], Actress, Ex-wife of Priyadarshan.
*[[Kalyani Priyadarshan]], Actress, Daughter of Lissy and Priyadarshan

== R ==

=== Radha family ===
*[[M. R. Radha]], actor (d. 1979).
*[[M. R. R. Vasu]], actor: son of M. R. Radha.
**[[Vasu Vikram]], actor; son of M. R. Vasu.
*[[Radharavi]], actor; son of M. R. Radha.
**Hari Radharavi, actor; son of Radharavi.
*[[Radhika Sarathkumar|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
***[[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]], actor; Daughter of Sharath Kumar
*[[Nirosha]], actress; daughter of M. R. Radha.
**[[Ramki (actor)|Ramki]], actor; husband of Nirosha.
*Ike Radha, director; grandson of M. R. Radha. 
*[[Joshna Fernando]], actress; niece of M. R. Radha.

=== Rahman family ===
*[[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.
**[[Saindhavi]], playback singer; wife of Prakash.
*Khadija Rahman, playback singer; daughter of Rahman.
*[[A. R. Ameen]], playback singer; son of Rahman.
*Azhar Kaashif, music composer; nephew of Rahman.
**[[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]], actor; co-brother of Rahman.

=== Rajasekhar family ===
*[[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]], actor
**[[Jeevitha]], actress; wife of Rajasekhar.
*Shivani Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
*Shivathmika Rajasekhar, actress; daughter of Rajasekhar.
*[[Selva (actor)|Selva]], actor; brother of Rajasekhar.
*Madhan, actor; nephew of Rajasekhar.

=== Rajendar family ===
*[[T. Rajendar]], actor, director, music composer.
*Usha Rajendar, actress; wife of Rajendar.
*[[Silambarasan 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 ===
*[[D. Rajendra Babu]], director (d. 2013)
**[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]], actress; wife of Rajendra Babu.
*[[Umashankari]], actress; daughter of Rajendra Babu
*[[Nakshatra (actress)|Nakshathra]], actress; daughter of Rajendra Babu

=== Rajesh family ===
*Rajesh, actor.
*Amarnath, actor; father of Rajesh.
*[[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]], actress; sister of Rajesh.
*[[Aishwarya Rajesh]], actress; daughter of Rajesh.
*Manikanda Rajesh, actor; son of Rajesh.

=== Rajkumar family ===
* 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).
*** [[Parvathamma Rajkumar]], producer, distributor; wife of Dr. Rajkumar (d. 2017).
** [[S. A. Chinne Gowda]], producer; brother of Parvathamma.
*** [[Vijay Raghavendra]], actor; son of Chinne Gowda.
*** [[Sriimurali]], actor; son of Chinne Gowda.
*** [[Prashanth Neel]], director; brother-in-law of Sriimurali, cousin of Ramya Raghupathi (see [[List of South Indian film families#Nidudavolu family|Nidudavolu family]]).
***Ramya Raghupati - Cousin of Prashant Neel,2nd wife of [[Naresh]](see [[List of South Indian film families#Nidudavolu family|Nidudavolu family]]).
***[[Aadarsh Balakrishna]] - cousin of Prashant Neel
** [[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 ===
*[[Yaragudipati Varada Rao|Y. V. Rao]], producer.
**Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao.
**[[Kumari Rukmani|Rukmani]], actress; second wife of Rao.
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], actress; daughter of Rao.
**[[Mohan Sharma]], actor; ex-husband of Lakshmi.
**[[Sivachandran]], actor; husband of Lakshmi.
*[[Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran|Aishwarya]], actress daughter of Lakshmi.

=== Rathnam family ===
*[[A. M. Rathnam]], film producer.
*[[Jyothi Krishna (director)|Jyothi Krishna]], director; son of Rathnam.
*[[Ravi Krishna]], actor; son of Rathnam.

=== Ravichandran family ===
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]], actor.
*[[Sheela]], actress; second wife of Ravichandran.
*[[Hamsavardhan]], actor; son of Ravichandran.
**[[Reshma (actress)|Reshma]], actress; wife of Hamsavardhan.
*[[George Vishnu]], actor; son of Ravichandran and Sheela.
*[[Tanya Ravichandran]], actress; granddaughter of Ravichandran.

=== Reddy, G. K. family ===
*G. K. Reddy, producer.
*[[Vikram Krishna]] Reddy, producer; son of Reddy.
**[[Sriya Reddy]], actress; wife of Vikram Krishna
*[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]], actor; son of Reddy.

=== Reddy, Sameera family ===
*[[Sameera Reddy]], actress.
*Meghna Reddy, actress; sister of Sameera.
*[[Sushma Reddy]], actress; sister of Sameera.

== S ==
=== Sait Family ===
*[[Tanveer Sait]]: Politician from [[Bengaluru]] 
**[[Danish Sait]]: Host, Actor, Comedian; brother of [[Kubra Sait]]  and nephew of [[Tanveer Sait]] 
**[[Kubra Sait]]: Actress, Sister of [[Danish Sait]] and niece of [[Tanveer Sait]] 
*Talha Sait: Entrepreneur

=== Sarja family ===
*[[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.
***[[Niveditha Arjun]], actress; wife of Arjun Sarja.
****[[Rajesh (Kannada actor)|Rajesh]], actor; father of Niveditha.
****[[Anu Prabhakar]], actress; cousin sister of Niveditha
*****[[Raghu Mukherjee]], actor; husband of Anu.
*****[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], actress; ex-mother-in-law of Anu.
******[[Peketi Sivaram]], actor; ex-husband of Jayanthi. (see [[#T|Thiagarajan]] family)
***[[Aishwarya Arjun]], actress; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
***Anjana Arjun, producer; daughter of Arjun Sarja.
**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.
****[[Meghana Raj]], actress; wife of Chiranjeevi Sarja.
*****[[Sundar Raj]], actor; director; father of Meghana Raj.
*****[[Pramila Joshai]], actor; producer; mother of Meghana Raj.
***[[Dhruva Sarja]], actor; son of Ammaji; grandson of Shakti Prasad.
****Prerana Shankar; wife of Dhruva Sarja.

=== Sarovar Sanjeev family===
*Sarovar Sanjeev Manjappa, producer; actor; business man;
**[[Sudeep|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 ===
*[[I. V. Sasi]], director.
*[[Seema (actress)|Seema]], actress; wife of IV Sasi.
*Anu Sasi, actress; daughter of IV Sasi.
*Ani Sasi, director; son of IV Sasi.

=== Sathyaraj family ===
*[[Sathyaraj]], actor.
*Mathampatti Sivakumar, producer; brother of Sathyaraj.
*[[Sibi Sathyaraj]], film actor; son of Sathyaraj.
*[[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan Sivakumar]], actor; nephew of Sathyaraj.

=== Satyanarayana family ===
*[[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]], director. (d. 2011)
*[[Allari Naresh]], actor; son of Satyanarayana.
*[[Aryan Rajesh]], actor; son of Satyanarayana.
*E. Satti Babu, director; cousin of Satyanarayana.

=== Sekhar family ===
*Pattiyal Sekhar, producer.
*[[Vishnuvardhan (director)|Vishnuvardhan]], director; son of Sekhar
**[[Anu Vardhan]], costume designer; wife of Vishnuvardhan.
***[[N. S. Krishnan]], actor; grandfather of Anu Vardhan.
***[[T. A. Madhuram]], actress; wife of Krishnan.
***[[Ramya NSK]], singer; granddaughter of Krishnan.
****[[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]], actor; grandfather of Ramya.
*[[Kreshna]], actor; son of Sekhar.

=== Siddique family ===
*[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]; actor and producer
*[[Shaheen Siddique]]; son of Siddique; actor

=== Sivaji Ganesan family ===
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]], actor (d. 2001).
*[[Ramkumar Ganesan]], producer; son of Sivaji.
*[[Prabhu (actor)|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 ===
*[[Sivakumar]], actor.
*[[Suriya]], actor; older son of Sivakumar.
**[[Jyothika]], actress; wife of Suriya.
***[[Nagma]], actress; half-sister of Jyothika.
***[[Roshini (actress)|Roshini]], actress; sister of Jyothika.
*[[Karthi Sivakumar|Karthi]], actor; younger son of Sivakumar.
*[[Brindha Sivakumar]], Singer; Daughter of Sivakumar
**[[Gnanavel Raja]], producer; nephew of Sivakumar.
**[[S. R. Prabhu]], producer; nephew of Sivakumar.

=== Saluri family ===
*[[S. Rajeswara Rao]], [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/in-a-different-league/article5931863.ece|title=In a different league|work=The Hindu|date=21 April 2014|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref>
*Saluri Koteswara Rao, widely known as [[Koti (composer)|Koti]], [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of S. Rajeswara Rao.
*Roshan Saluri, [[Music composer|composer]], singer-songwriter, actor, son of Saluri Koteswara Rao.

=== Susarla family ===
*Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr. [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, and music producer.<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article1434815.ece|title=Melodious tribute|date=11 July 2008|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
*Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of [[Susarla Dakshinamurthi]] Sr.
*[[Susarla Dakshinamurthi]] Sastry Jr. [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry.<ref name="thehindu.com"/>

=== Singh Babu family ===
*[[D. Shankar Singh]], director
*[[Prathima Devi (Kannada actress)|Prathima Devi]], actress; wife of Shankar Singh
**[[Rajendra Singh Babu]], director; son of Shankar Singh and Prathima Devi
***[[Aditya (actor)|Aditya]], actor; son of Rajendra Singh
***[[Rishika Singh]], actress; daughter of Rajendra Singh
*[[Vijayalakshmi Singh]], director; sister of Rajendra Singh
**[[Jai Jagadish]], actor; husband of Vijayalakshmi Singh

=== Sreenivasan family ===
*[[Sreenivasan]], actor.
**[[Vineeth Sreenivasan]], actor, director; son of Sreenivasan. 
***Divya Vineeth,singer;wife of Vineeth Sreenivasan
**[[Dhyan Sreenivasan]], actor, director; son of Sreenivasan.

=== Sridevi family ===
As the [[List of Hindi film clans#Kapoor family (of Surinder Kapoor)|family of Sridevi]] have primarily appeared in Hindi films, only those who have appeared in South Indian films are listed below:

*[[Sridevi]], actress.
**[[Boney Kapoor]], Film Producer; Husband of Sridevi
**[[Janhvi Kapoor]], actress; elder daughter of Sridevi
**[[Maheswari]], actress; niece of Sridevi.
**[[Avishek Karthik]], actor; nephew of Sridevi.

=== SS Rajendran family ===
*[[S. S. Rajendran]], actor.
**[[C. R. Vijayakumari]], actress; wife of SS Rajendran.
*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 ===
*[[K. Subramanyam]], director (d.1971)
*[[S. D. Subbulakshmi]], actress; wife of Subramanyam.
*[[S. Krishnaswamy]], director; son of Subramanyam.
*S. V. Ramanan, director; son of Subramanyam.
**Lakshmi Ravichander, wife of [[Ravi Raghavendra]]
***[[Anirudh Ravichander]], music director; son of Ravi and Lakshmi. (see [[#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]])
***[[Hrishikesh (actor)|Hrishikesh]], actor; grandson of Ramanan. (see [[#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]])
*[[Padma Subrahmanyam]], dancer; daughter of Subramanyam.
*[[Raghuram]], choreographer; grandson of Subrahmanyam.
*Girija Raghuram, choreographer; wife of Raghuram.
**Jayanthi, actress; sister of Girija.
**[[Brindha (choreographer)|Brindha]], choreographer; sister of Girija.
**[[Kala (choreographer)|Kala]], choreographer; sister of Girija.
***[[Prasanna Sujit]], choreographer; nephew of Kala.
***Keerthi, video jockey; niece of Kala. (see [[#Bhagyaraj family|Bhagyaraj family]])
**[[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], actress; former sister-in-law of Kala.
**[[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], actor; husband of Sneha.
*Suja Manoj, actress; daughter of Raguram.
*[[Gayathri Raguram]], actress; daughter of Raguram.

=== Sukumaran family ===
*[[Sukumaran]], actor (d. 1997)
*[[Mallika Sukumaran]], actress; wife of Sukumaran. 
***[[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]], actor; son of Sukumaran.
****[[Poornima Indrajith|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 Sukumaran Nair|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 ===
*[[Sundar C]], director.
*[[Khushbu]], actress; wife of Sundar.
**[[Abdullah (actor)|Abdullah]], actor; brother of Kushboo.
**[[Ramya Raj]], actress; sister of Kushboo's sister-in-law.

=== Sundaram family ===
*[[Mugur Sundar|Sundaram]], choreographer.
*[[Raju Sundaram]], choreographer; son of Sundaram.
*[[Prabhu Deva]], actor and director; son of Sundaram.
**Vishnu Deva, choreographer; nephew of Prabhu Deva
*[[Nagendra Prasad]], choreographer; son of Sundaram.

=== Suresh family ===
*Suresh Kumar, film producer.
**[[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]], actress; wife of Suresh.
***Revathy Suresh,  daughter of Suresh and Menaka.
***[[Keerthy Suresh]], actress; daughter of Suresh and Menaka.

=== Suresh Gopi family ===
*[[Suresh Gopi]], actor.
**[[Gokul Suresh]], actor; son of Suresh Gopi.

== T ==
=== Thiagarajan family ===
*[[Thiagarajan]], actor.
*[[Prashanth]], actor; son of Thiagarajan.
**[[Peketi Sivaram]], actor; father-in-law of Thiagarajan. 
**[[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], actress; ex-wife of Sivaram. (see [[#Sarja family|Sarja family]])
*[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], actor; nephew of Thiagarajan.
*Arvind Victor John, actor; brother of Vikram.
**[[Vinod Raj (Tamil actor)|Vinod Raj]], actor; father of Vikram.
**Akshita Vikram, playback singer; daughter of Vikram. (see [[#Karunanidhi family|Karunanidi family]])
**[[Dhruv Vikram]], actor; playback singer; son of Vikram.
**Arjuman, actor; nephew of Vikram.

=== Thoogudeepa family ===
*[[Thoogudeepa Srinivas]], actor. (d. 1995)
*[[Darshan (actor)|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 ===
*[[Lalitha (actress)|Lalitha]], actress; part of the [[Travancore Sisters]]
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
*[[Ragini (actress)|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 (actress)|Padmini]]
*[[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|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 ===
*[[T. V. Raju]] [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.<ref name="web.archive.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616055252/http://www.ap7am.com/ap7am_show_detail_videos.php?newsid=32394 Raj–Koti Reunited : Special Live show | ap7am]</ref>
*[[Raj–Koti|Thotakura Somaraju]] widely known as [[Raj–Koti]], [[Music composer|composer]], multi instrumentalist, [[Conducting|conductor]] singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of [[T. V. Raju]].<ref name="web.archive.org"/>

== U ==

=== Uppalapati family ===
*Suryanarayana Raju Uppalapati, Producer.
*[[Krishnam Raju Uppalapati]], elder brother of Suryanarayana; Actor, Producer.
*[[Prabhas Raju Uppalapati]], son of Suryanarayana, Actor.

== V ==
=== Vairamuthu family ===
*[[Vairamuthu]], poet.
*[[Madhan Karky]], poet; son of Vairamuthu.
*[[Kabilan Vairamuthu|Kabilan]], poet; son of Vairamuthu.

=== Vasudevan family ===
*[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], playback singer. (d. 2011)
*[[Yugendran]], actor; son of Vasudevan.
**Hema Malini Yugendran, TV host; wife of Yugendran.
*[[Prashanthini]], playback singer; daughter of Vasudevan.

=== Vedantham family ===
*[[Vedantam Raghavayya]]- actor,Dancer, director
*Vedantam Ramu-son of Raghavayya- dancer
*[[Suryaprabha]]- wife of Raghavayya
*[[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]]- daughter  of Raghavayya
*[[Pushpavalli]]- sister of Suryaprabha
*[[Gemini Ganesan]]- partner of Pushpavalli.
*[[Rekha]] (Bhanurekha Ganesan)- daughter of Pushpavalli

=== Veeraswamy family ===
*[[N. Veeraswamy]], producer. (d. 1992)
**[[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]], actor, director and music composer; son of Veeraswamy
***[[Manoranjan Ravichandran]], actor; son of Ravichandran
***Vikram Ravichandran; 2nd Son Of Ravichandran
*Balaji (Kannada actor), actor; brother of Ravichandran

=== Vijayakanth family ===
*[[Vijayakanth]], actor.
*Premalatha Vijayakanth|Premalatha, producer; wife of Vijayakanth.
*[[Shanmuga Pandian]], actor; son of Vijayakanth.
*Vijay Prabhakaran, son of Vijayakanth.

=== Vijayakumar family ===
*1. [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], actor.
*[[Manjula Vijayakumar|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.
*[[Vanitha Vijayakumar|7. Vanitha Vijayakumar]], actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
**Akash, actor; ex-husband of Vanitha.
**9. [[Robert (choreographer)|Robert]], choreographer; ex-partner of Vanitha.
**10. Peter Paul, visual effects director; ex-husband of Vanitha
***[[Alphonsa (actress)|11. Alphonsa]], actress; sister of Robert.
*12. [[Preetha Vijayakumar]], actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
**[[Hari (director)|13. Hari]], director; husband of Preetha.
*[[Sridevi Vijaykumar|14. Sridevi Vijayakumar]], actress; daughter of Vijayakumar.
**[[Sanjeev (Tamil actor, born 1975)|15. Sanjeev]], actor; nephew of Manjula Vijayakumar.
**Preethi, actress; wife of Sanjeev.
**[[Sindhu (actress)|17. Sindhu]], actress; niece of Manjula Vijayakumar. (d. 2005)
***Rishi, actor; husband of Sindhu.
***19. [[Raghuveer (actor)|Raghuveer]], actor; ex-husband of Sindhu. (d. 2014)

=== Vishnuvardhan family ===
*[[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], actor.
**[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]], actress; wife of Vishnuvardhan .
**Keerthi Vishnuvardhan, Costume Designer; Daughter Of Vishnuvardhan.
**[[Aniruddha Jatkar|Anirudha]], actor; son-in-law of Vishnuvardhan.

=== Vyjayanthimala family ===
*[[Vyjayanthimala]], actress.
*[[Vasunthara Devi]], actress; mother of Vyjayanthimala.
*[[Suchindra Bali]], actor; son of Vyjayanthimala.
**[[Y. Gee. Mahendra]], actor; cousin of Vyjayanthimala. (see [[#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]])

== References ==
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