Nayanthara in Jawan, Rashmika in Goodbye to Samantha in TFM 2, actresses who blurred regional barriers

With the release of Jawan, 'Lady Superstar' Nayanthara made her much-anticipated Bollywood debut. She joined several other Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam actresses who broke regional barriers over the years. Let's take a look at the stars who are working on multilingual films

Updated On: 2023-09-08 02:59 PM IST

Compiled by : Tanmayi Savadi

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Nayanthara, popularly known for her films in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, made her Bollywood debut with the recently released Jawan co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and Vijay Sethupathi

Known as the 'National Crush', Rashmika Mandanna predominantly worked in Telugu and Kannada films before entering the Hindi film fraternity with Amitabh Bachchan's Goodbye in 2022. She was then seen in the Netflix film, Mission Majnu. Her upcoming Hindi film is Animal co-starring Ranbir Kapoor

Telugu superstar Samantha Ruth Prabhu made her OTT debut with the Hindi web series, The Family Man 2 in 2021. She played the antagonist named Raji. Her next Hindi show will be Citadel opposite Varun Dhawan

Ileana D'Cruz started her career with Telugu cinema. She then branched out to Hindi films in 2012 with Barfi! co-starring Ranbir Kapoor. She did films like Main Tera Hero, Rustom and Raid in Hindi

Pooja Hegde has been balancing films in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. She started her career with the Telugu film titled Mugamoodi in 2012 and ventured into Bollywood with Mohenjo Daro in 2016

Taapsee Pannu's acting career began with the Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam in 2010. She entered Bollywood in 2013 with Chashme Baddoor. The actress has done Tamil films as well

Kajal Aggarwal was an established actress in the Telugu film fraternity with hits like Chandamama,  Magadheera, Darling and several others. Her Hindi debut, Singham in 2011 was also a blockbuster. Post that, she acted in a couple of films like Special 26

Rakul Preet Singh made her acting debut with the Kannada film Gilli. She ventured into Bollywood with Divya Khosla Kumar's Yaariyan in 2014

Trisha is popularly known for her Tamil and Telugu films. She made her Bollywood debut with Khatta Meetha in 2010

Raashii Khanna started her acting career with the Hindi political drama, Madras Cafe. She then went on to do films in Telugu and Tamil

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