Any film industry anywhere in the world will have actors coming from different backgrounds, language and culture playing the roles on screen. Telugu industry is not an exception when it comes to boasting talents from different states and regions.
What’s so shocking is that audiences don’t even know that some celebrities are not even born Telugu or nowhere close to Telugu until they got their first chance here. In the olden days and now, heroine Jamuna is looked up as a big Telugu icon after Savitri, but she’s a born Kannadiga. At the same time, character artist Sudha, who is popular for playing mother to many heroes, is a Tamilian. Fluent Telugu anchor Suma is a Malayalee and Charmi who speaks fluent Telugu is not a Hyderabadi but shifted to here from Mumbai for a film career.
The likes of Prakash Raj and Pavitra Lokesh also hail from Kannada though they have settled down here in Hyderabad, making it their second home. Hero Raja who has already quit films is also Tamilian who could speak Telugu fluently due to his stay in Vizag.
One twist is that actress Pragathi who is popular for her mother roles is known in the industry as Tamil girl who used to fly here earlier from Chennai. But she’s a Telugu lady who is born and brought up in Hyderabad. Dot.