7 South Indian Actresses You Didn't Know Debuted in Bollywood

Asin Thottumkal

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Tamannaah Bhatia

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Kajal Aggarwal

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Ileana D'Cruz

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Trisha Krishnan

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Shriya Saran

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Samantha Akkineni

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