Meet these regional actors who are going to wow the audience pan-India

Actors doing crossover projects have picked up great momentum in the last few years. Hindi film actors are doing regional language films and vice-versa, the recent being Samantha Akkineni, who made an impressive debut in The Family Man 2 alongside Manoj Bajpayee.

Here’s a list of other regional actors who are set to debut in Hindi films or web series in 2021

The Army guy

Naga Chaitanya

Laal Singh Chaddha

South Indian star Naga Chaitanya, who is popularly known as Chay Akkineni, is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chaddha. Naga is currently in Ladakh, shooting for the film. He will be seen as an Army officer.

Jordaar debut

Shalini Pandey

Jayeshbhai Jordaar

After impressing with her innocence and amazing performance in Arjun Reddy, starring opposite Vijay Deverakonda, the South Indian beauty Shalini Pandey is now all geared up to make her debut in Bollywood with the electrifying actor Ranveer Singh in the upcoming movie Jayeshbhai Jordaar.

On a broad pitch

Jiiva – 83

Tamil actor Amar Choudary, who is popularly known as Jiiva, is all set to make his Bollywood debut with the much-awaited sports drama 83. Jiiva will be seen portraying the character of real-life cricketing hero Kris Srikkanth. Directed by Kabir Khan, the film is based on the real-life sporting event when India won the cricket World Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of the legendary Kapil Dev.

Creating hungama

Pranitha Subhash

Bhuj: The Pride of India

After making her mark in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil language films, Pranitha Subhash makes her Bollywood debut this year with not just one, but two films. She was recently seen in Hungama 2 and her next upcoming Hindi movie is the war film Bhuj: The Pride of India, which will premiere on Disney Hotstar on August 13. Interestingly, both Hindi films are having a direct-to-OTT release.

On a mission

Rashmika Mandanna – Mission Majnu

South Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna is set to storm Bollywood with multiple projects in the pipeline. Rashmika, who has been a part of several Telugu and Kannada blockbuster movies, will be seen opposite Siddharth Malhotra in Mission Majnu. The buzz is that she is also going to be a part of ‘Good-Bye’ co-starring Amitabh Bachchan.

Quite a beginning

Wamiqa Gabbi – Baahubali: Before the Beginning

Wamiqa Gabbi, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi films, recently made her debut in Hindi entertainment industry with web series Grahan.

The actress is now set to play young Sivagami in the magnum opus and the third instalment by SS Rajamouli, titled Baahubali: Before the Beginning. Wamiqa also has a series, Mai, on Netflix.