South Indian Actresses in Hindi Movies: What about the Actors?
South Indian actresses always played a vital role in Hindi movies. WE should remember Ragini, Padmini, Vyajayantimala, Hema Malini, Rekha,Sridevi, Jayaprada who ruled Hindi film industry for many decades. In recent decades a new batch of south Indian actresses including Shilpa Shetty, Aishvarya Rai, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukon, Genelia D'Souza, Asin and many others appeared in Hindi movies.
Please have a look at the brief history of the first batch of South Indian actresses in Hindi films at: South Indian Actresses in Hindi Movies
Now, the question is why the south Indian actors are not so popular in Hindi films? (There are some exceptions, like Rajani Kant, Kamal Hassan, Sunil Shetty etc.).