There were days when star Bollywood beauties never used to show interest to star in South or Tollywood films. Many from Bollywood appeared in South films only to use as a platform to attain stardom in Bollywood. When Tollywood producers tried to rope in top Bollywood actresses, they used to avoid them by quoting high remuneration or citing dates problems. But now Bollywood actresses are showing immense interest to star in tollywood films.
The sensation of Baahubali and more recently Pushpa changed the outlook and also the mindset of Bollywood actresses. Janhavi who till now avoided Tollywood now expressed her desire to star in a Tollywood film and she will in all possibility make her Tollywood debut with Vijay Devarakonda's next under Puri Jagannath's direction. Ananya Pandey is set to make her debut with Vijay Devarakonda's Liger.
Alia Bhatt who romanced Ram Charan in RRR is showering praises on NTR and is all set to romance NTR in his next under Koratala Shiva's direction. Deepika Padukone who is romancing Prabhas in Project K expressed her desire to romance NTR and Allu Arjun in her next projects. Saiee Manjrekar is starring in Ghani and Major and is set to make waves in Tollywood.