Perhaps lack of chances in the Telugu film industry made the local actresses to head kollywood. Telugu native actresses like Swathi,Anjali, Sri Divya, Anandhi are bagging the more opportunities from tamil producers than telugu.
VJ turned actress, Swati used to play supporting roles, before she made her debut as the female lead in a tamil film called subhramaniapuram. She got applause for her performance from critics. Then the actress got an offer from telugu film makers to play the lead role in Asta chemma movie.
The other actresses have different stories Anjali, Sri Divya and Anandhi have made their debuts as the heroines in telugu, But all of their movies were bombed at the box office. The offers from Telugu movie makers were nill owing to lack of hits. So, the local actresses headed kollywood to bag the offers. Anjali has earned a good success in tamil and Sri divya is now a busy heroine. Anandhi just made her entrance into kollywood.
Some cine personalities says that It’s not only paucity of opportunities but also the inhibitions. Most of our telugu film makers demand north actresses owing to they don’t have inhibition to do lip locks and other sensual scnes. Moreover,the local viewers encourages glamour doll than girl next door.
Let’s see how long these telugu actresses survive in tamil industry.