Priyanka Chopra's grand mother is a Malayali Christian. Aishwarya Rai's first hero was Mohanlal . Sunny Leone's first hero in debut film was Nishant Sagar, a Malayali actor.. Samantha first film was directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and she played a Malayali in the film.
Priyanka Chopra's maternal grandmother is Mary John from `Kavalappara' family belonging to Syrian Jacobite Church in Kumarakom , famous for the backwaters and near Kottayam located in Central Kerala. She married a Bihar politician Dr M K Akhouri and changed her name to Madhu Jyotsna Akhouri. Her daughter is Dr Madhu Chopra. Priyanka's grandmother said in an interview that her relatives who visited her used to speak in Malayalam to Priyanka and she had picked up a few words. Priyanka and her brother Siddharth along with her mother were at the funeral held in a church in Poonkunam at Kottayam. It was her grandmother's last wish to be cremated at the church ground of her birth place.
Aishwarya Rai\s first film she signed was Mani Rathnam!s Iruvar and the hero was Mohanlal, Later she signed a Hindi film with Bobby Deol as hero. Both the films were box office failures. Actress Rohini dubbed for Aishwarya Rai in Iruvar. She played the dual role of Pushpavalli and Kalpana ( Jayalalithaa).
The debut feature film that Sunny Leone acted was a Indo American film Pirates Blood . That film was directed by Mark Rating from hollywood, and Gulab Prem was its producer. Cinematography was done by Ramachandra Babu. That film was shot mainly in America and India. Nishanth Sagar who debuted in a film Jokker with Deliep was the hero. After this Hollywood film, Sunny signed the Hindi film Jism 2. The film was shot in 2006- 2007 and post production was done in Chennai. Pattanam Rasheed was the makeup man. The film is gearing for a theater release in India. Sunny is acting in a Malayalam film Shero directed by Kuttanadan Marappa fame director Sreejith Vijayan.
Samantha made her debut as leading lady in a Telugu film Ye Maaye Cheesave directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It was a remake of his hit Tamil film Vinnai thandi Varuvaaya and Samantha played Jessie a Malayali Christian girl. She won the Andhra Nandi award for her debut film.
Katrina Kaif had played the lead opposite Mammooty in Balram v/s Tharadas,a Malayalam film directed by I V Sasi.
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