By Entertainment Desk | September 14, 2025
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Pooja Hegde, successful in Tamil and Telugu cinema, debuted in Bollywood with Hrithik Roshan’s Mohenjo Daro (2016). Despite Ashutosh Gowariker’s direction, the period film flopped miserably.
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Tamannaah Bhatia, a South cinema favourite, made her Bollywood debut with Chand Sa Roshan Chehra (2005). Later, Himmatwala (2013) with Ajay Devgn also failed commercially.
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Malavika Mohanan, a promising South actress, ventured into Hindi cinema with Yudhra opposite Siddhant Chaturvedi. Sadly, the action film flopped and failed to impress Hindi audiences.
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Rashmika Mandanna’s Bollywood debut, Goodbye, with Amitabh Bachchan, couldn’t recreate the charm, leaving audiences unimpressed with her pan-India entry.
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Shalini Pandey was praised in Arjun Reddy. However, her Bollywood debut opposite Ranveer Singh in Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022) didn’t succeed, failing to leave a mark at the box office.
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Shriya Saran debuted in Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum (2004), which flopped. She later achieved success in Bollywood with films like the Drishyam franchise opposite Ajay Devgn.
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Keerthy Suresh entered Bollywood with Varun Dhawan’s Baby John. Despite her South fame, the film failed commercially, making her Hindi debut less impactful.
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Trisha Krishnan debuted opposite Akshay Kumar in Khatta Meetha (2010), a remake of a Malayalam classic. The Priyadarshan-directed film performed below expectations at the box office.
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Shruti Haasan’s Bollywood debut Luck (2009) with Imran Khan and Sanjay Dutt couldn’t recover its Rs 37 crore budget, earning only Rs 34 crores and flopping at the box office.