India, Feb. 5 -- Gone are the days when the south Indian film industries were considered the poor cousins of Hindi cinema. Over the last decade, the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam film industries have routinely beaten Hindi films at the box office. This has also led to a growth in the stature of south stars, some of whom are now rivalling top Bollywood superstars in terms of wealth. The richest star from down south is actually wealthier than most of Bollywood. (Also read: World's richest actor has only one hit but $1.4 billion net worth, is richer than Tom Cruise and Shah Rukh Khan)

Telugu superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni is currently the richest South Indian actor. According to Moneycontrol, Nagarjuna has a net worth of $410 million ...