It refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major languages of the region, namely — Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
This article lists notable families in the South Indian cinema, who have been involved in a variety of professions related to the film industry.
Akkineni Nageswara Rao and influential movie Mogul Daggubati Ramanaidu are the prominent heads of both families.
[1] Konidela–Allu is a prominent Indian film family known for their work in Telugu cinema.
Prominent heads of the family are actor-politician Chiranjeevi, and his father-in-law Allu Ramalingaiah.