Chiranjeevi is the biggest Telugu star of his generation but his Bollywood career never took off. All his three Hind films – Pratibandh, Aaj Ka Goonda Raj, and Gentleman – were flops
Malayam superstar Mammootty made his Bollywood debut in 1993 with Dhartiputra but the film flopped, as did the 2005 comeback attempt Sau Jhooth Ek Sach
After Bombay and Roja made him a pan-India star, Arvind Swamy tried his luck in Hindi with Saat Rang Ke Sapne but this and his next two films flopped badly
Vikram made his Hindi debut with Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and went on to appear in the 2013 release David but neither film did wonders at the box office
Prithviraj Sukumaran debuted in Bollywood with Aiyaa and went on to do Aurangzeb and Naam Shabana, none of which were hits
After Baahubali’s success, Prabhas tried his hand at pan-India Telugu-Hindi bilngual films in Saaho and Adipurush but both films tanked at the box office
Despite a good beginning to his Bollywood career with Rang De Basanti, Siddharth failed to make a mark in Hindi films while finding success down south
Ram Charan made his Hindi debut opposite Priyanka Chopra in the 2013 remake of Zanjeer. The film flopped and the actor never starred in another Bollywood film again
Vijay Deverakonda marked his Bollywood debut with the ambitious sports drama Liger but could not replicate his Telugu cinema success up north