Tollywood has proved to be not only a launch pad but also a sort of a lucky gateway for many starlets. Some of the top heroine in Bollywood and elsewhere will vouch for this. Heroines like Sridevi , Jayaprada and even Hema Malini acted in Telugu films first before making it big elsewhere.

Aishwarya Rai also acted in an item song in a Telugu film before making it big in Bollywood. The same is the case with the late Divya Bharathi, Khushboo, Namitha etc. Tabu also began her career with the Telugu film Coolie No. 1. The sentiment continues to work for heroines even till this day.