Unlike Bollywood, Malayalam film industry is quite different. Malayalam films portray realistic issues with familial themes without losing the flavor of entertainment.

Amazing actresses like Sharada, Shobhana, Geethu Mohandas, Padmapriya, Kavya Madhavan have all excelled in Malayalam art films delivering brilliant performances. Some of these actresses have won national awards for their amazing performances. Sharada won thrice in 1969, 1973 and 1979; Shobhana won twice in 1994 and 2002, Monisha in 1987 and Meera Jasmine in 2003. These very actresses also gave wonderful performances in box office formula movies.

Art films & commercial movies have perfectly complemented each other giving a whole new dimension to the Malayalam film industry. Thanks to the great actresses like Sharada, Shobhana, Meera Jasmine, Gopika and many others who perfectly gelled into both the genre of movies. The present generation of Malayalam actresses who are dazzling beauties and going places in Malayalam films as well as in other South Indian language films are hot Nayantara, Asin, Meera Jasmine, cute Kavya Madhavan, Abhirami, sensuous Samyukta Varma, talented Mamta Mohandas, Padmapriya, buxom beauty Gopika, beautiful Bhavana, hot Navya Nair, Vimala Raman and several others.

Hot Nayanthara who made her debut in Malayalam films 'Manassinakkare' starring Jayaram in 2003 went on to become one of the top actresses in South Indian language films starring alongside the likes of Mohanlal, Mammootty in Malayalam films, Rajnikanth, Sarath Kumar, Surya Sivakumar in Tamil films, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Prabhas & Ravi Teja in Telugu films.

Another Malayalee-born actress cute Asin became a top actress in Tamil and Telugu films. Her bollywood movie 'Ghajini' starring Aamir Khan became one of the biggest hits of the year and Asin became the most sought-after actress in bollywood. Hot Asin is now bracketed among the top actresses in Bollywood too.

Meera Jasmine, the ravishing beauty who looks like your next-door girl is one of the finest actresses that Malayalam film industry has ever produced. Her critically acclaimed performances in a number of films have won her nearly forty awards which include a National Film Award, two Kerala Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards and several others. Cute Meera Jasmine is today one of the top actresses reigning in all the four South Indian language movies.

Kavya Madhavan who grew up with Malayalam films as a child artiste has performed alongside great actors like Mammootty, Mohanlal, Dileep, Vineeth. After performing in nearly fifty movies Kavya has decided to call it day soon after her marriage recently.

The other hot name doing the rounds in Malayalam films is Mamta Mohandas, who is multi-talented. She is an actress and a singer who was trained in both Carnatic and Hindustani classical forms of music. Hot Mamta since her debut in Malayalam film 'Mayookham' in 2005 has appeared in a number of Telugu films and a couple of Tamil films as well. Mamta who gave wonderful performances in films have also sung the most popular hit songs in Telugu. Her sensuous-sounding foot-tapping number 'Aakalesthe Annam Pedatha' is still a rage with the Telugu audiences.

Besides Nayanthara, Meera Jasmine there are several other hot Malayalam actresses like cute Abhirami, talented Padmapriya, buxom beauty Gopika, ravishing beauty Trisha Krishnan, beautiful Bhavana, hot Navya Nair and Vimala Raman have all made South Indian films richer and more vibrant with their amazing acting talents. The latest beauty to hit the Malayalam films is Sanusha who hails from Pallikunnu, Kannur in Kerala. Expectations are high on hot n cute Sanusha as she is said to replace Kavya Madhavan who bade good bye to films soon after her marriage.

Once an actors-dominated industry, now the Malayalam film industry seems to have entered a new phase with the actresses taking the centre-stage in turning Malayalam films into box office blockbusters. Malayalam films indeed look rosy, bright n hot these days.