Most of the so called big actors whether from Tamil Or Hindi acted first in Kannada movies; Ex.Rajanikanth - sahodarara saval/Munithai etc Kamal Hassan - Many movies Anil Kapur - Pallavi Anupallavi Akshay Kumar - Vishnu vijaya Amrish Puri - Kadu Ompuri - Kadu Naseerudin Sha - Kadu
The list is big if you have doubt go and check with the Film archives in New Delhi maintained by the Government Of INdia
