Tamannaah Bhatia made her Bollywood debut with Chand Sa Roshan Chehra in the year 2005. After the film sank without a trace, she moved on to the South film industry.

Tamannaah made her Telugu debut in 'Sri', and in the following year she appeared in her first Tamil film, 'Kedi'. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, 'Happy Days' in Telugu and 'Kalloori' in Tamil, which both earned her critical acclaim.

After being part of the several commercially successful films, including 'Padikathavan' (2009), 'Ayan' (2009), 'Paiyaa' (2010) and 'Siruthai' (2011), Tamannaah started being referred to as the 'Queen of Kollywood'.

 She staged a successful comeback in Tollywood in 2011 with the romance film '100% Love' (2011), which won her several accolades. With blockbusters such as 'Rachcha' (2012) and 'Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu' (2012), she established herself as one of Tollywood's leading contemporary actresses.

She staged a successful comeback to Bollywood in 2013 with Sajid Khan's Himmatwala, opposite Ajay Devgn. She will next be seen opposite Akshay Kumar in a film, to be directed by writer duo Sajid-Farhad.