Saturday, August 9, 2008

Nayanthara



Career

Nayanthara was born on 8th November 1984 as an Orthodox Syrian Christian in Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. She did her schooling at various parts of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) as her father was an Air Force Official. She joined Balikamadom High School, Thiruvalla for +2, then joined Marthoma college in Thiruvalla for her bachelors degree (English Literature). While at college, she was spotted by director Satyan Anthikkad and cast opposite Jayaram in Mansinakkare. Afterwards, she co-starred alongside Mohanlal in Naatturajaavu and in Fazil's Vismayathumbathu. She was also cast with Mammootty in Thaskaraveeran (Dubbed into Tamil as Yuvaraj) and Raapakal.

She has also starred in several Tamil and Telugu movies. She was cast opposite Sarath Kumar in Ayya and with Rajnikanth in Chandramukhi. Her later films are Vallavan (Tamil), Gajini (Tamil), Yogi (Telugu) etc flopped except Ghajini. She regained her throne in Kollywood through Billa in 2007. Her next movie Yaaradi Nee Mohini was a stupendous success and she became the Queen of Kollywood next to Trisha Krishnan. Nayanthara is currently a leading star in Southern Cinema, with leading roles in films with Rajnikanth - Kuselan, with Ajith Kumar - Aegan, with Vijay - Villu, with Vishal - Sathyam. She is currently the highest paid South Indian actress. She was paid Rs. 1 crore for Sathyam, Kuselan and Aegan.

Personal life

Nayantara created headlines when publicity posters of her movie Vallavan sprung up around Chennai showing her Vallavan co-star, Silambarasan and her kissing, who she was rumoured as involved with at the time. However,the pair broke up citing differences soon after the film was released.Further controversy was created when rumours leaked out that the plot of Silambarasan's forthcoming film, Kettavan, was based on the couple's true love story.




Filmography

Year Film Co-Stars Director Language Role Other notes
2003 Manassinakkare Jayaram Sathyan Anthikad Malayalam Gauri
2004 Vismayathumbathu Mohanlal Fazil Malayalam Reetha Mathews
Natturajavu Mohanlal Shaji Kailas Malayalam Katrina
2005 Ayya Sarath Kumar, Prakashraj Hari Tamil Selvi
Chandramukhi Rajnikanth, Jyothika, Prabhu Ganesan, Vineeth P. Vasu Tamil Durga Dubbed into Telugu as Chandramukhi
Thaskara Veeran Mammootty Pappan Pramod Malayalam Thankamani Dubbed into Tamil as Yuvaraj
Rappakal Mammootty Kamal Malayalam Gauri
Ghajini Surya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal A. R. Murugadoss Tamil Chitra Dubbed into Telugu as Ghazini
Sivakasi Vijay, Asin Thottumkal Perarasu Tamil Nayanthara Cameo Appearance
2006 Kalvanin Kadhali S. J. Suryah Tamilvaanan Tamil Haritha
Lakshmi Venkatesh, Charmme Kaur V. V. Vinayak Telugu Nandhini Dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi
Boss Akkineni Nagarjuna, Poonam Bajwa V.N. Aditya Telugu Anuradha Dubbed into Malayalam as Boss - I Love You
Vallavan Silambarasan, Sandhya, Reema Sen Silambarasan Tamil Swapna Dubbed into Telugu as Vallavan
Thalaimagan Sarath Kumar Sarath Kumar Tamil Meghala
E Jeeva S. P. Jhananathan Tamil Jothy
2007 Yogi Prabhas V.V. Vinayak Telugu Nandini Dubbed into Malayalam as Yogi
Dubai Seenu Ravi Teja Srinu Vaitla Telugu Madhumathi Dubbed into Malayalam as Dubai Seenu
Sivaji: The Boss Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran Shankar Tamil Guest Role Cameo Appearance
Dubbed into Telugu as Sivaji
Tulasi Venkatesh Boyapati Srinu Telugu Vasundhara Ram
Billa Ajith Kumar, Namitha Vishnuvardhan Tamil Sasha
2008 Yaaradi Nee Mohini Dhanush Jawahar Tamil Keerthi
Kuselan Rajnikanth P. Vasu Tamil Nayantara Made simultaneously in Telugu as Kathanayakudu
Sathyam Vishal Krishna Rajesekhar Tamil Deivalakshmi Filming
Twenty: 20 Mammooty, Mohanlal Joshy Malayalam
Cameo appearance
Filming
Aegan Ajith Kumar Raju Sundaram Tamil
Filming
Villu Joseph Vijay Prabhu Deva Tamil
Filming