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Nayantara alias Diana
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Born (1984-11-08) November 8, 1984 (age 39)
OccupationActress
Websitehttp://nayanthara.sifymax.com/home/

Diana Mariam Kurien born in 1984 in Kerala, India), popularly known as Nayanthara [1] (Tamil : நயநதாரா),meaning "Eyes like Stars", is a south Indian actress and has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Nayantara has completed her BA Literature. She got an offer to act in a Malayalam film "Manasinakkare" directed by Sathyan Anthikkad in which she paired opposite to Jayaram. The film was a great hit in Kerala. This paved the way for her entry into Tamil Cinema. She is a self confident person and is always found calm. Her hobbies are reading books and listening to music. Her favorite color is Black. She loves North Indian and Chinese cuisines. She is comfortable working with all the heroes and fully involves herself in whatever role she does and this obviously is the reason for her success in the field.

Career

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Nayantara as portrayed as Sasha in Billa

She 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 (Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Punjab and Karnataka) 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). She became interested in acting after getting good exposure from college. She admits herself that the encouragement her friend Mahesh Kadammanitta gave, helped her a lot to improve. While at college, she was chosen by director Satyan Anthikkad and was cast opposite Jayaram in Mansinakkare. After that, she played a ghost who falls in love with the hero Mohanlal in Fazil's Vismayathumbathu. She played opposite Sarath Kumar in Ayya. She acted with Rajnikanth in Chandramukhi. Her later films are Natturaajavu (Malayalam), Thaskaraveeran (Malayalam), Vallavan (Tamil), Gajini (Tamil), Yogi (Telugu) etc. She is now busy in the Tamil & Telugu film industry. She was admired by many for her bold acting in the latest Tamil flick Billa.

Personal life

Relationships

Nayantara's first relationship created headlines when publicity posters sprung up around Chennai of her Vallavan co-star, Silambarasan and her kissing. However, despite maintaining a high-profile relationship, involving the press, the pair broke up soon after the film was released citing differences. Nonetheless, after the break-up, pictures were released anonymously of the pair kissing each other at Nayantara's apartment. 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
Vallavan Silambarasan, Sandhya, Reema Sen Silambarasan Tamil Swapna
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, Vivek, Suman 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 Filming
Sathyam Vishal Rajesekhar Tamil Filming
Sadhu Balakrishna Gunasekhar Telugu Announced
Twenty: 20 Mammooty, Mohanlal Joshy Malayalam Cameo appearance
Filming
Raja Vesham Vikram Boopathy Pandian Tamil Announced

References

  1. ^ "Nayantara Pairs With Karthi". Nayantaraonline.info. Retrieved 11 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)