Actress Nayantara Profile

Nick Name:  Nayan 

Birth Name : Diana Mariam Kurien

Education: B.A (English Literature)

Date of Birth (Birthday): 8th Nov 1984

Height:  5′4

Weight:  54 Kg

Hair Color:  Black

Birth Place:  Thiruvalla (Kerala)

Religion: Hindu

Marital Status:  Single

Languages:  English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam

Hobbies:  Listening to Music, Love to Travel

Family Background

Father’s Name: Kurian Kodiyattu

Mother’s Name: OmanaBrother’s Name: Lenu  Film Background (Filmography)

Debut Film:  Manassinakkare (Malayalam)

Other Facts:  

She also knows classical dance Favourites

Favourite Dish/ Recipes: North Indian Food

Favorite Actors:  All Heroes

Favourite Color: Black

Likes: Self Confidence, Honesty

Hobbies: Listening to Music, Love to Travel 

Biography :

Ambitious and hardworking, Nayanthara entered the tinsel world debuting in the Malayalam film 'Manassinakkare'(2003), directed by Sathyan Anthikad opposite Jayaram. The Kerala-born Christian girl from Tiruvalla, whose real name is Diana Kurien, had completed her B.A. Literature and was doing her Chartered Accountancy when films beckoned her. Her striking appearance and acting talent was appreciated by the Kerala audience. The huge commercial success of 'Manassinakkare' helped her career in a big way.

Then came her second film, 'Vismayathumbath'(2004) by Fazil, with super star Mohanlal. Though the film did not fare well at the box office, Nayanthara became a notable actress in Kerala film industry. Her pretty looks captured the attention of Malayalam film buffs. Eventually it paved her way to Tamil films.

Nayan is a self confident person and is always found calm. The pretty actress stepped into Tamil films with 'Ayya' (2005) where Sarat Kumar was her hero. Her second release in Tamil was the much awaited 'Chandramukhi' where she paired with superstar Rajnikanth. Strangely her pairings initially have all been with senior heroes. In between she came back to the Malayalam industry with two films Thaskaraveeran (2005) and Raapakal (2005) where Mammootty was her hero.

After crossing the border from Malayalam to other languages, she changed her 'seedha sadha' image and started taking up glamorous roles. Nayanthara and Simbu's intimate life-sized posters in 'Vallavan' (2006)created shock waves in Chennai. Similar excitement resulted when glamorous posters of 'Kalvanin Kadhali' were posted all over Chennai. Her maiden Telugu film 'Lakshmi'(2006) made a big splash at the box office. The same year she also acted in another Telugu movie 'Boss' (2006) opposite Nagarjuna in which she rocked Tollywood with her sexy outfits.

In the year 2007, her biggest blockbuster in Tamil was 'Billa' with Ajith in the lead. She also acted in the movie 'Yaradhi Nee Mohini' with Dhanush as a hero and Jawahar as the director, which was released in the year 2008.

Nayantara is one of the very few actresses, who can strike a balance between glamour and homely roles in movies. She played the role of a household girl in films like 'Manassinakkare', 'Ayya' and 'Chandramukhi'. However in contrast, she took to glamour and enthralled film-buffs in E, Thalaimagan, Vallavan, Billa and Tulsi . She is keen on doing a role in an off-beat movie and would like to dub in her own voice for the film.

Her versatile performance and immense dancing skills has won a lot of hearts and career wise she is riding high in south Indian films. This glamour queen has become one of the busiest as well as the highest paid actresses in the Southern film industry today.

Hot facts in Biography

# She won the Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002.

# The tamil actress Nayanthara is graduated in Literature. [B.A]

# Her name ‘Nayanthara’ means “Eyes like Stars”.

# Nayanthara made her film debut in Malayalam film “Manasinakkare”, its her favorite film.

# Her hobbies include reading books, listening to music, traveling, seeing new places and long drives.

# Her favorite color is Black.

# She loves North Indian food.

# Nayanthara has split with her boyfriend, actor/director Silambarasan in 2006.

# Her father was an Air Force Official.

# She worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies.

# The tamil hot actress made a special appearance in the super hit film “Sivaji” through the first song “Ballelakka”.

# She is a very good dancer.

# The actress came to limelight in a very short period of time and has become one of the top stars in the Telugu industry.

# She wanted to pursue CA [Charted Accountant] but had to give it up inorder to meet the commitments in the film industry.

# After breaking up with her boyfriend, actor/director Silambarasan she was guarded by the security personnel for few months. [2007]

# “There is no reason for this break-up. Anyway I am slowly reconciling myself to life without Nayanthara. She will not be there with me any longer but God is there for me! I have to take it in my stride and move on. It’s fine with me though I don’t want to issue any statement and hurt her by hitting back. My feeling for Nayan was genuine” -Silambarasan [About Nayanthara] 

Tamil Actress Nayanthara quotes

# “Being an actress is not easy. Everything in show business happens in a flash. If your films do well, everybody is at your doorstep and if a film flops no one bothers to call you up.”

# “I am very sensitive person. When things don’t go my way I get upset and immediately it shows on my face.”

# “I’ve begun my career working with older heroes. The people I had been fan of, I now work with them. It’s a great opportunity for me.”

# “God is my biggest supporter. I am not a fanatic but have a lot of faith and is a God fearing person. All what I am today is due to God”

# “Yes, we have decided to go our own way. I will not be doing another film with Simbu in future.It’s an official break up!” [Nov 2006] 

Nayanthara best movie list

• Manassinakkare [ Jayaram , Nayantara ]
• Ayya [ Sarath Kumar , Nayantara , Prakashraj , Nepolean and Vadivelu ]
• Chandramukhi [ Rajini Kanth , Prabhu Ganesan , Jyothika , Nayantara , Vineeth , Malavika , Vadivelu , Nassar , Sonu Sood , Vijayakumar ]
• Ghajini [ Surya Sivakumar , Asin , Nayantara , Pradeep Rawat , Mano Bala , Riyaz Khan]
• Kalvanin Kadhali [ S.J. Suryah , Nayantara , Vivek , Pyramid Natarajan ]
• Lakshmi [ Venkatesh , Nayantara , Charmy Kaur , Sayaji Shinde , Pradeep Rawat ]
• Boss, I Love You [ Akkineni Nagarjuna , Nayantara , Poonam Bhajwa , Shriya Saran , Sayaji Shinde , Ali ]
• Vallavan [ Silambarasan , Nayantara , Reema Sen , Sandhya , Sathian and Santhanam ]
• Thalaimagan [ Sarath Kumar , Nayan Thara , Seema Biswas , Vadivelu , Mukesh Tinwani and Vijayakumar ]
• Yogi [ Prabhas , Nayan Thara , Kota Srinivasa Rao , Pradeep Rawat , Sharada Urvashi , Ali ]
• Dubai Seenu [ Ravi Teja , Nayan Thara , Krishna Bhagavaan ]
• Sivaji [ Rajini Kanth , Shriya Saran , Suman , Vivek , Raghuvaran , Manivannan , Nayan Thara , Solomon Pappayya ]
• Billa [ Ajith Kumar, Prabhu, Nayantara]
• aaradi Nee Mohini  [Dhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran]
• Aadhavan  [ Surya, Nayantara]