SOUTH SIDE: Actress Nayanthara

PROFILE

Name: Nayanthara
Meaning of her name: Starry Eyes
Nick Names: Mani, Nayan
Profession: Actress and model
Date of Birth: Nov 8, 1984
Birth Place: Thiruvilla in Kerala INDIA

Height: 5'4"
Weight: 55 kg
Mother Tongue: Malayalam
Religion: Christian
Education: B.A. Literature
College: Marthama College, Kerala
Father: Kurian Kodiyattu
Mother: Omana Kurian
Brother: Lenu Kodiyattu
Introduction: Tamil: Director Hari of the film 'Ayya' saw her in one of her Malayalam films.
Malayalam: Seeing her ads in Malayalam magazines Sathyan Anthikad invited her to act in his film.

Debut Film Hero:
Tamil - Ayyaa SarathKumar
Malayalam - Manasinakkare Jayaram
About Tamil filmdom It is a big industry and remuneration is high. Gives more importance to glamour elements and songs.

Favorite Color: Black
Attire: Saris
Place: Bangalore
Food: North indian dishes and spicy food
Film: Manasinakkare
Hobbies: Music, Reading, loves traveling and going for long drives.
Salary Tamil films: 20 lakhs
Telugu films: 40 lakhs
Award: Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002
Aim: "Whatever I do, I should do it perfectly and correctly"
Address: Miss. Nayanthara Kodiyattu House, Near Pushpagiri Hospital
Thiruvalla

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Nayathara entered the tinsel world debuting in the Malayalam film 'Manassinakkare', directed by Sathyan Anthikad opposite Jayaram (2003). 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 has become a noted actress in Kerala film industry. Her pretty looks captured the attention of Malayalam film buffs. She again did a film with Mohanlal, "Natturajavu".

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. Barely out of her teens and hardly a year in the industry, nayantara seems to have done good career-wise. But strangely her pairings have all been with senior heroes. In between she came back to the Malayalam industry with two films Thaskaraveeran and Raapakal where Mammootty was her hero.

After crossing the border she has changed her 'seedha sadha' image and has started taking up glamorous roles. Nayanthara and Simbu's intimate life-sized posters in "Vallavan" created shock waves in Chennai. Similar excitement resulted when glamorous posters of "Kalvanin Kadhali" were posted all over Chennai. Her maiden Telugu film 'Lakshmi' has made a big splash in Tollywood. This glamour queen is one of the busiest actresses in the southern film industry today.