Who is Nayanthara
Nayanthara is an Indian actress and film actress known for her work in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. She made her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikad’s Malayalam film Manassinakkare in 2003, a financial success that helped her land more shows.
Nayanthara Biography
Born on November 18, 1984, Nayanthara is 38 years old in 2023. She was born and brought up in an upper class Malayali Christian family in Thiruvalla, Kerala. Her birth name was Diana Mariam Kurian, but after she converted to Hinduism, her stage name Nayanthara became her real name. She has Indian citizenship and believes in Christian-Hindu religion.
She did her early education at Balikamadom Girls High School, Thiruvalla and went to different schools in different parts of northern India as her father was an Indian Air Force officer. Therefore, they moved to different cities for his work. He then attended Marthoma College, Thiruvalla where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. She wanted to be an actress and model from a young age and wanted to pursue her career in the South Indian film industry.
Her Carrer
Nayanthara started her career with the Malayalam film Manassinakkare in 2003, followed by Vismayathumbath and Natturajavu. After his success in Malayalam films, he got offers from the Tamil film industry. She made her Tamil debut with the film Ayya (2005).
Her life changed when She starred in Chandramukhi, which ran for more than 800 days in theatres, eventually making him one of the most sought-after actors in Tamil. Not only that, she starred in AR Murugadoss’ Ghajini, which became a box office hit.
After achieving success in the Tamil and Malayalam industry, she entered Lakshmi in Telugu in 2006. In 2011, Nayanthara portrayed Sita in Sri Rama Rajyam, the Hindu epic Ramayana, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu.
Later in 2013, She acted in the lead roles in Raja Rani and Nazriya Nazim which is also an actress. Nayanthara continued her career and acted in some hit films like Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, Puthiya Niyamam, Aramm.
She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Tamil for Raja Rani (2013), Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015) and Aramm (2017). Nayanthara has acted in many movies and recently she has done amazing movies like Bigil and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. In Bigil, she worked with Varsha Bollamma and Vijay. She is working on big films like Darbar with superstar Rajnikanth and Nivetha Thomas which will be released in 2020.
Off Screen Work
Nayanthara is a social activist and supports many social causes. He gave a sum of Rs. 5 lakhs to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund during the 2012 Cyclone Storm Thane, Tamil Nadu. During the COVID-19 pandemic, She donated Rs 20 lakh to the South Indian film industry to help with daily gambling. Apart from these, he does various charitable works. She is also an Indian culture enthusiast and participated in the 2017 pro-jallikattu protest in Chennai with her husband Vignesh Shivan.
In 2021, Nayanthara, along with renowned dermatologist Dr. Renita Rajan, started ‘The Lip Balm Company’, a gender neutral lip care business. She is about to enter her skincare line with her brand name “9Skin”.
In addition, it has endorsed brands and products such as Tanishq, a Fipola brand. She is about to enter her skincare line with her brand name “9Skin”. In addition, he has endorsed brands and products such as Tanishq, backpacking brand Fipola and GRT Jewelers.
In 2021, Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan started their Rowdy Pictures production project with “Kaathuvakula Rendu Kadhal” (2022).
Nayanthara net worth
In 2023, Nayanthara will be worth more than $20 million. She pays huge amount as remuneration for every movie She does and is considered as one of the highest paid actors in Kollywood. Tata sky paid him a sum of INR 8 crore to act in the second TVC of the year 2017.
She is also one of the bank actors and the company also earns a lot of money from endorsement deals. very expensive. Since her debut in showbiz, Nayanthara has established herself a place in the industry, winning the hearts of millions of viewers.
Nayanthara owns a few luxury cars including BMW X5 and Audi Q7. He recently bought a nice house in Chennai and also has a nice house in his hometown Kerala.
Facts about Nayanthara
- She was born into a Syrian Malayali Christian family, although in 2011 he converted to Hinduism at the Aarya Samaj Temple in Chennai.
- As Nayanthara’s father was associated with the Indian Air Force, she grew up in different cities of India like Gujarat, Chennai and Delhi. Nayanthara was the first contestant for Best Model in 2003 in Kerala.
- During her college days, she was spotted by director Sathyan Anthikkad and later cast her in Malayalam films.
- Her 2005 film Chandramukhi was such a blockbuster that it was the longest running South Indian film with over 800 theatrical runs.
- Nayanthara got her breakout role as Goddess Seetha in the film Sri Rama Rajyam for which she won a Nandi and Filmfare Award.
- If she was not an actress, then Nayanthara would have been a professional accountant.