Nayantara Hot In Saree Biography
Source(google.com.pk)Nayantara was born as Diana Mariam Kurien in a Malayali Nasrani (Syrian Christian) family to an Indian Army Officer father, Kurien Kodiyattu, and Omana Kurien, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She has a brother, Leno, who resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
After her father's retirement the family settled down in Kerala where she continued with her college studies but she did her schooling in several schools in Chennai, Jamnagar, Delhi, and Gujarat.
During the year 2003, while still in college, she was spotted by director Sathyan Anthikkad who cast her in a Malayalam movie. Two years later, she went on to act in Tamil and Telugu movies. As she became popular she also appeared in Kannada language movies.
She soon acquired the reputation of acting opposite male actors who are almost twice as old. She starred in her first Malyalam film opposite Jayaram, and then in "Chandramukhi" with renowned Indian actor Rajnikanth, then with other aging actors like Sarath Kumar, Mohanlal, and Mammotty.
She has been cast to play the lead role in a much younger Simbu's directorial debut, in which he also has the lead role. Nayanthara and Simbu's intimate life-sized posters created shock waves in Chennai, which were subsequently pulled down by the police. Similar excitement resulted when glamorous life-sized posters were posted all over Chennai
this time with her co-star S.J. Surya.
During September 2010, Prabhu Deva, publicly declared his love for her, even though he was married to Ramalath and had three children. After a bitter and contested court battle, the couple was divorced during July 2011.
On August 7, 2011, Diana, a Jacobite Christian, converted to Hinduism at the Arya Samaj Mandir in Chennai and her screen-named is now her formal official name.
With her attractive looks and talent, it is no wonder that she is one of the most popular and sought after actresses in the South Indian film industry.
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Trivia (5)
Nayantara means "star eyes".
Completed her B.A. in Literature. Was not able to continue with her C.A. studies though due to her film commitments.
Her favorite film is Manassinakkare (2003).
Won the Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002.
Hails from Thiruvalla, a small town in Kerala where her parents, Kurian and Omana Kodiyattu, settled after her father retired from the defense service. She has one brother, Lenu, who lives in Dubai.
Personal Quotes (1)
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.
Date of birth: 18 November 1984
Present age:26
Place of birth: Bangalore
Original name: Diana Mariam Kurian
Occupation: Actress, Model
Years active: 2003- present
Debut Malayalam film: Manassinakkare
Debut Tamil film: Ayya
Debut Telugu film: Lakshmi
Debut Kannada Film: Super
Qualification: BA Literature
Awards won: Asianet award for best female new face of the year, Vijay award for favorite heroine, Asianet award for best actress.
Father: Kurian Kodiyattu
Mother: Omana Kurian
Brother: Leno
Nayantara is a famous Indian actress whose original name is Diana Mariam Kurian. Kerala people are always familiar with the name Nayantara. Eventhough she is basically from Kerala, this talented actress is now popular all over India. She was born to Kurian Kodiyattu & Omana Kurian in the year 18 November 1984 at Bangalore, Karnataka. Actually Nayantara belongs to a Jacobite Christian Malayali family. Since her father was working in Indian air force, she had the luck to study in different parts of north India. After her father retired from the service, they settled in Kerala. Nayantara completed her educations at institutions like Kendriya Vidhyala, Balikamadam Girls Higher Secondary School & Marthoma College, Thiruvalla.
Nayantara & her film career
Nayantara entered the film industry by acting in Malayalam film Manassinakkare, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. This film was released in the year 2003 & Nayantara played the role as Gouri in it. One important speciality of the Malayalam film 'Manassinakkare' was that it was the debut Malayalam film of Nayantara. In this film the other actors & actress were Sheela, Jayaram, Innocent, Siddique etc. After that she acted in the film Vismayathumbathu, a Malayalam film directed by Fazil. This film was released in the year 2004 & here she played the role of a wandering soul, who got associated with Mohanlal ( who played the role of a person having sixth sense power). Her next film was Natturajavu, directed by Shaji Kailas & released in the year 2004. This actress proved her talents in the Tamil film industry by acting in films like Ayya, Chandramukhi, Ghajini, Sivakasi, Kalvanin Kadhali, Vallavan etc. Among the above mentioned Tamil films, Ayya was the debut Tamil film of Nayantara.
When considering the Tamil film industry, Nayantara got the opportunity to work with directors like Hari, P. Vasu, A. P. Murugadoss, Thamilvaanan, T.R.Silambarasan, Sarath Kumar, S.P.Jananathan, Vishnuvardhan, Mithran Jawahar, A. Rajasekhar, Raju Sundaram, Prabhu Deva, K. S .Ravikumar, M. Rajesh etc. Apart from Malayalam & Tamil films, Nayantara also acted in Kannada & Telugu films. Her debut film in Kannada was 'Super' directed by Upendra. Nayantara played the role as Indira in this film. In the Telugu film industry, Nayantara acted in the films Lakshmi, Boss, Dubai Seenu, Yogi, Sri Rama Rajyam etc. Here she worked with directors like Bapu, Boyapati Seenu, Parasuram, V.V.Vinayak etc. So by going through the above points we are able to understand the fact that Nayantara is a talented actress. Due to her great contributions, Nayantara was given several awards like Asianet award for best actress in the film Bodyguard, 2008 Vijay award for favourite heroine in the film Yaaradi Nee Mohini, 2007 Vijay award for favourite heroine in the film Billa, 2003 Asianet award for best female new face in the film Manassinakkare etc.
Hit films of Nayantara
1.Manassinakkare(2003)
2.Vismayathumbathu(2004)
3.Natturajavu(2004)
4.Ayya(2005)
5.Chandramukhi(2005)
6.Rappakal(2005)
7.Thaskara Veeran(2005)
8.Sivakasi(2005)
9.Ghajini(2005)
10.Kalvanin Kadhali(2006)
11.Boss(2006)
12.Lakshmi(2006)
13.Thalaimagan(2006)
14.Vallavan(2006)
15.Dubai Seenu(2007)
16.Yogi(2007)
17.Billa(2007)
18.Yaaradi Nee Mohini(2008)
19.Kuselan(2008)
20.Aegan(2008)
21.Twenty:20(2008)
22.Aadhavan(2009)
23.Villu(2009)
24.Bodyguard(2010)
25.Simha(2010)
26.Super(2010)
27.Elelktra(2010)
28.Sri Rama Rajyam(2011)
Personal life of Nayantara
When taking into consideration the personal life of Nayantara, she is having an affair with Prabhu Deva who is a film director, choreographer as well as actor. The latest report is that they are getting married soon. Another important fact was that Sri Rama Rajyam 2011 will be the last film of Nayantara. The main reason is that she decided to quit acting in films after her marriage, which is going to be soon solemnized. This talented actress has not signed for any other films. It should be noted that on the concluding day of the shooting of the film Sri Rama Rajyam 2011, Nayantara had gifted costly wrist watches to all the crew members.
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