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NAYANTHARA PROFILE


Full Name Nayanthara
Meaning of her name Starry Eyes
Real Name Diana Mariam Kurian
Nick Names Mani, Nayan
Profession Actress and model
Date of Birth Nov 18, 1984
Birth Place Thiruvilla in Kerala
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.
Introduction Malayalam: Seeing her ads in Malayalam magazines Sathyan Anthikad invited her to act in his film.
Debut: Tamil Film - Ayyaa,Hero - SarathKumar
Debut: Malayalam Film - Manasinakkare, Hero - Jayaram
About Tamil filmdom It is a big industry and remuneration is high. Gives more importance to glamour elements and songs.

Personal Favorites Color: Black
Personal Favorites Attire: Saris
Personal Favorites Place: Bangalore
Personal Favorites Food: North Indian dishes and spicy food
Personal Favorites Film: Manasinakkare

Hobbies Music, Reading, loves traveling and going for long drives.
Quotes about Rajini: "Very dedicated and punctual. It was great experience acting with him both as a person and as an actor. The way he maintains himself is amazing."
Quotes about Jayaram: "Makes you laugh all the time"
Quotes about Mohanlal: "Learnt a lot like timing, voice modulation. He is perfect in everything."
Quotes about SarthKumar: "Makes you feel at home."

Loves
Spending quality time with her family
Experimenting new dresses.
Maintaining herself "I don’t do rigorous exercises but have control on food. I don’t touch sweets, ice creams and oily stuff. Make-up has to be right and I like to dress in a simple manner. "
Believes God is her biggest supporter

Acting with older heroes "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."
About rumours "We’re always surrounded by it and people love to hear about it. But it doesn’t harm my confidence. It’s just a part of our profession."

Award Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002
Facts
Initially refused to act in films
Gets angry easily
Her debut film 'Manassinakkare' was a box office hit.
Her father is a retired Air Force Officer
Her brother lives in Dubai.

Always takes special care about her make-up and costumes
Was not able to continue with her C.A. studies due to her commitment in films.
Aim "Whatever I do, I should do it perfectly and correctly"

Complete Nayanthara Profile:
Diana Mariam Kurien born in 1984 in Kerala, India), popularly known as Nayanthara  (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
She was born on 8th November 1984 as an Orthodox Syrian Christian in Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala. She did schooling from North 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 Tamil & Telugu film industry. She was admired by many for her bold acting in the latest tamil flick Billa.

Year	Film	Co-Stars	Director	Language	Role
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
	Thaskara Veeran	Mammootty	Pappan Pramod	Malayalam	Thankamani
	Rappakal	Mammootty	Kamal	Malayalam	Gauri
	Ghajini	Surya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal	A. R. Murugadoss	Tamil	Chitra
	Sivakasi	Vijay, Asin Thottumkal	Perarasu	Tamil	Nayanthara
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	S. J. Suryah	Tamilvaanan	Tamil	Haritha
	Lakshmi	Venkatesh, Charmme Kaur	V. V. Vinayak	Telugu	Nandhini
	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
	Dubai Seenu	Ravi Teja	Srinu Vaitla	Telugu	Madhumathi
	Sivaji: The Boss	Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Suman	Shankar	Tamil	Guest Role
	Tulasi	Venkatesh	Boyapati Srinu	Telugu	Vasundhara Ram
	Billa	Ajith Kumar, Namitha	Vishnuvardhan	Tamil	Sasha
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Dhanush	Jawahar	Tamil	Keerthi
	Sathyam	Vishal	Rajesekhar	Tamil
	Sadhu	Balakrishna	Gunasekhar	Telugu
	Twenty: 20	Mammooty, Mohanlal	Joshy	Malayalam
	Raja Vesham	Vikram	Boopathy Pandian	Tamil
2009	Villu	Vijay	Janavi	Tamil
	Anjaneyulu		Anjali	Telugu
	Aadhavan	Surya	Thara	Tamil
	Bodyguard		Ammu	Malayalam	Release Date: 21st January 2010
	Adurs			Telugu
	Simha			Telugu
2009	Goa			Tamil	Special appearance
	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Arya		Tamil
	Electra		Electra	Malayalam

Awards
* 2008 - Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine - Yaaradi Nee Mohini
* 2007 - Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine - Billa
* 2003 - Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year - Manassinakkare.