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Nayanthara Bio

Diana Mariam Kuriyan is popularly known as Nayanthara is an Indian actress who works in Tamil and Telugu Cinema. People call her Lady Superstar of South Indian Cinema.

Nayanthara Wiki and Family

Nayanthara was born on born 18 November 1984 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She is born to Malayali Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church parents Kurian Kodiyattu and Omana Kurian who hail from the aristocratic Kodiyatt family from Tiruvalla, Kerala. She had an older brother, Leno, who is nine years older, lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Nayanthara Father Kurian Kodiyattu is Indian Air Force official, so she had her schooling from Jamnagar, and Delhi. Later she went to Balikamadom Girls Higher Secondary School Tiruvalla. And she went to Marthoma College, Thiruvalla where she completed her bachelor’s degree in English Literature.

Nayanthara Personnel Life and Husband

Nayanthara belongs to a Syrian Christian family. Later on, On 7 August 2011, she converts to Hinduism at the Arya Samaj Temple in Chennai. She has gone through Shuddhi Karma, a procedure involving a Vedic purification and a Homam where she chanted the hymns from the Veda and the Gayatri Mantra under the guidance of the priest.

After this, she becomes Hindu and Renamed herself as Nayanthara.

Nayanthara Affairs/Marriage

In 2010 Nayanthara had an affair with actor Prabhu Deva. But Prabhu Deva’s wife Latha threatened to go on hunger strike if Prabhu Deva married Nayanthara. During this time, a lot of people several women’s organisations opposed it and conducted protests against Nayanthara for bringing disrepute to the Tamil culture. By the result of this Nayanthara ended the relationship with Prabhu Deva in 2012.

Nayanthara with Prabhu Deva — Nayanthara Family Photo

Nayanthara Physical Appearance

Height (Approx):5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Weight(Approx):(55 Kg)
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Tattoo: Right hand

Nayanthara Career

Nayanthara started her career with the Malayalam film Manassinakkare in 2003, followed by Vismayathumbathu and Natturajavu. After getting the success in Malayalam Films she got an offer from the Tamil film industry. And she made her Tamil Debut with Ayya(2005) film.

Her life changes when she acted in Chandramukhi, which ran for over 800 days in theatres, eventually turning her into one of the most sought after actresses in Tamil. Not only this she acted in AR Murugadoss’ Ghajini, which become blockbuster in the Box Office.

After becoming successful in Tamil And Malayalam Industry she entered into Telugu with Lakshmi in 2006. In 2011, Nayanthara portrayed Sita in Sri Rama Rajyam, a Hindu epic Ramayana, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu.

Later in 2013, she played the main role in Raja Rani with Nazriya Nazim which was also a blockbuster. Nayanthara continued her career and acted in some of the Film Fair Winning movies 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 acted in many films and recently she acted in the blockbuster movies like Bigil and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. In the Bigil she acted along with Varsha Bollamma and Vijay.

She is working with the big Films like Darbar along with Superstar Rajnikanth and Nivetha Thomas which will be releasing in 2020.

Nayanthara Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)
2003	Manassinakkare	Gouri	Malayalam
2004	Vismayathumbathu	Reetha Mathews	Malayalam
2004	Natturajavu	Katrina	Malayalam
2005	Ayya	Selvi	Tamil
2005	Chandramukhi	Durga	Tamil
2005	Thaskara Veeran	Thankamani	Malayalam
2005	Rappakal	Gouri	Malayalam
2005	Ghajini	Chitra	Tamil
2005	Sivakasi	Herself	Tamil
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	Haritha	Tamil
2006	Lakshmi	Nandhinee	Telugu
2006	Boss	Anuradha	Telugu
2006	Vallavan	Swapna	Tamil
2006	Thalaimagan	Mekala	Tamil
2006	E	Jyothi	Tamil
2007	Yogi	Nandini	Telugu
2007	Dubai Seenu	Madhumathi	Telugu
2007	Sivaji	Herself	Tamil
2007	Tulasi	Vasundhara Ram	Telugu
2007	Billa	Sasha	Tamil
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Keerthi	Tamil
2008	Kuselan	Nayanthara	Tamil
2008	Kathanayakudu	Nayanthara	Telugu
2008	Satyam	Deivanayaki	Tamil
2008	Salute	Divya	Telugu
2008	Aegan	Mallika	Tamil
2008	Twenty:20	Herself	Malayalam
2009	Villu	Janvi	Tamil
2009	Anjaneyulu	Anjali	Telugu
2009	Aadhavan	Thara	Tamil
2010	Adhurs	Chandrakala	Telugu
2010	Bodyguard	Ammu	Malayalam
2010	Goa	Herself	Tamil
2010	Simha	Gayatri	Telugu
2010	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Chandrika	Tamil
2010	Elektra	Elektra Alexander	Malayalam
2010	Super	Indira	Kannada
2011	Sri Rama Rajyam	Sita	Telugu
2012	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Devika	Telugu
2013	Ethir Neechal	Herself	Tamil
2013	Greeku Veerudu	Sandhya	Telugu
2013	Raja Rani	Regina	Tamil
2013	Arrambam	Maya	Tamil
2014	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Pavithra	Tamil
2014	Anaamika	Anaamika	Telugu
2014	Nee Enge En Anbe	Anaamika	Tamil
2015	Nannbenda	Ramya	Tamil
2015	Bhaskar the Rascal	Hima	Malayalam
2015	Massu Engira Masilamani	Malini	Tamil
2015	Thani Oruvan	Mahima	Tamil
2015	Maya	Maya Mathews, Apsara	Tamil
2015	Life of Josutty	Swapna	Malayalam
2015	Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Kadambari	Tamil
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Vasuki Iyer	Malayalam
2016	Idhu Namma Aalu	Myla	Tamil
2016	Thirunaal	Vidya	Tamil
2016	Babu Bangaram	Sailaja	Telugu
2016	Iru Mugan	Meera George	Tamil
2016	Kaashmora	Ratna Mahadevi	Tamil
2017	Dora	Pavalakkodi	Tamil
2017	Aramm	Madhivadhani	Tamil
2017	Velaikkaran	Mrinalini	Tamil
2018	Jai Simha	Gauri	Telugu
2018	Kolamavu Kokila	Kokila	Tamil
2018	Imaikkaa Nodigal	Anjali Vikramadityan	Tamil
2019	Viswasam	Niranjana	Tamil
2019	Airaa	Bhavani, Yamuna	Tamil
2019	Mr. Local	Keerthana	Tamil
2019	Kolaiyuthir Kaalam	Shruthi	Tamil
2019	Love Action Drama	Shobha	Malayalam
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Siddhamma	Telugu
2019	Bigil	Angel Aashirvaatham	Tamil
2020	Darbar	TBA	Tamil
2020	Netrikann	TBA	Tamil
2020	Mookuthi Amman	TBA	Tamil