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Plain Jane turns star
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Nayantara's career graph is set to soar, what with five films getting ready for release
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A BRAND BY HERSELF Nayantara
Nayantara epitomises the new spirit of the South Indian film industry. She is a fighter with an indefatigable spirit. Not only is she beautiful and photogenic, she is also talented, professional and determined to make it to the top.
Today, she is bracketed among the top three heroines in the South and her rise in the last one-year has been phenomenal. At the moment, Nayantara is doing three Tamil films (Vallavan, E, Thalaimagan) and two Telugu films with top heroes such as Nagarjuna and Prabhas.
No one ever thought that this plain Jane from small town Tiruvalla in the Central Travancore area of Kerala would make it big in the glitzy world of cinema. In fact, Diana Kurien was hand picked by veteran director Satyan Anthikkad, re-christened Nayantara and cast opposite Jayaram in Manasinakkare. Later, she played the ghost who falls in love with hero Mohanlal in Fazil's Vismayathumbathu.
She made her Tamil debut with Sarathkumar in Hari's Ayya. But it was the role opposite superstar Rajnikanth in Chandramukhi that skyrocketed her to stardom.
Today, Nayantara has an aura around her as she is said to be elusive and inaccessible, does not make public appearances and prefers to do her work silently without being dragged into any controversy.
She says: "I think an actor should be a bit elusive and in my case I never had the time. I was too busy with work and shuttling between my home in Tiruvalla and the sets. Moreover, I have no godfathers, managers or parents to take care of my career. I take decisions on my own and I am proud to say that whatever I am today is just due to hard work and God's blessings .Nayantara agrees that luck played an important role in her rise to stardom as she was part of two blockbusters Chandramukhi and Ghajini, and the hit Kalvanin Kathali. I don't want to do ads and get overexposed. People should pay money and come and watch me and my films in theatres."
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