She is a populor actress in South India.She
did her schooling at various parts of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), as her
father was an Air Force Official. She joined Balikamadom High School, Thiruvalla
for +2, then joined Marthoma college in Thiruvalla for her Bachelor's degree
(English Literature). Nayantara was born into a Orthodox Syrian Christian family,
in Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.
Relationships
Nayantara created headlines when publicity posters sprung up around Chennai
of her Vallavan co-star Silambarasan and her kissing. However, despite maintaining
a high-profile relationship, involving the press, the pair broke up soon after
the film was released citing differences. Nonetheless, after the break-up, pictures
were released anonymously of the pair kissing each other at Nayanthara's apartment.
Career
Nayantara, who was Diana Mariyam Kurien then, was chosen 1st runner up in Best
model Kerala 2003 which was conducted by Thrissur Advertising Club. This gave
her a few opportunities in modelling for adverisements. While at college, she
was spotted by director Satyan Anthikkad and cast opposite Jayaram in Mansinakkare.
Afterwards, she co-starred alongside Mohanlal in Naatturajaavu and in Fazil's
Vismayathumbathu. She was also cast with Mammootty in Thaskaraveeran (Dubbed
into Tamil as Yuvaraj) and Raapakal.
She has also starred in
several Tamil and Telugu movies. She was cast opposite Sarath Kumar in Ayya
and with Rajnikanth in Chandramukhi. Nayantara made a special appearance in
a song Kodambakkam area with Vijay in the film Sivakasi. Her later films are
Vallavan (Tamil) and Yogi (Telugu) flopped except for her Tamil film Ghajini.
She regained her throne in Kollywood through the famous bikini shots in Billa
in 2007. Her next movie Yaaradi Nee Mohini was a stupendous success. Nayantara's
Tamil career followed with leading roles in films with Rajnikanth in Kuselan,
Ajith Kumar in Aegan, Joseph Vijay in Villu and Vishal in Sathyam. She was paid
Rs. 1Crore for Sathyam, Kuselan and Aegan becoming one of the highest paid actresses
in South India. Unfortunately all her films after Yaaradi Nee Mohini were huge
flops and she is currently doing Aadhavan with Surya Sivakumar.
WHAT IS KOLLYWOOD:
Tamil cinema (also referred
to as the Cinema of Tamil Nadu, the Tamil film industry, or Chennai film industry)
is the Chennai–based Tamil language filmmaking industry of the South Indian
state of Tamil Nadu. It is based in the Kodambakkam district of Chennai, where
several Tamil language feature films are produced, which has led to a colloquial
reference to it as Kollywood, a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood.
Silent movies were produced
in Chennai since 1916 and the era of talkies dawned in 1931 with the film Kalidas.
By the end of the 1930s, the industry was booming to the extent that the State
of Madras legislature passed the pioneering Entertainment Tax Act 1939 with
little opposition. Tamil Nadu cinema has had a profound effect on the film making
industries of India, with Chennai becoming a hub for the filmmaking industries
of other languages and also Sri Lankan cinema in the 1900s. Tamil–language
films are further made in other countries.
Today, Tamil films are distributed
to various theatres around the world, hence, the industry serves as one of India's
most successful entertainment hubs. Tamil films have gained popularity with
wide distribution in regions outside of India, such as in Sri Lanka, Singapore,
Japan, Korea, Malayasia, Mauritius, South Africa, Eastern Europe, North America,
and other significant Tamil diaspora regions.
In Madras (now known as
Chennai), the Electric Theatre was established for the screening of silent films.
It was a favourite haunt of the British community in Madras.The theatre was
shut down after a few years. This building is now part of a post office complex
in Anna Salai. The Lyric Theatre was also built in the Mount Road area (now
Anna Salai). This venue boasted a variety of events, including plays in English,
Western classical music concerts, and ballroom dances. Silent films were also
screened as an additional attraction. Samikannu Vincent, an employee of the
South Indian Railways in Trichy, purchased a film projector and silent films
from the Frenchman Du Pont and set up a business as film exhibitor. He erected
tents for screening films. His tent cinema became popular and he travelled all
over the state with his mobile unit. In later years, he produced talkies and
also built a cinema in Coimbatore.
To celebrate the event of
King George V's visit in 1909, a grand exhibition was organised in Madras. Its
major attraction was the screening of short films accompanied by sound. A British
company imported a Crone megaphone, made up of a film projector to which a gramophone
with a disc containing prerecorded sound was linked, and both were run in unison,
producing picture and sound simultaneously. However, there was no synched dialogue.
Raghupathy Venkiah Naidu, a successful photographer, took over the equipment
after the exhibition and set up a tent cinema near the Madras High Court. R.
Venkiah, flush with funds, built in 1912 a permanent cinema in the Mount Road
area named Gaiety. It was the first in Madras to screen films on a full-time
basis. This theatre is still functioning, although under different ownership.
In tent cinemas, there were
usually three classes of tickets: the floor, bench and, chair. The floor-ticket
purchaser sat on sand to watch the movie, but he enjoyed certain advantages
that other patrons did not. He could sit as he pleased, or he could turn over
and take a short nap when the narrative was particularly dull and roll back
again when the action was again to his liking—luxuries in which the upper
class could never indulge.(courtesy:wikipedia)
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