NAYANA TARA

REAL NAME	DIANA  MARIAM KURIEN
FATHER/MOTHER	KURIAN KODIYATTU/OMANA KURIAN
DATE OF BIRTH	18 NOV 1984
NICK NAMES	MANI,NAYAN
LANGUAGE	ENGLISH,HINDI,TAMIL,FRENCH
HEIGHT	5'4'
FIRST MOVIE/DEBUT	MANASSINAKKARE MALAYALAM
YEARS IN FIELD	2003-PRESENT
EDUCATION	BA LIT MARTHAMA COLLEGE
AMBITION/GOAL	TO DO THINGS PERFECTLY
HOBBIES	MUSIC,WATCHING MOVIES
BROTHER	LENU KODIYATTU
CURRENT MOVIE	VILLU
BIRTH PLACE	TIRUVALLA KERALA
HOMEPAGE	www.NAYANATRA.US
TOP MOVIE	SHIVAJI,BILLA

Favourite Color	:	Black
Favourite Attire	:	Saris
Favourite Place	:	Bangalore
Favourite Food	:	North indian dishes and spicy food.
Favourite Film	:	Manasinakkare
Believes	:	God is her biggest supporter
Loves	:	Spending quality time with her family
		Experimenting new dresses.

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. Her later films are Vallavan (Tamil), Gajini (Tamil), Yogi (Telugu) etc. flopped except Ghajini. She regained her throne in Kollywood through Billa in 2007. Her next movie Yaaradi Nee Mohini was a stupendous success. Nayanthara is currently a leading star in Southern Cinema, with leading roles in films with Rajnikanth - Kuselan, with Ajith Kumar - Aegan, with Vijay - Villu, with Vishal - Sathyam and an untitled film with Surya. She is currently the highest paid South Indian actress. She was paid Rs. 1 crore for Sathyam, Kuselan and Aegan.
Nayantara created headlines when publicity posters of her movie VallavanVallavan co-star,Silambarasan and her kissing, who she was rumoured as involved with at the time. However, the pair broke up citing differences soon after the film was released. Further controversy was created when rumours leaked out that the plot of Silambarasan's forthcoming film, Kettavan, was based on the couple's true love story. 

HER MOVIE LIST
2008 Raja Vesham Vikram Boopathy Pandian
2008 Sathyam Rajesekhar
2008 Yaaradi Nee Mohini Jawahar
2007 Billa 2007 Vishnuvardhan
2007 Don Raghava Lawrence
2007 Tulasi Boyapati Srinu
2007 Sivaji: The Boss Shankar
2007 Dubai Srinu Vaitla
2007 Yogi V.V. Vinayak
2006 E S. P. Jhananathan
2006 Thalaimagan Sarath Kumar
2006 Vallavan Simbu
2006 Boss V.N. Aditya
2006 Lakshmi V. V. Vinayak
2006 Kalvanin Kadhali Tamilvaanan
2005 Sivakasi Perarasu
2005 Ghajini A. R. Murugadoss
2005 Rappakal Kamal
2005 Thaskara Veeran Pappan, Pramod
2005 Chandramukhi P. Vasu
2005 Ayya Hari
2004 Natturajavu Shaji Kailas
2004 Vismayathumbathu Fazil
2003 Manassinakkare Sathyan Anthikad