South Indian Cinema's Nayanthara: Potential Award Winner for Director Anand Shankar | Photos | Video

Ever since her discovery as "Best New Face of the Year" at the Asianet Film Awards for the movie "Manassinakkare" in 2003, Nayanthara's career  has skyrocketed into one of most bankable stars of the Telugu and Tamil cinemas.

Much awaited in 2016 is a Tamil movie, directed by Anand Shankar, which would include Vikram, another big star of the south Indian movie industry. The Tamil film is yet untitled, however. This writer thinks that the coming movie is a potential blockbuster, which would reap acclamations and praise from film critics and movie fans.

Nayanthara (see below photo), whose real name is Diana Mariam Kurian, was born on November 18, 1984 in Bengaluru. Her role as Sita in Sri Rama Rajyam in 2011 earned her the Filmfare's Best Telugu Actress and the Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Her comeback after an 11-month sabbatical leave from film making in 2011 is truly unstoppable! Director Anand Shankar and Vikram would surely benefit from her acting prowess.

She remains one of the most desirable women of India (see photo). Don’t you agree?

Here's the theatrical trailer video of "Raja Rani", her most successful movie in 2013:

More photos of Nayanthara:

sources: various blog posts, wikipedia