Nayanthara filmography

Nayanthara in 2014

Indian actress and film producer Nayanthara works in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with Sathyan Anthikad's Malayalam film Manassinakkare in 2003, after the success, she became a popular star in the Malayalam industry. She did two more Malayalam films the following year: Shaji Kailas' Natturajavu , and Fazil's psychological thriller Vismayathumbathu . Nayanthara's first appearance in a non-Malayalam film was Hari's Tamil film Ayya which released in 2005. While shooting for the film, she was cast in another Tamil film Chandramukhi , after its director P. Vasu's wife had seen Manassinakkare and recommended her. The film ran for over 100 days in theatres, eventually turning Nayanthara into one of the most-sought after actresses in Tamil cinema. ^[1]

Nayanthara made her Telugu cinema debut with Lakshmi in 2006, and followed this with another Telugu film, Boss the same year. She appeared in four Tamil films that year: Kalvanin Kadhali , ^[1] Vallavan , Thalaimagan and E . Nayanthara received praise for her performance in Billa (2007). ^[2] The success of that film led to Sify describing her as "the glamour queen of Tamil cinema". ^[3] Her 2008 release Yaaradi Nee Mohini was her only successful film as a lead actress that year. ^[4] She had three releases in 2009: Villu , Anjaneyulu and Aadhavan . In 2010, all her releases, which featured her as the female lead, turned out to be commercial successes: she had five box office hits in the four Southern languages – Adhurs (Telugu), Body Guard (Malayalam), Simha (Telugu), Boss Engira Bhaskaran (Tamil) and the Kannada film Super , which marked her first and only appearance in Kannada cinema. Her performances in Simha, Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Super eventually fetched her nominations for the Filmfare Best Actress Award in the respective languages. ^[5]

In 2011, Nayanthara portrayed Sita in Sri Rama Rajyam , based on an episode in the Hindu epic Ramayana , for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu. ^[6] Her performance in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012) earned her another nomination in the same category. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for Raja Rani (2013) ^[7] Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015), ^[8] and Aramm (2017), ^[9] and was nominated for the same for Iru Mugan (2016). ^[10] She is also recognised for having made women centric films mainstream in the south Indian industries. She has starred in commercially and critically acclaimed female-led films like Maya (2015), Puthiya Niyamam (2016), Aramm (2017), Kolamaavu Kokila (2018), Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018), Mookuthi Amman (2020), Netrikann (2021). She is also known for her Various roles in Rappakkal (2005), Vallavan (2006), Lakshmi (2006),Aadhavan (2009), Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012), Arrambam (2013), Naanum Rowdy Dhaan(2015), Thani Oruvan (2015), Velaikkaran (2017), Jai Simha (2018), Kolamaavu Kokila (2018), Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018), Viswasam (2019), Love Action Drama (2019), Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019), Bigil (2019), Mookuthi Amman (2020), Nizhal (2021), Annaatthe (2021), Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal (2022) and Godfather (2022). Nayanthara's highest grossing release came with Jawan (2023), which marked her debut in Hindi cinema. ^[11]

Tamil

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Nayanthara Tamil films and roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2005
	Ayya	Selvi		[12]
	Chandramukhi	Durga		[13]
	Ghajini	Chitra		[14]
	Sivakasi	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Kodambakkam Area"	[15]
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	Haritha		[16]
	E	Jyothi		[17]
	Thalaimagan	Mekala		[18]
	Vallavan	Swapna		[19]
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Balleilakka"	[20]
	Billa	Sasha		[21]
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Keerthi (Komalavalli) [a]		[22]
	Kuselan	Herself	guest appearance	[15] [23]
	Satyam	Deivanayaki aka Deiva	[b]	[25] [26]
	Aegan	Mallika		[27]
2009	Villu	Janvi		[28]
	Aadhavan	Thara		[29]
2010
	Goa	New village girl	Guest appearance	[30]
	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Chandrika		[31]
2013	Ethir Neechal	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Local Boys"	[32]
	Raja Rani	Regina John		[33]
	Arrambam	Maya		[34]
2014	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Pavithra		[35]
	Nee Enge En Anbe	Anaamika		[36] [37]
2015	Nannbenda	Ramya		[38]
	Massu Engira Masilamani	Malini		[39]
	Thani Oruvan	Mahima		[40]
	Maya	Maya Mathews, Apsara [c]		[41]
	Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Kadambari		[42]
2016	Idhu Namma Aalu	Myla		[43]
	Thirunaal	Vidya		[44]
	Iru Mugan	Meera George/ Rosy		[45]
	Kaashmora	Rathna Mahadevi		[46]
2017	Dora	Pavalakkodi		[47]
	Aramm	Madhivadhani		[48]
	Velaikkaran	Mrinalini		[49]
2018	Kolamaavu Kokila	Kokila		[50]
	Imaikkaa Nodigal	Anjali Vikramadityan		[51]
2019	Viswasam	Niranjana		[52]
	Airaa	Bhavani, Yamuna [c]		[53]
	Mr. Local	Keerthana Vasudevan		[54]
	Kolaiyuthir Kaalam	Shruthi Lawson		[55]
	Bigil	Angel Aasirvaatham		[56]
2020	Darbar	Lilly		[57]
	Mookuthi Amman	Mookuthi Amman		[58]
2021
	Netrikann	Durga/ Nancy		[59]
	Annaatthe	Adv. Pattammal		[60]
2022	Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal	Kanmani Ganguly		[61]
	O2	Parvathy		[62]
	Connect	Susan		[63] [64]
2023	Iraivan	Priya		[65]
	Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food	Annapoorani Rangarajan		[66]
2024	Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale	Herself	Netflix Documentary
2025	Test	Kumudha Saravanan		[67]
2026	Mookuthi Amman 2 †	Mookuthi Amman	Post - production	[68]
	Mannangatti Since 1960†	TBA	Completed	[69]
	Hi†	TBA	Filming	[70]
	Rakkayie†	Rakkayie	Filming	[71]

Telugu

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†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Nayanthara Telugu films and roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2006	Lakshmi	Nandhinee
	Boss	Anuradha
2007	Yogi	Nandini
	Dubai Seenu	Madhumathi
	Tulasi	Vasundhara Ram
2008	Kathanayakudu	Herself	Guest appearance
	Satyam	Divya
2009	Anjaneyulu	Anjali
2010	Adhurs	Chandrakala
	Simha	Gayathri
2011	Sri Rama Rajyam	Sita/Lakshmi
2012	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Devika
2013	Greeku Veerudu	Sandhya
2014	Anaamika	Anaamika
2016	Babu Bangaram	Sailaja
2018	Jai Simha	Gauri
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Siddhamma
2021	Aaradugula Bullet	Nayana
2022	Godfather	Sathyapriya Jaidev
2026	Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu	Sasirekha
	NBK 111†	TBA	Filming

Malayalam

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Nayanthara Malayalam films and roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2003	Manassinakkare	Gouri		[72] [73]
2004	Vismayathumbathu	Reetha Mathews		[74]
	Natturajavu	Katrina		[75]
2005	Thaskara Veeran	Thankamani		[76]
	Rappakal	Gouri
2008	Twenty:20	Diana	Special appearance in the song"Hey Dil Deewana"
2010	Body Guard	Ammu
	Elektra	Electra Alexander
2015	Bhaskar the Rascal	Hima
	Life of Josutty	Swapna	cameo appereance
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Vasuki Iyer
2019	Love Action Drama	Shobha
2021	Nizhal	Sharmila
2022	Gold	Sumangali Unnikrishnan
2026	Patriot†	TBA	Filming
	Dear Students†	TBA	Filming

Other Languages

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref.
2010	Super	Indira	Kannada		[77]
2023	Jawan	Narmada Rai	Hindi	Partially reshot in Tamil	[78] [79]
2026	Toxic †	Ganga	Kannada English	Bilingual film; Post-production	[80]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Nayanthara

Notes

1. Nayanthara played a character with two names.
2. Nayanthara's scenes were shot in Tamil only. ^[24]
3. Nayanthara plays dual role.

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