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1Nayantara, Dhanush, SukumariYaaradi Nee Mohini is a 2008 blockbuster Tamill drama film directed by Mithran Jawahar. The film, remake of the 2007 Telugu hit film Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule, directed by Selvaraghavan that starred Venkatesh and Trisha Krishnan, stars Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, and Nayantara in lead roles, whilst Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, legendary Telugu film director K. Vishwanath, Karunas and Saranya Mohan play supporting roles. The music for the film was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The title of the film is derived from a song from the 1958 Sivaji Ganesan-Padmini starrer Uthama Puthiran. It was Raghuvaran's last film before his death on 19 March 2008. Yaaradi Nee Mohini was released on 4 April 2008, becoming highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. The film also received seven nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards South.
2Nayantara, Arya, N. SanthanamBoss Engira Bhaskaran is a 2010 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh who earlier directed Siva Manasula Sakthi. Starring Arya, Nayantara and Santhanam in lead roles, the film is produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and features music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Sakthi Saravanan. The film revolves around a young happy-go-lucky man, Bhaskaran, who is unemployed and lives an easygoing life, neglecting his career and future. When he meets a young girl, Chandrika, in whom he falls in love, he is bound to change his lifestyle, in order to marry her eventually. The film released on 10 September 2010 to highly positive reviews and also became commercially successful. The tagline Nanbenda turned viral after release. The film was eventually dubbed into Telugu as Nene Ambani which released on 17 December 2010. The Telugu film’s audio was released on September 7, 2010 at Prasads Labs in Hyderabad.
3Rajinikanth, Nayantara, NassarChandramukhi is a 2005 Indian Tamil comedy-horror film written and directed by P. Vasu, and was produced and distributed by Ramkumar Ganesan of Sivaji Productions. The film features Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika and Nayantara leading an ensemble cast that includes Vadivelu, Nassar, Sheela, Vijayakumar, Vinaya Prasad, Sonu Sood, Vineeth, Malavika and K. R. Vijaya. The film is a remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra, which itself is a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Vidyasagar. Cinematography was handled by Sekhar V. Joseph and editing was done by Suresh Urs. Chandramukhi's plot revolves around a woman who suffers from dissociative identity disorder that affects a family, and a psychiatrist who intends to solve the case while risking his life. The film was made on a budget of 190 million. Principal photography began on 24 October 2004 and was completed in March 2005. It was released on 14 April 2005 on the eve of the Tamil New Year. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing 650-750 million worldwide.
4Salman Khan, Kareena KapoorLovely Singh is extremely respectful of Mr Rana and his daughter Divya. While appointed as Divya's bodyguard, he falls in love with a girl he has never met, unaware that she is none other than Divya.
5Nayantara, Ajith Kumar, AryaArrambam is a 2013 Indian Tamil thriller drama film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Produced by A. Raghuram and co-written by Subha, the film features Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayantara and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. While the score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the cinematography was handled by Om Prakash and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Following pre-production works for six months and the official announcement of the project in May 2012, filming commenced in June 2012 and was held for the next 15 months. The majority of filming took place in Mumbai, where the story unfolds, while other shooting locations include Chennai, Bangalore, Dubai, Hyderabad, Mahabaleshwar, Jaisalmer, Leh and Ladakhs. The film was not titled until it entered post-production and was mostly referred to as Thala 53 or Valai, a supposed working title. The film was released on October 31, 2013 and emerged a box-office success.
6Nayantara, Ajith Kumar, NamithaBilla is a 2007 Indian Tamil gangster-thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is based on the 1980 Tamil film of the same name which was itself a remake of Hindi film Don. Ajith Kumar and Nayantara played the lead roles while Prabhu Ganesan, Namitha, Rahman, Adithya Menon and Santhanam were also part of the cast. The film was produced by L. Suresh, while featuring musical score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The project commenced in April 2007 and was released and distributed worldwide by Ayngaran International on 14 December 2007. The film, upon release, emerged a high financial success, and was selected to be screened at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
7Nayantara, Prakash Raj, VadiveluAyya is a 2005 Tamil-language film starring Sarath Kumar, Nayanthara, Prakash Raj, Napoleon and Vadivelu in the lead roles. The film written and directed by Hari was a success at the Chennai Box office and the music was rendered by Bharadwaj. Oru Vaarthai song was very famous around South India. This movie was also Nayanthara's debut in Tamil films.
8Nayantara, Nassar, Rahul DevAadhavan is a 2009 Tamil action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Ramesh Khanna. The film features Surya Sivakumar in the title role along with Nayantara in lead roles and Murali, Vadivelu, Anand Babu, Ramesh Khanna, B. Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde in its supporting cast. The music is composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released on 17 October 2009. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Ghatikudu. It is also dubbed into Hindi as Dildaar The Arya.More Aadhavan
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9Nayantara, Jayaram, Nedumudi VenuManassinakkare is a 2003 Malayalam family drama film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and written by Ranjan Pramod. It stars Sheela, Jayaram, Nayantara, Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Siddique, Sukumari, Nedumudi Venu, and Mammukoya in the main roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Ilayaraja. The film marked a comeback for actress Sheela, and it was the debut film for Nayantara.
10Nayantara, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, JayasudhaSri Rama Rajyam is a 2011 devotional Telugu film directed by Bapu based on the epic Ramayana. It was Bapu's final film he had directed. The film depicts Lord Rama's rule of Ayodhya after he returns home from Lanka, his separation from Sita and her reclusive life in the forest as she raises their children Lava and Kusa. The film won seven Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards, including the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film – for the year 2011. It features Nandamuri Balakrishna as Lord Rama with Nayantara as Sita in the lead roles. Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Srikanth and Roja appear in supporting roles. Music of the film is composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Yalamanchali Sai Babu produced the film under Sri Sai Baba Movies banner. The film was critically acclaimed and a commercial success in overseas. The film had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011. The movie was dubbed into Tamil in 2012 under the same title with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Chinmayi voicing the roles of Balakrishna and Nayanatara respectively.
11Nayantara, Asin, ManobalaGhajini is a 2005 Indian Tamil psychological thriller film directed by A. R. Murugadoss released on 29 September 2005. The film stars Suriya, Asin, Nayantara, Pradeep Rawat and Riyaz Khan. It was dubbed and released in Telugu by Allu Aravind in November 2005, and both versions enjoyed critical and commercial acclaim. It was remade into a Hindi film by Murugadoss again in 2008, starring Aamir Khan with Asin playing the same role. The film explores the life of a rich businessman who develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest was killed. He tries to avenge the killing with the aid of Polaroid Instant camera photographs, permanent tattoos on his body and a medical college student.The film was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento and first half of the movie was inspired from British musical comedy film Happy Go Lovely.
12Rajinikanth, Nayantara, Shriya SaranSivaji is a 2007 Indian Tamil action film directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions. Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran play the lead roles, with Suman, Vivek and Raghuvaran playing other significant roles in the film. A. R. Rahman composed the soundtrack and background music, while Thotta Tharani and K. V. Anand were the film's art director and cinematographer respectively. The film revolves around a well-established software systems architect, Sivaji, who returns home to India after finishing work in the United States.
13Nayantara, Silambarasan, SandhyaVallavan is a 2006 Tamil film written and directed by Silambarasan, starring himself in the title role along with Nayantara, Reema Sen and Sandhya whilst Santhanam, Premji Amaren, Sathyan and S. Ve. Shekhar play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by Balakumaran.The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, loosely based on Hollywood films The Notebook and Swimfan, was released on 13 October 2006 and turned out to be an Average despite having a good opening. The film was later dubbed into Telugu and released as Vallabha.
14Nayantara, Shriya Saran, Rahul DevTulasi is a 2007 Telugu film produced by D.Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner, directed by Boyapati Srinu. Starring Venkatesh, Nayantara in lead roles and music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. It was later dubbed into Malayalam with the same title. The film recorded as 'Super Hit' at box-office. The film was also dubbed into Hindi as The Real Man Hero.
15Vijay, Nayantara, AsinSivakasi is a 2005 Tamil action film directed by Perarasu, starring Vijay, Asin and Prakash Raj in lead roles. The film's music is composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was released during Diwali 2005 to mixed reviews from the critics. The movie is dubbed in Hindi as Virasat Ki Jung.
16Nayantara, Prabhas, SharadaYogi is a 2007 Telugu film directed by V.V. Vinayak, which has Prabhas and Nayantara paired up for the first time. Ramana Gogula, who composed music for V.V. Vinayak's earlier hit Lakshmi, also composed music for this film. Songs were shot in Canada, Egypt, & Malaysia. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Murattu Thambi and into Malayalam as Yogi and in Hindi as Maa Kasam Badla Lunga by RKD Studios who exclusively own the Hindi rights of the film. This is a remake of Kannada superhit Jogi. The film released on 14 January 2007 in 225 theatres.
17Nayantara, Brahmanandam, Ravi TejaDubai Seenu is a 2007 Telugu film starring Ravi Teja in the lead role and Nayantara as Teja's love interest. The film is directed by Srinu Vaitla, who directed two other films of Ravi Teja, Nee Kosam and Venky. D.V.V. Danayya produced this film after the box office success of his maiden film, Desamuduru. This movie earned high family audiencies to raviteja and was a hit. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Loafer and in Tamil as Dubai Rani. It was remade in Kannada as Dubai Babu with Upendra in lead role.
18Nayantara, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivas RaoKrishnam Vande Jagadgurum is a 2012 Telugu film directed by Krish. It has received universal acclaim for combining the art form of Surabhi and an action flick based on illegal mining in Bellary. It features Rana Daggubati and Nayantara in the lead roles. Mani Sharma composed the music for the film. It was released on 30 November 2012 to high critical acclaim and was declared a hit at the box office. Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum was simultaneously released as Ongaram in Tamil. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Krishna Ka Badla and in Malayalam as Action Khiladi .- 19Nayantara, Prakash Raj, Biju MenonElektra is a 2010 Malayalam psychological drama film co-written and directed by Shyamaprasad, starring Nayantara, Manisha Koirala, Prakash Raj, Biju Menon and Skanda Ashok. It was produced by N. B. Vindhyan, who also produced Shyamaprasad's Ore Kadal. The film is based on the story of the Greek mythological character Electra, although it has a contemporary setting in an aristocratic family in Kerala. It draws strongly on four adaptations of the myth: Electra by Sophocles, Electra by Euripides, Oresteia by Aeschylus and Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill. Key to the film is the concept of the Electra complex; a daughter's psychosexual competition with her mother for her father's affection. A rueful journey into the bruised familial bonds of an aristocratic household in Central Kerala, the film explores desire and loss. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India in November 2010. It made its international premiere at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival.
20Nayantara, Ajith Kumar, JayaramAegan is a 2008 Tamil action-comedy film directed and co-written by Raju Sundaram and produced by Ayngaran International based on the 2004 Shahrukh Khan starrer Main Hoon Na. It stars Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Suman, Jayaram, Navdeep and Piaa Bajpai. The film opened to Indian audiences on 25 October 2008, coinciding with the Diwali season. The film, upon release received mixed reviews and was an average grosser at the box office.
21Vijay, Nayantara, Prakash RajVillu is a 2009 Indian Tamil action thriller film written and directed by Prabhu Deva. The film stars Vijay in a dual role while Ranjitha, Nayantara and Prakash Raj play other prominent roles. Manoj K. Jayan, Vadivelu, Adithya and Geetha play supporting roles whilst Prabhu Deva, Mumaith Khan, Zabyn Khan, and Kushboo Sundar appear in item numbers. The film is produced and distributed by Ayngaran International and composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Ek Aur Jaanbaaz Khiladi and in Telugu as Yamakantri. It is a remake of the Hindi film Soldier starring Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta. The film was released on 12 January 2009 receiving mixed to negative reviews, and thus, ending up as a Below Average grosser at box office .
22Mohanlal, Nayantara, MammoottyTwenty:20 is a 2008 Malayalam Indian action thriller film written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas and directed by Joshiy. The film was produced and distributed by actor Dileep through Graand Production and Manjunatha Release. The film was produced on behalf of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, as a fundraiser to support actors who are struggling in the Malayalam film industry. The actor worked without payment in order to raise funds for the AMMA. The film features an ensemble cast, which includes Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram and Dileep. The film's music is composed by Berny-Ignatius and Suresh Peters. The first two-week distributors share of the film stood at 5.72 crore. The film managed to secure third position in Tamil Nadu's box office in its opening week. The total number of opening prints releasing inside Kerala was 117; outside Kerala, approximately 25 prints were released on 21 November 2008, including 4 prints in the USA and 11 prints in the UAE. The film collected 32.6 crore in its total run. It was the highest grossing film in Malayalam cinema until 2014.
23Nayantara, Ashish Vidyarthi, KarunasE is a 2006 Tamil social-thriller film directed by S.P.Jananathan, who won the Indian National Award in 2004 for his debut, Iyarkai. Jiiva, Nayantara, Karunaas and Pasupathy play lead roles. The film's music is composed by director, Srikanth Deva son of Deva.The film was appreciated for its fresh storyline.
24Nayantara, Mammootty, SharadaRappakal is a 2005 released Malayalam film directed by Kamal. Mammootty, Nayantara, Sharada appears in lead roles. Mammootty plays the role of a servant who looks after the nook and corner of the bunglow while Nayanthara does the role of a smart servant in the same house. The film received positive reviews.
25Rajinikanth, Nayantara, DhanushKuselan is a 2008 Tamil drama film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, it was produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy, Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages. Kuselan stars Pasupathy and Meena in lead roles. Rajinikanth plays an extended cameo role, as does Nayantara. The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Kathanayakudu with a slightly different cast. The plot revolves around a villager, who had shared a strong friendship with a popular cinema actor in his youth. However, due to their different careers they were forced to part ways, one becoming a national figure, the other, a village barber. Decades later, the actor returns to the village to participate in his film's shooting. Whilst the entire village become excited about the prospect of seeing the actor, the barber fears that his old friend would have forgotten him and would neglect him. Kuselan opened to audiences on 1 August 2008, taking the third largest opening for a Tamil film up until the date of release.
26Nayantara, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, BrahmanandamSimha is a 2010 Tollywood action film directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by Paruchuri Kireeti under the United Movies banner. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna as the main protagonist in a dual role. It also stars Nayantara and Sneha Ullal in the other lead roles, Adithya Menon and Sai Kumar as the main antagonists and Namitha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, K. R. Vijaya and Rahman in supporting roles. The film features original soundtrack by Chakri, art direction by A. S. Prakash, cinematography by Arthur Wilson and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The film was released on 30 April 2010 and received positive reviews from critics. The film was a massive success at the box office and went on to became the highest grosser of 2010 in Tollywood. The film also achieved the distinction of being one of the highest-grossing films in the Telugu Film Industry. Balakrishna received the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film, his second after his 2001 film Narasimha Naidu. The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Hindi under the same name.
27Nayantara, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., BrahmanandamAdhurs is a 2010, Telugu action comedy directed by V.V. Vinayak. The film stars NTR Jr. in a dual-role, and Nayantara and Sheela as female leads. Music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was a "Hit" at the box-office and was the third successful hit with V. V. Vinayak and Jr. NTR combo.This ic NTR's second double acting This movie dubbed in Hindi as Judwaa No.1. This movie was dubbed in Malayalam as "Kavacham". Adhurs was released in 1300 Screens all over the world.It ran for 50 Days in 128 Centres and 100 Days for 22 Centres.Adhurs collected a total run Share of 27.70 crore.
28Nayantara, Upendra Rao, BrahmanandamSathyam is a Tamil/Telugu action film directed by debutante A. Rajasekhar, an associate of Suresh Krishna. The film stars Vishal in the role of a cop for the first time. Nayantara plays the female lead role, while Kannada actor Upendra plays the role of the antagonist. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released on 15 August 2008 coinciding with Independence Day from mixed to negative reviews. It was declared as a box office Flop. The film is produced by Vikram Krishna, Vishal's brother. The film was dubbed and simultaneously released in Telugu as Salute.
29Nayantara, Upendra Rao, Tulip JoshiSuper is a 2010 Indian multilingual film written and directed by Upendra. The film was released on 3 December 2010 in its Kannada version; and on 11 March 2011 in its Telugu version This utopian film had a concept of a contrasting futuristic India set in the year 2030, and the contemporary image of India. With the title of the film depicted only by a symbol, it features Upendra and Nayantara in lead roles and is produced by Rockline Venkatesh, while V. Harikrishna scored the music. Making more than 100 million through satellite television and audio rights even before release, in Kannada it grossed a record 25 million in first three days of the opening weekend. The film grossed 500 million at the box office and was one of the Highest grossing Kannada films of 2010, along with Jackie.
30Nayantara, Shriya Saran, Dharmavarapu SubramanyamBoss is a 2006 Telugu film produced by D.Sivaprasad Reddy on Kamakshi Movies banner, directed by V. N. Aditya. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran in lead roles and music composed by Kalyani Malik and Harry Anand. Cinematography for the movie was handled by Siva Kumar while editing was being handled by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on September 27, 2006. The film was dubbed into Malayalam with the same title and into Hindi as Yeh Kaisa Karz with Gopala Krishna changed to Gaurav Khanna. The film recorded as flop at box-office.
31Nayantara, Vadivelu, R. SarathkumarThalaimagan is a 2006 Tamil film starring Sarath Kumar, Nayanthara, Seema Biswas, Vadivelu, Mukesh Tiwari and Vijayakumar. This film marked Sarath Kumar's directorial debut and for whom the film was also his 100th starrer. The film was a huge failure and received a lot of negative criticism.
32Nayantara, Prakash Raj, BrahmanandamAnjaneyulu is a 2009 Telugu action film that stars Ravi Teja and Nayantara in the lead roles, while actors Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood play a pivotal roles. Directed by Parasuram, and with music by Thaman, produced by Ganesh Babu, the film was released on 12 August 2009. It was dubbed into Hindi as Sher Dil.
33Trisha, Prakash Raj, Jayam RaviBhooloham is an upcoming Indian Tamil action movie directed by N. Kalyanakrishnan and produced by Aascar Films. It stars Jayam Ravi and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, while Prakash Raj plays another pivotal role. The film is in its post-production stage and will release in 2015.
34Mohanlal, Nayantara, MukeshVismayathumbathu is a 2004 Malayalam psychological thriller film directed by Fazil. It stars Mohanlal, Mukesh and Nayantara in lead roles. Mohanlal plays the role of a person who has the sixth sense power while Nayantara does the role of a wandering soul who get associated with Mohanlal. The film is loosely based on the novel If Only It Were True by Marc Levy.
35Mohanlal, Nayantara, SiddiqueNatturajavu is a 2004 Malayalam superhit film directed by Shaji Kailas. It stars Mohanlal, Meena, Nayantara, Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Haneefa, K.P.A.C Lalitha, and Siddique in supporting roles. It earned positive reviews from the critics and audience alike and was a super hit at the box office.
36Nayantara, Brahmanandam, Daggubati VenkateshLakshmi is a Telugu movie produced by Nallamalupu Bujji on Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions on banner, directed by V.V. Vinayak. Starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, Charmme Kaur in the lead roles and music composed by Ramana Gogula. The film recorded as Super Hit at box-office. The film dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taqat.
37Thaskaraveeran
Nayantara, Mammootty, SiddiqueThaskara Veeran is a Malayalam film directed by Pramod Pappan. The film stars Mammootty, Nayantara and Sheela in lead roles. The film also stars Madhu, Innocent, Rajan P.Dev, Siddique, Mamukkoya etc. The film released in 2005. It has a dubbed Hindi version which is called Kala Samrajya.
38Nayantara, Vivek, S. J. SuryaKalvanin Kaadhali is a 2006 Indian Tamil film written and directed by newcomer Thamilvaanan, who had worked as assistant to director Ezhil. The film stars S. J. Suryaah and Nayanthara in lead roles with Pyramid Natarajan, Vivek and Ganja Karuppu playing supporting roles. It is notably, Suryah's first film as the hero, which hasn't been directed by himself. The film was a high-budget production, the soundtrack and film score of which were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which were considered the highlight and as a great hit, especially the soundtrack. This love story is set in the backdrop of a playboy's tricks. The film released in February 17, 2006 enjoying relative success and was later dubbed into Telugu and released as Chilipi.
