Original named Diana Mariam Kurian, ace southern actress Nayanthara has converted from Christianity to Hinduism.
She converted to Hinduism at the Arya Samaj temple in Chennai but has retained her screen name.
While the actress says that her decision to convert to Hinduism is personal, many are bound to see it as a step towards her impending marriage to actor, choreographer and director Prabhu Deva, who had divorced his wife earlier this year.
Incidentally, members of Prabhu Deva's family are devotees of the Suttur Mutt in Mysore.
Meanwhile, her decision to convert to Hinduism had drawn sharp criticism from Christian organisations as it has came and has come as a shock to many of her fans.
Ending all speculation, actor-director and ace choreographer Prabhu Deva has finally confirmed his wedding to actress Nayanthara.
Speaking to NDTV, Prabhu Deva said he will marry the Southern sensation soon.
"Nayanthara and I will get married. Will announce date at the right time," the actor said.
A star close to the couple has said that Prabhu will only get married after Vedi is released on September 29.
"We want to get married with blessings of our parents," the actor said.
Prabhu Deva, however, made a candid confession saying that the actress had sacrificed a lot for their relationship. Recently, the actress had converted to Christianity.
"Nayanthara is open to doing good roles till wedding," he added.
Well, all we can say is that Prabhu Deva can finally put his dancing shoes on...
Actor, director and choreographer Prabhu Deva recently admitted that he and actress Nayanthara are a couple and they are likely to get married at the end of this year.
Originally named Diana Mariam Kurian, ace southern actress Nayanthara has converted from Christianity to Hinduism.
The conversion took place at the Arya Samaj temple in Chennai and the actress, who took the step with great “passion and conviction”, has retained her screen name.
While she says that her decision to convert to Hinduism is personal, many are bound to see it as a step towards her impending marriage to actor, choreographer and director Prabhu Deva, who had divorced his wife earlier this year.
Incidentally, members of Prabhu Deva's family are devotees of the Suttur Mutt in Mysore.
Meanwhile, her decision to convert to Hinduism had drawn sharp criticism from Christian organisations and is bound to shock to many of her fans too.
Coming Up: The beginning of their relationship...
Actor, director and choreographer Prabhu Deva has admitted that he and actress Nayanthara are a couple.
After being in the news for almost two years, Prabhu Deva said that they will be getting married soon.
Reports also suggest that Prabhu Deva is going to divorce his first wife Latha with whom he had three sons – Vishal, Rishi and Aditya. Their eldest son Vishal passed away due to cancer in 2008.
Reports also suggest that Nayanthara might quit acting after her marriage.
The duo have been dating each other for the past two years and the marriage is likely to take place by the year end.
Here's a look at the sizzling beauty's journey so far.
After several commercial successes such as Chandramukhi, Ghajini, Billa and Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Nayantara has become one of the most wanted leading actresses down south.
She has given hits in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
She had studied in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as her father was with Indian Air Force.
Nayantara was spotted by director Satyan Anthikkad while in college.
He signed her opposite Jayaram in Manassinakkare.
Later, she worked with Mohanlal in Natturajavu and in Fazil's Vismayathumbathu.
She was also cast with Mammootty in Thaskaraveeran, which was dubbed into Tamil as Yuvaraj.
She has worked with Sarath Kumar in Ayya and Rajnikanth in Chandramukhi.
Her later films Vallavan (Tamil) and Yogi (Telugu) flopped except for Tamil film Ghajini, where she played a secondary female character.
She regained her star billing in Kollywood acting opposite Ajith Kumar in the remake of Billa.
Her 2008 release Yaaradi Nee Mohini was a huge hit and received seven nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards (South).
The film was one of the highest grossing Tamil films of that year.
Nayanthara got a Best Actress nomination for her portrayal of Keerthi in Yaaradi Nee Mohini.
Her next release Kuselan opposite Rajinikanth, Sathyam opposite Vishal, Aegan opposite Ajith Kumar and Villu opposite Vijay were all unsuccessful.
Her last successful film was Aadhavan with Surya Sivakumar, which was released in October 2009 and was a huge hit.
Nayantara was allegedly caught in an MMS scandal once but she dismissed the allegations saying the clip was not hers.
Her three 2010 releases, Bodyguard in Malayalam as well as Adurs in Telugu were both hits.
Simha was a commercial success and became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.
Her latest movie Boss Engira Bhaskaran with Tamil actor Arya (released in September 10, 2010) has opened to highly positive reviews.
Her forthcoming films include acclaimed director Shyamaprasad's Malayalam film entitled Electra.
She is also making her debut into the Kannada film industry opposite super star Upendra in the film Super.
