Rajini's Heroine Nayanathara, a dreamy combination of Nayagara and Viyagra. The sacred place of her birth is Thiruvilla in Kerala. Her father's name is C.K.Kurien. The meaning of the name Nayanthara is 'Starry Eyes'.

While she was studying English literature in Marthama College, She never thought that she would gain this kind of exalted attention ever!

She was doing modeling only as favorite pass time. She won the Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002. Luck also smiled at her simultaneously. Her photos had appeared in a Malayalam Cine magazine 'Nana'. Director Sathyan Anthikkadu who happened to see this photos, have made her heroine in his movie. 'Manasin Akkarai'. First film was with Jayaram. Next film directed by Fazil, pairing with Mohanlal. The name of the film was 'Vishmaya Thambathu'.

In Tamil, Director Hari, introduce her through his film 'Aiya' as the heroine of Sarathkumar. While she was acting in this movie 'Chandramukhi's director P.Vasu, called her up, and informed her about the good news. She was stunned beyond words.

The character of Nayanthara in Chandramukhi is that of a girl who got psychologically affected. Even in the film 'Vishwamaya Thambathu' she acted in a similar character. According to the story, Nayanthara met with an accident. Her ghost farm requests Mohanlal to help her out of trouble. No body except Mohanlal could see this 'ghost form'. The story goes on further in an interesting way. The film explains how Mohanlal was able to help her and save her.

Only after seeing her performance in this movie she is said to have been selected for Chandramukhi.

Whatever the case, Rajini's fans are going to get younger and sweeter 'Anni' for them.