Actress Nayanthara celebrates her birthday today and to mark the occasion, the makers of her next film announced the title, Rakkayie and shared a small teaser. Her documentary, Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale also dropped on OTT, giving her fans a glimpse of her life and journey. Popularly known as Lady Superstar, she cemented her position in Indian cinema with her experimental roles and charm. The actress won her first Filmfare Award (South) for her 2011 film Sri Rama Rajyam. She won another Filmfare Award in 2016 for the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan. Interestingly, this film is the crux of an ongoing feud between actor Dhanush and her.
Back in 2016, she mentioned Dhanush in her winning speech. The actor was the producer of the film and it was directed by Nayanthara’s now-husband, Vignesh Shivan. She began her speech by thanking actress Khushboo from whom she received the award. She said, “Thank you Filmfare for the most prestigious black lady. First of all, thank you to all my fans who have always supported me through my lows and highs, who have always believed in me so thank you a lot. Thank you to Vijay Sethupathi sir and the entire cast and crew, cameraman George, Sreekar sir and everyone who has worked really hard for Naamum Rowdy Dhaan. A big hug and big thank you to my director Vignesh Shivan who made the most challenging Kadambari possible. If not for him, I would not have pulled it through. And thank you to my rockstar Anirudh who has been the greatest strength for Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.”
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Nayanthara then mentioned Dhanush and jokingly said, “And coming to my producer Dhanush. Thank you Dhanush for initiating NRD. And I have to say sorry also. Because Dhanush absolutely hated my performance in Naanum Rowdy Dhaan. Sorry for disappointing you with my performance. I will probably make it better next time.”
Nayanthara recently penned a long open letter to Dhanush where she mentioned that his “displeasure over the film’s success was perceptible even to common man through award functions connected with this film (Filmfare 2016).”
She mentioned in the letter that Dhanush was against them using clips and music of that film for her documentary. She revealed that the actor sent them a legal notice and demanded Rs 10 crore because they used a three-second BTS still in the film that was shot on their personal devices. Nayanthara further accused Dhanush of saying horrible things about Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, which was one of his biggest hits as a producer.
