MUMBAI: Nayanthara is one of the biggest names down South. She is called the Lady Superstar of the South film industry, and soon she will be making her Bollywood debut with Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan.  

Apart from her amazing performances, Nayanthara has been in the news for a lot of other reasons as well. Today, let’s look at the controversies that Nayanthara was embroiled in.

Leaked intimate pictures

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There were rumours that Nayanthara was in a relationship with Silambarasan TR. But, reportedly the two broke up and later intimate pictures of her and Simbu were leaked online.

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Nayanthara and Prabhudeva’s relationship

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Many years ago, there were reports that Nayanthara was in a relationship with Prabhudeva. The latter was already married at that time, and his wife had taken legal action against him. According to reports, some organizations had also burnt effigies of Nayanthara as they felt it was against the Tamil culture to be in a relationship with a married man.

When Radha Ravi slut-shamed Nayanthara

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A few years ago, veteran actor Radha Ravi and Nayanthara had made it to the headlines together as the former had slut-shamed the actress at an event. Not just once, later Radha Ravi had once again taken a dig at the actress when he stated that he doesn't care if Nayanthara and Udhayanidhi are in a relationship.

When Premji Amaran called Nayanthara ‘aunty’

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Many years ago, Nayanthara and Suriya had teamed up for a movie titled Mass. According to the reports, comedian Premji Amaran, who was a part of the film, called Nayanthara ‘aunty’ repeatedly. Initially, the actress didn’t bother about it, but after sometime she lost her cool and warned the actor to behave.

Nayanthara-Vignesh Shivan surrogacy controversy

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In June this year, Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan got married, and in October, they announced that they have become proud parents of two kids through surrogacy. Soon, there were allegations on them that they have violated surrogacy laws, but later it was cleared that they didn’t break any law.

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