The girl looks like a fresh rose. Her looks get younger day by day. Diana Mariam Kurien, popularly known as Nayantara, the beautiful girl from the God’s own country, is now on cloud nine. She is now awaiting with excitement the release of ‘Billa’. The film, which stars Ajith in dual role, is believed to be the next big thing in Tamil industry.

Nayantara is ravishingly beautiful and stunningly glamorous in ‘Billa’. And, mind you, she is not apologetic about it. “I am not sure whether the Tamil audiences would accept so much of glamour”, smiles the angel.

Nayantara, who celebrates her birthday today (18 November), has come a long way. When she debuted in 2003 opposite Malayalam actor Jayaram in Mansinakkare, she wouldn’t have dreamt of acting with superstar Rajinikanth. She got to act with Mohanlal in a couple of movies before getting the plump role opposite Rajinikanth in ‘Chandramukhi’. She was shot in to fame and stardom by a single stroke and there is no coming back after the point. Her role in 'Ayya' opposite Sarath Kumar too fetched her lot of fame.

There were some doomsayers, who opined that having paired with seniors like Rajini, she won’t be paired against young heroes. The lass effortlessly proved these predictions wrong. She got an important role in Suriya starrer ‘Gajini’. She also got to appear for a single song in Vijay starrer ‘Sivakasi’. Then came ‘Kalvanin Kadhali’ with the director turned hero S.J. Surya and E with young Jeeva. But it was Vallavan which put her among the frontline heroines, thanks to her performance and, up to some extent, the buzz around her affair with Simbu. The angel doesn’t want to talk about the affair any more. “I want to forget it” is her refrain when queried about the experience.

The lovely girl from Malluwood has come a long way – both in career and in personal life. She shows a lot of maturity for her age (she turns 23 today). She has now put her past back and looking to push her career forward. Success follows her as a pet dog. Her recent release in Telugu with Venkatesh (‘Thulasi’) is a run away hit. Apart from ‘Billa’, which she awaits eagerly, she is acting with Vishal (in ‘Sathyam’) and Dhanush (‘Yaaradi Nee Mohini’). She might have lost the place to Trisha to act in Vijay starrer ‘Kuruvi’. But she makes a cameo appearance in the film. She might play the lead role opposite Vikram by next year.

The fact that her remuneration is nearing 1 Crore’ mark itself will speak volumes about her success.

Nayantara is not your typical beauty doll that you witness in the formula movies. She backs herself with strong performance and represents the new breed of educated professional actors. She had her schooling mostly from North India and finished her B.A. (English Literature) in Thiruvalla. Her hobbies are reading books and listening to music.

Though it was Malluwood that gave her the break, the cute young girl could not give dates to Malayalam movies, as her hands are full with Tamil and Telugu projects. She has got projects that could keep her busy till the end of 2008.

Indiaglitz wishes the birthday girl with more and more success.