5 Movies Starring Nayanthara

Ghajini

Ghajini

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-29

Languages:

Tamil, Telugu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

175 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3734 Reviews)

Director:

A.R. Murugadoss

Cast:

Writer:

A.R. Murugadoss (story)

A.R. Murugadoss

Shashank (dialogue: Telugu version)

Fullplot:

Spunky and compassionate Kalpana rents an apartment and works as an ad-model. Her life changes when she invents a love affair between herself and wealthy Sanjay Ramaswamy. When Sanjay finds out, he decides to confront her to end this facade, but ends up falling in love with her. He pretends to be poor, proposes to her, and she subsequently accepts. Before they could get married, she gets killed, Sanjay gets assaulted, resulting in memory loss, and he is unable to remember anything beyond 15 minutes. During those 15 minutes, Sanjay manages to put together bit by bit through tattoos, Polaroid photos, notes, and maps on the wall of his apartment whatever he is able to recollect, as he sets out to avenge Kalpana's death. Sanjay does not know that the elusive killer knows about his agenda, and has already made plans to finish him off once and for all.

Billa

Billa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-14

Languages:

Tamil, Telugu

Countries:

India

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3834 Reviews)

Director:

Vishnuvardhan

Cast:

Writer:

Javed Akhtar (story)

Salim Khan (story)

Vishnuvardhan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.

Aadhavan

Aadhavan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-17

Languages:

Tamil

Countries:

India

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (1325 Reviews)

Director:

K.S. Ravikumar

Genres:

Action

Cast:

Writer:

K.S. Ravikumar (story)

Fullplot:

Aadhavan (Suriya) is a professional assassin working with his father Ibrahim Rowther (Sayaji Shinde) and brother Tharani (Anand Babu). Doctor Abdul Kulkarni(Rahul Dev) hires Aadhavan to kill prominent Judge Subramaniam (Murali), since he is handling the inquiry and verdict on Abdul's child kidnapping, murder and organ trafficking cases in Kolkata.

Adhurs

Adhurs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-13

Languages:

Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Urdu, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

150 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (906 Reviews)

Director:

Vinayak V.V.

Cast:

Writer:

Vinayak V.V. (screenplay)

Kona Venkat (dialogue)

Fullplot:

After Kasturi gives birth to yet another still-born child, her mother-in-law, with the assistance of a nurse, switches the dead child with one of two twins that impoverished Indira has just given birth to. The latter names her child Narsingh, who grows up to be a singer/dancer, and falls in love with Anju, the daughter of a DGP. While the second child is brought up by upper caste, Kasturi and Govind, performs poojas at a variety of weddings and funerals, and is in love with Chandrakala. Chaos will enter their lives when Narsingh will be abducted by a gangster, Baba Bhai, and held until and unless his biological father, an Indian Army Major, reveals a secret. Narsingh manages to escape, continues to elude the gangster and his goons. They then manage to hire an unknowing Chari to impersonate him and compel the Major to reveal the secret. The question remains: will naive Chari be able to pull wool over the Major's eyes?

Arrambam

Arrambam

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-31

Languages:

Tamil

Countries:

India

Runtime:

157 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (5957 Reviews)

Director:

Vishnuvardhan

Cast:

Writer:

A.N. Balakrishnan

D. Suresh

Fullplot:

The story is set in Mumbai. AK alias Ashok (Ajith) a former bomb disposal specialist and a Dirty Harry type who shoots-the-scums of earth is on a revenge romp. Along with his lady love Maya (Nayanthara), he forcibly ropes in a computer hacker Arjun (Arya) and his lover Anita (Taapsee) into his nefarious plans. How they take revenge on the Home Minister (Mahesh Manjrekar) and his acolytes ( Atul Kulkarni) forms the rest of the story.

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