After flooring the audiences with her performance in her last Mollywood venture Bodyguard, Nayanthara is all set to woo them again in Electra, directed by Shyam Prasad.

And according to sources, the film is all set to go on the floors from tomorrow near the backwaters of Alleppy.
We hear that the Indian girl Manisha Koirala plays Nayan’s mother and Prakash Raj, her father. Nayan, who’s currently shooting for a film with Upendra in Kannada, will join the Electra team soon.

The actress, in an earlier interview, had said, “It’s an interesting script and I’m looking forward to start shooting. I’ve a powerful role in the film and I’m just too excited. If all goes well, I will also dub for myself in this movie.”
It’s no news that this PYT started her career with a Malayalam flick, Manassinakkare with Jayaram.

After a couple of films, she debuted in Kollywood with Ayya, opposite Sarath Kumar. Since then, there’s been no looking back for her. But now, Nayanthara has just one film in Kollywood, Boss Engira Baskaran with Arya, and another in Telugu and Kannada. We only pray that this pretty actress’ kitty fills up with a lot of films soon.

Balakrishna’s Telegu movie Simha is going to be released today on 30th April 2010. Fan followings were eagerly waiting for the movie Simha. The music of the movie has started making crazy to fans. Simha Music has become the most searched album  online. The Simha producer has said that this movie is an assured entertainer for fans.

Actors Balakrishna and Nayanthara are in lead role in the movie. They are one of the most sought stars in Tollywood. In view of Balakrishna’s huge fan following the movie will surely be a big hit at the box office.

Boyapati Srinu is the director of ‘Simha’. He told that Balakrishna – the angry man of Telegu movies – could be seen in a lighter and romantic role with 3 actresses Nayanatara, Sneha Ullal and Namitha. KR Vijaya, Kota, Kinnera, Krishna Bhagwan, Ali, Sudha and others are also included in the Star cast of Simha.

Nayanthara and Asin may have shared space in Ghajini but ask Nayan if she would give any tips to Asin on playing the lead in Kaavalkaran.

Which is a remake of her Malayalam hit Bodyguard, and the actress replies, “No actress would ask for tips from another. And really, Asin is no newbie. She has her own style of doing things and her market in Kollywood is strong. She very well knows how to handle her roles with care and expertise.” Here’s one actress who speaks her mind.

It looks like sexy siren Nayanthara is in a mood to experiment. After essaying numerous glam-centric roles, she is all set to unveil a new dimension in the Malayalam film Electra . “I am doing this film purely for creative satisfaction, as it offers me an opportunity to showcase my histrionics skills,” she confesses. She is joining hands with award-winning filmmaker Shyamprasad for her maiden offbeat movie. So, that means she needed to put in more homework for that role. “I am excited that I am going to explore a new genre and the director is insisting on spontaneity. So, I intend to go to the sets with an open mind,” she adds.

Another reason for the paradigm shift in her thinking process, she elaborates is because, “In most star centric movies (both Tamil and Telugu), actresses are confined to dancing around trees. I think there’s need to add something more substantial to our roles rather than making us mere glam props in big-ticket films, or else actresses like us will be deprived of the opportunity to showcase our versatility. Invariably, we have to fall back on either author-backed roles or significant roles in small budget films.”

So is she gravitating towards performance-oriented roles, due to stiff competition offered by upcoming starlets? “Every year innumerable girls take their maiden bow in films, but only a handful leave their mark. Also newcomers have to put in years of hard work and display their staying power. It will take most of them sometime before they can reach our position, so there’s no question of any comparison with them. However, there are filmmakers who want established actresses to add brand value to their mega bucks movies, invariably approach us,” she says with relish.

Nevertheless, the dusky actress is ready to acknowledge the competition among A-line actresses like Shriya, Trisha and Anushka. “Everybody has their own space and one needs to respect and appreciate that. But having said that, I am done with making statements on the ever-changing numbers game,” she reasons. Despite being part of the fabulous five (female stars) of T-town, Nayan is sharing screen space with two relatively small actresses in her latest flick. “I am not exactly sharing screen space with them, my scenes are confined to the flashback episode. However, my new avatar will grip the audience,” she points out.

Nayan has also been thumbing down plum offers in Tollywood of late. Is her interest in the local film industry diminishing? “No way! Telugu audiences have always given me a warm response, but I couldn’t accept the films I was offered for one reason or the other. Also I had to allot more dates for a Kannada film,” she says. But is it worth bartering fat pay cheques and big star films for a small Kannada film? “Commitment is sacrosanct for me. I’ll go to any lengths to keep up my word. If I was just fascinated with pay packets, I would have done many small films revolving around me and shored up my bank balance. Though I like to work with big stars in Telugu, I weigh other issues before signing on the dotted line,” she says.

And what about B-town? “I am well-established and respected in southern cinema. I don’t feel the necessity to move to Bollywood. Maybe, I would have considered doing it, if I had got an offer, during my initial years. But now after attaining stardom here, I don’t want to be treated as a newcomer in Bollywood,” she explains. Nevertheless, she concurs, on the issue of short career spans of actresses down south. Is the 27-year-old actress wary? “I have no worries since I am flooded with offers from the southern states. However, the career span of actresses in southern cinema is gradually diminishing from 10 years to 5 years, but that’s because heroines are not given appropriate footage in the films. That’s why, I prefer to juggle with the languages films,” she says.

While her peers like Trisha and Shreya are endorsing brands, Nayan hasn’t joined the bandwagon. “So far, I wasn’t interested, but now I may give endorsing a thought, if I come across an exciting brand,” she reveals.

Despite rumours floating around about her and Prabhu Deva, she hasn’t denied them. “Rumours don’t bother me anymore. Some rumours are so weird that I don’t even react. For instance, I may be shooting in a particular place and I get to know that I am with my boyfriend somewhere else. Initially, I used to be disturbed with such baseless rumours, but now I ignore them. I think it’s the price one pays for being a celebrity. I have occasionally denied the allegations but I can’t be issuing denials every second day,” she confesses.

Even though she is one of the top stars in south Indian cinema, Nayanthara’s potential is yet untapped by Tamil film industry.

But like they say, you cannot hold back a good actor for long. In Kerala, Nayan had raked in accolades for her stupendous performance in Siddique directed Bodyguard which is now remade in Tamil with her bête noire Asin doing the lead role.

After completing the schedule of her Kannada film with Upendra, Nayan is joining the unit of her next big film Electra to be directed by Shayamaprasad in Malayalam. Manisha Koirala and Prakash Raj plays Nayan’s mom and dad in the film and sources close to the unit say that she has an author-backed role.

The shooting is starting in a huge mansion near the backwaters of Alleppy in Kerala from April 27.

Nayanthara while telling to the media people told that she is acting in “Boss Engira Bhaskaran”, a Tamil movie  and  in an another movie Simha, she is pairing with Balakrishna and also playing a role in movie “Electra” which is a Malayalam film.

In Kannada, Nayanthara is doing another movie with actor Upendra. She also committed that she has lost some prior movies. Some of those movies performed well at the Boxoffice but she is not taking tension over it as she thinks that what all we get is predetermined in our fate. She told that she is not such a person who takes worry about all these things.

Nayanthara also committed about her films in other languages which someone will dub for her. But the Malayalam movie “Electra” will be dubbed by Nayanthara herself. She said that she is really very glad about this. She too revealed out to the media about her desire to dub in Tamil movies. Nayanthara told that if in future she will get the chance she will definitely dub in Tamil movies too.