SEE PICS! Did you know Prabhu Deva's love affair with Nayanthara led to his divorce with his wife

Often touted as the ‘Lady Superstar’ of the South Indian film industry, Nayanthara turns 36 today (November 18). The actress is the perfect amalgamation of good looks and talent.

Nayanthara was born into a Christian family and her real name was Diana Mariam Kurian. She chose Nayanthara as her screen name before making her acting debut with Sathyan Anthikad’s Malayalam film, Manassinakkare.

In September 2010, Prabhu Deva himself admitted to being in love with Nayanthara. He revealed to a media portal that Nayanthara is really special to him and that he would love to marry her.

Prabhu had been meaning to file for a divorce from Latha for quite some time and after making his love for Nayanthara public, he approached his wife for it. But Latha did not budge and remained solid on her grounds, objecting to her husband’s extra-marital affair.

She even filed a petition at a court alleging that because of his affair with Nayanthara, Prabhu was not helping to run their family financially.

In fact, in October 2010, Latha filed a second petition at a Chennai court asking the justice to restrict Prabhu from marrying Nayanthara. She even threatened hunger strikes if her petitions go unheard.

This whole fiasco led to many women organisations come out on the roads, burning effigies of Nayanthara and saying that she had brought disrepute to the Tamil culture.

In October 2010, the court issued summons to Prabhu Deva and Nayanthara, and in December, the date of the final settling was scheduled to be June 10, 2011. When the D-day arrived, neither of the parties appeared before the court, only to push the date to July 10, 2011.

But on July 2, 2010 Prabhu and Latha went to the court to avoid any fuss and finally, they ended their marriage of 16 years. Latha got the custody of the sons and Prabhu got visiting rights.

By the time of Prabhu and Latha’s divorce, Nayanthara had completely quit films and was heavily dependent on her lover for her expenses. It said that even after quitting films, she did not put an end to her lavish lifestyle and that ended her up in huge sums of debt.

Vignesh and Nayantara officially announced their relationship at an awards function in Singapore. They had revealed their relationship to the world after the two hit the red carpet.

Nayantara and Vignesh had worked together in the 2015 Tamil film 'Nanum Rowdy Dhan'.