Last Updated:
Dhanush Nayanthara Row: Dhanush had once revealed Nayanthara did a song for free for him. She didn’t charge him money owing to their friendship.
Nayanthara with Dhanush in Ethir Neechal song, Local Boys.
Dhanush Nayanthara Row: Nayanthara’s open letter to Dhanush has made headlines. The Lady Superstar called out Dhanush for not giving her an NOC to use footage from her film, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (produced by Dhanush), in her documentary, ‘Nayanthara: Beyond The Fairy Tale’. She also revealed that Dhanush sued her for using a BTS video from the sets. Dhanush’s fans are slamming her for ignoring the losses incurred by Dhanush over the footage’s usage. Amid these reactions, a video has gone viral in which Dhanush revealed that Nayanthara had agreed to star in a special song for Ethir Neechal for free.
Ethir Neechal, released in 2013, was another film that was produced by Dhanush. The film starred Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand and Nandita Swetha in the lead. The film featured a special dance song, titled Local Boys. The music video featured Sivakarthikeyan and Dhanush. Nayanthara makes a special appearance in the song.
Speaking with Vijay TV at the time, Dhanush confirmed that Nayanthara did the song for free. He added that they reached out to her with the special request to feature in the music video and she instantly agreed. “Nayanthara is a friend,” Dhanush said. “When we approached her for Ethir Neechal, she said yes to appearing in the song without second thoughts,” Sivakarthikeyan added.
Dhanush then revealed, “She didn’t even ask for money. We just asked her to come on board, she said ‘You are my friend, I won’t take money.’ She did it for free.” The video has been widely shared by Nayanthara’s fans. Check out the video below:
Watch the song below:
Nayanthara’s brutal open letter is being widely discussed. Although Dhanush is yet to react, many of his female co-stars have reacted to Nayanthara’s letter. Shruti Haasan, who has worked with Dhanush in 3 (Moonu), seeming revealed she is team Nayanthara by ‘liking’ her post.
Aishwarya Rajesh (Vada Chennai), Aishwarya Lekshmi (Jagame Thandhiram), Nazriya Fahadh (Naiyaandi), Anupama Parameswaran (Kodi), Parvathy Thiruvothu (Maryan), Manjima Mohan (Nilavuku Enmel Ennadi Kobam), and Gouri G Kishan (Karnan) have also showed their support to Nayanthara by ‘liking’ her post.
