Nayanthara
Nayanthara in a still from ‘Imaikka Nodigal’
A popular lead actress in contemporary south Indian cinema, Nayanthara has come a long way. From a humble beginning in Ayya to a gutsy cop in this year’s Imaikka Nodigal, there’s a lot that one can learn by watching her career graph. Her growth has been significant. In Imaikka Nodigal, she performs risky stunts without a body double. If her character as a District Collector in Aramm was mentally head-strong, then Imaikka Nodigal brought out the willingness in her to match what our heroes generally venture to do on screen – action and adventure. With more in her kitty, she is sure to offer more exciting films to audience. One is sure to expect a lot in her upcoming films such as Sye Raa Narasimha and Kolaiyuthir Kaalam.
Trisha
The actress who combines beauty and brains started almost 12 years ago. From Lesa Lesa to this year’s 96, Trisha’s success has come a long way too. Capturing a wider gamut of roles has pretty much been the reason behind her sustaining herself in the industry for over a decade. While she won laurels for her performance in the melodrama 96, her other venture Mohini brought out the fearsome and hard working action woman. Trisha essayed dual roles — Vaishnavi and Mohini- and has performed several stunts in the film. The film’s story might be nothing great, with the movie even bombing at the box-office, it doesn’t discount the fact that it was one of the most physically challenging project in her career. In the pipeline, she has Parampadham Vilayattu. She will play a mother on screen again, the last being her role in Gautham Menon’s Yennai Arindhaal. She will be seen playing a doctor who is also mother to a child. The actress will be performing action stunts too at par with Hollywood’s stunt sequences.
Sai Dhanshika
A well-trained silambam expert, Sai Dhanshika is known for her passion to do action sequences. She started off with Jayam Ravi’s Peranmai. The young actress gained popularity for her stellar fight in Kabali. She goes all guns blazing for an action sequence in Bangkok in the movie. And much recently, her silambam show at a public event went viral in social media. Also the video clip of Dhanshika’s daredevil action sequences in Kannada film Ugharsha won her more fans.
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Andrea
If you though Andrea was most suited for roles like the ones in Taramani, Aranmanai or Aambalai, you are wrong. She proved her versatile skills especially as an action queen in Vishwaroopam 2. Though she was a part of Vishwaroopam‘s first part, we saw her flex her muscles in the sequel to impress everyone with her skills. Action films perhaps come naturally to her now that she has signed Kaa, a film that will likely to see her pulling of physically-draining stunts.
Andrea Jeremiah in ‘Kaa’
Amala Paul
The Mynaa actress is slowly establishing herself as an actress who can carry a movie in her shoulders. From a decent performance in horror thriller Ratsasan, she has hopped on to do an action character in Adho Andha Paravai Pola. The yet-to-be released flick is a jungle adventure and Amala Paul is said to have performed some acrobats. The film’s director Arun Rajagopal, says, ‘For one particular scene, Amala Paul was needed to get down a 60 feet tree without a body double — and she did. There are a lot of such risky scenes and after listening to the script, Amala Paul instantly agreed to doing it all on her own. What many don’t know is that she’s an adventure enthusiast and has done a lot of trekking’. The actress is also said to have given her own ideas while filming.