The lady superstar of south Indian film industry Nayanthara will be fasting for 40 days for the movie Mookuthi Amman.
After Bigil's success, Nayanthara took a break from her busy schedule and celebrated her 35th birthday in New York with her boyfriend Vignesh Shivan.
Nyaanthara is one of the only actresses down South who earns as much as her male co-stars do and has joined hands with RJ Balaji for Mookuthi Amman.
Mookuthi Amman movie will be actor RJ Balaji's directorial debut and Nayanthara is playing the lead role of the Amman (Goddess). So the actress has started fasting for the movie for 40 days, and she will only eat vegetarian foods instead of envy.
RJ Balaji played an important role in Nayanthara's movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan which was directed by her boyfriend Vignesh Shivan.
This is not the first time Nayanthara fasting, the actress did the same thing before in 2011, for the Telugu movie Sri Rama Rajyam which is one of the important movies in her career.
She did Sita's role opposite Balakrishna, for that epic movie the actress fasted from day one till the end. After her vacation, the actress will begin shooting for the mythological movie now.