Nayanthara Opens Up About Why She No Longer Posts About Husband Vignesh Shivan: 'Have Reached Point When...'

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Nayanthara discussed why she has stopped sharing posts about her husband, filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, on Instagram.

On not posting about Vignesh, she explained, "Everything that's good in my life right now is his vision. But if I start giving credit to him now in your interview, the only comments you're going to see, the bad comments at the top are going to be, 'Oh my god! She's started praising her husband.' Now, we've reached a point where I really can't say something nice about my husband. I have reached a point when I can't put an Insta Story - well, obviously I wouldn't put it when he's sitting next to me, I'd put it when I really miss him, or when he's done something really beautiful and I want to share that with the world, with people - but when I do that, there are so many comments coming in saying, 'Oh my god! Do they deserve this?' There are some really bad ones. So we've stopped doing it. I want to give him the due credit, but I'm not even able to. But someday, it'll happen."

She also spoke about the scrutiny their relationship faces, particularly because Vignesh is seen as less "successful" than she is.

"Obviously, he started off much later than me. I'm a senior in the industry. I started off when I was 18 and he became a director when he was 21. Which is a great thing! At 21, you're usually an assistant director with someone. He's so smart, intelligent, you ask him anything under the sun, he has all the answers. He's humorous, he makes me laugh. He takes care of me, he's a family man. The hatred, I'd say, comes from the fact that maybe he's not given back-to-back blockbusters or maybe because the films he's done, there are huge gaps between them. Maybe because I'm already successful, I'm already an established name. And he's doing that for himself. I always feel it's so unfair to compare me and him. Because we're two individuals. Would you do the same thing if the genders were reversed?"

Nayanthara also mentioned that while she doesn't discuss her scripts with Vignesh, as it might interfere with the director's vision, he enjoys narrating his scripts to her because she's a great listener.

Nayanthara will soon be seen in 'Mannangatti Since 1960', while Vignesh is currently directing 'Love Insurance Kompany'.