South Upcoming Movies: Not Samantha-Rashmika, this South actress with 1000 crore film’s magic, will win the battle of 2026 with these 5 films?
Uma Shankar February 02, 2026 03:23 PM

South Actress Nayanthara 5 Upcoming Movies of 2026: South film industry has grown a lot in today's times and the artists of this industry are now in demand everywhere. In the last decade, there are many such artists from South who have done wonders and have made their reach among the Hindi public as well. Not only actors, there have also been many actresses whose popularity has increased rapidly in the recent past. Apart from Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Rashmika Mandanna, now Nayanthara's name has also been added to this list.

Many South films are in the pipeline for the year 2026. Some of these films are such that their release date has already arrived. There are also some films whose release is being said as probable. Prabhas, Rajinikanth, Yash and Rashmika Mandanna Not only are Nayanthara's films included in this, upcoming plans for Nayanthara's films are also ready this year. In such a situation, let us know through which 5 films Nayanthara, who has impressed the people of South and Bollywood, is going to come together this year. Some of these dates have become official while some are yet to be announced. Nayanthara is going to start the year with South Megastar Yash's film Toxic.

Nayanthara's 5 films in 2026

South actress Nayanthara has been doing films for a long time but her popularity has increased a lot after Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's film Jawan. This film, directed by Atlee, had collected more than Rs 1000 crore. In the film, Nayanthara was seen in action mode opposite Bollywood's King Shahrukh Khan. After the film, it seemed as if the actress had hit the jackpot and now within 2 years of the release of this film, she has a plethora of films. It is going to start with Yash's film Toxic. This film will be released on 19 March 2026. Here this film is going to face Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar 2. If reports are to be believed, the budget of this film is said to be around Rs 600 crore, which makes it one of the most expensive films of India. After this she will be seen in the film Patriot directed by Mahesh Narayanan. The budget of this film is said to be Rs 250 crore.

Nayanthara Actress Upcoming Movies

The third film in this list is Dear Student. The release date of this film, directed by George Philip Roy, has not been finalized yet but it is believed that this film can be released in the summer of 2026. Next comes the movie Mukti Amma. The budget of this film is said to be Rs 100 crore. At the fifth place comes the film Hi. Its budget is not clear yet, nor has its release date been made official. But if close sources are to be believed, this film can be released only in the year 2026.

Great start to the year 2026

Actually, Nayanthara has already been a part of a big film before the film Toxic and has made a bang in the year 2026. Before the release of Toxic, she was seen in South Megastar Chiranjeevi's film Man Shankar Varaprasad Garu. This film is being discussed everywhere and amidst the failure of Prabhas's The Raja Saab, this film has become the biggest South film of the year 2026. Sacknilk If reports are to be believed, the film has collected Rs 207.15 crore in India in 21 days. The worldwide collection of the film has reached Rs 284.75 crore. The film is earning crores even after 20 days of its release. Now it remains to be seen whether this film can become the first Rs 300 crore film of Chiranjeevi's career. At present, this film has achieved the title of the biggest movie of Chiranjeevi's career. Nayanthara played the role of Sasirekha in the film.

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Rock the box office with Shahrukh Khan in 2023

Nayanthara had worked in Shahrukh Khan's film Jawan and with the huge earning, this film became the third thousand crore Hindi film. According to reports, the gross collection of this film in India was Rs 760 crore and the worldwide collection of the film was Rs 1,160 crore. This film was also the highest grossing film of the year 2023. Now it remains to be seen that in the year 2026, Nayanthara fans will

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