
In 2008 she had five releases, four of which were in Tamil. Their first release, Yaaradi Nee family entertainer Mohini was critically acclaimed and one of the highest grossing Tamil films of the year. Portrait of Keerthi Nayantara was appreciated by critics.
Behindwoods.com wrote: " Nayan pump dissipates her act and show that it can more than that mourn breaks when needed, shows fierce contempt when wrong in the name of love way rubbed, and the songs seem endearing." Nowrunning.com cited that "shows her acting skills in full measure gives motion performance in emotional scenes ", while Sify critic wrote that it was " sensational and has done a great job in perhaps the meatiest role to be done so far. "
Nayanthara won the Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine for the second consecutive year, as well as a nomination for the Best Actress Award at 56th Filmfare Awards South. Her subsequent releases, however, Kuselan opposite Rajnikanth, Sathyam opposite Vishal and Villu opposite Vijay, were unsuccessful, while Aegan became an average crude. Her only successful release in 2009 was Aadhavan with Suriya launched in October of that year.