In general two actresses being a good friend is common in cine field, likewise Nayantara and Amla Paul were good friends. Nayantara has seen the recent online photos of Amala Paul and sent SMS to Amala Paul that, "Your appearance in photo is stunning and it seems same as Priyanka Chopra's".
On seeing this Amala Paul went to high peak and said that "I'm proud of Nayantara. Nayantara belong to our Kerala state and she becomes not only well known person also a famous Actress in Tamil industry it is equally feel to recieving several awards and also Nayantara is my forerunner".