There is a huge gap between the public statements Dhanush made about Nithya and the way she is actually treated.

Dhanush has only ever said about Nithya Menen that he wants to do multiple movies together. It's usually heroines who make such statements about heroes, but with Dhanush and Nithya, it was the other way around. He also said Nithya is his best friend (but Nithya never reciprocated, the most I've heard her say about Dhanush was that he's a good friend).

When he won the Filmfare for Best Actor for Thiruchitrambalam, he surprisingly credited his success to Nithya's performance. I've never heard a top hero credit a heroine for his own performance. Also, after Nithya won a National Award, Dhanush tweeted that it was a personal win for him.

Dhanush cast her in Idly Kadai, so he's doing exactly what he said regarding Nithya. So they must be at least really good friends, right? But when her poster for Idly Kadai was released, Dhanush, who considers Nithya his best friend, should have mentioned her name on the poster, right? But he didn't, and it was the same with Thiruchitrambalam.

What makes it worse is that yesterday they released Arun Vijay's poster and credited his name. So how come they credit Arun Vijay's name and omit Nithya's? You can't even justify it by saying it's the director's or producer's call, because Dhanush himself is the director and producer.

What makes it even worse is that Nithya herself has spoken about not getting credit on movie posters, and it bothers her a lot. So shouldn't Dhanush, who himself claims to be Nithya's best friend, credit Nithya's name on the poster? Of her last few releases, her name was credited on all the posters except for Thiruchitrambalam and Idly Kadai. This is shocking because she played really substantial roles in those movies.

So there's a big gap between the public statements he makes and his actions. This makes his statements about Nithya seem disingenuous.