Devayani
Profile
- Alias
- Devayani
- Age
- 52 years
- Birth Place
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- City
- Chennai
- Occupation
- Actress
- Languages
- Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
- Height
- 5' 6"
- Weight
- kg
- Eye Color
- Black
- Hair Color
- Black
- Education
- B.Com, National College in Mumbai University
- Spouse
- Rajakumaran
- Parents
- Jayadev, Lakshmi
- Children
- Priyanka.
- Brothers
- Mayoor, Nakul
Summary
Devayani (born Sushma Jayadev on 22 June 1974) is an Indian film actress. She starred in numerous Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, along with a few Hindi films and one Bengali film. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for her performances in the films Kadhal Kottai and Surya Vamsam. She has also appeared in the films Bharathi, Friends and Azhagi as well as in the Sun TV series Kolangal and Muthaaram
Biography
Devayani dated Raja Kumaran for several years of which both their parents didn't approve of thus they decided to get married privately at a temple. They are now living happily with their daughters Iniya and Priyanka Devyani began her career as 'Devayani' in the Hindi film Koyal, which was later cancelled during its production stage. She appeared in a Bengali film Shaat Ponchomi. She also acted in a Marathi film before debuting and rising to fame in Tamil cinema. Her earliest films were released in the early and middle 90's including Kadhal Kottai. From 1996 to 2000 Devyani acted as heroine in over 35 films and acted alongside all the top actors like Kamal Hassan (Thenali, Panchathantiram), Prashanth (Appu), Ajith (Kadhal Kottai), Vijay (Friends), Vikram (Vinnukkum Mannukkum), Sarath Kumar (Suryavamsam), Parthiban (Azhagi).
