Devayani (Tamil தேவயானி) is a Tamil actress who was born on June 22,1974 in Mumbai (Bombay), India. Her actual name is Sushma. Besides Tamil, he's completed films in Bengali, Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu.
He started her career with a Hindi film called Koyal which was cancelled followed by a few Malayalam films. In one part, when he was interviewed by Anu Haasan, he said, My mate who knew my first film (Hindi) was cancelled, he said it was nice!. He laughed. Her first Tamil film is Thottaa Chinungi where he played her only glamorous role to date.
He got her giant breakthrough in Kadhal Kottai opposite Ajith which was a tremendous hit making her a top heroine in Kollywood and one of the most successful in South Indian Cinema. Devayani has a screen picture of a sari clad virtuous relatives based ladies unlike the bare clothed modern heroine after Kadhal Kottai.
He's become a virtual cult figure in Tamil Nadu after the success of the Mega Serial Kolangal in which he plays the role of Abhinaya, the eldest daughter. Kolangal is arguably the best ever serial in Tamil Television industry, and has the highest viewership for any Tamil serial ever.She won Tamilnadu Government's Best Actress award for Kadhal Kottai and Surya Vamsam.
Relatives and personal life
Devayani studied B.Com in National College in Mumbai University. Devayani is a polyglot who speaks Tamil, English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Malayalam. Her father's name is Jayadev and her mother's name is Lakshmi. He's 2 brothers, Mayoor and Nakul. He married Director Rajakumaran on April 9, 2001 at a temple in Tiruttani near Chennai (Madras).
Devayani first met her husband when he was acting in Suryavamsham, directed by Vikraman when her husband, Rajakumaran was assistant director. He was the leading lady in Nee Varuvai Ena, the debut film of Rajakumaran. He was again the heroine in Vinnukum Mannukum, in which he played the role Devayani, the actress.
A daughter was born to the couple in 10 January 2006 named Eniya. He recently built a house named Kadhal Kottai after her first giant hit film in Chennai (Madras). Devayani is an professional in cooking, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian items and her favourite dish is Madras 69. Popular actress Roja & Meena are her close friends.
In the coursework of a film shoot in a remote village near Mysore back in 2001, for a Kannada film, Premotsava, when the designated make-up artist, failed to turn-up, its learnt that Roja hairdressed Devayani and helped her with make-up for the song video shoot with Vishnuvardhan.
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