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Devayani is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 22 june 1974 at Mumbai (Inde)

Devayani

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Birth name Devayani Jayadev
Nationality Inde
Birth 22 june 1974 (49 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Devayani is an Indian actress who has predominantly starred in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, along with a few Hindi and Bengali films. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for her performances in the films Kadhal Kottai, Surya Vamsam and Bharathi. She has also appeared in other commercially successful films, including Aanandham and Friends as well as in the Sun TV series Kolangal and Muthaaram.

Biography

Devayani was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Konkani family, to Jayadev and Lakshmi. She has two brothers, Nakul and Mayur. The former is working as an actor and singer in the Tamil film industry, while the latter would also make his acting debut in an upcoming film. She dated director Rajakumaran with whom she had worked on a couple films for several years. Both their parents did not approve of their relationship, which led to the couple elope, and marry privately at a temple on 9 April 2001. They have two daughters Iniya and Priyanka.Currently she is teaching at Church Park School at Anna Salai,Chennai for class four students.

Usually with

S. Manivannan
S. Manivannan
(20 films)
Deva
Deva
(17 films)
Vadivelu
Vadivelu
(16 films)
Anandaraj
Anandaraj
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Devayani (68 films)

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Actress

Sagaptham
Sagaptham (2015)

Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Ranjith, Jagan, Devayani, Singampuli, Srinivasan, Suresh
Roles Lakshmi
Rating37% 1.8965851.8965851.8965851.8965851.896585
Sarkar Colony
Genres Comedy
Actors Mukesh, Devayani, Ashokan, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sona Nair
Roles Padmini
Rating45% 2.2818752.2818752.2818752.2818752.281875
Sarkar Colony portrays the lives of ordinary government servants who with their meagre wages, struggle to make both ends meet. Some of them turn to some extra business ventures to earn some quick money.
Oru Naal Varum, 2h24
Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Sameera Reddy, Devayani, Nedumudi Venu, Lalu Alex
Roles Rajalekshmi
Rating49% 2.4785852.4785852.4785852.4785852.478585
The plot of the film is about corruption in India. It opens with Gopi Krishnan (Sreenivasan) and his wife (Devayani) and daughter Dhanya (Nazriya Nazim) enjoying themselves at Kutralam Waterfalls. Soon it is revealed that Gopi Krishnan is a corrupt assistant town planner using a government vehicle to come on holiday in Tamil Nadu during his duty hours. As his driver (Suraj Venjaramood) takes him back to his station in Kerala he has an altercation with protagonist Sukumaran (Mohanlal), whose identity and profession are not yet revealed.
Ainthaam Padai
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Sundar C., Simran, Nassar, Vivek, Devayani, Radha Ravi
Roles Kalpana Gunasekaran
Rating45% 2.282212.282212.282212.282212.28221
The film is about relationships between two families where hardships and affections are on the competencies.
Naran
Naran (2005)
, 2h45
Directed by Joshiy
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Innocent, Madhu, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Devayani
Roles Janaki
Rating72% 3.639223.639223.639223.639223.63922
Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area.
Giri
Giri (2004)

Directed by Sundar C.
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Reema Sen, Arjun Sarja, Arjun (Firoz Khan), Ramya, Devayani, Vadivelu
Rating4% 0.2268160.2268160.2268160.2268160.226816
Two villages on either side of a river are always feuding as the headmen Veerasamy (Vinu Chakravarthy) and Sethupathy (FEFSI Vijayan) have personal enmity. Due to some misunderstanding, Sethupathy’s children die and the blame falls on Veerasamy. Sethupathy seeks revenge and tries to kill Veerasamy’s son but is saved by his servant's son but the boy disappears.
Naani
Naani (2004)
, 2h35
Directed by S. J. Surya
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Mahesh Babu, Ameesha Patel, Devayani, Raghuvaran, Ramya Krishnan, Kiran Rathod
Roles Indira Devi
Rating52% 2.605392.605392.605392.605392.60539
Naani an eight-year-old boy who is very mischievous always troubling his mother. His mother scolds him when he eats the toothpaste, urinate in bed at night. Naani falls down on a road one day and a young woman helps him. Naani's elder brother plans to watch adults movie with his friends in the absence of their parents and Naani demands him to join him to which his brother does not allow him. Angered, Naani cuts off the power which creates a short circuit at home. Naani's mother scolds for his dangerous mischief and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child as Naani is troubling her a lot. This hurts Naani and he runs away from home to jump into a river. But he is stopped by an old man and he takes Naani to his place. The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists Naani to help him in his research of transforming a child to a young man. Naani agrees and the scientist transforms him to a young man. Naani starts to live as a young man physically but as a child mentally and stays away from his family. The only person other than scientist who knows the truth is his child classmate friend. Naani meets the girl at a park who helped him once he fell down on road. Innocent child Naani helps to remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her and leaves the place. The girl is very much attracted towards him and she looks for him every day.
New
New (2004)

Directed by S. J. Surya
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Simran, S. J. Surya, S. Manivannan, Kiran Rathod, Devayani, Aishwarya
Roles Indira / Pappu's Mother
Rating64% 3.242453.242453.242453.242453.24245
Pappu an eight-year-old boy who is very mischievous always troubling his mother. His mother scolds him when he eats the toothpaste, urinate in bed at night. Pappu falls down on a road one day and a young woman helps him. Pappu's elder brother plans to watch adults movie with his friends in the absence of their parents and Pappu wishes to join him to which his brother does not allow him. Angered, Paapu cuts off the power which creates a short circuit at home. Pappu's mother scolds for his dangerous mischief and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child as Pappu is troubling her a lot. This hurts Pappu and he runs away from home to jump into a river. But he is stopped by an old man and he takes Pappu to his place. The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists Pappu to help him in his research of transforming a child to a young man. Pappu agrees and the scientist transforms him to a young man. Pappu starts to live as a young man physically but as a child mentally and stays away from his family. The only person other than scientist who knows the truth is his child classmate friend. Pappu meets the girl at a park who helped him once he fell down on road. Innocent child Pappu helps to remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her and leaves the place. The girl is very much attracted towards him and she looks for him every day.
Balettan
Balettan (2003)

Directed by V. M. Vinu
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Devayani, Nedumudi Venu, Sudheesh, Riyaz Khan, Jagathy Sreekumar
Roles Radhika
Rating62% 3.1467053.1467053.1467053.1467053.146705
Balettan is the story of Athaniparampil Balachandran (Mohanlal) who is known for his service in the society. His father (Nedumudi venu) is a retired postmaster. He lives with his wife Radhika (Devayani) and two children. Circumstances turn him as a debtor and he is arrested in a cheating case but he manages to solve all those problems with his father's pension money. One day a stranger (Riyaz khan) comes to meet Balachandran .He introduces himself as Bhadran and ask his help for marrying her sister. Balachandran gets angry and this leads to a violence in the house and his father asks him to leave the house. On the next day while travelling in a bus his father has a heart attack and is admitted to hospital. Later he calls Balachandran and reveals that he has another family. Balachandran, on hearing this shocking fact is stood shock stricken unable to accept his father's words while his father suffers another cardiac arrest which leads to his death. In his death bed he asks Balachandran to take care of his second family and also request that his mother should never come to know about this. The rest of the story tells how Balachandran manages to solve all the problems.
Bheeshmar
Bheeshmar (2003)
, 2h30
Directed by Ranjith
Actors Devayani, Gangasani Rami Reddy, Ranjith, Riyaz Khan, Ilavarasu, Anu Mohan
Roles Gowri, Bheeshmar's wife

Bheeshmar (Ranjith) is an honest and upright police officer. He is married to a naive village woman Gowri (Devayani) and they have a girl. Bheeshmar is transferred to a new department which is filled of corrupt policemen. Soon, Inspector Bheeshmar clashes with the policemen Aadhi (Ilavarasu) and Dhandapani (Vasu Vikram), the assistant commissioner Singampuli (Sadiq) and the heartless don R.K (Rami Reddy).
Kadhaludan
Kadhaludan (2003)
, 2h30
Actors Murali, Devayani, Abbas, Radha Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy, Vaiyapuri
Roles Kavitha

Kalyan (Murali), a talented magician, works with his friend and assistant Ramesh (Ramesh Khanna). Kalyan's mother (Sathyapriya) insists him to get married soon and she finds a bride for him. Kalyan has a different view on marriage and he wants to know all about his bride. With the marriage broker (Vaiyapuri) and Ramesh, Kalyan leaves his house to see his supposed bride.
Azhagi
Azhagi (2002)
, 2h35
Directed by Thangar Bachan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Radhakrishnan Parthiban, Nandita Das, Devayani, Pyramid Natarajan, Sayaji Shinde, Vadivelu
Rating72% 3.628243.628243.628243.628243.62824
Shanmugam (Parthiban), a veterinary doctor, lives in the city with his wife Valarmati(Devayani) and their two children. In school, Shanmugam was in love with his classmate Dhanalakshmi but fate had forced them to go their separate ways, with Dhanalakshmi (Nandita Das) being forced to wed her brother-in-law. One day, Shanmugam spots Dhanalakshmi, who, having lost her husband, now lives a life of poverty on the platforms with her son, Balu. After an unsuccessful attempt to find her a job in a friend's house, he hires her as their servant-maid. However, memories of the past starts to create a tension between Shanmugam and Dhanam, despite their attempts to maintain a distance.
Chennakesava Reddy, 2h25
Directed by V. V. Vinayak
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya Saran, Tabu, Chalapathi Rao, Devayani, Jaya Prakash Reddy
Roles Chennakesava Reddy's Sister
Rating60% 3.0008853.0008853.0008853.0008853.000885
Bharat (Balakrishna) is a sincere and dedicated police officer in Mumbai. In a short span of time, he is regarded as a fearless officer who could single-handedly bring the guilty to justice. Preethi (Shreya) is a medico and daughter of Police Commissioner Prasad (Vizag Prasad). She falls head over heels for Bharat, but this does not make any difference to the storyline of the present stream of faction backdrop movies.