Devayani

Devayani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil film industry and a few Malayalam and Telugu-language films.

She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for her performances in the films Surya Vamsam (1997) and Bharathi (2000) and a Special Award for Kadhal Kottai (1996).[2][3]

She was a part of several successful films, including Ninaithen Vandhai (1998), Nee Varuvai Ena (1999), Thenali (2000), Friends (2001), Aanandham (2001) and Azhagi (2002) as well as in the Sun TV’s huge successful serial Kolangal.

Devayani was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Konkani family. She has two younger brothers Nakul and Mayur. The former is working as an actor and singer in the Tamil film industry,[4] while the latter would also make his acting debut in an upcoming film.[5]

She dated director Rajakumaran, with whom she had worked on a few films for several years. Both their parents did not approve of their relationship, which led the couple to elope,[6] and marry privately on 9 April 2001.[7][8] They have two daughters, Iniya and Priyanka.

Devayani began her career as Koyal in the Hindi film Koyal, which was later cancelled during its production stage.[12] She appeared in a Bengali film Shaat Ponchomi.She also acted in a Marathi film before debuting and rising to fame in Tamil cinema. She started as a glam doll, she has done item number in a Tamil movie called Sivashakthi. Her earliest films were released in the early and middle 90’s including Kadhal Kottai.

Devayani began acting in the teleserial Kolangal as Abinaya, which has had over 1500 episodes on Sun Television. It was later dubbed into Malayalam also in the same name on Surya TV. She has completed a Teacher Training course and is now a teacher at Church Park Convent, Chennai. Currently, she is judging a popular reality show on Mazhavil Manorama titled Ugram Ujwalam. She has acted in some advertisements also. She is now acting in Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal, a Tamil serial of Zee Tamil in which she again paired with his Kolangal pair which is a her big comeback to Television.