Kanaka (actress)

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{{Infobox person
| name = Kanaka
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|06|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai district|Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| birth_name = Lakshmi Priya
| occupation = {{hlist|Videophotography|Actress|Dancer|Veena player}}
| parents = {{ubl|Devadas|[[Devika]]}}
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| years_active = 1989 {{endash}} 2000
| relatives = [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu]]<br>(great-grandfather)
}}

'''Lakshmi Priya''', popularly known by her [[stage name]], '''Kanaka''' (born 14 June 1973) is an Indian film actress who worked in the [[South Indian film industry]] mostly in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam cinema]]. She was active in the South Indian movie industry from 1989 to 2000. She played the main female lead roles in some superhit Malayalam films like ''[[Godfather (1991 film)|Godfather]]'' (1991), ''[[Vietnam Colony]]'' (1992) and [[Golanthara Vartha]] (1993).<ref name="timesofindia1">{{cite press release | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Actress-Kanaka-silences-rumors/articleshow/21502027.cms | title=Actress Kanaka silences rumors | publisher=[[Times of India]] | date=31 July 2013 | access-date=25 May 2020 | agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801083614/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Actress-Kanaka-silences-rumors/articleshow/21502027.cms | archive-date=1 August 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kanaka is the daughter of Tamil actress [[Devika]] and Devadas
She is also the great-granddaughter of [[Telugu cinema]]'s first [[sound film]]'s producer [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu]].

==Career==

She started her career as a heroine in the Tamil movie ''[[Karakattakkaran|Karagatakaran]]'', directed by [[Gangai Amaran]], a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year. Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]'' (1990), ''[[Periya Veetu Pannakkaran]]'', ''[[Periya Kudumbam]]'' and ''[[Samundi]]''. She also starred in a few [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam]] movies with major stars like [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Mammootty]] and [[Mohanlal]].

She has acted in more than 50 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu as the leading actress in a span of 10 years. Her last Malayalam film was ''Ee Mazha Thenmazha''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Actress-Kanaka-in-her-final-days/articleshow/21451392.cms|title=Actress Kanaka in her final days|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#000;"
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Role !! class=unsortable| Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1989 || ''[[Karagattakaran]]'' || [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] || Kamakshi|| [[Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_–_Tamil| Nominated : Filmfare Awards For Best Actress Tamil]] <br> [[Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_–_Tamil| Won : Filmfare Awards For Best Debut Actress Tamil]]
|-
| ''[[Thangamana Raasa]]'' || Tamil || Kannamma ||
|-
| rowspan=11|1990|| ''[[Seetha (1990 film)|Seetha]]''|| Tamil || Seetha ||
|-
| ''Muthalali Amma'' || Tamil ||- ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Idathu Pillai]]'' || Tamil ||Geetha ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Veetu Pannakkaran]]''|| Tamil || Chella Meena ||
|-
| ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]''|| Tamil || Gowri ||
|-
| ''[[Durga (1990 film)|Durga]]''|| Tamil || Kannamma ||The film was dubbed in to [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] as ''[[Durga (1990 film)|Lakshmi Durga]]'' and in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] as ''[[Durga (1990 film)|Devi Aur Durga]]'' and was also remade in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] as ''Bhairavi''
|-
| ''Enga Ooru Aattukkaran''|| Tamil || ||
|-
| ''[[Sathan Sollai Thattathe]]''|| Tamil || Chitra ||
|-
| ''[[Amman Kovil Thiruvizha]]''|| Tamil ||Bhavani ||
|-
| ''[[Vellaiya Devan]]''|| Tamil ||Santhi ||
|-
| ''[[Ethir Kaatru]]'' || Tamil || Anita ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1991 || ''[[Kumbakarai Thangaiah]]'' || Tamil || Mangamma ||
|-
| ''[[Sendhoora Devi]]''|| Tamil || Selvi ||
|-
| ''[[Thalattu Ketkuthamma]]'' || Tamil || Pechiamma ||
|-
| ''[[Brahmarshi Vishwamitra]]'' || [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] || Sita ||
|-
| ''[[Godfather (1991 film)|Godfather]]'' || [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] || Malu ||
|-
|rowspan=7| 1992 ||''[[Purushan Enakku Arasan]]''|| Tamil || Kalpana||
|-
| ''[[Valu Jada Tolu Beltu]]''||Telugu|| Seetha ||
|-
| ''[[Vasudha]]'' || Malayalam || - ||
|-
| ''[[Ezhara Ponnana]]'' || Malayalam || Ashwathi ||
|-
| ''[[Mudhal Kural]]'' || Tamil || - ||
|-
| ''[[Samundi]]'' || Tamil || Ponnuthayi ||
|-
| ''[[Vietnam Colony]]'' || Malayalam || Unnimol ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1993 || ''[[Koyil Kaalai]]'' || Tamil || Arasaayi ||
|-
| ''[[Sakkarai Devan]]''|| Tamil || Dhanam||
|-
| ''[[Thaali Kattiya Raasa]]'' || Tamil ||Mythili ||
|-
| ''[[Kilipetchu Ketkava]]'' || Tamil || Sivagami ||
|-
| ''[[Golanthara Vartha]]'' || Malayalam || Rajani ||
|-
|rowspan=4| 1994 || ''[[Vardhakya Puranam]]'' || Malayalam ||Rajani ||
|-
| ''[[Sakthivel]]''|| Tamil || Lalli||
|-
| ''[[Pingami]]'' || Malayalam || Sridevi ||
|-
| ''[[Jallikattu Kaalai]]'' || Tamil || Radha ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1995 || ''[[Kusruthikaatu]]'' || Malayalam || Indira ||
|-
| ''[[Mangala Soothram]]''|| Malayalam ||Indu ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Kudumbam]]''|| Tamil || Jyothi ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Katta Panchayathu]]'' || Tamil || Shenbagam ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1997 || ''Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan'' || Malayalam || Archa ||
|-
| ''[[Bhoopathi (1997 film)|Bhoopathi]]'' || Malayalam || Lakshmi ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1998 || ''[[Manthri Kochamma]]'' || Malayalam ||- ||
|-
| ''[[Simmarasi]]'' || Tamil || Lakhsmi ||
|-
| ''[[Thalaimurai]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' || Tamil || Malu ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2000 || ''[[Narasimham (film)|Narasimham]]'' || Malayalam || Indulekha ||
|-
| ''[[Ee Mazha Then Mazha]]'' || Malayalam || Rekha ||
|-
|}

==References==

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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=1262182}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Chennai]]
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]

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