Kanaka (actress)

Kanaka
Kanaka
Born	Lakshmi Priya
Occupation	Actress;
Years active	1989–2006
Parent(s)	Devika (mother);
Relatives	Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu (great-grandfather); Pranika (cousin)

Lakshmi Priya Devika Devadoss, popularly known by her stage name, Kanaka (born 14 June 1973) is an former Indian actress who worked in the South Indian film industry mostly in 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), Vietnam Colony (1992) and Golanthara Vartha (1993).^[1] She later quit cinema due to depression.

Personal life[edit]

Kanaka is the daughter of Tamil actress Devika.^[2]^[3] She is also the great-granddaughter of Telugu cinema's first sound film's producer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu.

Career[edit]

She started her career as a heroine in the Tamil movie Karagatakaran, directed by Gangai Amaran, a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year.^[4] Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including Periya Veetu Pannakkaran (1990), Athisaya Piravi (1990), Samundi (1992), Periya Kudumbam (1995) and Viralukketha Veekkam (1999). She also starred in a few Telugu and Malayalam movies with major stars like Mukesh, Mammootty and Mohanlal. She has acted in more than 50 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu in a span of 10 years. Her last Malayalam film was Ee Mazha Then Mazha (2000).

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Language	Role	Notes
1989	Karagattakaran	Tamil	Kamakshi
1989	Thangamana Raasa	Tamil	Kannamma
1990	Seetha	Tamil	Seetha
	Muthalali Amma	Tamil	Kaveri
	Periya Idathu Pillai	Tamil	Geetha
	Periya Veetu Pannakkaran	Tamil	Chella Meena
	Athisaya Piravi	Tamil	Gowri
	Durga	Tamil	Kannamma
	Sathan Sollai Thattathe	Tamil	Chitra
	Amman Kovil Thiruvizha	Tamil	Bhavani
	Vellaiya Devan	Tamil	Santhi
	Ethir Kaatru	Tamil	Anita
1991	Kumbakarai Thangaiah	Tamil	Mangamma
	Sendhoora Devi	Tamil	Selvi
	Thalattu Ketkuthamma	Tamil	Pechiamma
	Brahmarshi Vishwamitra	Telugu	Sita
	Godfather	Malayalam	Malu
1992	Purushan Enakku Arasan	Tamil	Kalpana
	Valu Jada Tolu Beltu	Telugu	Seetha
	Vasudha	Malayalam	Varsha
	Ezhara Ponnana	Malayalam	Ashwathi
	Mudhal Kural	Tamil	Vaali
	Samundi	Tamil	Ponnuthayi
	Vietnam Colony	Malayalam	Unnimol
1993	Koyil Kaalai	Tamil	Arasaayi
	Sakkarai Devan	Tamil	Dhanam
	Thaali Kattiya Raasa	Tamil	Mythili
	Kilipetchu Ketkava	Tamil	Sivagami
	Golanthara Vartha	Malayalam	Rajani
1994	Vardhakya Puranam	Malayalam	Rajani
	Sakthivel	Tamil	Lalli
	Pingami	Malayalam	Sridevi
	Jallikattu Kaalai	Tamil	Radha
1995	Kusruthikaatu	Malayalam	Indira
	Mangala Soothram	Malayalam	Indu
	Periya Kudumbam	Tamil	Jyothi
1996	Katta Panchayathu	Tamil	Shenbagam
1997	Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan	Malayalam	Archa
1997	Bhoopathi	Malayalam	Lakshmi
1998	Manthri Kochamma	Malayalam	-
	Simmarasi	Tamil	Lakhsmi
	Thalaimurai	Tamil
1999	Viralukketha Veekkam	Tamil	Malu
2000	Narasimham	Malayalam	Indulekha	^[5]
2000	Ee Mazha Then Mazha	Malayalam	Rekha

References[edit]

↑ "Actress Kanaka silences rumors". The Times of India. Indo-Asian News Service. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
↑ "Kanaka keen on comeback, clears the air on rumours". Onmanorama. 5 May 2018.
↑ S. R. Ashok Kumar (10 May 2002). "Blend of grace and charm". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020.
↑ Suganth, M (16 June 2019). "Celebrating 30 Years of Karagattakaran". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
↑ Anu James (6 December 2014). "Mohanlal-Mammootty Starrer 'Narasimham': 15th Anniversary Celebration in Dubai Gets Grand Response [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

External links[edit]

Kanaka on IMDb

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[timesofindia1-1] "Actress Kanaka silences rumors". The Times of India. Indo-Asian News Service. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[2] "Kanaka keen on comeback, clears the air on rumours". Onmanorama. 5 May 2018.

[3] S. R. Ashok Kumar (10 May 2002). "Blend of grace and charm". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020.

[4] Suganth, M (16 June 2019). "Celebrating 30 Years of Karagattakaran". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[5] Anu James (6 December 2014). "Mohanlal-Mammootty Starrer 'Narasimham': 15th Anniversary Celebration in Dubai Gets Grand Response [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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