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Devika is a Actor Indian born on 25 april 1943 at Chennai (Inde)

Devika

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Birth name Prameela Devi
Nationality Inde
Birth 25 april 1943 at Chennai (Inde)
Death 2 may 2002 (at 59 years) at Chennai (Inde)

Devika or Prameela Devi (25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was a Tamil and Telugu actress. She is regarded as a versatile and graceful heroine of her era. She was cast in mythological films like Karnan, and Thiruvilaiyadal. Her films include Sumaithangi, Nenjil oru Aalayam and Marakka Mudiyuma. She started acting at the age of 12. Her spectacular performances made her a heart throb of many people in those days as expressed by Tamil writer Sujatha in one of his old essays.

Biography

Devika is the granddaughter of Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu. Ex-mayor of Madras, C.Basudev Naidu, was her paternal uncle.

She married Devadas on 14 April 1972; they divorced in 1990. Her only daughter, Kanaka, is one of the famous Tamil actresses of the 1980s.

Usually with

Sivaji Ganesan
Sivaji Ganesan
(20 films)
Nagesh
Nagesh
(20 films)
M.S.Viswanathan
M.S.Viswanathan
(14 films)
Aachi Manorama
Aachi Manorama
(13 films)
R. Muthuraman
R. Muthuraman
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Devika (52 films)

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Actress

Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra
Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984)
, 2h53
Genres Biography, Historical, Musical
Actors Nandamuri Balakrishna, Rati Agnihotri, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Allu Rama Lingiah, Mikkilineni, Chalapathi Rao
Roles Gollalu
Rating77% 3.8864653.8864653.8864653.8864653.886465
The story is based on the life of Pothuluri Veerabrahmam (N. T. Rama Rao) a well-known saint and astronomer of the 17th century. A brief life of Gautama Buddha, Ramanuja, Adi Shankara and Vemana (all essayed by NTR) are shown at the beginning of the film.
Nippulanti Manishi
Nippulanti Manishi (1974)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Latha, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Devika, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao
Roles Janaki

The storyline is similar to that of the original Hindi film.
Paruva kaalam
Paruva kaalam (1974)

Genres Drama
Actors Kamal Haasan, Nagesh, Sreekanth, Roja Ramani, Prameela, Devika

Paruva Kaalam is the story of an innocent girl who gets pregnant and the film is the journey to trace the culprit.
Bharatha Vilas
Bharatha Vilas (1973)
, 2h23
Directed by A. C. Tirulokachandar
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu, Sundarrajan, V K Ramasamy, Sivakumar
Roles Gulabhi
Rating61% 3.0893253.0893253.0893253.0893253.089325
Gopal Sivaji Ganesan and Gowri K. R. Vijaya are salespeople in competing organisations. They are professional rivals and end up sharing rooms in the same house belonging to an English. Naidu M. R. R. Vasu and his Kannada wife Manorama are caretakers of the house where Mohan and Gowri stay. Gopal and Gowri get married and both quit their jobs on the same day. Naidu and his wife lend them some money to start a business. Gopal's business becomes successful and Gowri and Mohan have a son and are about to have another baby. A Punjabi family led by Baldev Singh ('Major' Sundararajan) move into one of the portions. A Malayalee Muslim led by Ibrahim (V K Ramasamy) family take up residence in other part of the same house. After some initial hiccups, the four families settle down and become close friends. Gopal's secretary Kamala tries to vamp him and her brother takes a photo of the two of them together and begins to blackmail Gopal. His neighbours help him fight off the blackmailer and this seals the bond between them even more strongly. When the house owner decides to sell the house and return to England, the families buy the house together with Gopal paying Naidu's share. They call the house Bharatha Vilas, since it houses people from all parts of the country. The movie catches up with the residents of Bharatha Vilas after many years. Gopal is now even more successful and slightly arrogant about his wealth. His daughter is very close to Ibrahim's family and considers his son Hamid as her brother. Someone sends an anonymous letter about their relationship and Gopal cuts off all contact with Ibrahim and fixes his daughter's wedding with one of his relatives.
Papam Pasivadu
Papam Pasivadu (1972)

Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Actors Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao, Devika, Nagesh, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Suryakantam, Raja Babu
Rating77% 3.8892453.8892453.8892453.8892453.889245
Venugopal (Ranga Rao) and Janaki (Devika) are loving couple. They get a baby boy with lot of happiness in their heart. During the childhood, he is attacked by Tuberculosis. He was planned to get the best treatment. According to the advice of their family doctor (Nagaiah) and send him to Europe with pilot (Nagesh). The plane crashes in a desert due to sudden heart attack to the pilot. The boy has to face several obstacles and finally survives to meet the parents happily.
Shri Krishnanjaneya Yuddham
Shri Krishnanjaneya Yuddham (1972)

Directed by C. S. Rao
Actors Devika, Vanisri, Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao, Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
Rating79% 3.9915353.9915353.9915353.9915353.991535
This Hindu mythological movie is based on Lord Anjaneya's devotion towards Lord Rama who later finds Rama in Lord Krishna. The movie begins with how the pride of Pandavas (Arjuna & Bhima) is destroyed by Hanuma and later Garuda in search of his daily food and finds a Nagakanya as his prey. Nagakanya is guided by Narada to go to Hanuma for help where she becomes safe. Garuda reports this to Lord Krishna and his wives Rukmini & Sathyabhama. Krishna sends out a warning to Hanuma to release Nagakanya for garuda's prey. But Hanuma doesn't care for his warning & continues to protect Nagakanya. This leads to a war between them as Hanuma doesn't recognise Rama in Krishna at first. Sathyabhama disguised as Sita tries to mislead Hanuma but fails. Later how the war gets stopped and Nagakanya is saved forms the rest of the story.
Agathiyar
Agathiyar (1972)
, 2h33
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Gemini Ganesan, Ramasamy Subramania Manohar, R. Muthuraman, Sridevi, Devika
Rating66% 3.33253.33253.33253.33253.3325
The story is about Agathiyar muni is considered to be the embodiment of one of celestial intellectual who descended on earth to enlighten human being. During wedding of Lord Shiva and Parvathi, the earth tilted to the Northern side, as the whole world was witnessing the marriage. Lord Shiva gave the responsibility of balancing the earth to Agathiyar by going to Southern side. Agathiyar is also given additional responsibility of spreading goodness and equality. Along with this he has the added task of spreading Tamil language. Many small stories , from the heaven to earth are interwoven in the movie. The stories teach one to lead simple existence without ego. It also shows how agathiyar in this journey destroy the ego of River Kaveri , Vidhaya Mount and Ravana. Thereby teaching them the greatness of humility.