Devayani

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

4.022

Gender

Female

Birthday

22-Jun-1974

Age

(50 years old)

Place of Birth

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Also Known As
  • Devayani Rajakumaran
  • Devayani Jayadev
  • Sushma Jayadev

Devayani

Biography

Devayani is an Indian actress. She starred 75 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, along with a few Hindiand one in Bengali. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for her performances in the films Kadhal Kottai, Surya Vamsam and Bharathi. She has also appeared in the films Bharathi, Friends and Azhagi as well as in the Sun TV series Kolangal and Muthaaram.


Credits

பூந்தோட்டம் பூந்தோட்டம் (1998) Character: N/A
Poonthottam is a 1998 Tamil language film directed by Kalanjiyam. The film features Murali, Devayani, Vijayalakshmi and Raghuvaran in the lead roles
Thirumathi Tamil Thirumathi Tamil (2013) Character: Jothi
Tamilselvan (Raaja Kumaran) comes to Chennai after his marriage with his uncle's daughter Jothi (Devayani) fails. In the city, his landlord's daughter Charumathi (Keerthi Chawla) falls in love with him. Although he rejects her proposal, his sense of responsibility doesn't allow him to desert her.
Kannukku Kannaga Kannukku Kannaga (2000) Character: Devi
Kannukku Kannaga is a 2000 Tamil film directed by S. Dhayalan. The film stars Murali, Devayani, Vindhya and Raja in lead roles.
Kadhaludan Kadhaludan (2003) Character: Kavitha
Kadhaludan is a 2003 Tamil film directed by Rajakumaran. The film stars Murali, Devayani, Abbas and Ramesh Khanna in lead roles.
Pudhumai Pithan Pudhumai Pithan (1998) Character: Aarthi
Pudhumai Pithan is a 1998 Tamil film directed by Jeeva. The film stars Parthiban, Roja, Devayani and Priya Raman in lead roles.
Ninaikkatha Naalillai Ninaikkatha Naalillai (2001) Character: Kavitha
Ninaikkatha Naalillai is a 2001 Tamil film directed by A. L. Raja. The film stars R. Parthiban, Devayani, Rahman and Kaveri in lead roles.
Vivaramana Aalu Vivaramana Aalu (2002) Character: N/A
Mayilsamy (Sathyaraj) is a petty thief who is determined to make it big in life, by hook or crook. Even it means going through a marriage with a stranger, a trusting village belle, Pappu (Devayani), deserting her soon after and warming his way into the heart of Puppy (Mumtaj), a wealthy heiress. Of course, he realises his folly by the climax.
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா உதவிக்கு வரலாமா (1998) Character: N/A
Muthurasu (Karthik) has come to the city to earn money to finance his mother's (Vadivukkarasi) operation and asks for ideas from his friend Annamalai (Janagaraj). To rent a place owned by a Brahmin couple (Manivannan and Kovai Sarala), Muthurasu transforms himself into a Brahmin Pichumani and also falls in love with Mythili (Devayani), the couple's daughter. Getting a job at a company owned by a devout Muslim (Jaiganesh) makes him put on the garb of Hussein, a Muslim. Things get more complicated when an unsafe situation makes him take on the role of Pastor James, a Christian and Stella (Sangeetha), his secretary in the office where he works as Hussein, falls in love with him.
என்னம்மா கண்ணு என்னம்மா கண்ணு (2000) Character: Gayathri
Ennamma Kannu is a 2000 Indian Tamil drama film, directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Sathyaraj, Devayani and Ranjith in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released in 2000.
Oruvan Oruvan (1999) Character: N/A
Oruvan is a 1999 Tamil language film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film features Sarathkumar and Pooja Batra in lead roles whilst Devayani, Raghuvaran and Anandaraj play supporting roles. The film was a remake of director's own Telugu film Auto Driver starring Nagarjuna.
En Uyir Nee Thaane En Uyir Nee Thaane (1998) Character: N/A
En Uyir Nee Thaane is about a rich industrialst who raises his father's illegitimate son after the death of its mother. Prabhu is a rich industrialst who raises his father's illegitimate son after the death of its mother. His Father opposes this. Prabhu leaves home to live alone with the child.Devayani witnesses a murder and testifies against the murderer. He is convicted. The murderer's brother rapes Devayani in revenge and Devayani is kicked out of her house by her brother. She goes to her friend's house, but even there she is kicked out.Prabhu comes to her rescue....
ബാലേട്ടന്‍ ബാലേട്ടന്‍ (2003) Character: Radhika
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. C
சுவர்ணமுகி சுவர்ணமுகி (1998) Character: Swarnamukhi
Swarnamukhi is a dancer who still loves Pandian, who left her at the altar. She eventually falls for Akash when she moves to Chennai. Just when they agree to get married, Pandian returns to her life.
பாரதி பாரதி (2000) Character: Chellamal
A biographical account of the life of the Indian freedom fighter, Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiar, who defied conventional norms to bring equality in society.
അച്ഛൻ രാജാവ് അപ്പൻ ജേതാവ് അച്ഛൻ രാജാവ് അപ്പൻ ജേതാവ് (1995) Character: Alice
Friends Avarachan and Madhavan Thambi are unaware that their babies were exchanged at birth. Later, when the truth is revealed, their long-standing relationship seems to fall apart.
En Purushan Kuzhanthai Mathiri En Purushan Kuzhanthai Mathiri (2001) Character: Maheswari
A man gets involved with another woman just a day before he is to get married. After marriage, he lands in trouble when he confesses his mistake to his wife.
Three Men Army Three Men Army (1995) Character: Shubha
Three Roommates Madhukumar, Benny, Surendran have struggled dreams. Surendran has fantasised about being Movie Star like Rajnikanth, Madhukumar tried to become police officer and planned married his girlfriend Shubha who is the daughter of K. R. G. Menon and Benny Kurien who was a con artist who need to support his family
Padai Veetu Amman Padai Veetu Amman (2002) Character: Chamundhi
A powerful man of a village kills a devotee on the eve of her wedding; he does this as his daughter is in love with the groom. He also seeks the help of an occult to acquire treasure until a neighboring deity comes to the rescue of this village.
കിണ്ണം കട്ട കള്ളൻ കിണ്ണം കട്ട കള്ളൻ (1996) Character: N/A
Story of two college mates who fell apart. They later end up as a senior and junior in the police force.
Suswagatham Suswagatham (1998) Character: Sandhya
This movie starts with a college boy, Ganesh (Pawan Kalyan), who had been following a girl, Sandhya (Devayani), for the past four years; trying to express his love. Many times before Sandhya had warned Ganesh not to follow her so often. Ganesh tries to take help from Sandhya's friend (Sadhika) but fails. Ganesh, on his birthday, tries to express his love to Sandhya but was caught by her father, (Prakash Raj), who was a police officer who puts him away for harassing his daughter. Later Ganesh's father (Raghuvaran)bails him out. Ganesh's father goes to Sandhya's father with a marriage proposal for their offsprings.
ஆனந்தம் ஆனந்தம் (2001) Character: Bharathi
Thirupathisamy, the eldest son in the family, works hard to raise his three brothers Madhavan, Kannan and Surya. However, problems arise in the family when Madhavan's wife begins to rebel against him.
Suryavamsam Suryavamsam (1997) Character: Nandini
The movie shows a true to life story related to a common run Indian family, where the esteem of a family is held in high regard. The story is an exemplary portrayal of the liabilities of a responsible father, obligations of a dutiful son, role of a virtuous wife and harmony in the family unified by psychological bonds.
மறுமலர்ச்சி மறுமலர்ச்சி (1998) Character: Jayanthi
Marumalarchi is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Marumalarchi Bharathi.
Kizhakkum Merkkum Kizhakkum Merkkum (1998) Character: Mallika
A man finds a suitable match for his sister, but turns out that the man is a drunkard and promiscuous. He falls in love with his brother-in-law's sister but due to a misunderstanding the girl begins to hate him and her wedding is arranged elsewhere.
கிரி கிரி (2004) Character: N/A
A man protects his best friend's widow and her children from a lot of criminal outlays who have murdered their father
Vallarasu Vallarasu (2000) Character: Anjali
Vallarasu is the honest Deputy Commissioner of Police who has arrested Wasim Khan, a terrorist from Pakistan. His wife is Anjali, and they both have two children. Vallarasu kills his senior police officer and father-in-law because he knows the latter is working alongside terrorists.
ஐந்தாம் படை ஐந்தாம் படை (2009) Character: Kalpana Gunasekaran
Devasena decides to marry Prabhakaran after she gets a marriage proposal from his family. When she learns that she is chosen to marry his elder brother, she vows to take revenge on him.
சகாப்தம் சகாப்தம் (2015) Character: N/A
Saga, an unassuming young man, leaves his village and goes to Malaysia where he becomes a detective and takes on an illegal drugs racket.
நியூ நியூ (2004) Character: Indira / Pappu's Mother
An 8-year-old boy runs away from home and meets a scientist, who transforms him into a young man of 28, although mentally, he remains a child.
Kaathil Oru Kinnaram Kaathil Oru Kinnaram (1996) Character: Megha
Hari is in love with Varsha. But they can't get married till Varsha's old sister Megha gets married first. Hari sets out with the help of his uncle and a wedding broker to find Megha a suitable match. They choose Mahesh who they try to setup with Megha. But circumstances from Megha's past surface which initially prevent their joining ; which Hari and Mahesh try to overcome.
Vinnukkum Mannukkum Vinnukkum Mannukkum (2001) Character: Devayani
Sakthivel (R. Sarath Kumar) is the leader of his village and is adored by the people. His only brother is Selvam (Vikram) who, after completing his education in Singapore, returns to the hamlet. Both Sakthivel and his wife Lakshmi (Khushboo) are very fond of Selvam and want him to get married and live happily. Selvam is keen on marrying a girl he has seen in his dream. Sakthivel is prepared to go anywhere to find the girl. Selvam actually comes across the photograph of his dream girl Devayani (Devayani) in a TV advertisement and discovers that she is an actress . A film crew lands in the village for shooting, and Devayani, as she is called in the film too, is in the group. Sakthivel approaches her with his brother's proposal, but she insults him.
தொட்டாச்சிணுங்கி தொட்டாச்சிணுங்கி (1995) Character: Ramya
Thotta Chinungi film starring Karthik Muthuraman, Raghuvaran, Revathi, Devayani and Nagendra Prasad.[Gopal (Raghuvaran) is in love with Bhuvana (Revathi) ever since they were kids. As adults, they get married.There are two things Gopal disapproves of, after their marriage: Bhuvana's unemployed younger brother Prasad (Nagendra Prasad) who lives with them, and Mano (Karthik), Bhuvana's childhood friend.Mano is quite handsome and a very famous singer and Bhuvana who is very fond of him, talks to him quite often on the phone. The hardworking Gopal, who loves his wife...
അനുരാഗം അനുരാഗം (2023) Character: Mercy
Anuragam is a film set in Kochi, India that explores the complexities of modern-day relationships through the lives of three couples. The story follows Mercy, a single mother and banker who is loved by her manager, Jose, but still grieving the loss of her husband. Meanwhile, popular music composer Shankar is preparing to enter a new relationship after his separation from his wife, Devika, a successful baker. Their daughter, Janani, and Mercy's son, Aswin, are classmates and friends, with their friendship potentially blossoming into romance. Music plays an important role in the film, which ultimately reminds viewers that love can happen at any age and make life worth living.
చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి (2002) Character: N/A
Chennakesva Reddy (Telugu: చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి) is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 September 2002. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in double role father-son characther, while Shriya Saran and Tabu play the female lead.
கல்லூரி வாசல் கல்லூரி வாசல் (1996) Character: Nivetha
Sathya and Vasanth are two best friends since their childhood. However, when Sathya and Pooja get engaged, he learns about a terrible truth that threatens to break his friendship with Vasanth.
நிலவே முகம் காட்டு நிலவே முகம் காட்டு (1999) Character: Kasthuri
Prakash and Murthy have been thick friends ever since Prakash took Murthy into his house - against the wishes of his own parents - after his father killed Murthy's mother in an accident. So Murthy thinks the world of Prakash. When Prakash goes to America to study, Murthy steps out of the house after overhearing Murthy's parents scheming to send him out disgracefully.Murthy is given accomodation by an old man who is reminded of his son Govind and henceforth starts going by that name.What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
பூமணி பூமணி (1996) Character: N/A
When Thangamani flees on his wedding day, his brother, Poomani, steps in and marries Vijaya who detests Poomani. However, as time passes by, she changes her thinking towards him.
Appu Appu (2000) Character: N/A
Appu is a taxi driver in Mumbai (Bombay). He is still haunted by the suicide of his sister who was sold to a brothel. He is still trying to find out the culprit. Here he meets Sita who is chased by Eunuch Maharani who is also responsible for the death of his sister. Maharani is the madame or kingpin of the flesh trade in Mumbai. Maharani wants the beautiful Sita for the flesh trade. Appu fights and saves Sita from Maharani. Here his friend Vignesh and his lover Kaveri die saving Appu and Sita.
കിന്നരിപ്പുഴയോരം കിന്നരിപ്പുഴയോരം (1994) Character: Indhu
Both Kunjikrishnan and Unnikrishnan are in love with their uncles daughter.But he will only let Unnikrishnan marry her since he is a doctor and has money. So Kunjikrishnan leaves town for a while and comes back later pretending to be a swami who can heal any sickness. He tries winning his uncle over and at the same time sabotage Unnikrishnan‘s doctor reputation, leading to many hilarious situations.
സർക്കാർ കോളനി സർക്കാർ കോളനി (2011) Character: Padmini
Shivaramakrishnan is a government employee who struggles to make ends meet. In order to earn some quick money, he and his friends start a daycare center!
எழுமின் எழுமின் (2018) Character: Bharathi
A few children who are adept in martial arts are kidnapped by a bunch of goons to stop them from participating in a sports competition. The kids use all their ability to save their lives
அழகி அழகி (2002) Character: N/A
Shanmugam meets his childhood sweetheart after many years and employs her as his housemaid as she urgently needs a job. However, his wife creates problems when she learns about their relationship.
లవ్ స్టోరీ లవ్ స్టోరీ (2021) Character: N/A
Revanth and Mouni dream big when it comes to their lives. But with their social standing and gender proved to be a hindrance, will they manage to find a way to let their love prevail?
களவாணி மாப்பிள்ளை களவாணி மாப்பிள்ளை (2018) Character: Rajeshwari, Thulasi’s Mother
A young man in order to marry the love of his life, he has to hide the fact that he can't drive from the girl's mother.
ಮದಗಜ ಮದಗಜ (2021) Character: Rathnamma
Two warring lords are fighting over water and bloodshed. When the wife of one of them decides to send her son away from the land to a safe space, he returns to the same battlefield, much to her exasperation.
రణరంగం రణరంగం (2019) Character: N/A
Deva is a powerful gangster from Visakhapatnam who moves to Spain to put his past behind him. But what happens when he realises he can’t shake off his enemies no matter where he goes?
മിസ്റ്റർ ക്ലീൻ മിസ്റ്റർ ക്ലീൻ (1996) Character: Nirmala
Mahadevan Thampi (Sreenivasan), owner of the Sankaramangalam Hospital, gets cheated by his uncle Madhavan Thampi (Rajan P. Dev) into transferring the ownership of the hospital to Madhavan's London-educated daughter Nandini (Annie), by enticing Mahadevan with the false promise of giving Nandini's hand in marriage to him. However, Madhavan had his own slimy plans of getting Nandini married to Rajagopal (Mukesh), the new doctor in the hospital, but who in reality was a quack out to make some cash.
Friends Friends (2001) Character: Padmini
A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.
NTR కథానాయకుడు NTR కథానాయకుడు (2019) Character: Akkineni Annapurna
Based on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.
Periya Idathu Mappillai Periya Idathu Mappillai (1997) Character: Lakshmi
Periya Thambi (Vijayakumar) and Chinna Thambi (Rajan P. Dev) are brothers and owners of a company. Gopalakrishnan (Jayaram) is from a poor family, despite being a graduate, he cannot find a job. To support his family, he becomes the driver of Periya Thambi and Chinna Thambi. Periya Thambi's daughter Lakshmi (Devayani) and Chinna Thambi's daughter Priya (Mantra) fall in love with Gopalakrishnan. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
நீ வருவாய் என நீ வருவாய் என (1999) Character: Nandini
Ganesh falls for his extremely caring and helpful new neighbour, Nandini, who lives in a house opposite to his. But, when Ganesh and his parents put forth a marriage proposal, she turns them down.
நினைத்தேன் வந்தாய் நினைத்தேன் வந்தாய் (1998) Character: Savithri
Ninaithen Vandhai story is about Gokula Krishnan (Vijay) has a dream in which a girl comes, dances, and Vijay falls in love with her. Finally love triumphs and the hero wins back his love...
காதல் கோட்டை காதல் கோட்டை (1996) Character: Kamali
Kamali loses her bag in the railway station. Later, her bag is sent to her home, along with a letter from Surya, who found it. Kamali and Surya send letters to each other and soon fall in love.
నాని నాని (2004) Character: Indira Devi
An impulsive youngster, who is furious with his mother, seeks assistance from a scientist for a way to become an adult overnight. His wish is granted and he begins look like a 28-year-old man. How will he deal with the complexities of adulthood? How will his relationship with his mother evolve?
தெனாலி தெனாலி (2000) Character: Jalaja
Thenali suffers from panophobia and seeks doctor Kailash's help but the latter denies his request. Later, when Kailash goes on a vacation with his family, Thenali joins them and charms his sister.
ഒരു നാൾ വരും ഒരു നാൾ വരും (2010) Character: Rajalekshmi
Oru Naal Varum is a cat and mouse game where the life of a corrupt government official takes some intriguing topsy-turvy turns. With the magical combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in action, there are times when the movie reminds us of some of their glorious years together, on screen
സുന്ദരപുരുഷൻ സുന്ദരപുരുഷൻ (2001) Character: Jyothika Menon
Musician & odd-job man Soorya Narayanan (Suresh Gopi) is lured into playing the husband for mentally depressed Jyothika (Devayani), by Jyothika's millionaire father Ramachandra Menon (N.F. Varghese) & Jyothika's doctor Geevarghese (Mukesh). They pull this off my plying Soorya's greedy wife Sridevi (Nandini) with wealth & riches, thus coaxing her to lend out her husband. However, Soorya gets in a bind when a rich Sridevi neglects him & a married Jyothika shows improvement & cares for him.
అరవింద సమేత... వీర రాఘవ అరవింద సమేత... వీర రాఘవ (2018) Character: Suguna
A young scion of a powerful family with a long history of violence decides to put an end to the bloodshed which leads him to a path of self discovery.
பஞ்சதந்திரம் பஞ்சதந்திரம் (2002) Character: Nirmala (Guest Appearance)
Ram's friends hire Maggie, a call girl, to help him get over his wife, who mistakenly believes him to be a philanderer. However, they get in trouble when Maggie ends up dead.
ஸ்ட்ராபெரி ஸ்ட்ராபெரி (2015) Character: N/A
A taxi driver is befriended by a medium who tells him that a spirit is trying to communicate with him. Who is this spirit and what does it want?
നരന്‍ നരന്‍ (2005) Character: Janaki
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. Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician - Member Kurupu (Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.
தொடரும் தொடரும் (1999) Character: Seetha
Thodarum (Tamil: தொடரும்) (English: Will Continue) is a Tamil film directed by Ramesh Khanna featuring Ajith Kumar, Devayani and Heera in the leading roles.
జనతా గ్యారేజ్ జనతా గ్యారేజ్ (2016) Character: Padma Sathyam
Anand is an environmental activist who lives in Mumbai. A chance exchange programme takes him to Hyderabad and here, a chance encounter with Satyam results in him taking over the Janatha Garage from the latter.
കാക്കയ്ക്കും പൂച്ചയ്ക്കും കല്യാണം കാക്കയ്ക്കും പൂച്ചയ്ക്കും കല്യാണം (1995) Character: Latha S. Pillai
Story of a guy, who wants to end his life by suicide, but fails every time.
கோட்டை மாரியம்மன் கோட்டை மாரியம்மன் (2001) Character: N/A
Kottai Mariamman is a Tamil devotional film directed and produced by Rama Narayanan. The film featured Roja in the title role alongside Karan and Devayani, while Vadivelu plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by Deva. Watch the full movie Kottai Mariamman on...



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