Devayani (actress)

Devayani is a primary school teacher and Indian actress who has predominantly starred in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, along with a few Hindi and Bengali films. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for her performances in the films Kadhal Kottai, Surya Vamsam and Bharathi. She has also appeared in other commercially successful films, including Aanandham and Friends as well as in the Sun TV series Kolangal and Muthaaram.

Devayani was born as Sushma Jayadev, in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Konkani family, to Jayadev and Lakshmi. She has two brothers, Nakul and Mayur. The former is working as an actor and singer in the Tamil film industry, while the latter would also make his acting debut in an upcoming film. She dated director Rajakumaran with whom she had worked on a couple films for several years. Both their parents did not approve of their relationship, which led to the couple elope, and marry privately at a temple onApril 2001. They have two daughters Iniya and Priyanka. Currently she is teaching at Church Park School at Anna Salai, Chennai for class four students.

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