Devika | |
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Born | Prameela Devi 25 April 1943 |
Died | 2 May 2002 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged 59)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1954–1986 |
Spouse |
Devadas
(m. 1968; div. 1990) |
Children | Kanaka (b.1973) |
Relatives | Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu (grandfather) |
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi; 25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002)[citation needed] was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil and Telugu along with a few Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. She was one of the popular lead actresses in the 1960s.
Devika is the daughter of Gajapati Naidu and the grand daughter of Telugu cinema doyen and pioneer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu.[1] One of her uncles, C. Basudev, was a Mayor of Chennai. Actress Kanaka is her only daughter.[1]