Occupation Actress Role Film actress Years active 1989–2002 | Name Kanaka Mahalakshmi Siblings Saradha Preetha | |
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Full Name Kanaka Mahalakshmi Born 14 July 1973 (age 51) ( 1973-07-14 ) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Movies Similar People | ||
Actress Kanaka & Her Father Interview Exclusive for Dinamalar Viewers Part 2
Kanaka Mahalakshmi, mononymously known as Kanaka, is a South Indian film actress.
Contents
- Actress Kanaka Her Father Interview Exclusive for Dinamalar Viewers Part 2
- Personal life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Personal life
Kanaka is the daughter of Tamil actress Devika and Devadas. In 2009 Kanaka married an engineer from the U.S.
There were rumours in the media (specially on social networking sites) of her death on 30 July 2013. She denied the rumours about her death.
Career
She started her career as the heroine in Karakattakaran (1989), a movie based on the Tamil rural dance Karakattam, along with Tamil film stars Ramarajan, Goundamani and Senthil. It was a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year. Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including Athisaya Piravi (1991), Periya Veetu Pannakkaran, Periya Kudumbam and Samundi. She starred with many major stars like Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Ramki, Raghuman, Ramarajan, Arjun, Murali, Pandiarajan, Pandian, Vijayakanth, and SarathKumar.
She also starred in a few Telugu and Malayalam movies with major stars like Mukesh Mammootty and Mohanlal. Her Malayalam debut, Godfather, was an all-time hit movie in Kerala, and ran for 414 days.
She has acted in more than 40 films in Tamil and Malayalam as leading lady. Her last Malayalam film was Ee Mazha Thenmazha (2001), while her last Tamil film was Viralukketha Veekkam (1999).