Kanaka (actress)


Lakshmi Priya, mononymously known as Kanaka, is an Indian film actress who worked in the Indian film industry. She is the daughter of actress Devika, and the granddaughter of Telugu cinema's first talking film producer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu. She was active for 10 years in the South Indian movie industry from 1989 to 1999.

Personal life

Kanaka is the daughter of Tamil actress Devika and Devadas. She was active for 10 years in the South Indian movie industry from 1989 to 1999. She has also appeared in the Malayalam film Godfather, and in Vietnam Colony.

Career

She started her career as a heroine in the Tamil movie Karagatakaran, directed by Gangai Amaran, a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year. Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including Athisaya Piravi, Periya Veetu Pannakkaran, Periya Kudumbam and Samundi. 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 404 days.
She has acted in more than 50 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu as the leading actress in a span of 10 years. Her last Malayalam film was Ee Mazha Thenmazha.

Filmography