Devika

Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi; 25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) 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. One of her uncles, C. Basudev, was a Mayor of Chennai. Actress Kanaka is her only daughter.

Additional context about her personal life reveals some family disputes and complexities. Devika was married to S.S. Devadoss in 1972, and they divorced in 1990. They had a daughter named Kanaka, who also became an actress. There were controversies involving their daughter Kanaka and her father regarding property and legal matters after Devika's death. Kanaka publicly accused her father of spreading rumors and slandering her, while her father claimed protection and legal action due to alleged cruelty from Kanaka and disputes over Devika's will and property. Provided by Wikipedia