Aishwarya Devan is an Indian actress and

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from

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state who has acted in

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and

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language films. She was crowned

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2017 and represented

state in

2017. She won various subtitles during the contest and made it to top-6 finalists. She made her

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film debut with the film ''

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''.

Early life

Aishwarya was born to

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parents in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

to S. Devan, and Sheeja Devan who is from Shornur,

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Career

She was debuted in a

movie 'Yuvan' with Siddharth Rajkumar and

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. Then in Malayalam, Deepan introduced her to

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who cast her in his film '' Simhasanam'' opposite Prudhviraj Sukumaran. She played a Bangalore-based girl who, after her Plus Two, enters college in both her films. Yuvan was her first

film and ''Simhasanam'' was her first Malayalam film. After ''Simhasanam'', she acted in Bala's ''

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'' and

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’s ''

Karmayodha ''Karmayodha'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film co-produced, written and directed by Major Ravi. It features Mohanlal, Asha Sarath, Murali Sharma, Sai Kumar, Mukesh, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Rajeev Pillai and Aishwarya Devan ...

''. In 2013, she received the lead role In

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's ''

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''. In the early 2014 she signed up for the Tamil film ''

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'' directed by K.V. Anand as the second lead opposite

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which released in the early 2015 and was a

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, which also released as Anekudu in Telugu.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1993 births Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Actresses from Bangalore Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema {{India-actor-stub