Devika Sanjay
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=August 2024}}
{{Indian name|Devika|Sanjay}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Devika Sanjay
| image = Devika Sanjay.jpg
| caption = Devika Sanjay in 2022
| birth_name = Devika
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Koyilandy, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2018{{endash}}present
}}
Devika Sanjay is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. Her first feature film was Njan Prakashan in 2018.{{cite news|title=Devika Sanjay's impressive debut in Malayalam cinema|newspaper=The Hindu |date=21 December 2018 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/devika-sanjay-makes-an-impressive-debut-in-malayalam-cinema/article25858271.ece|access-date=23 August 2024 |last1=M |first1=Athira }} She is best known for her role in the film Makal (2022).
Early life
Devika was born to Sanjay and sreelatha, natives of Koyilandy, in Kozhikode district.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} She was educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kozhikode.{{cite web|title=Devika Sanjay scored goodmark in sslc|url=https://www.vanitha.in/celluloid/gossips/devika-sanjay-scored-good-mark-in-sslc.|access-date=23 August 2024}}
Career
Devika made her screen debut as an actress in the 2018 film "Njan Prakashan'', where she plays Teenamol, a girl suffering from a cancerous brain cyst and facing death. At one point in the film, Prakashan, portrayed by Fahadh Faasil, joins Teenamol in her house as a home nurse.
There is a rumor that she was going to play the female lead in Panja Vaisshnav Tej’s Uppena, but Krithi Shetty ended up playing that role.{{cite news|title=Teenage Beauty Devika Sanjay in talks for Vaishnav Tej's film|newspaper=The Times of India |date=17 April 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/teenage-beauty-devika-sanjay-in-talks-for-vaishnav-tejs-film/articleshow/68922388.cms|access-date=23 August 2024}}
Later in 2022, Devika played a prominent role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Makal as the daughter of Meera Jasmine and Jayaram.{{cite web|title=ചിരിക്കാനും ചിന്തിപ്പിക്കാനും മീരയും ജയറാമും; മകള് ട്രെയ്ലര്| date=14 April 2022 |url = https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/makal-movie-trailer-sathyan-anthikkad-jayaram-meera-jasmine-devika-sanjay-naslen-1.7434107|access-date=23 August 2024}} In 2024, she did the female lead in Once Upon a Time in Kochi written by Raffi and directed by Nadirshah.{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time in Kochi' hit theatres today| date =31 May 2024| url =https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/once-upon-a-time-in-kochi-hit-theatres-today-1.9600673|access-date=23 August 2024}}
Filmography
=Films=
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- All films are in Malayalam unless otherwise noted.