k r vijaya wiki : K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has starred in predominantly in Tamil but has also acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada and Hindi films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than six decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R. Vijaya has worked with almost all the stalwarts of South Indian cinema and has played a variety of roles leading her to be called Third most versatile female actress of Tamil Cinema after Saroja Devi and Jayalalitha.She had acted in more than 320 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada.
Vijaya was born as Devanayiki, eldest among six children to Ramchandram and Kalyani at Thrissur, Kerala. Vijaya's father was from Andhra Pradesh and mother from Thrissur, Kerala. Her father was in Army and mother was a house wife. She has a younger brother, Narayanan and four younger sisters, K. R. Vatsala, K. R. Savithri, Sashikala, Radha. She had her primary education at Government Higher Secondary School,Punkunnam, Thrissur. Vijaya spent most of her childhood at Thrissur till she became 11 and later at holy city of Palani when her family shifted there. She couldn't continue her studies since she became busy in her acting career. Her father wanted her to become an actress since he was himself acting in M. K. Radha's drama troupe at the time after retiring from army. She became active in dramas. She made her film debut with Karpagam in 1963.
She got married to a businessman, Velayudhan in 1966 and quit acting in films. Her husband was the CEO of Sudarshan trading company and a movie producer. The couple have a daughter Hemalatha (born 1967). Later on insistence of Arrurdas, she started working in films from 1969 to present. Velayudhan died on 26 March 2016 aged 82.
K. R. Vijaya has starred in many films. Her first film was Karpagam in 1963, where she portrayed the title role, Karpagam. The movie went well and she was also praised for her role. Apart from films, she has also starred in three teleserials, Raja Rajeswari , Mangai, and Kudumbam, shown both in India and Sri Lanka.
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