Lakshmi Devy

Lakshmi Devy is an American actress and screenwriter who has mainly acted in Tamil and Malayalam language films, best known for her role in the film Masala Padam (2015). After starting her career as a theatre artist and model, Devy played her first leading role in the Anand Chakravarthy directorial Nil Gavani Sellathey (2010).

Lakshmi Devy
Devy in 2021
Born
New York, United States
Occupation
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • director
Years active2010-present
Known forMasala Padam

In addition to acting in films, She has launched her own film production company, FiDi Talkies, in the United States.

Personal life

Devy was born into a family of doctors and engineers in New York where she spent most of her early life. Her mother is a nephrologist and father is a travelogue writer and published author, and they run a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, India.[1][2] She did her primary education in New York[3] and completed medical school in India, during which she pursued modelling, dance, and theatre.[4] Devy is a medical doctor and started her film career while she was in medical college.[1]

Career

Lakshmi started her acting career with the Anand Chakravarthy directorial Nil Gavani Sellathey in which she played the main lead role.[5] She later starred in numerous South Indian movies including Cinema Company and critically acclaimed Tamil-language action comedy film Masala Padam, which was also her original screenplay debut.[6][7][8]

In 2017, Devy founded FiDi Talkies, a New York-based production company and made her directorial debut with a short film 'Daro Mat' in which she played the protagonist. The film was screened in multiple international film festivals and won several awards. She started her career as a film director in 2020 with the film When the Music Changes which is produced by FiDi Talkies and actor-director, John Turturro.[9][10]

Filmography
Denotes films that are in pre-production
Year Film Role Notes
2010 Nil Gavani SellatheyPriya
2012 Cinema CompanyRoshni
2015 Masala Padam DiyaAlso screenwriter
2017 Daro Mat DivyaAlso director, screenwriter
and producer
2018 A Happy Divorce Rebecca
TBA When the Music Changes Debut as film director

References
  1. "Lakshmi in a spooky avatar". The New Indian Express.
  2. "Don't Be Afraid's Lakshmi Devy's Voyage From Medicine To Filmmaking". Urban Asian. September 21, 2018.
  3. "Interview: Lakshmi Devy | EMR Media". emrmedia.com.
  4. "Meet Lakshmi Devy: A South Asian-American who Chose to Pursue her Inner Movie Star Over her Career in Medicine". June 29, 2018.
  5. N'Duka, Amanda (September 20, 2017). "Don Buchwald & Associates Adds Cassandra Freeman; Bohemia Group Signs Lakshmi Devy". Deadline.
  6. R, Balajee C. (September 11, 2017). "Making waves in the west". Deccan Chronicle.
  7. Subhakeerthana, S. (August 15, 2015). "Lakshmi Devy: On being a heroine and a screenplay writer". Deccan Chronicle.
  8. "Lakshmi Devy pens screenplay for Masala Padam - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. "Lakshmi Devy's New Movie "When the music changes" grimly portrays our sadistic sexist ways of Rape Culture". The Week. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  10. Kaushal, Sweta. "Indian Doctor-Turned-Artist Makes Hard-Hitting Film On Emotional Abuse". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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