Actress Devi Ajith-Profile

Devi Ajith is a name synonymous with so many mediums over period of approximately two decades. She has been entertaining Malayalees as a VJ , a tele serial artist, Mollywood actress, a compere , a Bharathnatyam and contemporary dance performer. A versatile artist who is loved by all generation and has always been in the memories of the audience . She is an entrepreneur running a boutique “Scarlet” at Trivandrum for past 18 years and “La Passion” at Chennai for almost two years pursuing her passion in designing.

From the age of eight she has been disciple of Nattuvam Paramasiva Menon. She  was performing at various Temple festivals in Trivandrum when she took a break from  media .

Early Career :     Devi began her career with Pattu Petty the evergreen program of 90s in Asianet , directed by Jayan Cherukunnum whom she feels as her Pater Familas to introduce her  to the media. The Malayalees still remember her fondly for “Pattu Petty” . She was there for 11 years in Asianet anchoring various programs . She anchored a Comedy show in Surya TV too.

She also had a stint with the TV media as a serial artist working under luminous names such as Director Shyama Prasad in “Mannal Nagram” ( his latest work being “English” and “Artist”) highlighting life of Malayalees in Dubai and with Director Shaji Yem in the serial Nakshtrangal.

          She was in Dubai for over a year for Asianet in late 90s compeering infortainment program “WHERE TO ?”

Tele Films  She won four critic awards for the tele film “CUPID” directed by Sohanlal Seenulal who too won many awards for same film. She was the only actress in the film. She did the lead role in ”Sthree Parvam Navam” under Adam Ayub for Amritha TV. She did a role in a telefilm with Rajesh Pillai’s  “ Arikil Oral Kude”, director of the famous movie “Traffic” remade in Tamil as “Chennai Oru Naal”.

 Movies :        Her first released commercial movie was Ivar in the year 2003 , the first Malayalam Movie to be ever shot with a handycam under direction of well known TK Rajeev Kumar. She had the opportunity to work under him prior to “Ivar “ in ”Seetha Kalyanam” with belated release in 2009. “Uthara“ a movie which had brought out her artisitic talent under Sanil Kallathil was the last project before she left the media.

Comeback :         After eight years she had a comeback with a noticeable role in Director VK Prakash’s  “Trivandrum Lodge” in 2012 , courtesy actor/scriptwriter/lyricist Anoop Menon ,a friend ,who had written the script and acted in same . Her next was State award winning Director Lal Jose’s 

“ Immanuel” sharing screen space with Megastar Mammooty . She has been accepted by the NewGen who has not seen her previous works.

Her recently released Movies  are “Kaanchi” directed by Krishna Kumar Produced by Haneef Muhammed under the banner Red Rose. She also had a small presence in “Zachriyaude Garbanikal” directed by Aneesh Anwar under banner of Friday Film House.