{{short description|Indian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Aishwarya Devan | image = Aishwarya Devan graces the launch of the new resto-bar Angrezi Patiyaala (10) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Devan in 2018 | birth_date = | birth_place = Shornur, Palakkad, Kerala | occupation = Actress | title = Femina Miss India Maharashtra 2017 (winner) Femina Miss India 2017 (Top 6) | years_active = 2011–2018 }}
'''Aishwarya Devan''' is an Indian actress and model from Kerala, who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada cinema.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web |author=Liza George |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shot-to-fame/article4677142.ece |title=Shot to fame |work=The Hindu |date=2 May 2013 |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707103629/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shot-to-fame/article4677142.ece |url-status=live}}</ref> She was crowned Femina Miss India Maharashtra in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/Unknown-facts-about-Miss-India-Maharashtra-2017/Unknown-facts-about-Miss-India-Maharashtra-2017/eventshow/58822345.cms |title=Unknown facts about Miss India Maharashtra 2017 |work=The Times of India |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=8 July 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804233323/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/Unknown-facts-about-Miss-India-Maharashtra-2017/Unknown-facts-about-Miss-India-Maharashtra-2017/eventshow/58822345.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> She won various subtitles during the contest<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/miss-india-contestants/2017/aishwarya-devan/contestantprofile/58812502.cms |title=Aishwarya Devan Fbb Colors Femina Miss India 2017 contestant profile |work=The Times of India |access-date=8 July 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804231959/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/miss-india-contestants/2017/aishwarya-devan/contestantprofile/58812502.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> and made it to top-6 finalists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/miss-india-2017-winner-announced-lifest-984759-2017-06-26 |title=Manushi Chhillar from Haryana wins the title of Miss India 2017 |work=India Today |date=25 June 2017 |access-date=8 July 2017 |archive-date=9 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109005029/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/miss-india-2017-winner-announced-lifest/1/987365.html |url-status=live}}</ref> She made her Hindi film debut with the film ''Kaashi in Search of Ganga''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.mid-day.com/articles/aishwarya-devan-bollywood-debut-sharman-joshi-kaashi-news/18485150 |title=Aishwarya Devan to make Bollywood debut with Sharman Joshi in Kaashi |date=7 August 2017 |work=mid-day |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903210638/http://m.mid-day.com/articles/aishwarya-devan-bollywood-debut-sharman-joshi-kaashi-news/18485150 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Early life == Aishwarya was born to Malayalee parents in Bangalore to S. Devan, and Sheeja Devan who is from Shornur, Palakkad district, Kerala.<ref name="thehindu1" />
==Career== She debuted in a Tamil movie 'Yuvan' with Siddharth Rajkumar and Rakul Preet Singh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cinetrooth.in/2015/06/16/aishwarya-devan-actress-profile-and-biography/ |title=Aishwarya Devan Actress - Profile and Biography |website=cinetrooth.in |language=en-US |access-date=27 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516121206/http://cinetrooth.in/2015/06/16/aishwarya-devan-actress-profile-and-biography/ |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Then in Malayalam, Deepan introduced her to Shaji Kailas 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.<ref name="thehindu1"/> Yuvan was her first Tamil film and ''Simhasanam'' was her first Malayalam film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Features |first=Express |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article586344.ece |title=Shaji Kailas' 'Simhasanam' arrives on Friday |work=The New Indian Express |date=10 August 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413180951/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article586344.ece |url-status=dead}}</ref>
After ''Simhasanam'', she acted in Bala's ''The Hitlist'' and Major Ravi’s ''Karmayodha''.<ref>{{cite web |author=S.R. Praveen |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/hit-list-misses-the-mark/article4180271.ece |title='Hit List' misses the mark |work=The Hindu |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013 |archive-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506170707/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/hit-list-misses-the-mark/article4180271.ece |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, she received the lead role In V. K. Prakash's ''Thank You''. In the early 2014 she signed up for the Tamil film ''Anegan'' directed by K.V. Anand as the second lead opposite Dhanush which released in the early 2015 and was a blockbuster, which also released as Anekudu in Telugu.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language ! Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''Keratam'' || Geetha || Telugu || rowspan="2"|credited as Aishwarya |- | ''Yuvan'' || Meena || Tamil |- | rowspan="4" | 2012 || ''Simhasanam'' || Nanda || rowspan="3" | Malayalam || |- | ''The Hitlist'' ||Avanthika || |- | ''Karmayodha'' ||Kidnapped girl || |- | ''Chennaiyil Oru Naal'' || Jennifer Mary Tony || Tamil || |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''Thank You'' || Shruthi || Malayalam || |- | ''Jai Lalitha'' || Lalitha || Kannada || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Disha-and-Aishwarya-make-their-Kannada-debut/articleshow/20843778.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703225456/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/news-interviews/40307003_1_disha-pandey-harish-raj-kannada-debut |url-status=live |archive-date=3 July 2013 |work=The Times of India |title=Disha and Aishwarya make their Kannada debut |access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> |- |2014||''Sreenivasan Paranja Kadha''|| || Malayalam|| |- | 2015 || ''Anegan'' || Meera & Mallika || Tamil || |- | 2018 || ''Kashi in search of ganga'' ||Devina ||Hindi || <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.mid-day.com/articles/aishwarya-devan-bollywood-debut-sharman-joshi-kaashi-news/18485150 |title=Aishwarya Devan to make Bollywood debut with Sharman Joshi in Kaashi |date=7 August 2017 |work=mid-day |access-date=27 May 2018 |archive-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903210638/http://m.mid-day.com/articles/aishwarya-devan-bollywood-debut-sharman-joshi-kaashi-news/18485150 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |}
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