Career
She started her career as the heroine in Karakattakaran (1989), a movie based on the Tamil rural dance Karakattam, along with Tamil film stars Ramarajan, Goundamani and Senthil. It was a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year. Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including Adisiya Piravi (1991), Periya karan, Periya Kudumbam and Samundi. She starred with many major stars like Rajnikanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakanth, SarathKumar, etc.
She also starred in a few Telugu and Malayalam movies with major stars like Mammootty and Mohanlal. Her Malayalam debut, Godfather, was an all-time hit movie in Kerala, and ran for 434 days.
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