: Continuing her journey into regional cinema, she is set to star in major projects like the Kannada film Toxic (2026) alongside Yash.
Devika had a magic touch. She understood the grammar of Southern mass cinema: the elevation of the hero, the raw sound design, the lack of embarrassment. She took Bombay’s rejects—the mid-budget melodramas, the failed romances—and injected them with Southern steroids. A lost lover’s song became a chase sequence. A comedy track became a folk dance. : Continuing her journey into regional cinema, she