Actress Kanaka in her final days

Yesteryear actress Kanaka, who shot to fame through her debut film, 'Karagattakkaran' opposite Ramarajan at a very young age, has been fighting her battle against deadly cancer. The pretty actress who has starred with top actors like Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Vijayakanth, Prabhu and Karthik, was diagnosed with advanced stages of cancer in late January this year and was undergoing treatment in Kerala.Daughter of popular yesteryear actress Devika, best known for her pretty big eyes, reportedly has denied permission to visitors during her days ensuing her end. The hospital too denies visitation from anyone. The treatment has failed to ward off the illness and the actress now is in her final days of life. Since she has no dear one to take care of her, she has been moved to a facility to take care for cancer patients during their last days.She has acted in more than 40 films in Tamil and Malayalam as leading lady and her last film was Kusruthy (2004) in Malayalam, and in Tamil her last appearance was Simha Rasi(1999).