Her debut film was the Mani Ratnam-produced Five Star (2002) with Prasanna, who made his acting debut as well, in which Kaniha portrayed a traditional village girl. Divya eventually entered the Film industry, accepting the offer, while her name was changed to Kaniha. Susi Ganesan spotted Kaniha on a magazine cover page and insisted on her performing the lead female role in his second feature film. Despite lack of experience, she emerged victorious at that contest, which later paved way for a film career. When she was scheduled to perform at the Miss Chennai beauty pageant in 2001, she was selected to participate in the pageant after a model had backed out at the last minute. While she was still studying, she gave stage performances as a pop singer from time to time. Having improved her singing talent since childhood by participating in pop music and light music shows, Divya was interested in the performing arts. Kaniha is Tamilian by birth,She won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Educational Excellence in 1999.
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