ABOUT JAYA PRADA

Jaya Prada JayaPrada.jpg Jaya Prada in 2012 *In office* 13 May 2004[1]  – 16 May 2014[2] [3] Preceded byNoor Bano Succeeded byKunwar Bhartendra ConstituencyRampur Personal details BornLalita Rani 3 April 1962 (age 52) Rajahmundry , Andhra Pradesh Political partyRashtriya Lok Dal , Uttar Pradesh[4] OccupationActress, Politician *Jaya Prada* (born 3 April 1962)[5]  is an Indian film actress  and politician. She has starred in Telugu , Tamil , Hindi ,Kannada , Malayalam , Bengali  andMarathi  films. Early lifeEdit Jaya Prada was born as "Lalita Rani" on 3 April 1962 in Rajahmundry , Andhra Pradesh . Her father Krishna Rao was a Telugu film financier. Her mother Neelaveni enrolled her in dance and music classes at an early age.Film careerEdit When Jaya Prada was fourteen years old, she performed a dance at her school's annual function. A film director in the audience offered her a three-minute dance number in the Telugu film Bhoomi Kosam . She was hesitant, but her family encouraged her to accept it. She was paid only 10 rupees for her work in the film, but the rushes of those three minutes of film were shown to the major figures of the Telugu film industry. Major filmmakers offered her starring roles in quality films, and she accepted them. She became a huge star in 1976 with major hit films. Director K. Balachander 's black-and-white film "Anthuleni Katha "(1976) showcased her dramatic skills; K. Viswanath 's color film "Siri Siri Muvva "(1976)[6]  showed her playing a mute with excellent dancing skills; and her title role as Sita  in the big-budget mythological film "Seetha Kalyanam "confirmed her versatility. In 1977, she starred in "Adavi Ramudu ", which broke box office records and which permanently cemented her star status.[7]  The song "Aaresukoboyi Paresukunnanu" performed by Prada and co-star N.T. Rama Rao  became a mass hit. Important filmmakers were casting her and repeating her in their films. Filmmaker Vijay  introduced her to Kannada  cinema in his 1977 super hit movie ""Sanadi Appanna"" alongsideKannada  matinee idol Raj Kumar . The movie is also known to be the only movie to feature shehnai  rendition byUstad Bismillah Khan . Jaya Prada repeated her successful pairing with Raj Kumar in films like "Huliya Halina Mevu" (1979), "Kaviratna Kalidasa" (1983) and "Shabdavedhi" (2000). In 1979, K. Balachander  repeated her in Tamil  film"Ninaithale Inikkum " opposite Kamal Haasan  and Rajinikanth  in which she played a terminally-ill patient. She continued to act in more films in Telugu opposite actors such NTR , ANR ,Krishna , Krishnam Raju  and Sobhan Babu  throughout the 70s and 80s. K. Viswanath  remade "Siri Siri Muvva"(1976) in Hindi  as "Sargam " introducing Jayaprada to Bollywood  in 1979. The film was successful and she became a star there as well. She earned her firstFilmfare  nomination as Best Actress but couldn't capitalize on her success since she couldn't speak Hindi.[8] 1980s In 1981, she starred in the critically acclaimed Tamil  film "47 Natkal " for filmmaker K. Balachander  in whichChiranjeevi  played her villainous, bigamist husband. After she took Hindi lessons, director K. Vishwanath relaunched her in Hindi films, with the hit film "Kaamchor " where she spoke Hindi fluently for the first time.[9]  She was now able to consistently work in Hindi films, and earned two moreFilmfare  nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan 's endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra 'sSharaabi  (1984) and for her challenging double role in K. Vishwanath's "Sanjog "."Saagara Sangamam " released in 1983 proved to be a milestone in her career. Starring Kamal Hassan , the film won her lot of accolades including Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu . Jaya made a successful team not just with Amitabh Bachchan  and Jeetendra , but also with her immediate screen rival Sridevi , with whom she has acted in about a dozen films. Their hit Telugu film "Devatha " (1982), where they played sisters who made huge sacrifices for each other, was remade into the hitHindi  film "Tohfa " (1984). These films endeared Jaya Prada to the traditional conservative section of film goers and she amassed a huge female fan following as well. It was an image that would serve her well when she started a new career as a politician. In 1985, she acted in Malayalam film "Iniyum Katha Thudarum" directed byJoshiy  starring Mammootty , Baby Shalini  and Ambika . The film portrayed her playing wife of Mammootty , leading to a tragic end of mother and daughter, film ends Mammootty  taking revenge on his family's death.

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