ABOUT MAMILLA SHAILAJA PRIYA

Mamilla Shailaja Priya BornMamilla Shailaja Priya 1978 (age 36–37) Bapatla , Andhra Pradesh , India ResidenceHyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India Other namesPriyasakhi *Mamilla Shailaja Priya*, popularly known as Priya in Telugu  film & TV actress, was born in 1978. She appeared primarily in Telugu feature films and television soap operas and has also acted in other languages like Hindi and Tamil. She made her acting debut in 1998 with the movie “Master” which featured “Megastar” Chiranjeevi . In the same year, she has started her television career with the lead role in the serial “Priya Sakhi” which also happened to be the first mega serial in Gemini channel directed by Vadderaju Lakshmi Sharat and produced by Dr.Vadderaju Sharat Kumar. This serial was a run away hit and was hugely popular among the young and the old alike. She came to be known as “Priya Sakhi” Priya following the huge success of her character in the serial. She has won the prestigious “Nandi Award ” presented by the government of Andhra Pradesh for her role in this serial. This followed with a string of soap operas in almost all the leading TV channels in Telugu, in which she has acted in a variety of roles. Apart from soap operas, she has acted in about 60 feature films  in Telugu and Hindi with various co stars like Chiranjeevi , Pawan Kalyan , Venkatesh , Nagarjuna  and also with the Super Star of Indian Cinema,Amitabh Bachchan . FILMOGRAPHY She started her acting career alongside the Megastar of Telugu film Industry, Padma Bhushan Chiranjeevi in the film “Master” in 1998. In the same year, she started her television career with the first mega serial on Gemini Television titled “Priya Sakhi”. This was a hugely popular serial and a runaway hit. She has carved a niche for herself among the Telugu viewers with a variety of roles in her later films and serials by portraying a range of different characters. In all she has acted in about 60 feature films alongside almost all the leading stars of Telugu film industry like “Megastar” Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan to name a few. She was a constant accompaniment to almost all the leading heroines in her movies. Some of her famous movies include Master & Annayya with “Megastar” Chiranjeevi, Gokulamlo Seetha with Pawan Kalyan, Chandra Lekha with Nagarjuna, Raja Kumarudu with Mahesh Babu, Jayam Manadera with Venkatesh and most importantly, Soorya Vamsham in Hindi with the Indian Super Star Amithabh Bachan. Her other films include Taamboolalu, Pedda Manushulu, Maa Vidaakulu, Greeku Veerudu, Sakutumba Saparivara Samethamga, Velugu Needalu, Dongaata, Chiru Navvutho, Harishchandra, Madhuri, Manavudu Danavudu, Sambhavam, and Kathi Kantha Rao. In 2012 she appeared inAkkineni Nagarjuna 's most acclaimedDhamarukam . She also had a character of Mom of Richa Gangopadhyay  inPrabhas 's "MIrchi" . She has doneIddarammayilatho  with Rao Ramesh , as mother of Catherine Tresa . REFERENCES * The Hindu: Priya receiving Nandi Award 1998 * Sun TV Network Kotha Bangaaram