D O B April 3,1962
Languages Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu
Place of Birth Andhra Pradesh
Known For Actor, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Jaya Prada born April is an Indian film actress and politician Jaya Pradha was born as Lalita Rani in a middle-class home in Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh India Her father Krishna was a Telugu film financier Her mother Neelavani enrolled her in dance and music classes at an early age When she was fourteen years old she performed a dance at her school's annual function A film director was in the audience and he offered her a three-minute dance number in the Telugu film Bhoomikosam p She was hesitant but her family encouraged her to accept it She was paid only rupees for her work in the film but she also received much greater opportunities as the rushes of those three minutes of film was shown to the major figures of the Telugu film industry and the floodgates opened Major filmmakers offered her starring roles in quality films and she accepted them She became a major star in with a trio of hits K Balachander's Anthuleni Katha showcased her dramatic skills K Viswanath's Siri Siri Muvva 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 More In she starred in Adavi Ramudu which broke box office records and which permanently cemented her star status The song Aaresukoboyi Paresukunnanu picturized on her and co-star N T Rama Rao became a mass hit She branched out to star in Tamil Malayalam and Kannada films and had hit films in all of them K Viswanath remade Siri Siri Muvva into the Hindi film Sargam and introduced Jayapradha to Bollywood in The film became a huge hit and she became an overnight star there as well She earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress but couldn't capitalize on her success since she couldn't speak Hindi It took three more years before director K Vishwanath relaunched her again in Hindi films with the hit film Kaamchor where she spoke Hindi fluently for the first time She was now able to consistently work in Hindi films and earn two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan's endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi and for her challenging double role in K Vishwanath's Sanjog film Along with her Bollywood film career she continued to star in acclaimed films in the South such as K Vishwanath's Telugu hit film Sagara Sangamam with Kamal Haasan p She earned fans not just with the masses but also with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray who has said she was one of the prettiest women in the world Although she has acted in Bengali films she has never worked for Ray She claimed that Ray had her in mind for a film but his illness and subsequent death prevented their collaboration 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 Devata film where they played sisters who made big sacrifices for each other was remade into the hit Hindi film Tohfaa These films endeared Jayapradha to the traditional conservative section of filmgoers It was an image that would serve her well when she started a new career as a politician In she stepped into the Marathi film industry by being a guest in the movie Aadhaar Thus far she acted in seven languages and has completed films during a -year film career She started playing mature roles in She also owns the Jaya Prada Theater in Chennai In she married producer Srikanth Nahata who was already married to Chandra and had children Needless to say this marriage stirred a lot of controversy especially since Nahata did not divorce his current wife and had children with his first wife after marrying Jayaprada Jayaprada and Srikanth have no children together but she expressed desire to have children Both Jaya Prada and her husband's first wife have cordially agreed to share a husband Jayaprada was initiated into the Telugu Desam Party by her former co-star N T Rama Rao in She later broke away from him and joined the Chandrababu Naidu faction of the party She was nominated to the Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in Following differences with party Supremo N Chandrababu Naidu she left TDP to join Samajwadi Party and contested from Rampur parliamentary Constituency in UP during the last General election in and got elected During her campaign for the Lok Sabha elections she was issued a notice by the Election Commission for violating the code of conduct by distributing bindis to women in Rampur's Swar locality On May Jaya Prada alleged that senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was distributing nude pictures of her She was re-elected with a margin of more than votes