Jaya Prada Age, Caste, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jaya Prada

• Does Jaya Prada smoke?: Not Known

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• Jaya Prada is a veteran Indian film actress and politician.

• As a child, she had a special interest in dancing.
  

  Jaya Prada In Her Young Days

• At the age of 14, a Telugu film director offered her a three-minute dance number in a film titled “Bhoomi Kosam;” after seeing her marvellous performance. She was paid only ₹10 for her performance in the film.

• She started her acting career in the South Indian films.

• By 1976, at the age of 17, Jaya Prada had become a huge star of the South Indian films.

• She has worked with big actors like Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Rajnikanth, and Amitabh Bachchan.

• The 1977 film Adavi Ramudu broke box office records and it cemented her star status.
  

  Jaya Prada in Adavi Ramudu 1977

• In the same year, she was introduced to the Kannada Cinema by the filmmaker Vijay in the super-hit film “Sanadi Appanna.” The film is also known to be the only film to feature shehnai rendition by Ustad Bismillah Khan.
  

  Jaya Prada in Sanadi Appanna Kannada Movie

• It was K. Viswanath who introduced Jaya Prada to Bollywood by casting her in the 1979 Hindi film “Sargam.” She also earned her first Filmfare nomination for the film.
  

  Jaya Prada With K Viswanath

• Initially, she had difficulty in speaking Hindi, and to brush-up the language, she started taking Hindi lessons.

• In 1982, director K. Vishwanath relaunched her in the Hindi films with “Kaamchor,” where she fluently spoke Hindi for the first time.
  

  Jaya Prada in Kaamchor

• In 1994, one of the film co-stars and a good friend N .T. Rama Rao suggested her to enter the politics, and she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Although she was offered a seat, she was reluctant to contest the elections at that time.
  

  Jaya Prada With N T Rama Rao

• When N. T. Rama Rao became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, she campaigned for him in several constituencies.

• When Rao’s health deteriorated, TDP was bifurcated into two factions, one of those was led by Chandrababu Naidu. Jaya Prada too joined the Chandrababu Naidu faction of the party.
  

  Jaya Prada With Chandrababu Naidu

• She also held the position of the Mahila President of Telugu Desam Party.

• Later, due to differences with Chandrababu Naidu, she left TDP and joined the Samajwadi Party.
  

  Jaya Prada Joins Samajwadi Party

• However, in 2010, she, along with Amar Singh, was expelled from the party.

• In 2011, after being expelled from the Samajwadi Party, Jaya Prada and Amar Singh formed their own party- Rashtriya Lok Manch and contested in 360 of the 403 assembly seats in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. However, the party could not win even a single seat.
  

  Jaya Prada At The Launch of a New Party Rashtriya Lok Manch

• Later, she joined Rashtriya Lok Dal in 2014.
  

  Jaya Prada After Joining Rashtriya Lok Dal

• Jaya Prada and Sridevi were considered arch-rivals during their time.
  

  Jaya Prada With Sridevi

• She owns the Jaya Prada Theater in Chennai.
  

  Jaya Prada Cinema Hall in Chennai

• The famous Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray described Jaya Prada as one of the prettiest women in the world.