However, her lack of fluency with Hindi proved to be a hindrance. She also garnered her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Cast opposite Rishi Kapoor, the film was a huge success and established her as a star in Hindi films. She also made waves playing a terminally ill patient in the Tamil language K Balachander film Ninaithale Inikkum (1979) opposite Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.Įven as she continued to act in Telugu films opposite leading actors such NTR, ANR, Krishna, Krishnam Raju and Sobhan Babu through the 70s and 80s, she stepped into Hindi cinema with the Hindi remake of Siri Siri Muvva, titled Sargam (1979). Jaya Prada went on to be cast again opposite Rajkumar in films such as Huliya Haalina Mevu (1979), Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983) and Shabdavedhi (2000). The film also has the distinction of featuring a shehnai rendition by Ustad Bismillah Khan. Cast alongside matinee idol Rajkumar, the film went on to become a super hit. Jaya Prada made her debut in Kannada films with filmmaker Vijay’s Sanaadi Appanna (1977). She was not just being cast but also repeated by the leading filmmakers of the day.
Her title role as Sita in Seetha Kalyanam (1976) won her applause, while her star status was secured with the 1977 blockbuster Adavi Ramudu.
Her flair for drama was exhibited in K Balachander's Anthuleni Katha (1976), while her superb dancing skills were there to see in K Viswanath's Siri Siri Muvva (1976). The films showcased her admirable range as a performer. Thus, only at the age of 14 she had achieved stardom, with major hits to her credit. Her dance number in the Telugu film Bhoomi Kosam (1974) brought her immediate attention from leading lights of the Telugu film industry, and the offers poured in. She was just a teenager dancing onstage at her school annual day function when she was offered a dance number by a film director who was in the audience. Joining the Telugu Desam Party in 1994, she was a Member of Parliament from Rampur.īorn Lalitha Rani on 3 April, 1962 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, to a Telugu film financier father Krishna Rao and homemaker mother Neelaveni, she attended a Telugu medium school in Rajahmundry and also attended dance and music classes from an early age. Also appearing in films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi, she went on to pursue a career in politics. Winner of the Nandi Award for Best Actress for Anthuleni Katha (1976), she was honoured with the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in Sagara Sangamam, she also received the Filmfare Special Award for her performances in Siri Siri Muvva and Anthuleni Katha.
Acting in eight languages, she featured in approximately 300 films in the course of her 30-year film career. Famously declared by maestro Satyajit Ray to be "the most beautiful face on the Indian screen", award-winning actress Jaya Prada has starred in numerous films mainly in the Telugu and Hindi film industries.
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