Jaya Prada
Acting
Biography
Jaya Prada (born 3 April 1962) is an Indian film actress and politician. She was one of the iconic and influential actresses in both south and hindi film industry in late 70's, 80's and early 90's. Jaya Prada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films. She left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 and entered politics. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from Rampur from 2004 to 2014. She has been considered by many as the most beautiful face to grace Indian cinema, courtesy the reticent cinematic maestro Satyajit Ray who called her "the most beautiful face on the Indian screen".
Born: April 3, 1962
Place of Birth: Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Known For
Souten Ki Beti
Despite being in love with Radha, Shyam fulfils his father's dying wish and marries Rukmini and they manage to find a good balance as husband and wife. Whilst on a trip to a hill station, they meet a 5 year old girl who takes them to her home and exposes an unknown truth - the little girl Dolly is Shyam's own daughter by Radha. Rukmini rises to the occasion as a great woman and accepts and adopts Radha as a second wife of Shyam and Dolly as their daughter, without caring for society and the law. They live happily under one roof until Dolly falls in love with a high society advocate's son Amit. But society doesn't accept Dolly and charges her of being a illegal child and they must face both social and legal barriers as well as family turmoil in a fight to be together.
Kaviratna Kalidasa
Sanskrit and upper-caste poet, Kalidas, faces many challenges after falling in love with a low-caste woman, and being entered into a competition against a learned princess.
Sanaadi Appanna
Based on a novel of same name by K Puranik, which is loosely based on real life events of Appanna, a rural shehnai artist from Karnataka. Appanna, falls in love with a dancer, Basanti. But when Basanti dies, things changes a lot for Appanna.
Hum Bhi Insaan Hain
A wealthy and ruthless man ruins the lives of his family and everyone around them.
Jeevan Yudh
Vasudev Rai lives in a small town with his wife, and a son, Rohit. Vasudev works as a teacher in a school owned and operated by the kind-hearted and generous Gajraj Choudhry. Then one day,
Muddat
When she discovers that her favorite singer, Ravi, has been accused of murder, Bharti (Jaya Pradha), a loyal fan, is determined to uncover the conspiracy against the great performer. As she searches for clues that might lead her to the real culprit of the crime, Bharti consults close friends and relatives of Ravi, but quickly realizes the plot against him is much deeper than she suspected -- and only she can clear his name.
Huliya Halina Mevu
Chengumani is commander-in-chief in the 18th-century Coorg region of present-day Karnataka. He becomes the king's commander-in-chief after saving his life, but his life gets complicated when he falls in love with Poovi and marries her in disguise. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as Prachanda Bheri. This was also Rajkumar's first cinemascope movie.
Paappi Devataa
In search of better employment prospects, Ram Kumar Singh leaves Allahabad and re-locates to Bombay by train. However, upon arrival, his wallet and clothes are stolen.
Simhasanam
Maharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the region, and would like their daughter, Alaknanda, to marry the prince of Gandharva, Aditya Vardhan.
Seetha Kalyanam
An epic musical drama depicting the preface to Seetha and Rama's wedding.
Filmography
as Vishalakshi
as Chief Minister
as Self
as Parvathamma
as Indira
as Self
as Jankidevi
as Kittur Rani Chennamma
as Grace
as Goutami's Mother
as Herself
as Ranjitha Singh
as Nandini
as Chamundeshwari
as Sandhya Joshi
as Dr. Nita
as Self
as Jaya Srivastav
as Angelina Ignatius (Aleena)
as Amrita Sodi
as Vishnu's wife
as Court dancer
as Rosie
as Laxmi (Karan's Babhi)
as Shalu
as Jeeva
as Jaya R. Kapoor
as Paro
as Mamta (as Jaya Prada)
as Shanti Devi
as Sheela
as Sudha Chandar
as Radha
as Gauri
as Gauri Shrivastav
as Meena
as Rukmini S. Verma
as Asha
as Jaya Srivastav
as Saraswathi
as Dr. Asha
as Sita
as Kalavathi
as Laxmi Choudhary
as Sandhya
as Yashoda
as Geeta Choudhary
as Bharati Singh
as Mary D. D'Costa
as Alaknanda
as Princess Alakananda Devi
as Laxmi Choudhury
as Mala Sehgal
as Yashoda / Asha
as Anu
as Meena
as Sita
as Sitara Devi/Jyoti
as Janki
as Radha
as Madhavi
as Lalita
as Vidhya dhare
as Geeta Sanghvi
as Janaki
as Asha
as Lalita
as Rekha
as Sita
as Jaya
as Vijay's Girlfriend
as Ratti
as Special appearance
as Goddess Padmavathi
as Poovi
as Sona
as Latha
as Savithri
as Aasa
as Basanthi
as Padma
as Uttara
as Seetha
as Hyna
as Saritha
as Kannagi