Jaya Prada (Telugu: జయప్రద) (born 3 April 1962) is an Indian film actress and politician.
Jaya Prada 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 offer...
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Jaya Prada (Telugu: జయప్రద) (born 3 April 1962) is an Indian film actress and politician.
Jaya Prada 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. She was hesitant, but her family encouraged her to accept it. She was paid only 10 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 1976 with a trio of hits: K. Balachander's Anthuleni Katha showcased her...
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