Jayaprada

About Jayaprada

Jayaprada is an actor and producer working in Hindi cinema and Telugu cinema. Clapnumber holds 158 titles for Jayaprada, from Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club in 1976 to Fauzi in 2026. By decade, that is 21 in the 1970s, 77 in the 1980s, 32 in the 1990s, 12 in the 2000s, 8 in the 2010s and 5 in the 2020s. Those titles are mostly drama, family and romance.

Biography

Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani Rao; 3 April 1962) is a politician and an Indian actress, known for her works in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in late '70s, '80s and early '90s and 2000s. Jayaprada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu and Hindi films along with several Kannada, Tamil, 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, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2014. Some of her notable films include Anthuleni Katha (1976), Siri Siri Muvva (1976), Sita Kalyanam (1976), Adavi Ramudu (1977), Yamagola (1977), Sanaadi Appanna (1977), Huliya Haalina Mevu (1979), Sargam (1979), Ooriki Monagadu (1981), Kaamchor (1982), Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983), Sagara Sangamam (1983), Tohfa (1984), Sharaabi (1984), Maqsad (1984), Sanjog (1985), Aakhree Raasta (1986), Simhasanam (1986), Muddat (1986), Sindoor (1987), Samsaram (1988), Elaan-E-Jung (1989), Aaj Ka Arjun (1990), Thanedaar (1990), Maa (1991), Habba (1999), Shabdavedhi (2000), Devadoothan (2000), Pranayam (2011), Ee Bandhana (2007) and Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (2012). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in Sagara Sangamam. She has also been awarded Filmfare Special Award for her performance in Siri Siri Muvva and Anthuleni Katha. Prada has been considered by many as the most beautiful faces to have ever graced Indian cinema including Satyajit Ray who called her "the most beautiful face on the Indian screen".