Jayalalithaa - Wikipedia. J. Jayalalithaa. 6th. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. In office. 23 May 2. December 2. 01. 6Governor. C. Vidyasagar Rao (Addit. Charge)K. Rosaiah. Preceded by. O. Panneerselvam. Succeeded by. O. Panneerselvam. Constituency. Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar. In office. 16 May 2. September 2. 01. 4Governor. K. Rosaiah. Surjit Singh Barnala. Preceded by. M. Karunanidhi. Succeeded by. O. Panneerselvam. 1; 1 Nenokkadine (2014) Tamil DvD; 1 Pandhu 4 Run 1 Wicket Movie 2015 DvD; 10 Enradhukulla (2015) Tamil Movie DvD HD; 10th Lo Premalo Padithe (Kiran) Telugu Hot Movie.Constituency. Srirangam. In office. 2 March 2. May 2. 00. 6Governor. Surjit Singh Barnala. Jayalalitha J was born on February 24, 1948 in Mandya, Mysore State, India as Jayalalithaa Jayaraman. She is known for her work on Deiva Magan (1969). Between 19, Jayalalithaa starred opposite M. G. Ramachandran in a number of successful films, including Aayirathil Oruvan, Kavalkaran, Adimai Penn, Engal. Never miss any tamil cinema news & movie reviews. Be the first to know when we add new content to our site. Enter your email address below and submit. P. S. Ramamohan Rao. Preceded by. O. Panneerselvam. Succeeded by. M. Karunanidhi. Constituency. Andipatti. In office. 14 May 2. September 2. 00. 1Governor. Dr. C. Rangarajan. M. Fathima Beevi. Preceded by. M. Karunanidhi. Succeeded by. O. Panneerselvam. Constituency. Did not contest. In office. 24 June 1. May 1. 99. 6Governor. Marri Chenna Reddy. Bhishma Narain Singh. Preceded by. President's rule. Succeeded by. M. Karunanidhi. Constituency. Bargur. Personal details. Born. Komalavalli(1. February 1. 94. 8Mandya, Mysore State (now in Karnataka, India)Died. December 2. 01. 6(2. Apollo Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Nationality. Indian (Tamil)Political party. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Relations. J. Jayakumar (brother)Mother. Vedavalli (known as Sandhya)Father. R. Jayaram Iyengar. Residence. Poes Garden, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Profession. Actress, Politician. Nickname(s)Puratchi Thalaivi, Amma. Jayaram Jayalalithaa[a] (born Komalavalli, 2. February 1. 94. 8 – 5 December 2. Indian actor turned politician who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for over fourteen years between 1. From 1. 98. 9 she was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), a Dravidian party whose cadre revered her as their Amma (mother), Puratchi Thalaivi (revolutionary leader) and Thanga Tharagai (golden maiden). Her critics in the media and the opposition accused her of fostering a personality cult, and of demanding absolute loyalty from AIADMK legislators and ministers who often publicly prostrated themselves before her.[3]Jayalalithaa first came into prominence as a leading film actress in the mid- 1. Though she had entered the profession reluctantly, upon the urging of her mother to support the family, Jayalalithaa worked prolifically. She appeared in 1. Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. Jayalalithaa received praise for her versatility as an actor and for her dancing skills, earning the sobriquet "queen of Tamil cinema".[4] Among her frequent co- stars was M. G. Ramachandran, or MGR, a Tamil cultural icon who leveraged his immense popularity with the masses into a successful political career. In 1. 98. 2, when MGR was chief minister, Jayalalithaa joined the AIADMK, the party he founded. Her political rise was rapid; within a few years she became AIADMK propaganda secretary and was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament. After MGR's death in 1. Jayalalithaa proclaimed herself his political heir and, having fought off the faction headed by Janaki Ramachandran, MGR's widow, emerged as the sole leader of the AIADMK. Following the 1. 98. Leader of the Opposition to the DMK- led government headed by Karunanidhi, her bête noire. In 1. 99. 1 Jayalalithaa became chief minister, Tamil Nadu's youngest, for the first time. She earned a reputation for a punishing work ethic and for centralising state power among a coterie of bureaucrats; her council of ministers, whom she often shuffled around, were largely ceremonial in nature. The successful cradle- baby scheme, which enabled mothers to anonymously offer their newborns for adoption, emerged during this time. Despite an official salary of only a rupee a month, Jayalalithaa indulged in public displays of wealth, culminating in a lavish wedding for her foster son in 1. In the 1. 99. 6 election, the AIADMK was nearly wiped out at the hustings; Jayalalithaa herself lost her seat. The new Karunanidhi government filed several corruption cases against her, and she had to spend time in jail. Her fortunes revived in the 1. AIADMK became a key component of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 1. The AIADMK returned to power in 2. Jayalalithaa was personally disbarred from contesting due to the corruption cases. Within a few months of her taking oath as chief minister, in September 2. O. Panneerselvam. Upon her acquittal six months later, Jayalalithaa returned as chief minister to complete her term. Noted for its ruthlessness to political opponents, many of whom were arrested in midnight raids, her government grew unpopular. Another period (2. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as chief minister for the fourth time after the AIADMK swept the 2. Her government received attention for its extensive social- welfare agenda, which included several subsidised "Amma"- branded goods such as canteens, bottled water, Salt, Cement, Medicine Shops and So on. Three years into her tenure, she was convicted in a disproportionate- assets case, rendering her disqualified to hold office. She returned as chief minister after being acquitted in May 1. In the 2. 01. 6 assembly election, she became the first Tamil Nadu chief minister since MGR in 1. That 2. 2 September, she fell severely ill and, following 7. December 2. 01. 6 due to cardiac arrest. Early life, education, and family[edit]Jayalalithaa was born on 2. February 1. 94. 8 at Melukote, Pandavapura taluka, Mandya district, then in Mysore State (now Karnataka) to Jayaram and Vedavalli in a Tamil Brahmin (Iyengar) family.[5][6][7] Jayalalitha was given her grandmother's name Komalavalli at the time of birth.[8] The name Jayalalitha was adopted at the age of one for the purpose of using the name in school and colleges. It was derived from the names of two houses where she resided in Mysore. One was "Jaya Vilas" and the other "Lalitha Vilas". Her paternal grandfather, Narasimhan Rengachary, was in the service of the Mysore kingdom as a surgeon, and served as the court physician to Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysore. Her maternal grandfather, Rangasamy Iyengar, moved to Mysore from Srirangam to work with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. He had one son and three daughters – Ambujavalli, Vedavalli and Padmavalli. Vedavalli was given in marriage to Narasimhan Rengachary's son, Jayaram. The couple Jayaram- Vedvalli had two children: a son Jayakumar and a daughter, Jayalalitha.[9] Her mother, her relatives and later co- stars and friends referred her as Ammu.[1. Jayalalitha's father, Jayaram, was a lawyer but never worked and squandered most of the family money. He died when Jayalalitha was two years old. The widowed Vedavalli returned to her father's home in Bangalore in 1. Vedavalli learnt shorthand and typewriting to take up a clerical position to help support the family in 1. Her younger sister Ambujavalli had moved to Madras, working as an air hostess. She also started acting in drama and films using the screen name Vidyavathy. On the insistence of Ambujavalli, Jayalalithaa's mother Vedavalli also relocated to Madras and stayed with her sister from 1. Vedavalli worked in a commercial firm in Madras and began dabbling in acting from 1. Sandhya. Jayalalitha remained under the care of her mother's sister Padmavalli and maternal grandparents from 1. Mysore.[3][9] While still in Bangalore, Jayalalithaa attended Bishop Cotton Girls' School.[1. In later interviews, Jayalalithaa spoke emotionally about how she missed her mother growing up in a different city. She had the opportunity to visit her mother during summer holidays.[9]After her aunt Padmavalli's marriage in 1. Jayalalitha moved to Madras and began to live with her mother. She completed her education at Sacred Heart Matriculation School (popularly known as Church Park Presentation Convent or Presentation Church Park Convent).[9][1. She excelled at school and was offered a government scholarship to pursue further education.[1. She won Gold State Award for coming first in 1. Tamil Nadu. She appears not to have accepted the admission offer from Stella Maris College.[3] She was fluent in several languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam and English.[1. Her brother's wedding took place at her home in Poes Gardens in 1. Her brother Jayakumar, his wife Vijayalakshmi and their daughter Deepa Jayakumar lived in Poes Garden with Jayalalitha till 1. T. Nagar Chennai at the bungalow 'Sandhya Illam' which was bought by mother of Jayalalitha.[1. Her brother was unhappy with adoption of Sudhakaran, a relative of Sasikala, as foster son of Jayalalitha.[1. Jayalalithaa had adopted Sasikala's nephew Sudhakaran in 1. Her brother died in 1. She was fond of having dogs as her pets. But after death of Julie, a Spitz, in 1. Film career[edit]Early career[edit]In Chennai, Jayalalitha was trained in Carnatic music, western classical piano[2. Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Manipuri. Kathak.[2. 2] She learnt Bharatnatyam and dance forms under K. J. Sarasa. She had also learnt Kuchipudi under Padma Bhushan Guru Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam. She became an accomplished dancer and gave her debut dance performance at the Rasika Ranjani Sabha in Mylapore in May 1. The Chief Guest at the Arangetram was Shivaji Ganesan, who expressed wish that Jayalalitha becomes a film star in future.[2. While a child, Jayalalithaa acted in the Kannada- language film Sri Shaila Mahathme (1. Rajkumar and Krishna Kumari in lead roles.[2. She had been taken to the studio by her mother as she was shooting in the same premises for a different film. While Jayalalithaa was watching the shooting, a problem arose as the child actor playing the Goddess Parvathy in a school drama scene in the film failed to show up and the producer Neerlahalli Thalikerappa and director Aroor Pattabhi asked Sandhya if Jayalalitha could be asked to act in the dance sequence. Sandhya agreed and Jayalalitha was swiftly dressed up as Parvathy and the scene was shot.[2. She played Krishna in a three- minute dance sequence held on stage in the Hindi film Manmauji (1. Kumari Naaz who played Radha. Jayalalitha J - Biography - IMDb. Overview (4)Mini Bio (1). Jayalalitha J was born on February 2. Mandya, Mysore State, India as Jayalalithaa Jayaraman. She is known for her work on Deiva Magan (1. Yaar Nee (1. 96. 6) and Annai Velankanni (1. She died on December 5, 2. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Trivia (1. 17). Daughter of Actress Sandhya whose original name was Vedavalli/Vedavathi. Jayalalitha was niece of Vidyavathi who was an actress and whose original birth name was Ambujam/ Ambujavalli. Jaya was also the niece of Padmavalli who remained a housewife from 1. She was Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, India from 1. For a brief period in Sep 2. July 2. 01. 5 and from September 2. March 2. 00. 2; her party person O. Paneerselvam was chief minister of the state. Popular Tamil actress turned politician. After death of Jaya's father in 1. Jaya'smother Vedavalli took her children Jaya Kumar and Jayalalithaa to Bangalore where her maternal grandparents lived and started working as a typist. Vedavallii's sister Ambujam/ Ambujavalli, was an air hostess in Madras since 1. Tamil films from 1. Ambujawali was working as an air hostess and was also acting in dramas and films using the screen name Vidyavathi. Ambujavalli encouraged Vedavallii to also come to Chennai and be part of theatre and films taking screen name of Sandhya. Hence Vedavalli came to Chennai to be actress since 1. Sandhya. Her debut in Kannada film was Chinnada Gombe in 1. Telugu film was Manushulu Mamathalu in 1. Tamil it was Vennira Aadai (1. Hindi it was Izzat in 1. Malayalam it was film Jesus in 1. Jayalalithaa's grandfather was in the service of the Mysore kingdom in 1. Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysore. How ever her named was derived from two houses of her grandfather in Mysore named Jayavilas and Lalithanivas. Jayalalithaa was born to Jayaram, a lawyer from Srirangam and and his wife Vedavalli on 2. February 1. 94. 8 and was named 'Komalavalli' at birth. Jayalalitha was given her grandmother's name Koamalavalli at the time of birth. As per Iyengar custom, 2 names are given - one ancestral grandmother name and other being personal name. The name Jayalalithaa was adopted at the age of 1 for the purpose of using the same in school and colleges . It was derived from the names of two houses where she resided in Mysore. One was "Jaya Vilas" and the other "Lalitha Vilas". Her name was originally spelled with one 'a' at the end. Later another 'a' was added for numerological reasons after 2. Jayalalitha became Jayalalithaa. However, she was widely known by her pet name "Ammu" in childhood. Since 1. 99. 0, she is referred to as "Amma," meaning Mother or Madam. Jayalalithaa's elder brother Jayakumar died in the early 9. Jayalalithaa's was just 2 years old. Jayalalithaa was born in the lap of luxury on 2. February 1. 94. 8. Her paternal grandfather Dr. Rangachary had amassed much wealth as the Mysore Maharajah Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV 's personal physician. Fate however decreed that his daughter- in- law Sandhya and granddaughter Jayalalithaa become actresses due to financial reasons. Her father Jayaram, had died while she was aged two, in mysterious circumstances after having squandered away her grandfather's considerable wealth . When the premier of the 1. Karnan happened, Sandhya took her daughter too along with her. Sandhya was in supporting role in the film. The director of Karnan was B. R. Panthalu, who saw Sandhya's daughter and said he would like to make her act in his film, he is planning to direct next Chinnada Gombe. Jayalalitha was to studying in PUC from 1. Panthulu promised to finish all shooting within two months. Jaya's mother Vedavathii, also known as Vadavalli, who achieved success as an actress by screen name Sandhya persuaded Jaya also to join films, on assurance from producer B. R. Panthalu in 1. Chinnada Gombe would take place only during summer vacation and the young woman wouldn't miss classes. Sandya agreed and Jayalalithaa started acting. She was paid Rs. 3,0. Panthulu kept his promise and completed shooting in six weeks. This way her Kannada film debut, Chinnada Gombe, directed by B. R. Panthulu happened.'Chinnada Gombe' , the Kannada version of 'Muradan Muthu' was a commercial success which was followed by 'Mane Aliyaa' followed in the same year. Jayalalitha came into the limelight when her scintillating Bharatanatyam performance at the 1. Filmfare Awards elicited rave reviews. In Bangalore Jayalalithaa attended Bishop Cotton Girls' High School till 1. Sacred Heart Matriculation School in Chennai from 1. She excelled at school by always securing top ranks and was offered a government scholarship to pursue further education after her matriculation. After leaving school she joined Stella Maris College, Chennai to study law but had to discontinue as her debut films in Telugu and Kannada in 1. Tamil film debut in 1. Jayalalithaa made her debut in English movies in 1. Epistle released in 1. Shankar Giri, son of former president of India VV Giri. She was first heroine to appear in Skirts and short- sleeved, knee- length dresses, wool suits and in gowns in Tamil films in the mid- sixties. MGR was 4. 8 years old and Jayalalithaa only 1. Ayirathil Oruvan. Despite the 3. 1- year age difference the pair hit it off grandly on screen. MGR- Jayalalithaa pair acted in 2. Thier only silver jubilee hit film was Anamitta Kai and reason for it being only silver jubilee hit was it was a black and white film released in 1. Their first film as a pair was Ayirathil Oruvan in 1. Pattikattu Ponnaniah in 1. It was Jayalalithaa's entry in Tamil films after which producers and directors preferred pairing Jaya opposite MGR rather than Saroja Devi. Saroja Devi's opportunity to work with MGR stopped after 1. Jaya replaced Saroja as the No. Tamil film industry from 1. Saroja was the highest paid and No. Tamil films from 1. No. 1 in Kannada films from 1. But Jayalalithaa and Saroja Devi remained friends since 1. There was never any animosity between them. Other than MGR, she also had many hits opposite Sivaji Ganeshan, Muthuraman, Jaishanakar and Ravichandran in the period 1. Tamil Films. Jayalalitha was paired opposite Sivaji Ganeshan in 1. Of the 1. 7 Tamil films, 1. Golden Jubilee hits. The 1. 6 hit films were Galatta Kalyanam (1. Enga Oor Raja (1. Gurudhakshinai (1. Dheiva Magan (1. 96. Padhukappu (1. 97. Engirundho Vandhal (1. Enga Mama (1. 97. Sumathi En Sundari (1. Saveley Samali (1. Needhi (1. 97. 2), Dharmam Engey (1. Thai (1. 97. 4), Raja(1. Anbai Thedi (1. 97. Avanthan Manithan, Chitra Pournami. Their only 1 flops was Pattam Bharatamum (1. In the film Motorom Sunderam Pillai, Jayalithaa played as daughter of Sivaji Ganeshan and this film was a box office hit too. A suggested reason for the failure of Pattatum Bharatamum was that the audience could not accept Jayalalitha 's character having a child before marriage or as an old or naive woman who can be suppressed by men. Her 1. 0 hit films with Ravichandran include Gowri Kalyanam (1. Kumari Penn (1. 96. Naan (1. 96. 7), Magarasi (1. Madi Veettu Mappillai (1. Pannakarai Pillai (1. Moondreezuthu (1. Andru Kanda Mugam (1. Baghdad Perazhagi (1. Avalukku Ayiram Kangal. The film Gowri Kalyanam and Avalluku Ayiram Kangal starred Jaishankar as well but Jayalalitha was paired with Ravichandran. Jayalalitha had 6 hits with Muthuraman as a romantic leading pair Dhikku Theriyatha Kattil, Thirumangalyam, Kanaivan Maniavi, Avanthan Manidhan, Suryagandhi, Anbu Thangai. Muthuraman played supporting roles in Major Chandrakant, Naan, Kannan En Kadhalan, Ther Thiruvizha, En Annan, Oru Thai Makal, Aadi Parashakti and Anathai Ananthan. She did 2. 8 films in Telugu and each of them were platinum jubilee hit. Jaishankar had 8 hits with Jayalalithaa as the lead hero- heroine of film like Muthuchippi, Yaar Nee, Vairam, Nee, Vandhale Maharasi, Bommalatam (1. Raja Veetu Pillai and Avalukku Aayiram Kangal (1. Tamil. The films Gowri Kalyanam and Thangagopuram had Jaishankar as Jaya's elder brother. The films Gowri Kalyanam and Avalluku Ayiram Kangal both starred Jaishankar as well but Jayalalitha was paired with Ravichandran in both of them. She is fluent in several languages, including Tamil (her mother tongue), English, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam. Not to be confused with South Indian character actress Jayalalitha. The second actress by this name started her career in the late 8. She was Simha Rasi and her birth star was Maham Nakshtram. She did her own choreography in the song of Thani Piravi - Orey More Daan - especially the steps where M G Ramachandran is dressed as Murugan and she as Valli. She established herself as a regular heroine of Devar Films from the year 1. Kanni Thai, Kumari Penn, Muharassi and Thani Piravi. Her 5th film with Devar was Thaikku Thalaimagan released in 1. She learned Bharatnatyam from age of 3. Jayalalitha's mother was Sandhya. Sandhy had acted in films from 1. Padikaatha Medai, Sampoorna Ramayanam, Karnan as a supporting actress with Sivaji Ganesan and in Poojaiki Vandha Malar with Gemini Savithiri and Muthuraman. Sandhya as an actress never became a star but was able to garner many supporting roles. She played the leading lady in a few films including 'Minnal Veeran,' opposite actor Ranjan. Her mom 's film world name was Sandhya but her original name was Vedavalli aka Vedavathi. In her year of her debut, she became an instant star with 3 consecutive hits - Veniradai, Kanni Thai and Ayirathil Oruvan. The year 1. 96. 6 establish her as the highest paid actress in Tamil film industry. She had 1. 1 consecutive hits in same year. Motor Sunderam Pillai (2. January), Mani Magudam (1. February), Yaar Nee (1. April), Kumari Penn (6th May), Chandrodhayam (2. May), Muharassi (1. August), Thanipiravi (1. September), Lorry Driver (7th October), Major Chandrakant (1. November) and Gowri Kalyanam (1. November). The film Nee released last on 2. December 1. 96. 6 was the last hit of 1. Also her Telugu releases Aastiparulu and Aame Evaru and Kannada film Badukuva Daari had become hits.
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