Jaya Prada Nahata was born on Lalitha Rani; 3 April 1962 and is an Indian actress and politician.
20 Facts About Jaya Prada
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Jaya Prada is hailed as one of the most iconic and influential actresses in both Telugu and Hindi film industries in late '70s, '80s and early '90s.
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Jaya Prada left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she joined the Telugu Desam Party in 1994 and entered politics.
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Jaya Prada was a Member of Parliament from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2014.
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Jaya Prada has been awarded Filmfare Special Award for her performance in Siri Siri Muvva and Anthuleni Katha.
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Jaya Prada has been considered by many as one of the most beautiful face to have ever graced Indian cinema including Satyajit Ray who called her "the most beautiful face on the Indian screen".
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Jaya Prada's father, Krishna Rao, was a Telugu film financier.
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Jaya Prada was hesitant, but her family encouraged her to accept it.
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Jaya Prada was paid only 10 rupees for her work in the film, but the rushes of those three minutes of film were shown to the major figures of the Telugu film industry.
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Jaya Prada became a huge star in 1976 with major hit films.
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Jaya Prada continued to act in more films in Telugu opposite actors such as NTR, ANR, Krishna, Krishnam Raju and Sobhan Babu throughout the 70s and 80s.
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Jaya Prada acted in highest number of films with Krishna like Sri Rajeshwari vilas coffee club, Bhale Krishnudu, Ooruki Monagadu, Mundadugu, Prajarajyam and Singhasan,.
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Jaya Prada earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress but couldn't capitalize on her success since she couldn't speak Hindi.
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Jaya Prada was now able to consistently work in Hindi films, and earned two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan's endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi and for her challenging double role in K Vishwanath's Sanjog.
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Jaya Prada acted in some significant Kannada films as the heroine.
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Jaya Prada played "Grace" in this film, which won her critical acclaim and several awards.
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Jaya Prada was nominated to the Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh in 1996.
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Jaya Prada contested from Rampur parliamentary Constituency in UP during the 2004 General election and got elected with a margin of more than 85000 votes.
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Jaya Prada was re-elected with a margin of more than 30,000 votes.
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Jaya Prada joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of National General Secretary Bhupender Yadav on 26 March 2019.