11 Facts About Jayasudha

Jayasudha has worked in few Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.

Jayasudha received the ANR National Award and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South for her contributions to Indian cinema.

Jayasudha was born as Sujatha Nidudavolu in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 17 December 1958, to a Telugu-speaking family of Nidudavolu Rameswara Rao, and actress Joga Bai known for films such as Balanandam, and Kalahasti Mahatyam.

Jayasudha was elected as MLA from the Secunderabad constituency in 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections from Indian National Congress.

Jayasudha made her film debut when she was thirteen years old with the Telugu film Pandanti Kapuram.

Jayasudha acted in a number of films in Telugu and Tamil mostly under Balachander's direction Sollathaan Ninaikkiren, Naan Avanillai and Apoorva Raagangal and in Idi Katha Kaadu with Chiranjeevi.

Jayasudha changed her name to Jayasudha, since there was already another actress named Sujatha.

Jayasudha was now called a successor to the great Telugu actress Savitri and performed many strong roles and showed excellent range.

Jayasudha showed innovativeness and lack of vanity in original Telugu films like Premabhishekam where she played a supporting role as a deglamorized prostitute, while Sridevi played the female lead.

Jayasudha has acted in 300-plus feature films in a variety of roles, and in one year, she had 24 film releases.

Jayasudha has made her unique space in the Telugu cinema industry amidst a huge competition between her contemporary actresses Sridevi and Jayaprada.