1. Roja Selvamani served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh since 11 April 2022 until a landslide defeat in 2024 assembly elections.
18 Facts About Roja Selvamani
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Roja Selvamani was a leading and established actress in the Indian cinema featuring in multiple Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films as a leading actress from the 1990s till 2000s and featured in blockbuster films such as Chembaruthi, Sarpayagam, Anna and Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen Gadibidi Ganda in which she won multiple awards such as the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and the Nandi Awards for her film performances.
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Roja Selvamani became the Minister for Tourism Culture and Youth Advancement for the Government of Andhra Pradesh in April 2022.
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Roja Selvamani was born as Sri Latha Reddy to Nagaraja Reddy and Lalitha in Tirupati, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
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Roja Selvamani has two brothers, Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramaprasad Reddy.
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Roja Selvamani got her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Sri Padmavathi Women's University, Tirupati.
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Roja Selvamani learnt Kuchipudi and was performing in dance before she entered films.
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Roja Selvamani entered the film industry with Telugu film Prema Thapassu with Rajendra Prasad.
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Roja Selvamani was introduced to the Tamil film industry by director R K Selvamani with Chembaruthi, along with actor Prashanth.
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Roja Selvamani became known for songs such as "Meloor Maman" in the film Makkal Aatchi with Mammootty and "Mastana Mastana" in Raasaiyya with Prabhu Deva.
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Roja Selvamani later appeared in supporting roles in films like Arasu, Parijatham, Shambo Shiva Shambo, Golimar, Mogudu, Kodipunju, Veera, Kaavalan and Saguni.
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Roja Selvamani joined Telugu Desam Party in 1998 and was the president of the Telugu Mahila wing of the Party.
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In 2009 Indian general election, Roja Selvamani ran for the Chandragiri Assembly constituency but faced another defeat, this time against Aruna Kumari Galla.
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Roja Selvamani contested from Nagari in 2019 assembly election and won the seat again.
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Roja Selvamani was the anchor of a show named Modern Mahalakshmi before getting replaced by Anasuya.
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Roja Selvamani is one of the judges for the comedy shows Jabardasth and Extra Jabardasth.
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Roja Selvamani hosted one show for Zee Tamizh called lucka kicka, which was a huge hit in Tamil Nadu.
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Roja Selvamani had a penchant for hairdressing and it was evident as whenever she was on the sets she was seen hairdressing her peers like Devayani, Khushbu, Ranjitha and Mumtaz to name a few.