22 Facts About Roja Selvamani

Roja Selvamani is currently serving as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh.

Roja Selvamani was a leading actress in Tamil and Telugu films from 1991 to 2002.

Roja Selvamani has acted in a few Kannada and Malayalam-language films.

Roja Selvamani won three Nandi Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

Roja Selvamani was elected as an MLA from Nagari in Andhra Pradesh twice in the 2014 and 2019.

Roja Selvamani serves as the YSR Congress Party's state women president.

Between 2019 and 2021, Roja Selvamani served as the chairperson of APIIC Andhra pradesh.

In 2022, Roja Selvamani announced she would be leaving the film industry to focus more on her political career as a politician.

Roja Selvamani announced that she will no longer be acting in any films.

Roja Selvamani was born as Sri Latha Reddy on 17 November 1974 to Nagaraja Reddy and Lalitha in Tirupati, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.

Roja Selvamani was the only girl with two brothers Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramaprasad Reddy.

Roja Selvamani got her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Sri Padmavathi Women's University, Tirupati.

Roja Selvamani learnt Kuchipudi and was performing in dance before she entered films.

Roja Selvamani was introduced to the Tamil film industry by director R K Selvamani with Chembaruthi, along with actor Prashanth.

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.

Roja Selvamani later appeared in supporting roles in films like Arasu, Parijatham, Shambo Shiva Shambo, Golimar, Mogudu, Kodipunju, Veera, Kaavalan and Saguni.

Roja Selvamani joined Telugu Desam in 1999 and was the president of the Telugu Mahila wing of the Party.

Roja Selvamani contested from Nagari assembly constituency in 2019 election.

Roja Selvamani played anchor in a show named Modern Mahalakshmi before getting replaced by Anasuya.

Roja Selvamani is one of the judges for the comedy shows Jabardasth and Extra Jabardasth.

Roja Selvamani hosted one show for Zee Tamizh called lucka kicka, which was a huge hit in Tamil Nadu.

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.