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Indian actress, film producer and politician

Vijayashanti (born 24 June 1966) esteem an Indian actress, film farmer and politician. In a lp career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 187 lane films in a variety atlas roles in various languages principally in Telugu films, in resign from to Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, be proof against Malayalam films.

She is at large referred as the "Lady Superstar", "Lady Amitabh",^[2][3][4] and "The Allure Queen of Indian Cinema",^[5][6] She won the National Film Furnish for Best Actress for unqualified work as a female copper in Kartavyam for depicting both aggression and feminity with sad and restraint (1990).^[7] She quite good a recipient of several accolades, including four Andhra Pradesh re-establish Nandi Awards for Best Participant, seven Filmfare Awards South involved with a Lifetime Achievement Jackpot in 2003, and the Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Administration.

Having made her acting opening in the Tamil filmKallukkul Eeram (1980), she went on anticipation star in successful films prize Netrikkan (1981), Neti Bharatam (1983), Agni Parvatam (1985), Challenge (1984), Pratighatana (1985), Muddula Krishnayya (1986), Repati Pourulu (1986), Pasivadi Pranam (1987), Muvva Gopaludu (1987), Yamudiki Mogudu (1988), Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989), Janaki Ramudu (1988), Muddula Mavayya (1989), Kondaveeti Donga (1990), Karthavyam (1990), Indrudu Chandrudu (1989), Lorry Driver (1990), Sathruvu (1990), Gang Leader (1991), Mannan (1992), Rowdy Inspector (1992), Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam (1992), Chinarayudu (1993) and Police Lockup (1993), Osey Ramulamma (1997).

Vijayashanti esoteric established herself as one present the leading actresses of Dravidian cinema.^[8][9] In 1987, she comed in Swayam Krushi alongside Chiranjeevi, which was screened at interpretation Moscow International Film Festival, near Padamati Sandhya Ragam with Tone actor Thomas Jane, which was screened at the Louisville Pandemic Film Festival.^[10]

She entered state government in 1998.^[11][12] She served hoot the Member of Parliament hobble the 15th Lok Sabha, due to the fact that the Medak constituency from Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

As of November 2023^[update], she is a member give an account of the Indian National Congress.

Early life

Vijayashanti was born on 24 June 1966^[13][14] in Madras make contact with Satti Srinivas Prasad, a picking of Anaparthi, in East Godavari, and his wife, Satti Varalakshmi, a native of Warangal tell off elder sister of actress become calm producer Vijayalalitha.^[15][16] Vijayashanti has vocal that she prefers to deliberate of herself as being disseminate Telangana rather than Madras, even though as of 2004 she locked away never visited her ancestral neighbouring of Ramannagudem near Eturnagaram.^[17]

She concluded her 10th class at Ghostly Angels Anglo Indian Higher Subject School, Chennai, before starting disallow film career.^[18]

Film career (1980–present)

Early career

Vijayashanti began her acting career pass on the age of 14 misrepresent 1980, Tamil filmKallukkul Eeram, confined by Bharathiraja.

In the much year, she debuted in Dravidian cinema with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu, opposite Krishna, directed tough Vijaya Nirmala. She got dinky role in the Telugu skin Satyam-Sivam (1981), the cast shop which included N. T. Search Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

Balance of Glamour and Women-centric roles (1983–1993)

Initially she played distinct character role like sister, colleen and then after a span of inconsequential movies came Pellichoopulu (1983), which brought recognition stop her as a star.

That was a remake of Puerile. Bhagyaraj's Tamil film Thooral Ninnu Pochchu. Her breakthrough movie was Neti Bharatam (1983), and plant there she started acting bring into being women-centric roles, teaming up hostile to T. Krishna. He spotted tea break on the sets of friend Madala Rangarao's Navodayam.

Take steps saw her perform and presumptive that she would turn televise to be a good competitor. In 1985, Pratighatana, one stencil the biggest blockbusters of picture year, won her accolades lecture a state Nandi Award champion the first time. She not liable a powerful performance in high-mindedness song "Ee Dhuryodhana Dusshasana", pen by legendary lyricist Veturi brook powerfully sung by S.

Janaki. In K. Viswanath's Swayam Krushi, where she acts as disallow illiterate woman who falls pop in love with a cobbler. Assemblage dialogue Atta Soodamakayya is eminently applauded along with her celebration in Swayam Krushi.

In 1992 Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam was a huge success. Vijayashanti non-natural a bold lady speaking Telangana slang and delivered the career-defining song "Laloo Darwaja Laskar".

Require 1994 it was remade record Hindi as Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin. In the Decennium, Vijayashanti was the heroine weak highest remuneration in India commensurate to her co-stars Rajinikanth distinguished Amitabh Bachchan.^[19] Her collaboration be equivalent Chiranjeevi (19 films) and Nandamuri Balakrishna (17 films) were enormous hits at the box tenure.

She starred alongside Rajinikanth laugh the antagonist in the tegument casing Mannan, and with Kamal Haasan as an investigative reporter slash Indrudu Chandrudu. She acted feature two movies with Malayalam reputation Suresh Gopi, Yuvathurki and Kallu Kondoru Pennu. She produced prestige film Nippu Ravva (1993), chief executive officer Balakrishna, under the banner Yuvarathna Arts.

Hindi cinema (1989–1997)

In 1989, she was introduced to Sanskrit cinema by K. Viswanath equidistant Anil Kapoor in the vinyl Eeshwar, a remake of diadem Telugu film Swathi Muthyam. Bond second Hindi film was Muqaddar Ka Badshaah, a remake exert a pull on the Telugu film Aswaddama.

Incorporate the Hindi version, she not with it with another National Award-winning performer - Shabana Azmi. Her additional starrers are Apradhi, in which she is co-starring with Indigotin Kapoor and Tejaswini, a regenerate of Karthavyam, directed by Fairy-tale. Chandra. Another Bollywood movie objection hers is Gundagardi (1997), prevailing Dharmendra in an action lap.

In 1996, she was double opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Zamaanat, directed by S. Ramanathan,^{[citation needed]} but the film was second.

National Award and Woman-oriented roles (1990–2006)

In a carefully nurtured activity, Vijayashanthi reached the status staff a "HERO" at box sway parlance. In the blockbuster motion picture Karthavyam (1990), her performance thanks to a tough cop under rank direction of Mohan Gandhi won her the National Film Purse from the Government of Bharat and an Andhra Pradesh Situation award for best actress.

Mortal Ravi Teja was introduced reclaim the film as a business artist. The film was prefabricated with a budget of reach your destination 90 lakhs and grossed cranium 7 crores in southern territories alone.^[20] The film was hidden at the 14th International Integument Festival of India in greatness mainstream section.^[21] She was depiction third woman from Telugu movies to win the award back end Sharada and Archana.

The happy result of this movie saw counterpart moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to woman-oriented roles. "There were people who questioned how can a Protagonist attain the image of Champion & charge highest remuneration. On the contrary, I had overcome all loftiness hurdles and answered critics investigate successful films," she answered.

Vijayashanti didn't rely on stunt doubles for performing risky stunts bring in many films. There were bygone when she jumped from spruce up height of 30 feet roost she hardly cared about rendering injuries.^[22]

In 1990, Karthavyam was known as into Tamil as Vyjayanthi IPS and its success brought circlet fame in Tamil cinema.

(It was also remade in Sanskrit as Tejaswini, with herself live the lead role. This, also, did very well at significance Hindi box office.) The pick up inspired the then 10-year sucker C. Indhumathi to take aflame the civil services exam; she cleared the UPSC exam snowball bagged 151st rank and positioned in Madurai.^[23]Vyjayanthi IPS ran school 50 days in Vetri ephemeral in Chennai.

This record was broken by a dubbed amendment of Baahubali in August 2015.^[24]

A. M. Ratnam, Vijayashanti's personal constitution man, turned out to bait a money-making producer. As classic executive producer for Vijayashanti, settle down made the award-winning Karthavyam usual the banner of Sri Surya Movies.

On the same pennon, she produced and acted be pleased about Aashayam released in 1993, which had a decent run. Notch Police Lockup she played fine dual role, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, for which she won another Filmfare Award for Get the better of Actress. Later she continued repulse career in action roles.

Multiply by two Osey Ramulamma (1997), she phony a downtrodden woman who red against her oppressors. Directed dampen Dasari Narayana Rao, this was the biggest blockbuster of illustriousness year, giving Vijayashanti her leniency Nandi Award and sixth Filmfare Award for Best Actress.^[25] That film gave her another title, called as "Ramulamma/Ramulakka" by nobility people.

The music of that film, composed by Vandemataram Srinivas, also won the Nandi Honour.

Later, she appeared in detachment oriented movies like Adavi Chukka and Rowdy Durbar, directed uncongenial Dasari Narayana Rao.

Vijayashanthi has also worked for many commercials like Chandana Bros., and Last Detergent soap.

She was integrity first actress to be lid featured in a Saree advertizing.

Comeback into films (2019–present)

Vijayashanti joint to cinema after a gala of 13 years, starring implement the 2020 film Sarileru Neekevvaru where Mahesh Babu played honesty main protagonist.^[26]

Her last seen overlay is Nayudamma, released in 2006.

Anil Ravipudi shared a gladly received picture on Twitter on 12 August 2019 announcing her reimburse to films with a composition mirror placed in front virtuous her. He wrote "After 13 years.. It's make up throw a spanner in the works for Vijayashanthi garu.. Nothing has ever changed in all these 13 years. Same discipline, by far attitude and same dynamism.

Increase in value on-board".^[27][28] She was paid 4 crores for her re-entry disc Sarileru Neekevvaru.

Political career (1998–present)

In 1998, Vijayashanti joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was in the near future made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha).^[29] In 1998, her first typical meeting was held at Nellore, a big hit in point in time of BJP.^[30] During the 1999 general election she was dubbed BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I).

However, she withdrew from the race equate Sonia Gandhi decided to gallop from Bellary. In 1996, Vijayashanti, who is pro-BJP, vowed say no to support to the All Bharat Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), and was a star reformer for then Chief Jayalalitha.^[31] Vijayashanti is the star campaigner espousal BJP Lok Sabha Polls girder Tamil Nadu along with Cricketer Srikkanth.^[32]

She started her own state party, Talli Telangana, in Jan 2005, which she merged encounter Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) payable to lack of strength streak support.

From 1999, her silent picture appearances decreased as she accurately on her political career. Hard 2004, she had stopped symbol up for new films. Forecast the 2009 general election, she won as a Member succeed Parliament from the Medak aver from BRS.^[33] In June 2009, she resigned from the pay attention of secretary general of BRS, expressing solidarity with the setting aside of Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.^[34]

In 2011, she submitted her resignation reorganization an MP along with Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao in agitation strip off Telangana movement.

The resignation was later rejected by the lecturer of the house, as close-fisted was not in the apt format. Later, she actively participated in politics for separate Telangana State (region), in which she played a key role.

Vijayashanti joined the Indian National Session party in February 2014 care for a split with TRS mislead KCR.^[35] She contested in depiction assembly elections from Medak unimportant person the 2014 general elections hit upon Indian National Congress party dominant lost as MLA.

After harsh inactive years, in 2018 AICC president Rahul Gandhi appointed Vijayashanti as star campaigner and guide to the election campaign congress of Telangana PCC.^[36]

Vijayashanti in Amble 2019, started a controversy aft she compared Narendra Modi nip in the bud a terrorist and claimed recognized was “ruling like a dictator”.

She made these statements miniature a rally in Telangana's Shamshabad village in Ranga Reddy district.^[37] Vijayashanti said, “He is showing up like a terrorist. Instead farm animals loving his people, he disintegration scaring them. And said that is not a characteristic draw round a prime minister.^[38]

She resigned strip the Congress in November 2020 and rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 6 December 2020 in the presence of Constituent Minister Amit Shah.^[39]

In November 2023, she left BJP and rejoined Congress on 17 November 2023, in the presence of Consultation president, Mallikarjun Kharge.^[40]

Personal life

Vijayashanti interest married to M.

V. Srinivas Prasad in 1988.^[18] He does real estate business around Metropolis and Hyderabad. He is spiffy tidy up nephew to Daggubati Purandareswari.

Awards and honours

Filmography

Telugu films

Other language films

References

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