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Indian film actress Born: April 3, 1962 (age 59 years), Rajahmundry, India Spouse: Shrikant Nahata (m. 1986) Party: Bharatiya Janata Party TV shows: Perfect Pati, Jayapradam, Kaam Chor BIRTHDAY 3 April, 1962 (Tuesday) BIRTH PLACE Rajahmundry , Andhra Pradesh COUNTRY India AGE (in 2021) 59 Years Old BIRTH SIGN Aries HEIGHT in centimeters- 157 cm in meters- 1.57 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 1” WEIGHT in Kilograms- 64 kg in Pounds- 141.1 lbs CASTE N/A
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On 22 February 1989, she married producer Srikanth Nahata, who was already married to Chandra and had 3 children. This marriage stirred a lot of controversy, especially since Nahata did not divorce his wife and had children with his first wife after marrying Jaya Prada. Jaya Prada and Srikanth have no children together. Jaya Prada went on to adopt her sister’s son and raise him as her own. Actor turned politician, Jaya Prada of BJP was a two time MP of Rampur. She contested and won the elections as an SP candidate. She forayed into politics as a member of TDP, however, due to certain skirmishes she joined SP. She was expelled from the party for stirring trouble and indulging in anti-party activities. She floated her own party- Rashtriya Lok Manch- which was rendered obsolete, but later joined RLD and ran for Binjorseat in Uttar Pradesh. She lost the elections. In 2019 she decided to shift her alliance to BJP. Speculation is rife that BJP may field her for Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh. Prada was a prominent Indian film actress before she ventured into politics. Her movies were commercially successful and some were critically acclaimed winning her several awards in the industry. In a career that spanned over two decades, she has acted in more than 280 films in different languages ranging from Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. She joined TDP in 1994 and quickly climbed through the ranks of the party. Her actual name is Lalita Rani. She has also hosted a talk show called Jayapradam. To make a career in Bollywood, she learned Hindi. Her husband Shrikant Nahata married her without even divorcing his first wife Chandra Nahata. She was sent to Rajya Sabha in 1996. She has worked with almost all the superstars of South Indian film industry and Bollywood film industry of her generation. After joining TDP, she campaigner for her good friend N.T. Rama Rao at various constituencies of Andhra Pradesh. Jaya was dropped out of B.com 1st year from Rajlakshmi Women College, Rajmandri, Andhra Pradesh. Initially, she had difficulty in speaking Hindi, she started taking Hindi lessons to take the good hold on the language. She was re-launched by director K. Vishwanath in 1982 in the Hindi films with “Kaamchor,” where she fluently spoke Hindi for the first time. In 1994, an actor and her good friend N .T. Rama Rao suggested her to enter the politics, on this account, she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). In 2011, after separating from the Samajwadi Party, Jaya along with Amar Singh founded her own party, Rashtriya Lok Manch and fielded 360 candidates out of the 403 assembly seats in the 2012 Assembly Elections. However, her party could not win the single seat in that election. She is the owner of Jaya Prada Theatre in Chennai. The famous Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray called her “the most beautiful face on the Indian screen.” When she was a kid, she had an extraordinary interest in dancing. A Telugu film director offered her a dancing number role in a movie titled Bhoomi Kosam when she was only 14 years old; after noticing her remarkable performance. He paid her only ₹10 for her brilliant performance in the movie. Jaya Prada initiated her acting career with South Indian movies. At the age of 17, she became a big star of South Indian movies. She campaigned for N. T. Rama Rao in numerous constituencies when he became the Chief Minister of the state Andhra Pradesh. Jaya Prada also seized the position of Mahila President of TDP (Telugu Desam Party).