Jaya Prada

Bollywood actress turned politician Jaya Prada was born on 3 April 1962. In 1986, Jaya Prada married producer Srikanth Nahata who was already married to Chandra and had 3 children. If we look at her Bollywood career, K. Viswanath remade Siri Siri Muvva in 1976 into the Hindi version Sargam and introduced Jaya Prada to Bollywood industry in 1979.

The film became a huge hit and Jaya Prada became an overnight star. The actress earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.

With another hit movie Kaamchor that came in 1982 she started getting more Hindi films and she also bagged two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan’s endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi in 1984 and for her challenging double role in K. Vishwanath's Sanjog in 1985.

Jaya made a successful team, not just with Amitabh Bachchan and Jeetendra, but also with her immediate screen rival Sridevi with whom Jaya has acted in about a dozen films.

In 2002, Jaya Prada stepped into the Marathi film industry by being a guest in the movie Aadhaar. Jaya who owns Theatre in Chennai has acted in seven languages and during a 30-year film career she has completed 300 films. She started playing mature roles in 2004.

Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada born on 3 April 1962 is an Indian Bollywood actress and politician. In 1986, Jaya got married to producer Srikanth Nahata, who was already married to Chandra and had 3 children.

With the remake of K. Viswanath's Siri Siri Muvva (1976) into the Hindi version Sargam introduced Jayapradha to Bollywood in 1979. The film became a huge hit and Jaya became an overnight star there as well.

Jaya Prada earned first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress as well. It took almost three more years before director K. Vishwanath relaunched her again in Hindi films, with the hit film Kaamchor (1982) where Jaya Prada spoke Hindi very well for the first time.

Jaya Prada than worked in many hindi movies and earn two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan's girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi (1984) and for her challenging double role in K. Vishwanath's Sanjog (1985).

Along with her Bollywood film career, the actress earned fans, not just with the masses, but also with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray, who has said she was one of the prettiest women in the world.

In 2002, Jaya Prada stepped into the Marathi film industry by being a guest in the movie Aadhaar and started acting in seven languages and has completed 300 films during a 30-year film career.

Other than this Jaya Prada has also won Kala Saraswati Award, Kinnera Savitri Award, Rajiv Gandhi Award, Nargis Dutt Gold Medal, Shakuntala Kala Rathnam Award, Uttam Kumar Award, Kalakar Award for Best Author (2005) and in 2008 ANR Achievement Award.