Jayalalitha was born on 24th February 1948 in Mysore, Karnataka and was named as Komalavalli in a Tamil Iyengar family. Jayalalitha is a native of Srirangam, Trichy.Jayalalitha father Jeyaram died when she was 2 years old. Jayalalitha had her formal education at the Bishop Cotton Girls' High School in Bangalore.Jayalalitha later moved to Madras State (now Tamil Nadu) along with her mother Sandhya, who ventured as an actress into Tamil cinema.Jayalalitha was then schooled at Sacred Heart Matriculation School (popularly known as Church Park Presentation Convent or Presentation Church Park Convent) in Chennai.Jayalalitha excelled in academics and has claimed that she was offered a scholarship for higher studies from the Government of India but she entered film industry, under the guidance of her mother.Jayalalitha has claimed in many interviews,that her ambition was to become a lawyer but the condition of her family had forced her to take up acting then.However she also claims to have attended one reputed college in Chennai,just for one day before entering into the Tamil film industry.
Jayalalitha made her debut as a teenager in a Kannada film titled Chinnada Gombe (1964), which was a major hit and made her star overnight.Jayalalitha also acted in a English movie, Epistle released in 1961, which was produced by Shankar Giri, son of former president of India VV Giri. Jayalalitha acted in a couple of films in Kannada before moving into the Tamil film Industry. Jayalalitha got her first break in Vennira Aadai (1965), directed by C. V. Sridhar. The following year, she made her debut in Telugu cinema through Manushulu Mamathalu. Jayalalitha was perhaps, the first heroine who appeared in Skirts in Tamil films.From 1965-1972 she formed a hit on screen pair with MGR by giving back to back box office hits with films like Aayirathil Oruvan, Muharassi, Chandorodyam , Kavalkaran, Rahasya Police 115, Adimai Pen, Nam Naadu, Kudiyiruntha Koil, Olivilaku, Thaikku Thalaimagan, Mattukkara Velan, Thalaivan, Thedi Vanda Mappillai, Kanavan, Engal Thangam, Kumari Kottam , Raman Thediya Seethai.Except for Annam Ita Kai, the pair had all of their films as box office success. Jayalalitha also worked with B. Saroja Devi, the number one heroine in Tamil films from 1959-1969, in Arasa Kattali.Jayalalitha also acted in suspense films like Naan and comedy films like Galatta Kalyanam.
After pairing opposite MGR in 25 Tamil films, she decided to explore herself by acting opposite other heroes in Tamil films. Jayalalitha films rarely saw failure at the box office. Jayalalitha commercially successful films with Sivaji Ganeshan include Pattikada Pattanama, Galatta Kalyanam, Sumathi En Sundari, Enga Mama, Raja and Deiva Magan. Jayalalitha performances in Soorya Kanthi and Chandrodhayam were critically acclaimed. Jayalalitha continued pairing up with younger heroes like Ravichandran in movies like Bhagdad Perazhagi, Moondrezhuthu, Magarasi and Madi Veetu Mappillai and with Jaishankar - Vairam and Yaar Nee. Thereby she established herself in the Tamil film industry with the series of box-office hits Nee, Major Chandrakanth and Kandan Karunai. Jayalalitha made her Bollywood debut through Izzat, in which she was paired opposite Dharmendra. Jayalalitha also established her popularity in Telugu films Nayakudu Vinayakudu, Aadarsa Kutumbam, Akka Thamudu, Bharya Biddalu, Shri Krishna Vijayam, Brahmachari, Goodachari 116 and Navarathri. Jayalalitha last film was Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal (1980).
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