Jayasudha was born as Sujatha in Madras, Tamil Nadu born on 17 December 1958 to a Telugu speaking Bhramin family.

Jayasudha is the daughter of Joga Bai, a yesteryear actress, and she was encouraged to her interest in acting by her aunt Vijaya Nirmala is a famous actress and director. Jayasudha is a granddaughter of eminent scholar and literary historian, Nidudavolu Venkatarao.

Jayasudha made her film debut when she was twelve years old as Jamuna’s daughter in the Telugu film Panduntikaapuram. Her next break came in two Tamil films directed by the celebrated director K. Balachander: Arangettram and Apoorva Raagangal. The latter became a big hit. Her fame quickly spread, where Telugu film producers were offering her good film roles.

Jayasudha married Dr.Rajendra Prasad (of Vijayawada), who is a relative to Former AP CM Mr.Nadendla Bhaskar Rao. The marriage ended in a divorce after couple of years. Jayasudha again fell in love with producer Nitin Kapoor, cousin to actor Jeetendra. They married in 1985 and have two children, Sons Nihar (born in 1986) and Sreyanth (born in 1990).

While she has friends in the industry, such as Radhika and Revati, her closest friend is Jayaprada, with whom she had acted with in huge hits Adavi Ramudu (1977) and Meghasandesam (1982). Jayasudha is a practicing Christian.

Her roles varied from the cute looking teenybopper who wore minis in Nomu (1974) to the battered wife of a sadist husband in Idi Katha Kaadu, to that of a comedienne who discovers that her husband wants to murder her for her wealth in “Money.” She performed showy roles in Telugu remakes of Hindi films, such as Yugandhar. In commercial cinema, she received a huge break when she starred in Adavi Ramudu (1977), which broke box office records. She also showed innovativeness and lack of vanity in original Telugu films like Premabhishekam (1981) where she played a supporting role as a deglamorized prostitute, while Sridevi played the female lead.
She acted in 225 Telugu films, and in one year, she had 24 film releases. She accomplished all this, despite her illiteracy in Telugu, by having people read lines to her and she would remember and deliver her lines.

She became such a famous actress that she starred in a film Jayasudha (1982), named after her. Her fame also allowed producers to cast her sister Subhashini in supporting roles in some of the films that she starred in, such as Sivaranjani (1978) and Meghasandesam (1983). Subhashini’s daughter Pooja is now a budding actress.

The interesting fact is that Jayasudha who was born in a Telugu-speaking family cannot speak or write a word in Telugu. It is because of the fact she had her education in Chennai Jayasudha is a very famous South Indian actress from 1970′s to 1980′s who has mostly acted in Telugu movies. This actress is now an MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad.

She is an amazing actress who won several honors and accolades from the critics. In fact, Jayasudha won six Nandi Awards and became the critics’ favorite actress. More so Jayasudha is touted as the next generation Savithri.

The sensuous-looking Jayasudha donned various roles ranging from romantic to humorous to tear-jerking characters. Jayasudha displayed innovativeness and versatility in her roles.

Awards:

Nandi Award for Best Actress for Jyothi (1975)
Nandi Award for Best Actress for Amekatha (1977)
Nandi Award for Best Actress for idi katha kadu (1979)
Nandi Award for Best Actress for premabishekam (1981)
Nandi Award for Best Actress for Meghasandesam (1982)
Kalasagar Award as Best Actress for Meghasandesam (1982)
Nandi Award for Best Actress for dharmatmudu (1983)
Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu) for Amma Naana O Tamil Ammayi (2004)
Pride of Indian Cinema Award (2007)
Andhra Pradesh Cinegoer’s Association-Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
ANR Lifetime Achievement Award (20

Name                   : Jayasudha
Real Name         : Sujatha
Nick Name           : Bapu Bomma
Place of Birth    : Chennai
Date of Birth     : December 17th 1958
Profession          : Actress turned politician
Husband             : Nitin Kapoor
Children              : 2 Sons (Nihar and Sreyanth)
Debut film          : Apoorva Raagangal (Tamil)

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