Vijayashanti is a South Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam films. Vijayashanti was born in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India on 24 June 1966.

She is credited as “The Lady Superstar” of South Indian cinema. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages in south India.

Vijayashanti played a wide variety of roles including glamorous roles, action heroine, tough cop, Goddess, sentimental roles and proved herself in all roles. She is ever rememberd for her versatality including acting, dancing, fighting skills.

Vijayashanti started her film career in 1979 at the age of 13 as the leading lady with the Tamil film Kallukkul Eeram and later appeared in films like Nenjile Thunivirunthaal, Netrikann, and Rajangam. Kilaadi Krishnudu was her Telugu debut film. She has acted in T. Krishna’s Neti Bharatam.

The same year, she debuted in her native Telugu with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu (‘Cunning Krishna’), pairing opposite superstar Krishna. For the first few years, she portrayed mostly glamour roles.

Vijayashanti’s first break as a performer came in the 1983 Telugu film Neti Bharatam directed by T. Krishna. The next few years saw her in performance-oriented roles (Desamlo Dongalu Paddaaru, Vandemaataram, Pratighatana, Aruna kiranam, Repati Pourulu, Devalayam, etc.), and in glamorous roles (Challenge, Desodhdhaarakudu, Pasivaadi Praanam, Muddula Krishnaiah, Agni Parvatam, Gang Leader etc.). By 1985 she was exclusively acting in Telugu films. She became a Glamour Queen of the Telugu film industry.

In the blockbuster movie Karthavyam (1990), her performance as a tough cop (modeled after real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) won the National Film Award from Indian Government and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress. Vijayashanti became third women to win national award for best actress from Telugu industry. The success of this movie saw her moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to tough lady roles. These tough lady roles made her a lady super star in Telugu.

Vijayashanti never turned towards maternity roles and supporting characters. She is the top heroine for two decades. She is the only actress of south India who is treated with an image equal to that of male super stars.

Vijayashanti’s mindblowing performance in Osey Ramulamma earned her a Nandi Award for Best Actress in 1997.

Two of her very close friends are Suhasini Mani Ratnam who has been instrumental in improving her hair dressing skills and her competitor Radha, with whom she shares special friendships. In fact, in one of the interviews to a Telugu magazine, Vijayashnathi has mentioned that she considers Suhasini as her elder sister who has been protective of her in her difficult times.

In 1997 Vijayashanti started her political career by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Soon she was made the secretary of BJP’s Women’s Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha). During the 1999 Indian general elections she was named BJP’s contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary). She started her own political party, Talli Telangana, which merged into Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in January 2009.

In 2009 General Election of 15th Lok Sabha she won Medak seat. She is actively participating in the Telangana agitation for a separate state for the Telangana.

Awards :

National Film Award – Best Actress – Karthavyam (1990).
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) – Osey Ramulamma (1997).
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) – Kartavyam (1990).
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) – Repati Pourulu (1986).
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) – Neti Bharatam (1983).
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South) in Indian Cinema (2003).
Mannan (1992) – Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil).
Kartavyam (1990) – Nandi Award for Best Actress.
Osey Ramulamma (1997) – Nandi Award for Best Actress.
Bharatanaari (1989) – Nandi Award for Best Actress.
Pratighatana (1985) – Nandi Award for Best Actress.
Neti Bharatam (1983) – Nandi Award for Best Actress.

She also received the Nandi Award for Best supporting actress in 1982, 1983

Real Name      :  Shanti
Film Name     : Vijayashanti
Date of Birth:  June 24, 1964(Age-45)
Place of Birth:  Andhra Pradesh,
Profession      : Actress and a Politician
Debut movie   : Kallukkul Eeram (Tamil) Kilaadi Krishnudu (Telugu)

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