Jayamalais an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in theGovernment of Karnataka,by virtue of being a member of theKarnataka Legislative Council.[1]She served as the female president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce between 2008 and 2010.[2][3]Her popular Kannada films includePremada Kanike,Shankar Guru,Anthaand Chandi Chamundiamong several others. She has produced and acted in the award-winningThaayi Saheba.
Jayamala | |
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 Jayamala in 2020 | |
| Ex-Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens,Government of KarnatakaLeader of the Upper House, Karnataka Legislative Council | |
| In office June 2018 – June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Umashree |
| Minister for Kannada and Culture, and Information and Public Relations,Government of Karnataka | |
| In office 6 June 2018 – June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Umashree |
| Member of theKarnataka Legislative Council | |
| In office 24 June 2014 – 23 June 2020 | |
| President, Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce | |
| In office 29 June 2008 – May 2010 | |
| Succeeded by | Basant Kumar Patil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1959 Mangalore |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Soundarya (1990) Prabhakar (b.1990) |
| Profession |
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Personal life
editJayamala was born to aTuluspeaking Billava family in Mangalore. Her father G. Omaiah was an agriculturist and mother Kamalamma, a homemaker. She has six sisters and a brother. They moved to Chikmagalur in 1963 after being displaced due to the harbour work inPanambur.[4]
She was first married to Kannada Film actorTiger Prabhakar.and the couple has a daughter Soundarya, a popular actress in her own right. After her divorce[5][6]she marriedcinematographerH. M. Ramachandra.[4][7]
Film career
editJayamala has acted in several movies mainly inKannada.Jayamala was the most glamorous heroine of Kannada cinema during the early 1980s. She started her career as aRajkumarheroine and after a string of successful movies with him went on to star opposite all the top heroes of Sandalwood,[citation needed]WithAnant Nag,she has acted in romantic movies asJanma Janmada AnubandhaandPremave Baalina Belaku.WithVishnuvardhan,she starred in multi-starrer pot-boilers likeHanthakana Sanchu,Naga Kala BhairavaandSididedda Sahodara.Her pairing withAmbareesh,started with the cult classicAnthawhere she played the tragic role of a cabaret dancer who is his sister and then went on to become his heroine in several movies likeAjith,Prema MatsaraandKhadeema Kallaru.Her pairing withShankar Nagin many movies also proved successful, including the heroine-orientedChandi Chamundithat made her a household name as an action heroine.
Her last successful pairing was withPrabhakar,(who incidentally had played her brother inChandi Chamundi)whom she married in 1985 after which she quit films. Interestingly Jayamala and top heroineAarathicostarred in nine films with Jayamala's glamour quotient complementingAarathi's simple-girl appeal.
Her first production ventureThaayi Sahebawas directed by Girish Kasaravalli and won a National award. Jayamala received a special jury award for her performance in the film.[8]Jayamala created history of sorts when she became the only actress in the Indian film industry to be conferred a doctorate for writing a thesis. Her thesis was on the rehabilitation ofrural womanin Karnataka and required her to tour Karnataka and also scrutinise several documents. The Doctorate was conferred by theBangalore Universityon 18 January 2008 and presented by former PresidentDr A P J Abdul Kalam.
Controversy
editShe was at the center of a controversy when she claimed that she touched the LordAyyappaidol inSabarimaladuring the shooting of Tamil movie titled 'Nambinar Keduvathillai'. Women from the age 10–50 are banned from entering Sabarimala temple. It created a furor in India and led to ideological warfare in Indian media and courts. It was Mr V Rajendran[9][10]who is currently the Kerala state committee member ofBharatiya Janata Partywho filed the petition against her in Ranni court. Jayamala has said she regretted her action, but clarified that she was pushed into the shrine by a crowd of devotees. Rajendran insisted that it is impossible to touch as the shrine is located far inside theGarbhagriha.The Supreme Priest of Sabarimala Kantararu Maheshwararu had dismissed the actress's statement as a figment of her imagination.[11][12][13][14][15]
Filmography
editKannada films
editTamil
edit- Oru Kodiyil Iru Malargal(1976)
- Jamboo(1980)
- Bhama Rukmani(1980)
- Andru Muthal Indru Varai(1981)
- Kadavulin Theerpu(1981)
- Kalthoon(1981)
- Asthivaram(1982)
- Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum(1983) as Valli
- Thalaimagan(1983)
- Kuvaa Kuvaa Vaaththukkal(1984)
- Pozhuthu Vidinchachu(1984)
- Padikkadha Pannaiyar(1985)
- Nambinar Keduvathillai(1986)
- En Pondatti Nallava(1995) as Mayilu
Malayalam: Credited as Jayanthi
edit- Devalokam(Unreleased)
- Makara Vilakku(1980)
- Oridathoru Phayalvaan(1981) as Chakkara
- Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam(1982)
- Kadamba(1983)
- Rishi(1992)
Telugu
edit- Bhale Ramudu[19](1984) as Asha
- Rakshasudu(1986)
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