Jayamalini

Jayamalini (or Jaya Malini) is an Indian actress who is famous for her vamp roles and item numbers.

Jayamalini
Born
Alamelu Manga

(1958-12-22) 22 December 1958
OccupationActress
Years active1975–1994
Spouse(s)Parthiban (m. 1994)
Children1

She acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies.

Early life

Jayamalini was born in Chennai on 22 December 1958 into a Tamil family. She was the youngest of eight siblings.

Career

She was introduced to Tollywood in 1974 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, Aadadani Adrustam. She acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies. She learned dancing from Heeralal master. She had a very big hit in the 1978 Telugu remake Jaganmohini.

She also acted in Hindi movies. She had a dance number in Shalimar (1978), starring Rex Harrison, Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman, which was released in both English and Hindi versions. She also had a raunchy dance number, which was provocatively titled "Maamalu Maamalu papalu papalu", in the 1988 movie Maha Shaktimaan.

Personal life

She married Parthiban, a police inspector on 19 July 1994 and settled in Chennai with her only son.[2] In 2005, the former actress and dancer was busy looking for a writer to help pen her biography.[3]

Her sister Jyothi Lakshmi was also a cabaret dancer in films.

Selected filmography

Tamil

Telugu

Kannada

Malayalam

Hindi

References

  1. "మేము చేసే డ్యాన్సులు హీరోయిన్‌లే చేస్తున్నారు" (in Tamil). Andhra Jyothy. 13 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. "Why happiness eludes film actresses? - Andhravilas.com". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  3. "Gossip: Jayamalini's 'Biography' Exposes Truth!". Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
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