Jaya Prada

Bollywood actress turned politician Jaya Prada was born on 3 April 1962. In 1986, Jaya Prada married producer Srikanth Nahata who was already married to Chandra and had 3 children. If we look at her Bollywood career, K. Viswanath remade Siri Siri Muvva in 1976 into the Hindi version Sargam and introduced Jaya Prada to Bollywood industry in 1979.

The film became a huge hit and Jaya Prada became an overnight star. The actress earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.

With another hit movie Kaamchor that came in 1982 she started getting more Hindi films and she also bagged two more Filmfare nominations as Best Actress for playing Amitabh Bachchan’s endearing girlfriend in Prakash Mehra's Sharaabi in 1984 and for her challenging double role in K. Vishwanath's Sanjog in 1985.

Jaya made a successful team, not just with Amitabh Bachchan and Jeetendra, but also with her immediate screen rival Sridevi with whom Jaya has acted in about a dozen films.

In 2002, Jaya Prada stepped into the Marathi film industry by being a guest in the movie Aadhaar. Jaya who owns Theatre in Chennai has acted in seven languages and during a 30-year film career she has completed 300 films. She started playing mature roles in 2004.