Jayasudha
Actress

Jayasudha Net Worth

Jayasudha was born on December 17, 1958 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She was inspired by her aunt Vijaya Nirmala, a famous actress and director in South Indian films, and was offered a small role in the Telugu film Pandanti Kaapuram (1972) when she was twelve. After much convincing, her father allowed her to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, and she was given the name Jayasudha by writer-director V.C. Guhanathan. She was cast in supporting roles in Tamil films, but it was the demanding filmmaker K. Balachander who cast her in "Arangetram" and "Apporva Rangangal" and pushed her to give good performances. This led to her first starring role in the Telugu film "Lakshama Rekha" (1975), which made her a star in Telugu films and won her the Nandi Award as Best Actress. She was the only known actress who tackled feminist roles at the time, and she was often paired with Jayapradha and Sridevi in films. She attempted to break into Bollywood, but her two films Aaina (1977) and Shabhash Daddy (1979) were box-office disasters. She married Punjabi film producer Nitin Kapoor in 1985 and had two sons with him. She converted to Christianity in 2001 and won a seat in the Secunderabad Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, India. Her husband Nitin Kapoor committed suicide due to depression in 2017, and she has since devoted her time to raising awareness for depression.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Producer
Birth Day December 17, 1958
Birth Place  Madras, Madras State, India, India
Age 65 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Capricorn
Constituency Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Spouse(s) Nitin Kapoor (m. 1985–2017)
Children 2
Occupation Actress, politician

💰 Net worth

Jayasudha, the renowned Indian actress and producer, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. Having made a name for herself in the Indian film industry, Jayasudha has left an indelible mark with her exceptional talent and versatile performances. With a career spanning several decades, she has starred in numerous successful films and has also ventured into production. Her wealth is a testament to her hard work, dedication, and the love she has received from her fans throughout her illustrious career.

Biography/Timeline

1958

Jayasudha was born as Sujatha in Madras, Tamil Nadu on 17 December 1958 to a Telugu-speaking family. Her aunt is Telugu cinema Actress and Director Vijaya Nirmala . Jayasudha made her film debut when she was twelve years old as Jamuna's daughter in the Telugu film Pandanti Kapuram (1972). Director K. Balachander gave her a small role in the Tamil film Arangetram where she shared space with Kamal Haasan. She acted in a number of films in Telugu and Tamil mostly under Balachander's direction—Sollathaan Ninaikkiren (1973), Naan Avanillai (1974) and Apoorva Raagangal and in Idi Katha Kaadu with Chiranjeevi . She also changed her name to Jayasudha, since there was already another Actress named Sujatha (actress). Her fame quickly spread, where Telugu film producers were offering her good film roles.

1974

Her roles varied from the cute looking teeny bopper who wore minis in Nomu (1974), to that of a tortured wife of a sadist husband in K. Balachander's film Idi Katha Kaadu (1979) to that of a Comedian who discovers that her husband wants to murder her for her wealth in Money (1993). She performed showy roles in Telugu remakes of Hindi films, such as Yugandhar (1979) (the fighter role that Zeenat Aman originated in Don), Illalu (Reena Roy's dark-shaded role from Apnapan (1977)).

1975

While her debut role as heroine in the Telugu film Lakshmana Rekha (1975) got her attention, it was really the title role in Jyothi (remake of the Hindi film Mili starring Jaya Bhaduri) that made her a big star in Telugu films. She was now called a successor to the great Telugu Actress Savitri and performed many strong roles and showed excellent range. She is given the title "Sahaja Nati" which means "natural/realistic Actress."

1977

She has acted in 325 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. Noted filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao repeatedly cast her in his films. In the film "Idekkadi Nyayam" (1977), he used her name in the song "Andalanni Neelone Dagunnayi. . .Jayasudha," that was picturised on her. By 1982, she became such a famous Actress that Dasari titled a film that she starred in, 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), "Doctor Cine-actor" and Meghasandesam (1983). Subhashini's daughter Pooja is now a budding Actress.

2017

Jayasudha is a granddaughter of eminent scholar and literary Historian, Nidudavolu Venkatarao and Gidugu Krishna Murthy. She first married rajendra prasad brother in law of vadde Ramesh in Vijayawada. Dasari Narayana Rao was instrumental for this marriage. Some how it has not worked and later she married Producer Nitin Kapoor, cousin to actor Jeetendra in 1985 and have two children, sons Nihar (born in 1986) and Shreayan (born in 1990). While she has friends in the industry, such as Raadhika and Revati, her closest friend is Jayaprada, with whom she had acted in a number of films such as Adavi Ramudu and Meghasandesam. She was elected as MLA for Congress from the Secunderabad constituency in 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections but lost election and was placed 3rd in the 2014 Telangana assembly elections. Her husband Nitin Kapoor committed suicide by jumping from the top of a building on March 14 2017. It was stated that he was under depression for many years, but the exact reason for his suicide is not known. It was a unhappy coincidence that he committed suicide just 3 days before his marriage anniversary, which is on March 17. In a press statement released on her marriage anniversary, Jayasudha said that her husband was in constant search of mental peace and she hoped that finally he got what he always wanted.

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