Jayasudha

Jayasudha Kapoor is an Indian film actress predominantly appears in Telugu cinema. She has also worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and few Kannada films. She has received seven state Nandi Awards of Andra Pradesh, and seven Filmfare Awards South.

Jayasudha was born to a Telugu-speaking family on December 17, 1958, in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Her aunt is the famous actress and director Vijaya Nirmala, who convinced Jayasudha's disapproving father to permit his stage-struck daughter to act in films.

Jayasudha's mother, Joga Bai, was also an actress of yesteryears.

Jayasudha made her film debut when she was twelve years old as Jamuna's daughter in the Telugu film Panduntikaapuram. Her next break came in two Tamil films directed by the celebrated director K. Balachander: Arangettram and Apoorva Raagangal. The latter...