Badminton player Jwala Gutta entering films with Nithin's GJG

Badminton player Jwala Gutta, who has won the National Badminton Championships 13 times, is all set to enter films. Yes! The left-handed Indian player herself has confirmed the news on her official Twitter page. The Hyderabadi girl will perform a special song in her friend, actor Nithin's upcoming Telugu movie Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (GJG), which features Nithya Menon in the female lead.

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde is an upcoming romantic thriller, which features Nithin and Nithya Menon in the leads roles. The movie is directed by Vijay Kumar Konda and produced by N Sudhakar Reddy. Music director Anoop Rubens is composing tunes for this film which is scheduled to release worldwide on March 4, 2013.

Jwala Gutta, who has been success in making her mark in badminton field, is all excited to debut in Telugu films. This morning the elated badminton player took to her Twitter account to share the news with her followers. She wrote, "Officially out - Doing a special song with my very good friend @actor_nithiin for his upcoming movie Gunde jaari gallanthaiyyinde." She added, "Wish me the best. Hope you'll love it ;)"

We bring you some of the rare photos of Jwala Gutta and few unknown facts about her. Keep hitting navigation button in slide show see them.

Jwala Gutta

Jwala Gutta is mixed Indian and Chinese descent who was born to a Telugu father Kranti Gutta and a Chinese mother Yelan Gutta. She was born on 7 September 1983 in Wardha, Maharashtra and brought up in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Jwala Gutta

Jwala Gutta is a doubles badminton player who has partnered with Shruti Kurien and later Ashwini Ponnappa. She has won the National Badminton Championships 13 times.

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Jwala Gutta has also shown her excellence in the Mixed Doubles category as she has grabbed the titles in the international tournaments in Jakarta, Welsh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

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During her Badminton career, Jwala Gutta began dating fellow badminton player Chetan Anand, who was honoured with an Arjuna Award. The couple married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29 June 2011.

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Now, Jwala Gutta is set to enter the film industry. It should be seen whether she will be able to impress the movie goers in Andhra Pradesh.