FLASHBACK! Rumoured Relationship Between Jayalalitha & Sobhan Babu!
Late J Jayalalitha and popular actor Sobhan Babu were rumoured to be in a relationship. Read this article to know more...
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By Mayur Javali
Late
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Minister
J
Jayalalithaa,
who
has
imprinted
her
name
in
history
books
because
of
her
strong
administration
skills
and
determined
leadership,
was
once
a
glamourous
heroine
in
the
Tamil
silver
screen.
Being
a
popular
pair
to
the
demi
god
of
Tamil
people,
MG
Ramachandran
(MGR),
the
duo
had
churned
out
many
blockbusters.
MGR
was
instrumental
in
Jaya's
cinema
and
political
career
as
it
was
the
proximity
and
affinity
between
the
duo
which
helped
the
same.
However,
MGR
was
much
older
than
Jayalalithaa
and
was
busy
with
his
cine
and
political
life.
That
is
when
Jayalalithaa
found
a
good
companion
in
Sobhan
Babu,
a
yesteryear
Telugu
star.
Sobhan
Babu
was
younger
than
MGR
and
was
a
well-read
actor
who
oozed
charisma.
The
much
affluent
actress
was
able
to
strike
a
chord
with
Babu,
as
they
had
quite
a
few
things
in
common.
The
mutual
admiration
was
so
much
so
that
the
Amma
of
Tamil
Nadu
had
even
proposed
to
Sobhan
Babu
to
enter
wedlock.
While
there
are
couple
of
theories
of
marriage
which
did
rounds,
where
one
theory
suggests
that
the
couple
got
hitched
in
a
typical
Brahmin-Iyengari
style
wedding,
whilst
the
other
claims
that
the
wedding
was
called
off
at
the
eleventh
hour,
apparently
an
MGR
effort.
Though
Jayalalithaa
was
well
aware
of
the
fact
that
Babu
was
already
married
and
had
a
teenage
son,
the
intense
affection
made
them
take
the
decision.
Meanwhile,
Jayalalithaa's
PRO
Anandan
doubted
that
she
had
plans
to
marry,
although
he
admitted,
in
the
book,
that
Sobhan
Babu
was
indeed
a
constant
visitor
to
Poes
Garden.
It
was
also
suggested
that
Babu's
wife
strongly
opposed
their
decision
which
dampened
the
Thus
her
short-lived
affair
with
Sobhan
Babu
came
to
an
abrupt
end,
but
her
open
acknowledgement
to
the
affair
gave
her
political
opponents
an
extra
piece
of
mouth
to
wag
around.
They
projected
her
in
a
negative
shade
and
tarnished
her
character
by
calling
her
an
unworthy
heir
of
MGR.
The
criticism
made
her
quit
films
at
the
peak
of
her
career
and
turned
her
into
a
recluse.
However
it
failed
to
break
her.
She
rose
up
from
the
ashes
like
a
phoenix
to
start
a
new
innings-as
a
gritty
politician-to
eventually
become
the
face
of
Tamil
Nadu.