Jaya Prada: Age, Biography, Education, Husband, Caste, Net Worth & More

Jaya Prada

Actor turned politician, Jaya Prada of BJP was a two time MP of Rampur. She contested and won the elections as an SP candidate.

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Jaya Prada Biography

Actor turned politician, Jaya Prada of BJP was a two time MP of Rampur. She contested and won the elections as an SP candidate. She forayed into politics as a member of TDP, however, due to certain skirmishes she joined SP. She was expelled from the party for stirring trouble and indulging in anti-party activities. She floated her own party- Rashtriya Lok Manch- which was rendered obsolete, but later joined RLD and ran for Binjorseat in Uttar Pradesh. She lost the elections. In 2019 she decided to shift her alliance to BJP. Speculation is rife that BJP may field her for Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh. Prada was a prominent Indian film actress before she ventured into politics. Her movies were commercially successful and some were critically acclaimed winning her several awards in the industry. In a career that spanned over two decades, she has acted in more than 280 films in different languages ranging from Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. She joined TDP in 1994 and quickly climbed through the ranks of the party.

By Anushree Updated: Monday, May 20, 2019, 04:37:50 PM [IST]

Jaya Prada Personal Life

Full Name	Jaya Prada
Date of Birth	03 Apr 1962 (Age 62)
Place of Birth	Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
Party Name	Bharatiya Janta Party
Education
Profession	Film Artist Film Producer, Distributor, Social Worker
Father's Name	Shri Krishna
Mother's Name	Smt. Neelaveni

Jaya Prada Net Worth

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Interesting Facts about Jaya Prada

Jaya Prada alleged that senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was distributing nude pictures of her. Her implicit support for former General Secretary of SP Amar Singh led to her disbarment from the party. She with Amar Singh started their party Rashtriya Lok Manch, in 2011, and fielded candidates in 360 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2012 assembly polls. However, his party did not win a single seat in these elections.

Political Timeline of Jaya Prada

2019

She joined BJP and will be contesting for Rampur seat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

2014

She contested and lost Bijnor Lok Sabha seat a RLD candidate.

2011

Floated her own political party, Rashtriya Lok Manch, albeit, unsuccessfully.

2009

Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) by a margin of over 30,000 votes. She was also elected the Member, Committee on Finance.

2004

Member, Committee on Information Technology, Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women, Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management.

2004

Elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Rampur constituency as SP candidate, where she defeated Begum Noor Bano alias Mehtab Zamani Begum of INC with a margin of 50,000 votes.

1996

Member, Rajya Sabha.

1994

She joined TDP.

Jaya Prada Early Life

1975

She forayed into Indian Film Industry.

Jaya Prada Achievements

Historical subject Amrapali is most appreciated ballet of her stage performances;learned classical Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam Dances; recipient of (i) Doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University (A.P.); (ii) Rajiv Gandhi Award; (iii) Filmfare Award (four times); (iv) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008; (v) Kala Saraswati Award; (vi) Nargis Dutt Gold Medal;(vii) Kinnera Savitri Award, (viii) Shakuntala Kala Rathnam Award; (ix) Ugadi Puraskar, Chennai; (x) Mahila Shaurya Samman; (xi)Uttam Kumar Award; and (xii) Shiromani Award

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