Jayamala (actress)

Jayamala is a Kannada (Indian) film actress. Her films include Giri Kanye, Shankar Guru, Aaj Ka Ye Ghar, Sampoorna Teerth Yatraa, Balak, Spy in Rome, Love and Murder and Harishchandra Taramati. She has also produced the film Aaj Ka Ye Ghar.

Personal life

Jayamala was born on 28 February 1959, in Dakshina Kannada district. Her father G Omaiah is an agriculturist and mother Kamalamma, a homemaker. She has six sisters and a brother. They moved to Chikmagalur in 1963 after being displaced due to the harbour work in Panambur.[1] She was married twice. Her first marriage was with Kannada Film actor Tiger Prabhakar and later got divorced.[2][3] Her second marriage was with cinematographer H M Ramachandra and the couple has a daughter Soundarya Jaimala, an aspiring actress.[1][4]

Film career

Jayamala is a multifaceted personality in the Kannada film industry having been a leading lady in the eighties and later turned producer making many award-winning artistic films. Jayamala has acted in several movies in Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. She has acted with several big Kannada stars like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Rajkumar, Shankar Nag and Prabhakar. She had several hits like Shankar Guru, Giri Kanye, etc. Her first production venture Thaayi Saaheba was directed by Girish Kasaravalli and it won a National award. Jayamala received a special jury award for her brilliant performance in the film. She has also produced a children's film Thuttoori which won both National and State Government awards.

As a treasurer in the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, the actress has taken active interest in many activities of the Kannada film producers association. In 2008 Jayamala became the first woman president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC).

Jayamala created history of sorts when she became the only actress in the Indian film industry to be conferred a doctorate for writing a thesis, She wrote a thesis on the rehabilitation of rural woman in Karnataka. The thesis required her to tour many places in Karnataka and also scrutinise many documents. The doctorate was conferred by the Bangalore University on 18 January 2008 and presented by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

Controversy

She was at the center of a controversy when she claimed that she touched the Lord Ayyappa idol in Sabarimala. Women from the age 10–50 are banned from entering Sabarimala. It created a furor in India and led to ideological warfare in Indian media and courts. Jayamala has said she regretted her action, but clarified that she was pushed into the shrine by a crowd of devotees. The Supreme Priest of Sabarimala Kantararu Maheshwararu had dismissed the actress's statement as a figment of her imagination.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Filmography

Kannada films

Year Film Title Co-starring Notes
1975 Daari Tappida Maga Rajkumar
1975 Trimurthy Rajkumar
1976 Badavara Bandhu Rajkumar
1976 Premada Kanike Rajkumar
1977 Babruvahana Rajkumar
1977 Giri Kanye Rajkumar
1978 Shankar Guru Rajkumar
1979 Khandavideko Mamsavideko Suresh Heblikar
1979 Madhu Chandra Shankar Nag
1980 Hanthakana Sanchu Vishnuvardhan
1980 Janma Janmada Anubandha Shankar Nag
1980 Kappu Kola Ashok
1981 Bhagyada Belaku Maanu
1981 Bharjari Bete Ambareesh
1981 Muniyana Madari Shankar Nag
1981 Naga Kala Bhairava Vishnuvardhan
1981 Sangeetha Lokesh
1981 Antha Ambareesh
1982 Ajith Ambareesh
1982 Khadeema Kallaru Ambareesh
1982 Prema Matsara Ambareesh
1982 Raga Thala Raja Shankar
1982 Shankar Sundar Ambareesh
1983 Chandi Chamundi Shankar Nag
1983 Geluvu Nannade Ambareesh
1983 Hosa Theerpu Ambareesh, Ananth Nag
1983 Prema Yuddha Tiger Prabhakar
1983 Sididedda Sahodara Vishnuvardhan
1983 Thirugu Baana Ambareesh
1984 Bedaru Bombe Shankar Nag
1984 Benki Birugali Vishnuvardhan, Shankar Nag
1984 Gandu Bherunda Ambareesh
1984 Hosa Ithihaasa Prabhakar
1984 Jiddu Prabhakar
1984 Nagabekamma Nagabeku Shankar Nag
1984 Onti Dhwani Ambareesh
1984 Premave Balina Belaku Ananth Nag
1984 Raktha Thilaka Shankar Nag
1985 Pralaya Rudra Prabhakar
1995 Gadibidi Aliya Shivrajkumar, Malashri
1996 Geluvina Saradara Raghavendra Rajkumar
1996 Nirbandha Ananth Nag, Shashikumar
1997 Thaayi Saheba Suresh Heblikar Winner, National Film Special Jury Award
Winner, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
2004 Rowdy Aliya Shivrajkumar
2008 Navashakthi Vaibhava

References

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