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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Jaya Prada is an Indian actress and politician. She is hailed as one of the most iconic, influential actresses in both Telugu and Hindi film industries in late 70s, 80s and early 90s. Jaya Prada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu and Hindi films along with several Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi films. She left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 and entered politics. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from Rampur from 2004 to 2014.
Those who call Bharat Mata as 'dayan,' who does not acknowledge Kashmir as part of India and use foul language against our PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath, stands exposed before people. Their anger is visible when I meet them and they share their views.
I hated being compared to others.
I think the world is surrounded by love.
During earlier occasions, I was fighting big parties - the BJP, Congress and BSP - and had also to face factional fight within the SP. I had to take on Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati and Azam Khan. I did have the support of Mulayam Singh Yadav though.
With the BJP cadre around with me, things have become much easier.
Happiness is a feeling of your own achievement, and it signifies goals.
I don't want to sing songs around trees anymore.
I feel pity for Mayawati that joined hands even with rival Akhilesh Yadav only in an attempt to stop Narendra Modi.
I've never gone by what others think.
Every girl has a dream - she wants a perfect husband. But that is not possible. There will be ego clashes and one has to compromise.
Politics and acting are two parallel paths of my life.
Bollywood looks only at the box office numbers. If the film earns money, it is usually because of the hero and the director. It is about Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.
We need to raise our voice against the use of drugs and we need to save our youth.
I am glad that I made my television debut with 'Perfect Pati,' a show that portrays a mother and her role as a mother-in-law in such a strong positive light.
Azam Khan has made me the focus of his campaign. I have for long been suffering his tongue-lash. It only reflects his state of mind. He does a lot of drama.
Unlike most politicians who speak only from their mind, Amar Singhji thinks and speaks both from his mind and heart.
I want to play roles of substance, where I have something to contribute, where I can help push forward a thought.
I never discriminate between roles being offered.
My passion is dancing and music.
Simplicity and honesty make a person most graceful, but in today's world, they are overrated.
I can't do the conventional heroine's role.
When I did my first Hindi film, 'Sargam,' I had to play a dumb girl. Critics went to town saying that since I was a south Indian and didn't know how to speak Hindi, producers of the movie decided to make me play dumb.
Singing was always my love.
I've been dancing since I was five or six.
You have to make efforts to overcome the hurdles in love.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other thought. This is the way to success.
The UPA government talks more and works less. Most of its schemes look impressive on paper while they are not implemented properly at the grassroots level even in Congress-ruled states.
I moved to the SP. I worked for them for 10 years. But they don't have any ideology. They work only for Muslim votes because that's how they feel they will win.
I've been on the lookout for meaningful roles, not just the glamorous ones.
I set up a centre for zari-zardozi artists near Paharganj.
I am sure the people of Rampur will once again give me a chance to represent them.
People have been saying that Amar Singh is more of an intellectual than a grassroot politician but we will prove them wrong. We will pick up problems, explore them in a realistic way and present them in parliament.
Even as a sitting MP from a party, I wasn't spared. Azam Khan harassed me. He attempted an acid attack on me.
So many people have helped me in my life, and Amar Singh ji is my godfather.
Politics kept me busy for a long time; I enjoyed my experience and learnt a lot.
Jayasudha and I have acted in several films and it is my duty to campaign for her.
I don't differentiate between films and TV, particularly Hindi serials.
While growing up, girls are being conditioned to feel that they have to accept their husbands any way.
The main advantage Sridevi and I had was that we acted in films which were South remakes. What we had done in the South, we did the same in Hindi.
I completely support Ravi Kishan ji's remarks about saving youth from the problem of drug trafficking/addiction.
I love to challenge myself all the time.
I can't be stopped from offering my respect to places of worship.
It's rare for someone to give you a helping hand when you're going through rejection.
Srideviji was a great human being, a fabulous dancer, a tremendous actress and above all, a wonderful mother.
Every politician goes through a lean patch during which they go back to their main area of expertise. Some return to business, some practice law, and I... have come back to cinema.
Whatever they are showing in the film 'Manikarnika,' I feel I was like that.
The Samakhya Andhra wants Hyderabad and so does Telengana. The only solution I see is for Hyderabad to be declared a Union Territory like Delhi, so that it can be with both of them.
Azam Khan brought me to Rampur, but it was Amar Singh who brought me to SP.
Azam Khan has killed industry in Rampur and I want to turn the clock around.
I have had a comfortable and successful working relationship with Bokadia. We have done successful films together.
The moment I said I am open to doing films, I started getting a lot of offers.
I think politics and films are a great combination. Still, I have the urge in me to do really good roles. But I feel isolated at times when politicians treat me like a film star and the industry treats me like a politician.
Because the state I was in, contesting elections with Azam Khan, as a woman, with acid attack threats, threat to my life... I couldn't even tell my mother if I would come back alive whenever I left from home.
SP is the only party which can put in efforts for the development of the State. Therefore, I request Kanpurites to vote for the SP candidate and ensure progress of the city.
The national party's well-disciplined cadre and election machinery is working round the clock for me.
The BJP works for the people. For development, for women, for the poorest of the poor. That is the ideology. I identify with it.
It is only because of the love of masses that I am campaigning for the SP.
I have an emotional attachment with the people of Rampur.
It is imperative that mothers understand their child's behavior and not blindly support the wrongdoings or faults in their sons.