Vijayashanti Profile, Height, Age, Family, Husband, Biography & More

Vijayashanti Profile, Height, Age, Family, Husband, Affairs, Wiki, Biography & More

Vijayashanti Srinivas is an Indian film actress, producer and politician. In a thirty-year film career, she has appeared in more than 180 feature films in various roles in various Indian languages, including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She has been called “The Lady Superstar” and “Lady Amitabh” from the South Indian cinema. She won the Best Actress National Film Award for her work as a “Super Policeman” in Karthavyam (1990), for her depiction of aggression and femininity with balance and restraint. She has also won seven Filmfare Awards South Awards, six Best Actor Awards and a 2003 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South), and four Nandi Awards for Best Actor.

Vijayashanti was born on June 24, 1966 in Madras (Madras State) of Varalaxmi and Srinivas Prasad, who emigrated to Madras of Ramannagudem in Warangal District, Telangana. She stated that she preferred to think of herself as coming from Telangana rather than Madras, although in 2004, she never went to her parents’ village. Before starting her film career, she finished her 10th class at Indian Angels Anglo-Indian Senior High School in Holy Angels, Chennai.

She was the only actress to claim high compensation, equivalent to that of her male counterparts in the 1990s. Her earnings for the Telugu Karthavyam movie amounted to 1 crore, the highest remuneration ever paid to an actress during of this period. She joined state policy in 1998.

She entered politics in 1998. She served as an MP for the 15th Lok Sabha, representing Medak Constituency of Telangana Rashtra Samithi. Since December 2020, she has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

She is married to a real estate businessman, Mr. V. Srinivas Prasad. He produced a 1993 film Nippu Ravva, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Vijayashanti under the Yuvarathna Arts banner.

Vijayashanti returned to acting after a 13-year sabbatical, starring in the 2020 film Sarileru Neekevvaru where Mahesh Babu played the main protagonist.

Her last movie seen is Nayudamma, released in 2006. Anil Ravipudi shared a welcome photo on Twitter on August 12, 2019 announcing her return to the cinema with a make-up mirror placed in front of her. He wrote “After 13 years.. It’s time to catch up for Vijayashanthi garu.. Nothing has ever changed in these 13 years. Same discipline, same attitude and same drive. Welcome aboard”. She was paid 4 crores for her comeback movie Sarileru Neekevvaru.