![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The next major film that Jayanthi starred in was the 1965 Miss Leelavathi directed by M. Subba Rao's novel the film was a huge success and even won the President's Medal for Best Film in Kannada. Singh Thakur's Chandavalliya Thota, the first film that paired her with Rajkumar. Jenu Goodu, Jayanthi's first Kannada film was commercial success. She has costarred in more than 40 movies with Rajkumar, the doyen of Kannada cinema. Jayanthi enjoyed a good run in the Kannada Film industry. Swamy spotted her during one of her dance rehearsals and cast her in his film Jenu Goodu after persuading her unrelenting mother who gave in after the former's third visit to her house. Jayanthi's life changed when noted film director Y. Jayanthi was shattered after the episode, but promised herself that one day she would prove her worth. During her teens, she had the chance to act in a few Tamil and Telugu movies in bit parts. Jayanthi was ridiculed most of the time as she was plump and could never dance well. The pair would go on later in life to produce successful films such as Jagadeka Veeruni Katha, Kula Gowravam, Kondaveeti Simham and Justice Chowdhury. Affectionately, he had asked her whether she would agree to become his heroine and the little girl had merely blushed. ![]() He called her and made her sit on his lap. Her friend in dance school was the famous Tamil actress Manorama.Ĭareer Initial struggle Īs a child, Jayanthi went to the studios to see her idol N. Jayanthi's mother was keen on making her daughter a classical dancer and hence she joined a dance school. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother took the children and moved to Madras. Jayanthi was the eldest of three siblings and had two younger brothers. Her father Balasubramanyam worked as English professor at the St Joseph's College in Bangalore. Jayanthi was born in Bellary, in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India on 6 January 1945. ![]()
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