Jayaram Jayalalithaa
Indian Actress, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948-2016) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Jayaram Jayalalithaa, popularly known as Amma, was an Indian politician and actress who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for six terms spanning more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016.
Jayaram Jayalalithaa is read about 952 times a day, in 45 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
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Paattum BharathamumFilm1974ThaaiFilm, Sivakami1973
Pattikattu PonnaiyaFilm1972
Pattikada PattanamaFilm1971Neerum NeruppumFilm1970
Ali Baba 40 DongaluFilm, Marjiana1969Aadarsa KutumbamFilm, Saroja1968Andru Kanda MugamFilm, Kanchana1967Arasa KattalaiFilm, Moghana1966
AastiparuluFilm, Radha1965
Aayirathil OruvanFilm, PoongodiKanni ThaaiFilm1964
PadagottiFilm1962Man-MaujiFilm, Lord Krishna1948Born24 February 1948People around Jayaram
M. G. Ramachandran Also in Pudhiya Boomi and Chandhrodhayam
M. S. Viswanathan Wrote Aayirathil Oruvan and Pudhiya Boomi
S. A. Ashokan Also in Thanippiravi and Arasa Kattalai- M. N. Nambiar Also in Aayirathil Oruvan and Chandhrodhayam
B. R. Panthulu Directed Aayirathil Oruvan (1965)- K. V. Mahadevan Wrote Adimai Penn, En Annan and Arasa Kattalai
K. Shankar Directed Adimai Penn and Chandhrodhayam
Chittoor Nagaiah Also in Brahmachari and Sri Krishna Satya- R. Muthuraman Also in Avanthan Manithan and Akka Thamudu
N. T. Rama Rao Also in Kathanayakudu (1969)
Cho Ramaswamy Also in Adimai Penn and Avanthan Manithan- M. G. Chakrapani Produced Nam Naadu (1969)
- Tapi Chanakya Directed Pudhiya Boomi and Oli Vilakku
Major Sundarrajan Also in Thedi Vandha Mappillai (1970)
Sivaji Ganesan Also in Pattikada Pattanama (1972)
Nagesh Also in Ragasiya Police 115 and Nam Naadu
C. V. Sridhar Produced Vennira Aadai (1965)
Krishna Ghattamaneni Also in Gudachari 116 (1967)- A. C. Tirulokchandar Directed Avanthan Manithan (1975)
- Kongara Jaggayya Also in Devudu Chesina Manushulu and Aastiparulu
Suryakantham Also in Aastiparulu and Adrushtavanthulu
B. Nagi Reddy Produced Nam Naadu (1969)
Tatineni Rama Rao Directed Brahmachari (1968)
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Preceded Jayaram as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
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Jayalalithaa in the movie Gandikota Rahasyam (1969).
Jayalalithaa along with Madras Chief Minister K. Kamaraj, her mother Sandhya and dance teacher K. J. Sarasa during an Arangetram
Jayalalithaa at the public meeting in 1980s
Jayalalithaa at a meeting in Palani in 1984
Jayalalithaa at an event during her first tenure as Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa being welcomed by Minister D. Jayakumar as she arrives at helicopterAwards
About this person
She was the longest-serving General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the first female chief minister to die in office in India. Regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India, she was also a prominent film actress, appearing in around 140 films between 1961 and 1980 in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, and winning multiple Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South.
