Vijayashanti
Indian actress and politician · India · On the map · Actors · Born 1966 · age 60
Moturi Vijaya Shanthi is an Indian actress, film producer and politician. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 200 feature films in a variety of roles in various languages predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam films.
Vijayashanti is read about 307 times a day, in 19 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Arjun S/O VyjayanthiFilm, Vyjayanthi2020
Sarileru NeekevvaruFilm, Bharati1998
Kallukondoru PennuFilm1997
Osey RamulammaFilm, Ramulamma1993AasayamFilm, Sarojini1992
ApradhiFilm, Paro1991National Film Award for Best ActressAward1990
Kondaveeti DongaFilm, Srilatha1989
Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki MoguduFilm, Rekha1987
Padamati Sandhya RagamFilm, Sandhya1986
Jeevana PoratamFilm1984
ChallengeFilm, Harika1983Pelli ChoopuluFilm1981
NetrikanFilm, Sangeetha (Chakravarthy's daughter/Santhosh's sister)1980Kallukul EeramFilm, Kaathi1966Born24 June 1966People around Vijayashanti
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Chiranjeevi Also in Pasivadi Pranam and Dhairyavanthudu
Ilaiyaraaja Wrote Rudranetra, Kondaveeti Donga and Rajasthan
Brahmanandam Also in Swayam Krushi, Shatruvu and Rajasthan
K. Raghavendra Rao Directed Agni Parvatam and Kondaveeti RajaKota Srinivasa Rao Also in Pratighatana and Repati Pourulu
Allu Rama Lingaiah Also in Agni Parvatam and Yamudiki Mogudu
Kaikala Satyanarayana Also in Agni Parvatam and Kondaveeti Raja
Rao Gopal Rao Also in Agni Parvatam and Dhairyavanthudu- T. Krishna Directed Neti Bharatam and Pratighatana
P. L. Narayana Also in Neti Bharatam and Kondaveeti Raja
Nutan Prasad Also in Kondaveeti Raja and Gang Leader
Kasinathuni Viswanath Directed Eeshwar and Swayam Krushi
Krishna Ghattamaneni Also in Agni Parvatam and Donga Garu Swagatham
Charan Raj Also in Indrudu Chandrudu and Swayam Krushi- P. S. Nivas Directed Kallukkul Eeram (1980)
Allu Aravind Produced Pasivadi Pranam (1987)
D. Ramanaidu Produced Indrudu Chandrudu and Sangharshana
Dasari Narayana Rao Directed Osey Ramulamma and Rowdy Durbar
Kodi Ramakrishna Directed Shatruvu and Donga Garu Swagatham
Mohan Babu Also in Kondaveeti Donga and Janaki Ramudu- Kongara Jaggayya Also in Agni Parvatam and Donga Garu Swagatham
- Jaya Prakash Reddy Also in Sarileru Neekevvaru and Shatruvu
Goundamani Also in Kallukkul Eeram, Netrikan and Mannan- Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry Directed Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1986)
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She is widely referred to as the "Lady Superstar", "Lady Amitabh" and "Action Queen of Telugu Cinema". Vijayashanti holds the record for the most "Industry Hits" in Telugu cinema for a heroine, with five films emerging as the top-grossers of their time - a feat unmatched by any actress in the industry's 100-year history. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her work as a female cop in Kartavyam for depicting both aggression and femininity with balance and restraint (1990). She is a recipient of several accolades, including four Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for Best Actress, seven Filmfare Awards South together with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and the Kalaimamani Award from Tamil Nadu Government.