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{{Infobox person
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| birth_name = Lakshmi Rohini Devi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|09|09}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
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| occupation = Actress
| spouse = Ganesh (m.1983-2020)(his death)
| children = [[Amresh Ganesh]] (b.1988)
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'''Jayachitra''' is an actress in South Indian films of the 1970s and 1980s, her work consisting mostly of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films.

== Early life ==
Jayachitra was born in 1957. Her father Mahendra was a veterinary doctor, who had earlier worked as a lawyer. Her mother Ammaji (a.k.a. Jayasree) was an actress who had acted in films such as the Tamil film ''Mahaveeran'' (1955) and Telugu films Rojulu Marai and [[Daiva Balam]] (1959). They moved to [[Chennai]] for work, which was where Jayachitra was born and raised as Rohini. Her grandmother looked after her when her parents were busy with work. With her mother's encouragement, she became a child star at the age of six in the Telugu film ''Bhakta Potana''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/appo/06072006.shtml |title=CineSouth.com Now and Then Jayachitra |access-date=26 October 2006 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205223956/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/appo/06072006.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Lead actress ==
When Jayachitra was in her early teens, she screen-tested for a Telugu film titled ''Beedala Paatlu,'' but the director felt she was too young and rejected her for the role. However, he did recommend her to [[K.S. Gopalakrishnan]], who was looking for a young, spirited heroine, for the Tamil film ''Korathi Magan'', (1973). He immediately cast her, because he loved the way she delivered her lines. He signed her for three films under his banner and gave her the name Jayachitra. She continued in heroine roles in ''Ponnukku Thanga Manasu'' (1973) and played [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji]]'s daughter in ''Bharata Vilas'' and was one of the 9 heroines in MGR's ''Navaratnam.'' She worked for big-name directors, such as [[K. Balachander]] in ''Sollathaan Ninaikiren'' and [[Arangetram (film)|''Arangetram'']]. She was [[Kamal Hassan]]'s heroine in the Tamil film ''[[Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu]]'' (1978) and its Telugu remake ''[[Vayasu Pilichindi]]'' (1978). As an actress, she was known for her courage and spontaneity as she continued to star in Tamil and Telugu films. She faced a snake up close in ''Vellikizhamai Viratham'' (1974), and then a tiger in the Telugu film ''Cheppindi Chesta'' (1978). She made other unforgettable films: ''Ponnukku Thanga Manasu'', ''Sathyam'', ''Kalyanamam Kalyanam'', ''Vandikaran Magan'', ''[[Cinema Paithiyam]]'' (remake of the Hindi hit film [[Guddi (1971 film)|''Guddi'']] (1971)). Most of her Tamil films are with Kamal Hassan. She memorably played the title role in the Telugu film ''Kalpana'' (1977), a remake of the Hindi hit film ''[[Anamika (1973 film)|Anamika]]'' (1973).

== Later roles ==
Later, she became a character actress in [[K. Balachander]]'s film ''Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal'' (1989).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_Jayachitra_3.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205105337/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_Jayachitra_3.php |archive-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After completing 200 films, she turned to television with the serial ''Sumangali'', which she produced, directed and acted in. It became a hit, and she was soon acting and producing other serials, ''Alaigal'' and ''Sivaranjini'' (2005).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/18/stories/2002121800190200.htm |title=The Hindu : As charming as ever |access-date=14 September 2007 |archive-date=22 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322192008/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/18/stories/2002121800190200.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She was unanimously elected chairperson of the action committee of the TV Serial Producers' Guild of South India, which in turn led to her involvement in politics. She joined the Congress party and has remained fairly active.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/07/23/stories/2005072301780300.htm |title=Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli / Cinema : Small screen, big role |access-date=26 October 2006 |archive-date=15 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115140505/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/07/23/stories/2005072301780300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has won numerous awards, including [[Tamil Nadu]]'s Kalaimamani Award.

== As director ==
She cast herself as the heroine in the Tamil film ''[[Pudhiya Raagam]]'' (1991), which marked her debut as a director and producer. Unfortunately, the film flopped. In 2010, she cast her son [[Amresh Ganesh]] as the hero in the Tamil film ''Naane Ennul Illai'' (2010), which she wrote, produced, and directed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54486.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 August 2010 |archive-date=22 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822032318/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54486.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
After more than a decade as a heroine, Jayachitra decided to concentrate on her personal life by marrying an industrialist named Ganesh in 1983. She has a son with him named [[Amresh Ganesh|Amresh]], whom she is trying to promote in show business, just as her mother had done with her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300290300.htm |title=Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli / Cinema : Another son rises |access-date=12 April 2008 |archive-date=16 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616191902/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300290300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite giving him a debut through ''[[Naane Ennul Illai]]'' (2010), the film's failure made it difficult for Amresh to succeed as an actor. In 2011, it was announced that he would work on projects titled ''Kaliyuga Kadhalan'' and ''Machan Ava En Aalu Da'', with the former being set in three different eras, but neither film was completed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/two-more-from-amresh-tamil-news-64565.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620152551/http://www.indiaglitz.com/two-more-from-amresh-tamil-news-64565.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later in the year, Jayachitra announced that she was working on three more films with Amresh in the lead role, ''Mundru Mugangal'', ''Nedunchalai'' and ''Scene Podathey'', but again neither film materialised.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/itsy-bitsy/article2579782.ece</ref> He also shot for a comedy film titled ''Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam'' alongside [[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] during late 2011, but the film also did not release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/21113/kollywood/mansoor-ali-khan-turns-music-composer-news-details |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707040245/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/21113/kollywood/Mansoor-Ali-khan-turns-music-composer-News-Details |archive-date=7 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2013, he briefly worked on the making of another incomplete film ''Thaaru Maaru'', which had a grand launch event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moviegalleri.net/2013/03/thaaru-maaru-movie-launch-photos.html?pid=430236 |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041405/http://moviegalleri.net/2013/03/thaaru-maaru-movie-launch-photos.html?pid=430236 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, he was signed on by [[Raghava Lawrence]] to work on the music for his forthcoming film ''Motta Siva Ketta Shiva''. Her husband Ganesh died on December 3, 2020, leaving her a widow.<ref>https://irashnews.com/veteran-actress-jayachitras-husband-ganesh-passes-away/</ref>

== Partial filmography ==

=== Tamil films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Movie !! Co-star !! Notes
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Kurathi Magan]]'' || Gemini Ganesan, [[Master Sridhar]], Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Vazhaiyadi Vazhai'' || Muthuraman, Prameela ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Arangetram (film)|Arangetram]]'' || Sivakumar, Kamal Haasan, Jayasudha, Prameela ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[School Master (1973 film)|School Master]]'' || Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Bharatha Vilas]]'' || Sivaji Ganesan, K.R Vijaya ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Ponnukku Thanga Manasu (1973 film)|Ponnukku Thanga Manasu]]'' || Sivakumar, Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Pennai Nambungal'' || Sivakumar, A.V.M Rajan, Jayanthi ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Ponvandu]]'' || Jai Shankar, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Ushanandini ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Sollathaan Ninaikkiren]]'' || Sivakumar, Kamal Haasan, Jayasudha, Sri Vidya, Shubha ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Pookkari]]'' || [[M. K. Muthu]], [[Manjula Vijayakumar]], [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Engamma Sapatham]]'' || Muthuraman, Sivakumar ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Panathukkaga]]'' || Kamal Haasan, Sivakumar ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Akkarai Pachai'' || Jaishankar, Ravichandran ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Ungal Viruppam'' || Jaishankar, Manorama ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Idhayam Parkirathu'' || Jaishankar, Sreekanth, Shubha ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Onne Onnu Kanne Kannu'' || Sivakumar, Cho ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Patha Poojai'' || Jaishankar, Pandaribai ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Unnaithan Thambi'' || Jaishankar, Sreekanth ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Kadavul Mama'' || Muthuraman ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Thaai Paasam'' || Sivakumar ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Vellikizhamai Viratham]]'' || Sivakumar, Jayasudha ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Kalyanamam Kalyanam'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Dheerga Sumangali]]'' || Muthuraman, Sivakumar || Special appearance
|-
| 1974 || ''Engal Kula Deivam'' || Muthuraman, K.R Vijaya ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Kaliyuga Kannan]]'' || Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Pattikkaattu Raja]]'' || Sivakumar, Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Pattampoochi]]'' || Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Cinema Paithiyam]]'' || Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Yarukku Maappillai Yaro]]'' || Jaishankar, Sreekanth ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Sonthangal Vazhga'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Pinju Manam'' || Jaishankar, Lakshmi ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Then Sindhudhe Vaanam]]'' || Kamal Haasan, Sivakumar, Rani Chandra ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Inspector Manaivi'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Panakkara Penn'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Dasavatharam (film)|Dasavatharam]]'' || Ravikumar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Thottathellam Pon Aagum'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Asai 60 Naal'' || Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Payanam'' || Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Thayilla Kuzhandai'' || Muthuraman ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Satyam (1976 film)|Satyam]]'' || Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Kumaara Vijayam]]'' || Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Varaprasadham (1976 film)|Varaprasadham]]'' || [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[M. N. Rajam]] ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Nee Indri Naan Illai'' || Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Aalukkoru Aasai'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Navarathinam]]'' || M.G.R ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu]]'' || Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Sadhurangam (1978 film)|Sadhurangam]]'' || Rajinikanth ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye]]'' || Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Sakka Podu Podu Raja]]'' || Jaishankar, Kamal Haasan ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Vandikkaran Magan'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Pilot Premnath]]'' || Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayakumar, Jaiganesh, Sridevi, Sathyapriya ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Varuvan Vadivelan]]'' || [[Jaiganesh]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], Latha, [[Chandrakala]] ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Mayandi'' || Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Gnana Kuzhandhai]]'' || Gemini Ganesan, Venirradai Nirmala ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Pennukku Yaaru Kaaval'' || Vijayakumar, Pandari Bhai ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Ratha Paasam (1980 film)|Ratha Paasam]]'' || Sivaji Ganesan, Sripriya ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Sorgathin Thirappu Vizha'' || Jaiganesh ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Srinivasa Kalyanam'' || [[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravikumar]], [[Sripriya]], [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Nandri, Meendum Varuga]]'' || Prathap K Pothan, Suhasini || Cameo appearance
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Mamiyara Marumagala]]'' || [[Suresh]], [[Manju Bhargavi]] ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Nayakarin Magal'' || Sathyaraj || 100th film
|-
| 1983 || ''Kaman Pandigai'' || K.R.Vijaya ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Thandanai'' || Vijayakumar ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Engal Kural]]'' || Arjun, Suresh, Nalini, Jeevitha ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Yaar?]]'' || Arjun, Nalini, Jaishankar ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Lakshmi Vanthachu]]'' || Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Paruva Ragam]]'' || Ravichandran, Juhi Chawla, Manorama ||
|-
| 1987 || | ''[[Ivargal Varungala Thoongal]]'' || Prabhu, Ambika ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Agni Nakshatram]]'' || Karthik, Prabhu, Nirosha, Amala ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal]]'' || Rahman, Sithara ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Pudhiya Raagam]]'' || Rahman || Also director, producer and writer
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Maaman Magal (1995 film)|Maaman Magal]]'' || Sathyaraj, Meena ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Selva (film)|Selva]]'' || Vijay, Swathi ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Raasi (film)|Raasi]]'' || Ajith Kumar, Rambha ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Kaadhali]]'' || Vignesh, Devayani ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Vasuki (film)|Vasuki]]'' || [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Rettaisuzhi]]'' || K. Balachander, P. Bharathiraja ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Naane Ennul Illai]]'' || Amresh, Nassar, Saranya Ponvannan ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Vana Yuddham]]'' || Arjun, Kishore, Lakshmi Rai, Vijayalakshmi ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[100% Kadhal]]'' || G. V. Prakash Kumar, Shalini Pandey ||
|}

=== Telugu films ===
* ''[[Soggadu (1975 film)|Soggadu]]'' (1975)
* ''Bharatamlo Oka Ammayi'' (1975)
* ''[[Yavvanam Katesindi]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Maa Daivam]]'' (1976)
* ''Chillarakottu Chittemma'' (1977)
* ''Savasagaallu'' (1977)
* ''[[Tholireyi Gadichindi]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Aatmiyudu]]'' (1977)
* ''Kalpana'' (1977)
* ''Manchi Babayi'' (1978)
* ''[[Nindu Manishi]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Cheppindi Chestha]]'' (1978)
* ''Love Marriage'' (1978)
* ''[[Katakataala Rudraiah]]'' (1978)
* ''Mugguru Muggure'' (1978)
* ''[[Vayasu Pilichindi]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Annadammula Savaal]]'' (1978)
* ''Rickshaw Raji'' (1978)
* ''Muttaiduva'' (1979)
* ''Allari Vayasu'' (1979)
* ''Tirupati Shri Venkateswara Kalyanam'' (1979)
* ''Allari Pillalu'' (1979)
* ''[[Ravanude Ramudayithe?]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Kaksha]]'' (1980)
* ''Naa Mogudu Brhmachari'' (1981)
* ''[[Bobbili Puli]]'' (1982)
* ''Ee Prasnaku Baduledi'' (1986)
* ''Kashmora'' (1986)
* ''[[Muvva Gopaludu]]'' (1987)
* ''Mama Alludu'' (1990)
* ''[[Abbaigaru]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Rajeswari Kalyanam]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Gharana Bullodu]]'' (1995)
* ''Attaa ... Nee Koduku Jaagratta'' (1997)
* ''Hello Alludu'' (2000)
* ''[[Samarasimha Reddy]]'' (2001)
* ''Kondaveeti Simhasanam'' (2002)
* ''[[Adrustam (2002 film)|Adrustam]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Narasimhudu]]'' (2005)
* ''Prema Lokam'' (2005)
* ''Kashmora'' (2005)

=== Malayalam films ===
* ''Nee Ente Lahari'' (1976)
* ''Pappu'' (1980)

=== Kannada films ===
* ''[[Mannina Maga]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Huliya Haalina Mevu]]'' (1979) as Thanga
* ''[[Kulla Kulli]]'' (1980) as Kulli / Chitra
* ''[[Mane Mane Kathe]]'' (1981) as Jaya
* ''Aparanji'' (1984)
* ''Sathva Pareekshe'' (1987)
* ''[[Premaloka]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Ranadheera]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Lockup Death]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Vijayadashami]]'' (2003) as Mahalakshmi
* ''[[Attahasa]]'' (2013) as [[Jayalalithaa]]

== Television ==
* ''[[Alaigal]]'' ([[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]) as Savithri
* ''Sivaranjani''
* ''[[Ranga Vilas]]'' ([[Jaya TV]])

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* Jayachitra's profile at IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419655/)

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