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{{short description|Indian actress and politician (born 1955)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jayamala
| image = Jayamala.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Jayamala in 2020
| office = Ex-Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, [[Government of Karnataka]] Leader of the Upper House, Karnataka Legislative Council
| term_start = June 2018
| term_end = June 2019
| predecessor = [[Umashree]]
| successor =
| office1 = Minister for Kannada and Culture, and Information and Public Relations, [[Government of Karnataka]]
| term_start1 = 06 June 2018
| term_end1 = June 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Umashree]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
| term_start2 = 24 June 2014
| term_end2 = 23 June 2020
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = President, Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce
| term_start3 = 29 June 2008
| term_end3 = May 2010
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = Basant Kumar Patil
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
| birth_place = Mangalore
| profession = {{Dotlist|Actress|politician}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Tiger Prabhakar]], H.M. Ramachandra
}}

'''Jayamala''' (born 1955)<ref>{{cite news |title=ನಟಿ ಜಯಮಾಲಾಗೆ ಒಲಿದ 'ಮಂತ್ರಿ' ಅದೃಷ್ಟ: ಬೆಲ್ಲ ಸವಿದು ಸಂಭ್ರಮ |url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/karnataka/kannada-actress-jayamala-to-join-hd-kumaraswamy-cabinet-142710.html |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=oneindia.com |date=6 June 2018 |language=kn |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145441/https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/karnataka/kannada-actress-jayamala-to-join-hd-kumaraswamy-cabinet-142710.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in the [[Government of Karnataka]], by virtue of being a member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Four members to be nominated to Karnataka Council after poll results |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/four-members-to-be-nominated-to-karnataka-council-after-poll-results/article5966867.ece |access-date=9 June 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=2 May 2014 |language=en-IN |archive-date=9 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709002531/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/four-members-to-be-nominated-to-karnataka-council-after-poll-results/article5966867.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> She served as the female president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce between 2008 and 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jayamala elected KFCC president |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Jayamala-elected-KFCC-president/article15251055.ece |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=29 June 2008 |language=en-IN |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012031309/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Jayamala-elected-KFCC-president/article15251055.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Basanth Patil is new chief of KFCC |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/68422/basanth-patil-chief-kfcc.html |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Deccan Herald |date=9 May 2010 |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142739/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/68422/basanth-patil-chief-kfcc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her popular Kannada films include ''[[Premada Kanike]][[Shankar Guru (1978 film)|, Shankar Guru]], [[Antha (film)|Antha]] and Chandi Chamundi'' among several others. She has produced and acted in the award-winning ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]''.

==Personal life==
Jayamala was born to a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking family in Mangalore. Her father G. Omaiah was an agriculturist and mother Kamalamma, a homemaker. She has six sisters and a brother. They moved to Chikmagalur in 1963 after being displaced due to the harbour work in [[Panambur]].<ref name="PUBLIC OFFICE PRIVATE LIFE JAYAMALA ACTRESS AND CHAIRPERSON, KARNATAKA FILM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE">{{Cite web |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=6&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=15-02-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00600&format=&publabel=TOI |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 February 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007083646/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=6&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=15-02-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00600&format=&publabel=TOI |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was briefly married to Kannada Film actor [[Tiger Prabhakar]]. and the couple has a daughter Soundarya Jayamala, a popular actress in her own right After her divorce <ref name="This fighter finally met his match, Times of India">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/This-fighter-finally-met-his-match/articleshow/35859915.cms|title=This fighter finally met his match | Bengaluru News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725103556/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/This-fighter-finally-met-his-match/articleshow/35859915.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tiger laid to rest, Our Karnataka news">{{Cite web|url=https://www.webhost4life.com/?lightsoutuser=ourkarnataka&loop=1|title=WebHost4Life | Web Hosting, Unix Hosting, E-Mail, Web Design|website=www.webhost4life.com|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618075222/https://www.webhost4life.com/?lightsoutuser=ourkarnataka&loop=1|url-status=live}}</ref> she married [[cinematographer]] H. M. Ramachandra.<ref name="PUBLIC OFFICE PRIVATE LIFE JAYAMALA ACTRESS AND CHAIRPERSON, KARNATAKA FILM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE" /><ref name="Jayamala Jr set for debut?, Times of India">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/Jayamala-Jr-set-for-debut/articleshow/4963421.cms|title=Jayamala Jr set for debut? - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012031312/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/Jayamala-Jr-set-for-debut/articleshow/4963421.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Film career==
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Jayamala has acted in several movies mainly in [[Kannada]][[Hindi|.]] Jayamala was the most glamorous heroine of Kannada cinema during the early 1980s. She started her career as a [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] heroine and after a string of successful movies with him went on to star opposite all the top heroes of Sandalwood,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jayamala - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/jayamala/IEIN001736|website=BookMyShow|access-date=2020-05-13|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012031309/https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/jayamala/IEIN001736|url-status=live}}</ref> With [[Ananth Nag|Anant Nag]], she has acted in romantic movies as [[Janma Janmada Anubandha]] and [[Premave Baalina Belaku]]. With [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], she starred in multi-starrer pot-boilers like [[Hanthakana Sanchu]], [[Naga Kala Bhairava]] and [[Sididedda Sahodara]]. Her pairing with [[Ambareesh]], started with the cult classic [[Antha (film)|Antha]] where she played the tragic role of a cabaret dancer who is his sister and then went on to become his heroine in several movies like [[Ajith (1982 film)|Ajith]], [[Prema Matsara]] and [[Khadeema Kallaru]]. Her pairing with [[Shankar Nag]] in many movies also proved successful, including the heroine-oriented [[Chandi Chamundi]] that made her a household name as an action heroine.

Her last successful pairing was with [[Prabhakar]], (who incidentally had played her brother in [[Chandi Chamundi]]'')'' whom she married in 1985 after which she quit films. Interestingly Jayamala and top heroine [[Aarathi]] costarred in nine films with Jayamala's glamour quotient complementing [[Aarathi]]'s simple-girl appeal.

Her first production venture ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]'' was directed by Girish Kasaravalli and won a National award. Jayamala received a special jury award for her performance in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-details/thaayi-saheba/movieawards/65229447.cms|title=Thaayi Saheba Awards: List of Awards won by Kannada movie Thaayi Saheba|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618051755/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-details/thaayi-saheba/movieawards/65229447.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayamala created history of sorts when she became the only actress in the Indian film industry to be conferred a doctorate for writing a thesis. Her thesis was on the rehabilitation of rural woman in Karnataka and required her to tour Karnataka and also scrutinise several documents. The Doctorate was conferred by the [[Bangalore University]] on 18 January 2008 and presented by former President [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.]]

==Controversy==
She was at the center of a controversy when she claimed that she touched the Lord [[Ayyappa]] idol in [[Sabarimala]] during the shooting of Tamil movie titled '[[Nambinar Keduvathillai]]'. Women from the age 10–50 are banned from entering Sabarimala temple. It created a furor in India and led to ideological warfare in Indian media and courts. It was Mr V Rajendran<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/09/29/sabarimala-film0shoot-actresses-women-ban.html|title=Sabarimala cinema shoot involving actresses forced rigid curbs on women|website=OnManorama|language=en|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401180322/https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/09/29/sabarimala-film0shoot-actresses-women-ban.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keralabjp.org/state-committee|title=Bharatiya Janata Party|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002011733/https://www.keralabjp.org/state-committee|url-status=live}}</ref> who is currently the Kerala state committee member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who filed the petition against her in Ranni court. Jayamala has said she regretted her action, but clarified that she was pushed into the shrine by a crowd of devotees. Rajendran insisted that it is impossible to touch as the shrine is located far inside the [[Garbhagriha]]. The Supreme Priest of Sabarimala Kantararu Maheshwararu had dismissed the actress's statement as a figment of her imagination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5132602.stm|title=India actress 'defiles' shrine|date=3 July 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=15 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615052713/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5132602.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates | website=News18 | date=2020-06-15 | url=https://www.news18.com/ | access-date=2020-06-17 | archive-date=6 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406054409/https://www.news18.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Deccan Herald | website=Deccan Herald | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/ | access-date=2020-06-17 | archive-date=10 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610052735/https://www.deccanherald.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/28temple1.htm|title=Actress' confession sparks Sabarimala row|website=Rediff|access-date=17 June 2020|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081805/http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/28temple1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|yWAl5HjS9oM|Jayamala in a song}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Kannada films===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Hero !! Notes
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu]]'' || None || Debut in supporting role<ref>[http://epaper.prajavani.net/Home/index?Edition=185&Date=MTEvMDYvMjAxNw==&Page=250535]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Daari Tappida Maga]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Thrimurthy]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1976 || Yaaru Hitavaru || Ramgopal ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Badavara Bandhu]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Premada Kanike]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Babruvahana (film)|Babruvahana]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Giri Kanye]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Shankar Guru (1978 film)|Shankar Guru]]'' || Dr. Raj Kumar ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Khandavideko Mamsavideko]]'' || Suresh Heblikar ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Savalige Saval]]'' || Jai Jagdish ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Madhu Chandra]]'' || Shankar Nag ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Hanthakana Sanchu]]'' || Vishnuvardhan ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Janma Janmada Anubandha]]'' || Anant Nag ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Akhanda Brahmacharigalu]]'' || None ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Kappu Kola]]''|| Ashok ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Bhagyada Belaku]]'' || Manu ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Bhaari Bharjari Bete]]'' || Shankar Nag ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Muniyana Madari]]'' || Jai Jagdish ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Naga Kala Bhairava]]'' ||Vishnuvardhan ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Sangeetha (film)|Sangeetha]]'' || Lokesh, Manu ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Antha (film)|Antha]]'' || None || Special appearance as Ambarish's sister/cabaret dancer
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Number 5 Ekka]]'' || Srinath ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Ajith (1982 film)|Ajith]]'' || Ambarish ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Khadeema Kallaru]]'' || Ambarish||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Prema Matsara]]'' ||Ambarish, Ramakrishna, Manu ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Raga Thala]]'' || Newcomer Prithviraj ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Shankar Sundar]]'' || Ambarish ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Pedda Gedda]]'' || Dwarkish ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Chandi Chamundi]]'' || Shankar Nag, Prabhakar ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Geluvu Nannade]]'' || Ambarish, Prabhakar||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Hosa Theerpu]]'' || Ambarish ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Nyaya Gedditu]]'' || Prabhakar ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Sididedda Sahodara]]'' || Vishnuvardhan ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Thirugu Baana]]'' || Ambarish ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Prema Yuddha]]'' || Prabhakar ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Bedaru Bombe]]'' || Shankar Nag ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Benki Birugali (1984 film)|Benki Birugali]]'' || Vishnuvardhan ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Gandu Bherunda]]'' || Shankar Nag ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Hosa Ithihaasa]]'' || Prabhakar||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Jiddu (film)|Jiddu]]'' || Prabhakar ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Nagabekamma Nagabeku]]'' || Shankar Nag||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Onti Dhwani]]'' || Ambarish ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Premave Balina Belaku]]'' || Anant Nag ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Raktha Thilaka]]'' || Shankar Nag ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Pralaya Rudra]]'' || Prabhakar ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Gadibidi Aliya]]'' || Srinath ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Geluvina Saradara]]'' || Srinath ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Nirbandha]]'' || Anant Nag ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]'' || Girish Kasaravalli || [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Special Jury Award]] <br>[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress]]<br/>[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Filmfare (South) awards presented|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr26/nation.htm#9|work=The Tribune|access-date=8 April 2017|date=26 April 1999|archive-date=27 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327222828/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr26/nation.htm#9|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Rowdy Aliya]]''|| Ashok ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Navashakthi Vaibhava]]'' || ||
|}

===Tamil===
# ''Oru Kodiyil Iru Malargal'' (1976)
# ''[[Jamboo]]'' (1980)
# ''[[Bhama Rukmani]]'' (1980)
# ''Andru Muthal Indru Varai'' (1981)
# ''Kadavulin Theerpu'' (1981)
# ''[[Kalthoon]]'' (1981)
# ''Asthivaram'' (1982)
# ''[[Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum]]'' (1983) as Valli
# ''Thalaimagan'' (1983)
# ''Kuvaa Kuvaa Vaaththukkal'' (1984)
# ''Pozhuthu Vidinchachu'' (1984)
# ''[[Padikkadha Pannaiyar]]'' (1985)
# ''[[Nambinar Keduvathillai]]'' (1986)
# ''[[En Pondatti Nallava]]'' (1995) as Mayilu

===Malayalam: Credited as Jayanthi===
# ''[[Devalokam (film)|Devalokam]]'' (Unreleased)
# ''[[Makara Vilakku (film)|Makara Vilakku]]'' (1980)
# ''[[Oridathoru Phayalvaan]]'' (1981) as Chakkara
# ''[[Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam]]'' (1982)
# ''[[Kadamba (1983 film)|Kadamba]]'' (1983)
# ''[[Rishi (1992 film)|Rishi]]'' (1992)

===Telugu===
# ''[[Rakshasudu]]'' (1986)

==References==
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{{National Film Award Special Jury Award Feature Film}}
{{Karnataka State Award for Best Actress}}
{{Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada}}

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