Vijayashanti

Trivia

• In General Election 2009 of 15th Lok Sabha she won Medak seat.
• In 1997, she started her political career by joining the BJP. Soon she was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha).
• Osey Ramulamma broke several box-office records, and won her, her 4th Andhra Pradesh State award for Best Actress (called Nandi Award for Best Actress) in 1997.
• Between 1990 and 2000, she acted in films like Police-Lockup, Rowdy Inspector, Shatruvu, Mondi Mogudu - Penki Pellaam, Tejaswini, Mannan and Osey Ramulamma.
• In the blockbuster movie Karthavyam (1990), her electrifying performance as a tough cop (modeled after real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) won her the National Film Award from Indian Government and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress.
• Vijayashanti's first break as a performer came in the 1983 Telugu film Neti Bharatam directed by T. Krishna.
• She began her acting career in 1979 at the age of 15 as the leading lady in the Tamil film Kallukkul Eeram ("Stones Have Tears") directed by the legendary Tamil film-maker Bharati Raja.
• Vijayashanti's given name was 'Shanti'. Her screen name was based on her aunt Vijaya Lalitha, who was a veteran heroine in Telugu and Tamil films.
• She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" and "The Action Queen of Indian Cinema".
• Vijayashanti is an Indian actress who has starred in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Quotes

• "I have no intention of becoming the Chief Minister in future. My goal is to achieve Telangana."