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Roja Selvamani is an Indian Film actress and politician.She was a leading actress from 1991 to 2002.She is the only actress, who acted in 100 films within 10 years in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} she acted more than 150 films. She was the leading actress in Telugu and Tamil along with Sowndarya, Meena, Ramyakrishna, Nagma. She won three Nandi awards for Best Actress and Tamil Nadu State Award for best actress.^[2] In 1999 she entered into politics and currently aligns with the YSR Congress party winning as MLA from Nagari in the 2014 general elections. Now she is working as YSRCP state Women President.
In 2018 she won the "Evergreen Heroine" Award in ZEE Telugu Apsara Awards^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Roja was born as Sree Latha in 1972 to Nagaraja Reddy and Lalitha in Tirupati, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. She was the only girl child with two brothers Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramaprasad Reddy.^[3] Later, the family moved to Hyderabad. She got her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Sri Padmavathi Women's University, Tirupathi. Roja learnt Kuchipudi and was performing in dance before she entered films.

Career

Film career

Roja entered the
Industry with Telugu films. Her first movie was Prema Thapassu with Rajendra Prasad where the complete movie was shot in Tirupati.She was a leading actress in south Indian cinema from 1991 to 2002 and most popular actress in Tamil and Telugu industry.

She was introduced to the Tamil film industry by director R.K. Selvamani with Chembaruthi along with actor Prashanth. The movie was a hit and paved way for role in another success, Suriyan with Sarath Kumar. Both the films established her in Tamil cinema.^[4] She became popular with songs such as "meloor Maman" in the film Makkal Aatchi with Mammootty and "Mastana Mastana" in Raasaiyya with Prabhu Deva. Her performance in films with actors such as Rajnikanth in Veera, Arjun Sarja in Ayudha Poojai and Prabu in Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa were praised. Roja's major career breakthrough was in the film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, directed by Vikraman.she appeared in successful movies like Mutha Mestri , Mugguru Monagallu , Bhairava Dweepam , Bobbili Simham, Annamayya , Anna , Peddannayya, Kshemamga Velli Labamgarandi , Shubhalagnam, Shri Krishnarjuna Vijayam , kalavida , Her 100th movie was Pottu Amman. Roja later appeared in supporting roles in films like Arasu (2003), Parijatham (2006), Shambo Shiva Shambo (2010), Golimar (2010), Mogudu (2011), Kodipunju (2011), Veera (2011), Kaavalan (2011) and Saguni (2012).

Political career

Roja joined Telugu Desam in 1999 and was the president of the Telugu Mahila wing of the Party.^[5] During the 2009 state elections, she was involved in confrontations and political antics with her rival opposition party leaders, which ultimately led to her defeat for the second consecutive time in the AP state Assembly elections. In August 2009, She quit TDP and joined YSR Congress party. In 2014 general elections, she won as an MLA from Nagari assembly constituency.

Trivia

Roja had a penchant for hairdressing and it was evident as whenever she was on the sets she was seen hairdressing her peers like Devayani, Kushboo, Ranjitha and Mumtaz to name a few.^{[citation needed]} According to Ramya Krishna, her friend and co-star, Roja is one of the few artists who can do their makeup themselves.^{[citation needed]} Actress Mumtaz in an interview praised Roja's willingness and egoless attitude when she did her hair and make-up during a Singapore Film Show in 2003.^[6]

Political controversies

Despite R.K. Roja being an active speaker among women MLA's she has been suspended from attending the legislative assembly for one year.^[7][8][9] The decision was taken by majority in the legislative house, on 18 December 2015, and by the approval of the Speaker.^[7][8][9] Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, leader of the opposition, opposed the suspension. There were several concerns on the procedure followed while suspending Roja. Such doubts made the opposition to move no-trust motion against the speaker.^[10] An issue was raised by the opposition party on how the media clipping, property of the house, released and published on social media without the speaker's approval and the speaker also noted their concern and set up an inquiry to probe the issue further and submit a report by next meeting.^[11]

On 11 February 2017, Roja was arrested in Vijayawada for attempting to attend the National Women's Parliament (NWP) in the city, which she was not allowed to attend although she was registered, invited, and was on the NWP's welcoming committee.^[12]

Other work

Roja played the role of anchor in a show named Modern Mahalakshmi before getting replaced by Anasuya. This show was telecasted on MAA TV.^[13] She is the judge for a comedy show named Jabardasth. This show is telecasted on E TV.^[14] she hosted one show for Zee Tamizh called lucka kicka.^[15]

Personal life

Roja married Tamil film director R.K. Selvamani on 10 August 2002. The couple have a daughter and a son.^[16]

Filmography

Roja acted over 150 films in Tamil, Telugu,Kannada,Malayalam.

Telugu cinema

Tamil cinema

Malayalam cinema

Kannada cinema

Awards

• 1991 – Nandi Special Jury Award – Sarpayagam
  


• 1994 – Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress – Anna
  


• 1998 – Nandi Award for Best Actress – Swarnakka
  


• 1998 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress – Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
  


• 1998 – Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil – Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
  


• 2013 – MAA TEA Award for Best Anchor – Modern Mahalakshmi(TV Show)
  


• 2018 – ZEE Telugu Apsara AWard for EVERGREEN HEROIN – EVERGREEN HEROIN
  

Television

References

External links

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  Roja on IMDb