Party Name : Samajwadi Party
Constituency : Rampur
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Krishna
Mother's Name : Smt. Neelaveni
Date of birth : 03 Apr 1962
Profession : Film Artist Fim Producer, Distributor, Social Worker
Positions held :
1996-2002 Member, Rajya Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on IndustryMember, Committee on External AffairsMember, Committe on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha2004-09 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Finance
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Historical subject Amrapali is most appreciated ballet of her stage performances;learned classical Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam Dances; recipient of (i) Doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University (A.P.); (ii) Rajiv Gandhi Award; (iii) Filmfare Award (four times); (iv) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008; (v) Kala Saraswati Award; (vi) Nargis Dutt Gold Medal;(vii) Kinnera Savitri Award, (viii) Shakuntala Kala Rathnam Award; (ix) Ugadi Puraskar, Chennai; (x) Mahila Shaurya Samman; (xi)Uttam Kumar Award; and (xii) Shiromani Award
Social And Cultural Activities
Actively Participated in various social, educational and cultural activities; toured through the State of Andhra Pradesh with Shri N.T.R. and A.N.R. for collecting cyclone relief fund for the Deviseema calamity, 1997; organised and participated in Star Nights and contributed the proceeds to the Mother Teresa Cancer Institute and Punjab Police Welfare Fund; established Jayaprada Charitable Trust which has organised eye camps, eye banks, blood donation camps, ortho camps, providing blankets to poor, handicapped and destitute people and arranging group marriages, etc. for the welfare of society; establish Jayaprada Educational Society and Neelaveni Krishna (N.K.) School of Nursing and opening Jayaprada College of Law for the poor student, Rampur
Special Interests
To do charity work through her Charitable Trust for upliftment of poor, sick, handicapped, victimized and destitute people
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Music, dance and painting
Sports and Clubs
Member (i) Nizam Club; (ii) Country Club; and (iii) Constitution Club
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
A versatile actress, producer, director and exhibitor; started her film career that spanned over two decades and acted in more than 280 films in different languages viz. Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi; actively involved in the field of Production and Distribution of Films; produced Bengali film `Shesh Sanghat` ; inspired by the movement of NTR, joined politics in 1994 and since then actively working for social welfare.
