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10 Unknown Facts About Jayalalithaa!

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8. After securing consecutive hits, Jayalalithaa was the highest paid actress between 1964-1980. In the year 1966 alone, she acted in 11 movies which were all blockbusters.

9.  She acted in over 125 movies and played a double role in 8 of them. She still holds the record of being the only Tamil actress to have had so many double roles.

 

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10. When Jaya was cast opposite the legendary MGR, she was only 17 years-old whereas he was 48.  What people didn’t know is that MGR’s wife Janaki Ramachandran recommended Jayalalithaa to the film crew.

 

 

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