By the time Jayalalithaa was in her early 20s she was already a top star and had worked with many legends across the South Indian film industry. Tabloids during the early 70s rocked with the alleged reports of her affair with an already married Telugu superstar, Shobhan Babu. Jayalalithaa has reportedly confessed to have been smitten by the Tollywood star. However, the pair never chose to speak up about the ‘alleged affair’ and she fought the rumours and allegations of being a ‘homewrecker’ and won millions of hearts with a line up successful movies.