Jaya Guhanathan
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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| birth_name = Sheela
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| birth_place = Cheranmadevi, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = V. C. Guhanathan
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| years_active = 1967-1980
| nationality = Indian
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Jaya Guhanathan is an Indian actress of Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted for a decade. She has acted almost 100 films in variety of roles.
Personal life
Jaya and V. C. Guhanathan fell in love with each other during the filming of their film,{{Cite web |title=குகநாதன் 'சுடரும் சூறாவளியும்' கதாநாயகி ஜெயாவை காதலித்து மணந்தார்பீ |url=https://archives.thinakaran.lk/2014/02/04/?fn=f1402046 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=archives.thinakaran.lk}} eventually got married at Arulmigu Devi Karumari Amman Temple, Tiruverkadu, Tiruvallur district. Jaya speaks Tamil fluently.
Film career
While furthering her studies in PUC at S.I.E.T college, Chennai, she was persuaded by V. C. Guhanathan to join films.In 1971, she was introduced in Tamil film Sudarum Sooravaliyum opposite Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman and Chandra Mohan. She decided to quit acting on 1980, her last movie was Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai.
Partial filmography
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- Ashwamedham (1967)
- Anweshichu Kandethiyilla (1967)
- Detective 909 Keralathil (1970)
- Oru Penninte Katha (1971) as Sreedevi
- Aabhijathyam (1971)
- Thettu (1971)...Mini
- Miss Mary (1972)
- Panitheeratha Veedu (1973) as Jose's sister
- Bhaaryaye Aavashyamundu (1975)
- Rajayogam (1976)
- Tholkan Enikku Manassilla (1977)
- Guruvayur Kesavan (1977)
- Eeta (1978)
References
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Category:20th-century Indian actresses
Category:20th-century Sri Lankan actresses
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema