Jyothi (actress, born 1963)

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| birth_name = Jyothi

| birth_date = January 1 1963

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| occupation = Actress

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|05|18|1963|1|1}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

| death_place = Chennai, India

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| nationality = Indian

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Jyothi (1 January 1963 - 18 May 2007) was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films. She acted in over 50 films. She is known for films like Puthukavithai and Rail Payanangalil.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/yesteryear-actress-dead-tamil-news-31226|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191439/http://www.indiaglitz.com/yesteryear-actress-dead-tamil-news-31226|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|title=Yesteryear actress dead|access-date=2014-11-06|work=indiaglitz.com}} She had acted in over 50 films in Tamil and Telugu including Toorpu Velle Railu and Vamsa Vruksham in her earlier career.

She shot into the limelight when her maiden film Rayil Payanangalil, directed by Vijaya T Rajendher, turned out to be a success. She had also paired with Rajinikanth in Pudukavithai, produced by Kavithalayaas in the mid-1980s. Jyothi died of breast cancer at a private hospital in Chennai in 2007. She was 44. A divorcee, Jothi was staying with her daughter at suburban Neelangarai on the ECR and getting treatment for the last couple of years. Her body was cremated at Besant Nagar crematorium.