When Jaya was a glamorous actress, view pics

J Jayalalithaa has become the first sitting Chief Minister, who is disqualified after being convicted in a DA case on Saturday. There are too many interesting things linked with this controversial political leader. Jaya was the first actress to become the chief minister. She was removed twice from the post of chief minister due to corruption charges. Before entering actinmg politics, Jaya was well known south actress. She started actinmg at the age of 15. Her mother persuaded her to work in films when Jayalalithaa was 15 years old and was still in school, taking assurances from producers that shooting would take place only during summer vacations and that she would not miss her classes. Jayalalithaa acted in an English language film, Epistle, released in 1961. She made her debut as the lead actress in Kannada films while still in school, age 15, in Chinnada Gombe (1964). Jayalalithaa's debut in Tamil cinema was a role in Vennira Aadai(1965), directed by C. V. Sridhar. The following year, she made her debut in Telugu cinema with Manushulu Mamathalu. She was the first heroine to appear in skirts in Tamil films. She acted in one Hindi film called Izzat, with Dharmendra as her male costar in 1968. Click the next slide to view glamrous pics of Jayalalithaa during acting days.