K. Viswanath remade Siri Siri Muvva (1976) in Hindi as Sargam, introducing Jayaprada to Bollywood in 1979.

In 1983 after she took Hindi lessons, director K. Vishwanath relaunched her in Hindi films, with Kaamchor where she spoke Hindi fluently for the first time.

She is hailed as one of the most iconic, influential and highest paid actresses in both Telugu and Hindi film industries in late 70s, 80s and early 90s.

Jaya Prada was highest paid Hindi actress from 1985-89 with Sridevi and 3rd highest paid Hindi actress with Rekha from 1990-92 and 3rd highest paid actress along-with Parveen Babi in 1982-84.

Jaya Prada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu and Hindi films along with several Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi films.

Jaya Prada was paired opposite Jeetendra in 25 films and 19 of them were Hits ie 76% Success ratio. It is a rare Record for any pair in Bollywood.

Jaya Prada acted in highest number of films with Krishna in Telugu like Sri Rajeshwari vilas coffee club (1976), Bhale Krishnudu (1980), Ooruki Monagadu (1981), Mundadugu (1983), Prajarajyam (1983) and Singhasan (1986). They worked together in 23 films.

Jaya Prada worked with Dharmendra in 16 films starting with Qayamat (1983) to Loh Purush (1999) and paired opposite each other in 15 of them.

Jaya Prada worked with Mithun Chakraborty in 4 films in 1986 both opposite and as Bhabhi and all were Successful again making a Rare Record. In all they wroked in 8 films and paired opoosite each other in 4 films.

Jaya Prada worked with Amitabh Bachchan in 8 films starting with Sharaabi (1984) to Khakee (2004).

Jaya Prada worked with Superstar Rajinikant in 7 films in 3 Languages starting with her debut film in Telugu Anthuleni Katha (1976) to Insaniyat Ke Devta (1993) but was paired opposite him in only one film Tyagi (1992).

Jaya Prada worked with Kamal Hassan in 6 films in 2 Languages starting with her debut film in Telugu Anthuleni Katha (1976) and Manmatha Leelai (1976) to Dasavatharam (2008) and was paired opposite him in 5 films.

Jaya Prada worked with the first Superstar in 5 films  starting with Dil-E-Nadaan (1982) and it includes four films in 1984 where he was paired opposite Jaya Prada in 3 films and all were Hits.

Jaya Prada has acted in 8 languages: Telugu (her mother tongue), Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.

It features The Last Superstar's Hindi films including his Tamil-Hindi Bilingual.

In 1982, Rajkumar Kohli signed Jeetendra and Rajnikanth for a film which was going to be a remake of a Kannada hit film. The project fizzled out.

Starred in the shelved movie "Raasta Patharon Ka"(1984) Starring Rajnikanth, Produced and Directed by B.Subbash.

In 1985, producer A.G. Nadiadwala signed Dharmendra,Mithun Chakraborthy, Rajnikanth for a film to be directed by Esmayell Shroff. It was shelved after announcement.

Starred in the shelved film "Takrao" (1986) .Starring Shatrughan Sinha, Rajnikanth, Anita Raaj, Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra, Sushma Seth.Produced by Raja Roy (Reena Roy's brother),Directed Harmesh Malhotra.

Starred in the shelved film Meenakshi Enterprises untitled film in 1986. Starring Rajesh Khanna (Guest Appearance),Hema Malini, Rajnikanth,Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Bapu.

Subhash Ghai and Rakesh Roshan  wrote  Karma (1986) and Khudgarz (1987) for Superstar but later played by Naseeruddin Shah and Shatrughan Sinha and both became blockbusters.

In 1987 Ramesh Sippy launched Zameen starring Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Rajnikanth and Vinod Khanna. The film was shelved halfway through production when the producers ran out of funds and had to shelve the entire project.

His films with Shyam Benegal untitled 1982, S.Ramanathan "Rudra" (Mahakaal) (1988), Tinu Anand Shanaakht (1988) and Prakash Mehra "Ghar Ka Bhedi"(1990) got shelved. All were with Big B.

Starred in the shelved movie Ruhi Films "Lal Toofan"(1988) Starring Nutan, Jackie Shroff, Rajnikanth, Meenakshi Sheshadri,Suresh Oberoi, Suparna Anand, Raza Murad, Pran,Written by Sachin Bhaumick,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Hardeep Chitrath, Directed by Subhash Bhakri.

Starred in the shelved movie B.M.B. Productions "Tu Hi Meri Zindagi" (1990). Starring Shammi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Sri Devi, Rajnikant, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Suresh Bokadia, Directed by K.C. Bokadia.

Starred in the shelved movie B.G.Communucations "Watan Ke Saudagar"(1991) Starring Rajnikanth, Vijayashanti,Shobhana, Radhika,Charan Raj, Paresh Rawal, Saeed Jaffery, Music Amar Amit, Directed by K. Ravi Dutt.

The original casting of Tahalka (1992) was said to have Sanjay Dutt playing Aditya Pancholi's role,Rajnikanth playing Mukesh Khanna's role and Shakti Kapoor playing Javed Jaffrey's role.

The role of Inspector Wagle in Tiranga (1992) was first offered to Rajnikanth, esp. since the character's first name 'Shivajirao' was same as Rajnikanth's real life first name. He liked the script but wasn't sure whether he would get along with Raajkumar, and refused

Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, and Rajinikanth in Andhaa Kaanoon (1983)

Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar, and Aachi Manorama in Shankar Saleem Simon (1978)

Govinda, Chunky Pandey, Raageshwari, and Ritu Shivpuri in Aankhen (1993)

Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat in Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006)

Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and Harry Connick Jr. in Copycat (1995)

Kamal Haasan, Jayasudha, Nagesh, Rajinikanth, Srividya, and Major Sundarrajan in Apoorva Raagangal (1975)

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