Fatafat Jayalaxmi

'Fatafat' Jayalaxmi
Born	Jayalakshmi Reddy 1958 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Died	1980 (aged 22) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Jayalakshmi Reddy, whose popular screen name was Fatafat Jayalakshmi (also Phataphat Jayalaxmi) (1958–1980), was also popular actress in Tamil . In Malayalam movies she was known as Supriya. She acted about 66 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada within a decade of her career.

She was born in Chennai

She made her debut in 1972 in A. Vincent's Malayalam movie Theerthayathra with screen name Supriya, followed by Ithu Manushyano? in 1973. In 1974 she made her Tamil debut in K Balachander’s film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai credited as Jayalakshmi. She became a household name with her popular dialogue ‘Fatafat’ (meaning quickly) in the movie. Her notable films include Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, Anthuleni Katha, Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai and Mullum Malarum. She had co-starred with top actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Krishna, NTR and Chiranjeevi.

She was married to the nephew of M. G. Ramachandran. She committed suicide in 1980 when she was at the peak of her career.

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