Universal's video: Actress and politican Roja celebrates her marriage anniversary with husband Selvamani

Roja Selvamani is an Indian Film actress and politician.She was a leading actress from 1991 to 2002.She is the only actress, who acted in 100 films within 10 years in the 1990s. Roja Selvamani acted in more than 150 films. Roja Selvamani was the leading actress in Telugu and Tamil and acted few films in Kannada and Malayalam languages. Roja Selvamani won three Nandi awards for Best Actress and Tamil Nadu State Award for best actress. In 1999 she entered into politics and currently aligns with the YSR Congress party. Roja Selvamani was elected as an MLA from Nagari in Andhra Pradesh in 2014. Now Roja Selvamani is working as YSRCP state Women President. Roja Selvamani was born as Sree Latha in 1972 to Nagaraja Reddy and Lalitha in Tirupati, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. Roja Selvamani e was the only girl child with two brothers Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramaprasad Reddy. Later, the family moved to Hyderabad. Roja Selvamani got her bachelor's degree in Political Science from Sri Padmavathi Women's University, Tirupathi. Roja learnt Kuchipudi and was performing in dance before Roja Selvamani entered films. Roja entered the Industry with Telugu films. Roja Selvamani first movie was Prema Thapassu with Rajendra Prasad where the complete movie was shot in Tirupati.Roja Selvamani was a leading actress in south Indian cinema from 1991 to 2002 and most popular actress in Tamil and Telugu industry. Roja Selvamani was introduced to the Tamil film industry by director R.K. Selvamani with Chembaruthi along with actor Prashanth. The movie was a hit and paved way for role in another success, Suriyan with Sarath Kumar. Both the films established her in Tamil cinema.Roja Selvamani became popular with songs such as "meloor Maman" in the film Makkal Aatchi with Mammootty and "Mastana Mastana" in Raasaiyya with Prabhu Deva. Roja Selvamani performance in films with actors such as Rajnikanth in Veera, Arjun Sarja in Ayudha Poojai and Prabu in Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa were praised. Roja's major career breakthrough was in the film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, directed by Vikraman.Roja Selvamani appeared in successful movies like Mutha Mestri , Mugguru Monagallu , Bhairava Dweepam , Bobbili Simham, Annamayya , Anna , Peddannayya, Kshemamga Velli Labamgarandi , Shubhalagnam, Shri Krishnarjuna Vijayam , kalavida.Roja Selvamani 100th movie was Pottu Amman. Roja later appeared in supporting roles in films like Arasu (2003), Parijatham (2006), Shambo Shiva Shambo (2010), Golimar (2010), Mogudu (2011), Kodipunju (2011), Veera (2011), Kaavalan (2011) and Saguni (2012). Roja Selvamani has acted with Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Balakrishnan, Dr. Vishnuvardan, Ravichandran, Krishna, Mammootty, Sarathkumar,Akkineni Nagarjuna, Srikanth, Vijayakanth,Murali, Ajithkumar, Sathyaraj, Prabu, Karthik, Prabhudeva, Napoleon, Prasanth, Jayaram, Suresh goli and Venkatesh. Born Sri Latha Reddy Born on 17 November 1972 Born at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India Spouse R.K.Selvamani Children 2 Occupation Actress Politician Producer Television host Awards Nandi awards (1991),(1994),(1998) Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films Roja joined Telugu Desam in 1999 and was the president of the Telugu Mahila wing of the Party. Roja Selvamani lost the 2009 AP State Elections. In August 2009, Roja Selvamani quit TDP and joined YSR Congress party. In 2014 general elections, Roja Selvamani won as an MLA from Nagari assembly constituency. Roja Selvamani contested once again from Nagari assembly constituency in 2019 elections. Roja Selvamani had a penchant for hairdressing and it was evident as whenever she was on the sets Roja Selvamani was seen hairdressing her peers like Devayani, Kushboo, Ranjitha and Mumtaz to name a few. According to Ramya Krishna, her friend and co-star, Roja is one of the few artists who can do their makeup themselves. Actress Mumtaz in an interview praised Roja's willingness and egoless attitude when Roja Selvamani did her hair and make-up during a Singapore Film Show in 2003. Despite Roja being an active speaker among women MLA's v was suspended from attending the legislative assembly for one year. The decision was taken by majority in the legislative house, on 18 December 2015 and by the approval of the Speaker.[9][10][11] Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, leader of the opposition, opposed the suspension. There were several concerns on the procedure followed while suspending Roja. On 11 February 2017, Roja was arrested in Vijayawada for attempting to attend the National Women's Parliament (NWP) in the city, which Roja Selvamani was not allowed to attend although she was registered. Roja married Tamil film director R.K. Selvamani on 10 August 2002. The couple have a daughter and a son. Roja acted over 150 films in Tamil, Telugu,Kannada,Malayalam.