Vijayashanti is an Indian female actor and politician. She is famous for lady oriented movies in Telugu film industry. She acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. She started career as actor with a Tamil movie “Kallukkul Eeram” at the age of 15 years. She played several glamour and performance roles in Telugu films. She won several Filmfare awards and Nandi awards. Her popular movies include Karthavyam, Osey Ramulamma, Pratighatana, Bharatanaari etc.