Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away at 11:30 p.m. on Monday, according to an official statement from the Apollo Hospitals. She had suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening. The CM had been undergoing treatment at the Chennai hospital since September 22.
She was an actress before her entry into politics and appeared in 140 films which includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films.
She did only one Hindi film as a leading lady. This was a 1968 melodrama called Izzat which featured Dharmendra in a double role. He played the two sons of an arrogant Thakur (played by the amazing Balraj Sahni) who during a hunting expedition, rapes and impregnates a tribal woman.
Jayalalitha acted in this film at the age of 19. The film also also starred Tanuja.
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RIP Jayalalitha!