ABOUT Dr.J.J. Amma

Name	Dr. J.Jayalalitha
Affectionately called	Amma, Puratchi Thalaivi
Profession	Actor turned Politician
Date of birth	Feb-24-1948
Place of birth	Mysore
Family	Father: Jeyaram
	Mother: Sandya
	Brother
Education	Matriculation
Schools attended	Bishop cotton Girls High School, Bangalore.
	Presentation Convent Church Park, Chennai.
As a dancer	Well versed in Bharata Natyam, Mohini Attam, Kathak,Manipuri.
Would have been	Lawyer
Rise to fame character	As a vampish lead in G. Krishna’s James Bond-type hit Goodachari 116 she was noticed by everyone
Entry into politics	First as the Secretary of the AIADMK, then was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
Influential persons in her life	Mother Celine(school head mistress)
	Her mother for her career in films.
	Dr. M.G.R for her career in politics.
Worst Moment	When she was attacked in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by then ruling party people.
Highs	In 1982 when she gave her maiden speech about ‘pennin perumai’ which was applauded by Dr. M.G.R
	In 1984 her Rajya sabha maiden speech which impressed Mrs.Indira Gandhi
Lows	The passing away of her mother and Dr.M.G.R.
For the welfare of women	Cradle baby scheme.
	All women police station.
Enemy	Mr. Karunanidhi
Friend	Sasikala
Special interst	Studying Law
Religion	Very religious
Hobbies	Has a large private library with a huge collection of books
Likes to watch	Old tamil, hindi and english movies
Impressed by the book	“Wild Swans”
Chief Minister	from 24-06-1991 to 12-05-1996,
	from 14-05-2001 to 21-09-2001and
	from 02-03-2002 to -12-05-2006
Portfolio’s handled by her as C.M.	Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, other All India Services, District Revenue Officers, Home, Police and Minorities Welfare.
Address	“Veda Nilayam”, 81/36 Poes Garden, Chennai 600 086.
About her life	“One-third of my life was dominated by my mother, the other part a major one was dominated by MGR. Two-third of my life is thus over. One third remains and this part of my life remains for myself but there are some responsibilities and duties to be fulfilled”.