Item songs are not new to Telugu Cinema. Jayamalini and Jyothilakshmi are like twins for the item songs and Telugu cinema.
The items or the leading ladies who are doing the Item songs these days are no match for this dancer. Youngsters shake with her steps, while oldies will stand on their own with her dances. Dance floor will be rocked with her moves. She is none other than Jayamalini, the yesteryear queen of item songs.
After Jayamalini, no other lady made her mark in Tollywood till Mumaith Khan’s entry. Such was the impact Jayamalini created with the audience. The voluptuous actress ruled Telugu industry for decades with amazing dance movements in item songs.
Jayamalini remained as item queen for youth and brought recognition for vamp songs. She was born in Rajahmundry and brought up in Chennai. Apart from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, Jayamalini had enthralled Hindi spectators too by dancing for around 500 films.
Jayamalini was a sensation. She is role model for current generation heroines who are finding it difficult to dance with petite physiques. Many people go crazy to watch Jayamalini shaking her hip with an attractive persona.
From teenagers to older people, everyone were mesmerized by Jayamalini’s name at least once in life time. She brought craze to item songs. Irrespective of heroes such as NTR or ANR or Krishna, Jayamalini was common for every film then.
Heroines with gym physique and zero sizes feel hard to bend waist, but Jayamalini with her flexible body used to dance effortlessly for any tune. Whether it was easy step or tough move, single take was enough for Jayamalini.
Jayamalini is a specialist in changing dance style suiting the heroes. She performed slow steps with heroes like NTR, ANR and performed equally on fast beats with Chiranjeevi. In those days, every producer used to include one item song of Jayamalini in their films. Though she danced on item songs, she made efforts for uniqueness regularly on dances.
