Roja

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Roja Selvamani (born Sri Latha Reddy on 17 November 1972), credited as Roja is an Indian politician and actress with the YSR Congress Party. She served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh since 11 April 2022 until a landslide defeat in 2024 assembly elections. Starting her acting career in a supporting role in the Telugu film, Prema Thapassu in 1991, Roja earned her first Nandi Award under Special jury category for her performance in Sarpayagam (1991). She further expanded her career to Tamil with Chembaruthi (1992) and Kannada with Gadibidi Ganda (1993). Both these projects were successful and paved the way for her future commercial films such as Uzhaippali (1993) and Veera (1994) (both opposite Rajinikanth), Muta Mestri (1993), Bhairava Dweepam (1994), which fetched her Nandi Award for Best Actress, Raasaiyya (1995) and Vallal (1997). Her biggest commercially successful and critically acclaimed role came with the film, Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1999), for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress and Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil. These films established Roja as a leading actress in Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada films through 1990s and early 2000s. Roja served as a Minister for Tourism Culture and Youth Advancement for the Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2022 until a landslide defeat in 2024 assembly elections. Her first political stint, although, was with the Telugu Desam Party from 1999 till 2009.