Roja is a veteran south Indian film actress and politician. She was acted in Telugu, Tamil movies.

Roja was born on 17th November,1971 in Chittor district, Andhra Pradesh.

Later their family moved to Hyderabad. Her father name is Kumaraswamy Reddy.

She did her Masters degree in Political Science from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh.

She learnt Kuchipudi, a dance form, for a few years. Her voice as a child was rough, so many discouraged her from hoping to act in films.


She was first introduced in the Tamil film by director R.K. Selvamani in his film Chembaruthi paired with actor Prashanth. The movie was a blockbuster and paved the way for her in the Tamil cinema industry. Her appeal was universal.

She had acted with almost all the top actors and directors in the industry. She became popular with her songs such as Veloor Maman in the film Engal Aiyyah with Mamooty and Mastana Mastana in Rasaiyya with Prabhu Deva.

She became popular acting in films with actors such as Rajnikanth in Veera, and Arjun Sarja in Ayudha Poojai. Roja's career breakthrough was in the film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen, directed by Vikraman. Roja's 100th movie was Pottu Amman. Roja appeared in supporting roles in Arasu (2001) and in Parijaatham (2006).

Her hobbies are costume designing and hairstyling. Roja had a penchant for hairdressing and it was evidently seen as whenever she is in the sets, she's seen hairdressing her co-heroines like Devayani, Kushboo, Ranjitha, Mumtaz to name a few. According to Ramya Krishna, her friend and co-star, Roja is one of the few artists who can do they make-up themselves. Actress Mumtaz in an interview has praised Roja's willingness and egoless attitude when Roja did her hair andmake-up during a Singapore Film show in 2003.


Roja and Meena are friends. Roja and Meena resembled each other when younger, and Meena acted as Roja's younger sister in several movies.

She is married to the famous Tamil film director R.K. Selvamani, who is the director of her first Tamil movie and has moved into Andhra politics.


Sometimes ago a blue film of this former actress Roja was wildly popular on the web. The nude movie with the name of the actress and politician shows a woman resembling Roja. The facial features and poise of the look alike woman are so similar to Roja that the people who see the film for the first time will think that it is actress Roja.