Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh . Prior to joining politics in 2004, she has acted in over 186 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" and " Lady Amithabh" of South Indian cinema. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Karthavyam in 1991 and she has also won six Filmfare Awards including Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South), four Nandi Awards.