- Died
- Jaya Chakravarthy was a producer and costume designer, known for Dream Girl (1977), Swami (1977) and Dillagi (1978). She died in 2004.
- Children
- Mother of Hema Malini and grandmother of Esha Deol, Ahana Deol. Mother-in-law of Dharmendra. Her daughter Hema's stepsons are Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol (Dharmendra's sons from his first marriage).
- She has two sons, Kannan and Jagannath, and her youngest child, her only daughter is Hema Malini.
- Her hometown is Amangudi in Trichinapalli in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
- She married at the tender age of thirteen and so didn't get to pursue her own dreams of being an artiste. Instead, she channeled them into her daughter Hema Malini by enrolling her in dance classes at an early age. She became an efficient stage mother and propelled her daughter later into movie stardom.
- She discovered Bindiya Goswami at a party, because she felt that there was a facial resemblance to her daughter Hema Malini.
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