AmmaForever: Unknown facts about former CM Jayalalitha

Former CM of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalitha's passed away on the fateful day three years ago. Across the state, the party's supporters and her followers are paying their respects to her. While her history is known, here are some unknown facts about her.

• She was excellent in studies and a topper.
• She was fluent in several languages, including Tamil, Arabic, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam and English.
• Personally, she loved dogs. But due to the death of her pet in 1998, she discontinued keeping pets unable to bear the loss.
• She was trained in carnatic music, western classical piano, bharathanatyam, kuchipudi, mohiniyattam, Manipuri, Kathak.
• When she was young, she wanted to become a lawyer and was all set to join Stella Maris.
• She has acted in one Hindi movie with Dharmendra.
• She had donated her gold jewelleries she had then to PM Lal Bhahadur Shastri during Indo-Pak war 1965.
• She played many female centric films where even the title would be based on her character.
• She, along with Saroja Devi, was the first female superstar in Tamil cinema.
• She is a versatile writer and she has penned her serialised memoir in Kumudam.
• She has lost election once in 1996. She was the first woman Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu.