Turpu Jayaprakash Reddy is a Telugu film villain, character actor & Comedian, he was born on 10, October 1945 at Sirvel, Kurnool Dist of Andhra Pradesh. He was Govt School Teacher initially and was a thespian. He debuted through a movie Brahma Putrudu 1988. He played a father role in Preminchukundam Raa for which he got a recognition because of his dialogues in Rayalaseema Slang. He is the one artist who speaks all the slangs of Andhra and Telangana. His gigantic personality and his perfect Telugu diction and different slangs which he speaks brought him the appreciation of the audience
Jayaprakash Reddy played an Antagonist role as Veera Raghava Reddy in the movie” Samara Simha Reddy” in which Nandamuri Balakrishna played a Protagonist by name Samara Simha Reddy. Veera Raghava Reddy is an amputee Rayalaseema don who seeks revenge on SamaraSimha Reddy (Balakrishna). Veera Raghava Reddy kills Samarasimha’s parents, his fiancee, sister and brother-in-law. As a vengeance, Samara Simha severs Veera’s legs, his right hand and also kills two of his four sons. Undying thirst of Veera Raghava Reddy to take revenge will assign his daughter to avenge, in the process, she starts liking him and things fall apart from Veera Raghava Reddy’s. Veera goes back on his word and tries to kill his own daughter and Samara, but fails. The man who breathes revenge and faction, will not accept their marriage and commits suicide. His dialogues in Rayalaseema slang and his performance were an added advantage for the thumping success of the movie. Jaya Prakash Reddy has become a known name for antagonist characters with Rayalaseema slang.
The film was recorded as an all-time industry hit at the box office. Over the years, the movie was termed to be a trendsetter and achieved cult status and affirmed Balakrishna as a trademark for the role as a faction leader, Jayaprakash Reddy also got the almost equal recognition and never looked back.
Jaya Prakash Reddy performs the Character of “Alexander” with a good sociological message, no one had experimented earlier on stage with a message-oriented one-man show, not a mono action. He is a great lover of the stage, even today whenever he finds the time he will perform on stage, he says it will give a lot of satisfaction.
He also played few comedy roles in Kabadi Kabadi, Avunu Valliddaru Istapaddaru and in a movie” Dhee” he performed a paralyzed Pedda Nayana character without any dialogues. He gained the appreciation of critics.
