In an era where the men were ruling the Telugu film industry, creating a niche as actress itself was a tough task for women. Vijaya Nirmala changed this trend, ventured her way into acting, direction, production and proved her worth in all the aspects paving way for the women in generations to come. Her demise is a great loss to the movie Industry but her legacy will live on forever. Here are 5 facts about this inspiring personality who made us all proud.

FACT 01:

Vijaya nirmala holds a guinness record for most number of films directed by a female filmmaker out of which she has directed 44 movies in telugu itself.

FACT 02:

Vijaya nirmala and savitri are the only female directors to have directed the legendary actor sivaji ganesan.

FACT 03:

Vijaya nirmala entered cinema at the age of 7 as a child artist with a tamil movie machcha rekhai and at 11 years she debuted in telugu films with the movie panduranga mahatmyam.

FACT 04:

She met krishna on the sets of saakshi and later on they starred together in close to 47 films.

FACT 05:

Vijaya nirmala introduced our lady superstar vijaya shanti to telugu film industry.