Jaya Guhanathan is an Indian actress of Tamil and Malayalam films.
She has acted almost 100 films in variety of roles.
Jaya and V. C. Guhanathan fell in love with each other during the filming of their film,[1] eventually got married at Arulmigu Devi Karumari Amman Temple, Tiruverkadu, Tiruvallur district.
While furthering her studies in PUC at S.I.E.T college, Chennai, she was persuaded by V. C. Guhanathan to join films.In 1971, she was introduced in Tamil film Sudarum Sooravaliyum opposite Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman and Chandra Mohan.
She decided to quit acting on 1980, her last movie was Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai.