In another shocking news to Tollywood, popular lady director B Jaya, who directed films like Vaishakam, Lovely, Premikulu and Chantigadu, passed away on Friday morning in Hyderabad due to cardiac arrest. Reportedly, she has been suffering with heart ailment from the past few months.

B Jaya started her career as a film journalist and later turned into a director. Her husband BA Raju is a popular PRO of Tollywood who worked for hundreds of films. She was among the fewest of lady directors in Tollywood who made a successful stint.