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Girija

Girija (Giri + Ja) means Parvati in Sanskrit language, daughter of Himalaya.

  • Girija (actress) (born 1938), early Telugu film actress
  • Girija Devi is an Indian classical singer of the Banaras gharana (born 1929)
  • Girija Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician (1925–2010), President of the Nepali Congress and Prime Minister of Nepal
  • Girija Shankar Bajpai was an eminent Indian civil servant and a diplomat (1891–1954)
  • Girija Shettar is an Indian actress (born 1969)
  • Girija Vyas is an Indian politician, poet and author
  • V. M. Girija is one of the women writers of Kerala. (born 1961)
  • Girija Keer is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India
  • Girija Prasad Joshi (1939–1987)
  • Girija Oak (born 1987)
  • Girija Dam
  • Vanaja Girija
  • Girija Kumar Mathur
  • Girija (Vilnius) is a village and golf club in Lithuania.
Girija (actress)

Girija is an early Telugu film actress and comedian of 1950 and 1960s. She was born on 3 March 1938 in Kankipadu, Andhra Pradesh. Her first movie was Kasturi Sivarao's Paramanandayya Shishyula Katha (1950). She acted in many films with Relangi Venkataramaiah and became famous hit comedian pair. Her portrayal of Pathala Bhairavi in 1951 hit film Patala Bhairavi got her good name and gave many film offers lasting about two decades. she got married to C.Sanyasi Raju, who started a film company named Vijaya Giri Dhwaja Productions (including her name in the banner) and produced a number of movies. Her daughter Saleema is also an actress acts mainly in Malayalam movies.