A nice thread to a wonderful actress. I don't know JJ as politician, but as an actress I think she was superb. An all rounder, multi-talented, versatile actress. Thanks Raghavendra-sar.

For me, she is special as I like all the films she made with NT, they just have this fantastic chemistry.

Pattikada Pattanama = The way she stood up to NT's ferocity.
Savale Samale - Pre-cursor to the above, but her innocent naivety mistaken for arrogance.
Sumathi En Sundhari - A celeb seeking normalcy, genuinely in love with NT but her "other life" stands inbetween their love and how she deals with it.
Gallatta Kalyanam - part of the madness. Beginning of NT/JJ partnership.
Gurudatchanai - How many have seen this film, in the first place? Though highlight is NT and the village-folks suspician of his affair with the teacher, Padmini, I actually preferred the scenes of him with JJ. "Cute" is the right word for it. Check out the scene where NT rides a bicycle with her sitting at the back. Her tease and NT's reaction = priceless!

That's all I can think of for now.