Jyothirmayi  was the last celebrity judge to hop on board the car-shaped Judge’s rostrum of Super Dancr-2.

Jyothirmayi is an established  name in the Malayalam film industry today, but she may qualify as the only mainstream actress  whose career was set on course  by an item number that became a life belt to stardom.

She began her professional life as a television presenter and soon her anchoring skills provided her with enough ballast to get a berth in acting.

She starred in a number  of serials and telefilms and eventually wound up in Mollywood. However her performances in Pilot and Ishtam created hardly any ripples and she was in danger of  sinking without a trace when the Fates threw her  lifeline in the guise of a dance number ‘Chingamaasam’ in the blockbuster Meesa Madhavan .

The song and its picturisation became an instant  hit and  Jyothirmayi became a sought after actress as chances flooded her like  a river in full spate.

She became the leading lady  of the main heroes of  Malayalam cinema in films like Pattalam, Kalyanaraman, Ente Veedu Appoonteyum  etc with her portrayal in Bhavam bringing her the Kerala State Award for Best Second Actress in 2002 and  the special Jury Award at the National Film Awards  in 2003.

The also-ran thus suddenly surged to be front runner and a 4 minute dance sequence accomplished  what full fledged roles failed to deliver.

Quick to learn from her Malayalam experience,  she opened her innings in Tamil with an item number in Idhaya Thirudan . It proved to be a good luck charm, bringing in fine offers from big banners.

Joining in the 100th episode celebrations of Super Dancer-2 , she wished all  the four finalists luck  for the Grand Finale,  in which she will also be performing.