| Vyjayanthimala does not smoke. |
| Vyjayanthimala does not drink alcohol. |
| Vyjayanthimala's mother, Vasundhara Devi, was a prominent Tamil Actress. |
| Vyjayanthimala referred to her mother by her name, as her mother was only sixteen years older than her. |
| Vyjayanthimala was primarily raised by her maternal grandmother, Yadugiri Devi. |
| At seven years old, Vyjayanthimala was selected to perform a classical Indian dance for Pope Pius XII in 1940 at Vatican City, with her mother as part of the audience. |
| Vyjayanthimala learned Bharata Natyam from Guru Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai and Carnatic music from Manakkal Sivaraja Iyer. |
| Y. G. Parthasarathy, a Tamil playwright and film actor, was Vyjayanthimala's maternal uncle. |
| In 1954, Vyjayanthimala starred in the movie Nagin with Pradeep Kumar, which became the highest-grossing movie of that year. |
| Vyjayanthimala ventured into politics for the first time in 1984 when she contested in the Tamil Nadu general elections for the South Chennai constituency as an Indian National Congress nominee. |
| During the filming of Sangam in the early 1960s with Raj Kapoor, rumors circulated about Vyjayanthimala's romantic involvement with Kapoor, though she later denied these claims in her autobiography. |
| Vyjayanthimala follows Vaishnavism, is a vegetarian, and is devoted to Aandaal, one of the 12 Alvar saints of South India. |
| Vyjayanthimala has been honored with 18 awards and received 19 nominations throughout her life. |
| In 2024, Vyjayanthimala was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India. |
