Jai Akash

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Jai Akash
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Jai Akash
Born
Jai Sathish Nageswaran [1]

(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 43)
Other namesAkash
Occupation(s)Actor, Director
Years active1999-Present

Jai Akash, also known as Akash, is an Indian actor, who acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. [2] He is famously known for the film Anandam (2001).

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Career

Jai Sathish, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin settled in London, sent his modelling photographs to the "Star Search" service run by Suhasini's entertainment portal website TamilTalkies.com during the late 1990s. K. Balachander used the 'Star Search' platform when casting a new actor to portray the second hero role in Rojavanam (1999) and selected him to be in the film under the stage name of Akash. [3]

Akash's first Telugu film, Anandam , directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by Ramoji Rao, was a Silver Jubilee film for which Akash won many awards for his excellent natural acting. He became an overnight sensation who gained renowned attention from many top producers and directors. However, Akash elected to select projects with new directors, but most of these projects were produced by struggling producers. He acted in several Telugu films including the unreleased June July opposite Actress Sadha, Pilisthe Palukutha opposite Shamitha Shetty, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, the songs of which composed by M. M. Keeravani became a hit, especially the song "Manasa Ottu Maatadothu". [4]

He returned to Tamil as a lead with the film Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu (2003), a remake of Anandam, opposite Neha, which was again produced by Ramoji Rao. He was credited as Jai Akash due to the presence of Aravind Akash, an actor with a similar name. [1] In 2004, he teamed up with Sreenu Vaitla again in Anandamanandamaye .

He also starred in six Tamil films between 2004 and 2005; Ramakrishna , Kicha Vayasu 16 , Gurudeva , Sevvel , Amudhae and Kaatrullavarai . The Tamil films he acted as hero were with top Tamil directors, such as Agathiyan and Ezhil, but those films didn't get proper release.

Jai Akash again returned to the Telugu film industry as a second hero and acted in three films produced by Super Good Films, namely Andala Ramudu (2006), Nava Vasantham (2007) and Gorintaku (2008). All of these three films became super hit and again Akash received many offers to star as a hero in Telugu. In 2009, he acted and directed a Telugu film named, Sweet Heart, and also acted in the Tamil romantic movie, Adada Enna Azhagu . [5] In 2010, he starred in a bilingual movie, Vandae Maatharam , where he played alongside Mammootty and Arjun Sarja along with a huge array of actors in supporting roles. [6]

After a break in directing, Jai Akash returned as a director and acted in the film Ayudha Porattam (2011), which dealt with the issue of arms supply to the island nation of Sri Lanka during the civil war. [7] Following which, he also worked as a director and acted as a hero in the films Kadhalan Kadhali (2011), Yuganiki Okka Premikudu (2012), Mr. Rajesh (2013) and Aa Iddaru (2013). A notable mention to his self-directed Telugu film, Mr. Rajesh, where he acted in seven roles. [8]

Jai Akash entered the television field in 2020 with the Tamil soap opera Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham which premiered on 24 February 2020. [9] In 2023, he entered the Telugu television field with the series Anu Ane Nenu . In 2024, he returned to the Tamil television industry with the series, Nenjathai Killadhe .

Personal Life

He was rumoured to be the former lover of Actor Vijay's wife Sangeetha. However, Jai Akash has denied this and stated he is only acquainted with Sangeetha through Tamil school in London and nothing more.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999 Rojavanam SivaTamil
2000 Penngal Bharath NageswaranTamil
2001 Ramma Chilakamma VishwaTelugu
Anandam KiranTelugu
2002 Roja Kootam SriramTamil
Idemi Oorura BabuTelugu
Neetho Cheppalani BaluTelugu
Manasutho KanishkTelugu
Pilisthe Palukutha AjayTelugu
2003Hitech StudentsAkashTelugu
Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu SibiTamil
Vasantham MichaelTelugu
Three Roses AkashTamilGuest appearance
2004 Anandamanandamaye KiranTelugu
Ramakrishna RamakrishnaTamil
2005 Kicha Vayasu 16 KrishnamoorthyTamil
Gurudeva GuruTamil
Sevvel SevvelTamil
Amudhae DhinakarTamil
Guru GuruTelugu
Kaatrullavarai BalaTamil
2006Naidu LLBLawyerTelugu [10]
Andala Ramudu RaghuTelugu
2007 Jambada Hudugi RakeshKannada
Nava Vasantham PrasadTelugu
Dhee AjayTelugu
2008NesthamaRaviTelugu
Gorintaku AkashTelugu
Heegu Unte Kannada
2009 Adada Enna Azhagu VasanTamil
Sweet HeartRajaTelugu
2010 Namo Venkatesa AjayTelugu
JayaheKannada
Vandae Maatharam AshokMalayalam
Tamil
2011Lady Bruce LeeTelugu
Ayudha Porattam Jai / LeaderTamildual role; also director
OthigaiSuriyaTamil
Kadhalan KadhaliTamilalso director
2012MadhanTamilalso director
Yuganiki Okka PremikuduGautamTelugualso director
2013WinAryaTelugualso in Tamil [11]
Mr. RajeshSeven CharactersTelugualso director
Aa IddaruSubashTelugualso director
2014Kadhalukku KanillaiMurali / AnandTamilalso director [12]
Donga PremaTelugualso director
2016Naan YaarShivaTamilalso executive producer and story writer
2017Aama Naan PorukkithanTamil
2019Chennai 2 BangkokJaiTamilAlso choreographer
2022AmaicharTamil
2023YokkiyanJohn / VictorTamil
Jai Vijayam JaiTamilalso director, producer and writer
As distributor

Television

YearSeriesRoleLanguageChannel
2020–2021 Neethane Enthan Ponvasantham Surya Prakash (Surya) Tamil Zee Tamil
2022Thavamai ThavamirundhuACP M. Abhimanyu
2023 Anu Ane Nenu Dr. Venkatesh Telugu Gemini TV
2024-2025 Nenjathai Killadhe Goutham Tamil Zee Tamil

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult [14]
2002 Cinema Express Awards Best Actor Anandam Won [15]
2002Vamsi Film AwardsBest New Actor Anandam Won
2002NTR film AwardsBest Actor Anandam Won
2002Andhra Cine AwardsBest Actor Anandam Won
2003 Santosham Award Best Supporting Actor Vasantam Won
2009 Santosham Award Best Character Actor Gorintaku Won [16]
2007 Santosham Award Best Actor Jury Award Nava Vasantham Won

References

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  11. "Win Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020.
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