Kalidas Jayaram

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Kalidas Jayaram
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Born (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 31) [1]
Perumbavoor, Kerala, India
Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai
OccupationActor
Years active
  • 2000‍–‍2003 (child artist)
  • 2016‍–‍present
Spouse
Tarini Kalingarayar
​
(m. 2024)​
Parents

Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. [2] The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of six. [3] [4] Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. [5]

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In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018). [6] [7] He has since played supporting roles in the action films Vikram (2022) and Raayan (2024).

Early and personal life

Kalidas was born the elder of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India. [8] He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He did his schooling from Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai [9] and his plus-two from Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. [10]

Like his father, he is good at imitating actors, and the mimicry performed during a Vijay TV award show and an advertisement for a chocolate brand made him familiar to people. [11]

He married Tarini Kalingarayar, who is third runner up of Miss Diva 2021, on December 8 2024. [12] [13]

Career

A young Kalidas receiving the Best Child Artist award from Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Child Artists Award for the year 2004 to Kalidas.jpg
A young Kalidas receiving the Best Child Artist award from Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

At the age of 7, he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000). [14] [15] He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), directed by Siby Malayil. [16] [17] Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai . [18] He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in Poomaram (2018). [19] In 2019, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy , [20] [21] Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu [22] [23] and Happy Sardar . [24] [25]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2000 Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Ashok Malayalam Child artist [26]
2002 Yathrakarude Sradhakku Passenger in trainMalayalamuncredited role
2003 Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum VasudevMalayalamChild artist [27]
2016 Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum Karthik Tamil [28]
2018 Poomaram GauthamanMalayalam
2019 Mr. & Ms. Rowdy AppuMalayalam [29]
Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu VipinanMalayalam
Happy Sardar Happy SinghMalayalam [30]
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Younger Rajiv PadmanabhanTamilAnthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho [31]
Paava Kadhaigal SathaarTamilAnthology film; segment Thangam [32]
Oru Pakka Kathai SaravananTamil [33]
2021 Backpackers KhalilMalayalam [34]
2022 Jack N' Jill KeshMalayalam [35]
Vikram PrabhanjanTamil [36]
Natchathiram Nagargiradhu IniyanTamil [37]
2023 Rajni NaveenMalayalamBilingual film [38]
Aval Peyar RajniTamil
2024 Por Yuvaraj [39] [40]
Indian 2 Nilesh Krishnaa [41]
Raayan Manickavelraayan [42]
Web series
List of Kalidas Jayaram web series credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2022 Paper Rocket JeevaTamilReleased on ZEE5
Discography
List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits for music
YearSongFilmCo-singerLanguageMusic director
2003"Thappo Thappo" Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum Jayaram Malayalam Ouseppachan
2005"Angethala" Udayon Shankar Mahadevan and Mohanlal Malayalam Ouseppachan
As voice artist
List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits as voice artist
YearTitleLanguageCharacterDirector
2005 Udayon MalayalamPonnanBhadran
Short films and Music Videos
List of Kalidas Jayaram short film and music video credits
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2020Did You Sleep With HerAkkuMalayalamShort film
2021Thappu PannitenMale leadTamilMusic album

Awards

List of awards and nominations received by Kalidas Jayaram
YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2001 Asianet Film Awards Best Child Artist (Male) Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Won
2003 National Film Awards Best Child Artist Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum [ citation needed ]
Kerala State Film Awards Best Child Artist [43]
Asianet Film Awards Best Child Artist[ citation needed ]
2017 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Actor (Tamil) Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum [ citation needed ]
2019 21st Asianet Film Awards Best New Face Actor Poomaram [ citation needed ]
Vanitha Film Awards [44] Best New Face Actor [45]
2021Blacksheep Digital AwardsBest actor OTT Paava Kadhaigal [ citation needed ]
Behindwoods Gold IconBest Actor (Critics)[ citation needed ]
JFW Movie AwardsSpecial Recognition OTT[ citation needed ]
10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Tamil [46]

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