Kalidas Jayaram | |
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Born | [1] Perumbavoor, Kerala, India | 16 December 1993
Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
Occupation | Actor |
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Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil 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 seven. [3] [4] Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. [5] In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine. [6] [7]
Kalidas was born the elder of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India. [8] His father, Jayaram is Tamil, whilst his mother Parvathy is a Malayali. 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]
At the age of 7, he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000). [12] [13] He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), directed by Siby Malayil. [14] [15] Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai . [16] He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in Poomaram (2018). [17] In 2019, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy , [18] [19] Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu [20] [21] and Happy Sardar . [22] [23]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Ashok | Malayalam | Child artist | [24] |
2003 | Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum | Vasudev | Malayalam | Child artist | [25] |
2016 | Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum | Karthik | Tamil | [26] | |
2018 | Poomaram | Gauthaman | Malayalam | ||
2019 | Mr. & Ms. Rowdy | Appu | Malayalam | [27] | |
Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu | Vipinan | Malayalam | |||
Happy Sardar | Happy Singh | Malayalam | [28] | ||
2020 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Younger Rajiv Padmanabhan | Tamil | Anthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho | [29] |
Paava Kadhaigal | Sathaar | Tamil | Anthology film; segment Thangam | [30] | |
Oru Pakka Kathai | Saravanan | Tamil | [31] | ||
2021 | Backpackers | Khalil | Malayalam | [32] | |
2022 | Jack N' Jill | Kesh | Malayalam | [33] | |
Vikram | Prabhanjan | Tamil | [34] | ||
Natchathiram Nagargiradhu | Iniyan | Tamil | [35] | ||
2023 | Rajni | Naveen | Malayalam | Bilingual film | [36] |
Aval Peyar Rajni | Tamil | ||||
2024 | Por | Yuvaraj | [37] [38] | ||
Raayan † | TBA | Filming | [39] |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | Paper Rocket | Jeeva | Tamil | Released on ZEE5 |
Year | Song | Film | Co-singer | Language | Music director |
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2003 | "Thappo Thappo" | Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum | Jayaram | Malayalam | Ouseppachan |
2005 | "Angethala" | Udayon | Shankar Mahadevan and Mohanlal | Malayalam | Ouseppachan |
Year | Title | Language | Character | Director |
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2005 | Udayon | Malayalam | Ponnan | Bhadran |
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2020 | Did You Sleep With Her | Akku | Malayalam | Short film |
2021 | Thappu Panniten | Male lead | Tamil | Music album |
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Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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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 | [40] | |||
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 [41] | Best New Face Actor | [42] | |||
2021 | Blacksheep Digital Awards | Best actor OTT | Paava Kadhaigal | [ citation needed ] | |
Behindwoods Gold Icon | Best Actor (Critics) | [ citation needed ] | |||
JFW Movie Awards | Special Recognition OTT | [ citation needed ] | |||
10th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Tamil | [43] |
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