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]
Early 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]
Career
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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]
Filmography
Films
† | 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] | ||
Indian 2 | Nilesh Krishnaa | [39] | |||
Raayan | Manickavelraayan | [40] |
- Web series
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | Paper Rocket | Jeeva | Tamil | Released on ZEE5 |
- Discography
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 |
- As voice artist
Year | Title | Language | Character | Director |
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2005 | Udayon | Malayalam | Ponnan | Bhadran |
- Short films and Music Videos
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 |
Awards
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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 | [41] | |||
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[42] | Best New Face Actor | [43] | |||
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 | [44] |
References
- ^ "Happy Birthday Kalidas Jayaram: Lesser known facts about the charming actor that will make you his fan". The Times of India. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Jayaram's son Kalidas bubbles up in ad". manoramaonline.com.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram shares still from first film as child". The News Minute. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Kalidas in nostalgic mood; shares stills from his first film". Times of India. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Star kids to rock M-Town". The Times of India.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram takes trolls about Poomaram's release in good stride". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram's 'Poomaram' with Abrid Shine starts rolling". Malayala Manorama. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Prakash, Asha (4 September 2017). "Onam is the best excuse for the four of us to spend time together: Kalidas Jayaram". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "തെന്നിന്ത്യ കീഴടക്കാന് കാളിദാസ്" [To Conquer the South – Kalidas] (in Malayalam). Mathrubhumi. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ Gupta, Rinku (3 September 2014). "Another Star Son in Kollywood". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ George, Vijay (11 October 2018). "'I hope to work in realistic movies that are entertaining'". thehindu.com.
- ^ George, Anjana (27 January 2017). "Mollywood stars recall their stint as child artistes". Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Pic of the day: When Achu from 'Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal' met his mom!". Times of India. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Alphonse Puthren to direct Kalidas Jayaram". The News Minute. 26 May 2017.
- ^ "In the limelight". The Hindu. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram to star in Balaji Tharaneetharan's movie". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.
- ^ "പാട്ടിൽ പൂത്ത പൂമരം; റിവ്യു". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Jeethu Joseph's Kalidas Jayaram film is titled 'Mr. & Ms. Rowdy'". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018.
- ^ "കാളിദാസിൻ്റെ 'മിസ്റ്റര് ആന്ഡ് മിസ് റൗഡി' റിലീസിന്". Samayam (in Malayalam). The Times of India.
- ^ "First look poster of Kalidas Jayaram's 'Argentina Fans Kattoorkadavu' is out". The News Minute. 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Kalidas to play lead in Midhun Manuel Thomas' 'Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu'". The News Minute. 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram's next is 'Happy Sardar'". The News Minute. 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Happy Sardar brings another Mallu sardar on screen soon". The Times of India. 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram shares a cute Vishu memory". Sify. 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Remake season down south!". Rediff.com. 23 February 2003.
- ^ "Prabhu in Tamil Fantasy Flick". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Mr. & Ms. Rowdy Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Mr. & Ms. Rowdy by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 6 October 2019
- ^ Soman, Deepa, "Happy Sardar Movie Review: A tale of romance sans chemistry", The Times of India, retrieved 22 June 2020
- ^ Sunder, Gautam (15 October 2020). "Putham Pudhu Kaalai- Jayaram and Kalidas on acting in the anthology". thehindu.
- ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (1 October 2020). "'Paava Kadhaigal' interview: How Vetri Maaran, Gautham Menon, Vignesh Shivan and Sudha Kongara joined the Netflix anthology". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Soman, Deepa. "Kalidasan starts shooting on Jayaram's birthday". The Times of India.
- ^ George, Anjana (10 March 2020). "Kalidas' Backpackers is inspired by a true story". Entertainment Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Kalidas-Santhosh Sivan movie titled as Jack and Jill". www.mangalam.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "It's official: Kalidas Jayaram in Kamal Haasan's Vikram". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "It's a wrap for 'Natchathiram Nagargirathu'". Entertainment Times. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Rajni / Aval Peyar Rajni Movie Review: A decent murder mystery that misses the mark by an inch". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Por Teaser: War brews between Arjun Das and Kalidas Jayaram". The New Indian Express. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Por (2024) - Movie, Reviews, Cast & Release Date".
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (6 April 2024). "Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2' to release in June". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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- ^ "Manju Warrier, Suriya, others win at SIIMA Awards: Full list of winners". The News Minute. 21 September 2021.
External links
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- Kalidas Jayaram at IMDb
- Kalidas Jayaram on X