29 Facts About Jayaram

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Jayaram Subramaniam, was born on 10 December 1965 and known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.

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Jayaram is a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional playback singer.

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Jayaram has acted in more than 200 films and has received several awards, including the Padma Shri, two Kerala State Film Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and four Filmfare Awards South.

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Jayaram started as a mimicry artist at the Kalabhavan institute during the 1980s.

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Jayaram made his acting debut in a leading role in Padmarajan's 1988 film Aparan.

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Jayaram won his first Kerala State Film Award, the Special Jury Award for his performance in Thooval Kottaram.

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Jayaram won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for his performance in Swayamvara Panthal.

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Jayaram won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor 3 times, for his performances in Thooval Kottaram, Theerthadanam, and Manassinakkare.

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Jayaram was born on 10 December 1965 in a Tamil Brahmin family as the second among three children of late Subramaniyam and late Thankam at Perumbavoor, Kerala.

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Jayaram had an elder brother named Venkataram, who died at a young age, and a younger sister named Manjula.

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Jayaram did his primary education at Government Boys High School, Perumbavoor.

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Jayaram graduated with a bachelor's degree from Sree Sankara College, Kalady.

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Jayaram became a medical representative soon after college and later joined the Kalabhavan institute and learned and performed mimicry on a number of stages, which paved his way to the Malayalam film industry.

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At the age of 22, he was introduced into the cinema field by script writer and filmmaker Padmarajan who gave Jayaram his launching pad with the 1988 film Aparan.

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Jayaram subsequently acted in Padmarajan's Moonnam Pakkam and Innale.

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Jayaram became one of the Superstars of the Malayalam film industry through the film Meleparambil Aanveedu which Rajasenan directed.

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Jayaram is noted for playing in Kamal's films during the late 1980s and early 1990s, in films such as Pradeshika Varthakal, Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal and Shubha Yathra, where he co-starred with his wife Parvathy.

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Jayaram teamed up with Viji Thampi and Ranjith in Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan, where he played a police constable who is in search of a criminal played by Mukesh.

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Around that time, Jayaram played a supporting role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Artham.

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Anthikkad and Jayaram later went on to make Thooval Kottaram, which was commercial success, continued their success in films - Irattakuttikalude Achan, Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Yathrakarude Sradhakku, Manassinakkare, Bhagya Devatha and Kadha Thudarunnu.

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Jayaram acted in a leading role along with Mammootty and Suresh Gopi in Joshi's Dhruvam.

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Jayaram co-starred with Mohanlal in Bharath Gopi's Ulsavapittennu, Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal and Priyadarshan's Advaitham.

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Jayaram played Aravindan in Siddique's Friends in which he co-starred with Sreenivasan and Mukesh was the highest grossing Malayalam movie of 1999 and collected 11 crore.

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Jayaram's critically acclaimed roles include Karunakaran in B Kannan's Theerthadanam and Lonappan in Rajeev Kumar's Sesham.

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Jayaram forayed into Tamil cinema including roles in Gokulam, Purushalakshanam, Priyanka, Kolangal, Murai Mamman and Pathini.

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Jayaram played the roles of Dr Kailash and Ayyappan Nair in the Kamal Haasan-starred Thenali and Panchathanthiram.

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Jayaram's movies include Manassinakkare, Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty, Finger Print, Alice in Wonderland, Madhuchandralekha, Moonnamathoral, and Anchal Oral Arjunan.

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Jayaram then acted in films such as Aadupuliyattam and Pattabhiraman.

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The couple has a son named Kalidas Jayaram who is an actor as well as the winner of the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2003 for his second movie Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum and a daughter named Malavika Jayaram.