Kalidas Jayaram | |
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Born | [1] Perumbavoor, Kerala, India | 16 December 1993
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–2003 (child artist) 2016–present |
Partner(s) | Tarini Kalingarayar (engaged, 2023 - present) |
Parents | |
Relatives | Malayattoor Ramakrishnan |
Awards |
Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears 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)[6][7] and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine.[8][9]
Kalidas was born the eldest of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India.[10] He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He had his primary education until tenth grade at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai[11] and his plus-two at Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.[12] 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.[13]
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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Ashok | Malayalam | Child artist | [26] |
2003 | Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum | Vasudev | Malayalam | Child artist | [27] |
2016 | Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum | Karthik | Tamil | [28] | |
2018 | Poomaram | Gauthaman | Malayalam | [29] | |
2019 | Mr. & Ms. Rowdy | Appu | Malayalam | [30] | |
Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu | Vipinan | Malayalam | [31] | ||
Happy Sardar | Happy Singh | Malayalam | [32] | ||
2020 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Younger Rajiv Padmanabhan | Tamil | Anthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho | [33] |
Paava Kadhaigal | Sathaar | Tamil | Anthology film; segment Thangam | [34] | |
Oru Pakka Kathai | Saravanan | Tamil | [35] | ||
2021 | Backpackers | Khalil | Malayalam | [36] | |
2022 | Jack N' Jill | Kesh | Malayalam | [37] | |
Vikram | Prabhanjan | Tamil | [38] | ||
Natchathiram Nagargiradhu | Iniyan | Tamil | [39] | ||
2023 | Rajni | Naveen | Malayalam | [40] | |
Aval Peyar Rajni | Tamil |
Year | Title | Role(s) | 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 |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Child Artist (Male) | Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal | Won | [41] |
2003 | National Film Awards | Best Child Artist | Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum | ||
Kerala State Film Awards | Best Child Artist | [42] | |||
Asianet Film Awards | Best Child Artist | ||||
2017 | 6th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Debut Actor (Tamil) | Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum | ||
2019 | 21st Asianet Film Awards | Best New Face Actor | Poomaram | ||
2019 | Vanitha Film Awards[43] | Best New Face Actor | [44] | ||
2021 | Blacksheep Digital Awards | Best actor OTT | Paava Kadhaigal | ||
2021 | Behindwoods Gold Icon | Best Actor (Critics) | |||
2021 | JFW Movie Awards | Special Recognition OTT | |||
2021 | 10th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Male) - Tamil | [45] |