Kalidas Jayaram


Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema as well as in a few Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal at the age of seven. Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum, which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram.

Early life

Kalidas was born the eldest of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He had his primary education until tenth grade at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai and his plus-two at Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

Film career

At the age of 7, he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, which won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum, directed by Siby Malayil. In the year 2014, he performed impressions of Surya, Ajith and Vijay at the 8th Vijay Awards. Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai. Begun in 2014, the film is slated for a 2016 release. His second Tamil film called Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum has been a hit on the screens 2016 which marked his debut.He made his debut as lead actor in Malayalam Cinema in Poomaram.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2000Kochu Kochu SanthoshangalAshokMalayalamChild artist
2003Ente Veedu AppuvinteyumVasudevMalayalamChild artist
2016Meen Kuzhambum Mann PaanaiyumKarthikTamilTamil Debut
2018PoomaramGauthamanMalayalam
2019Mr. & Ms. RowdyAppuMalayalam
2019Argentina Fans KaattoorkadavuVipinanMalayalam
2019Happy SardarHappy SinghMalayalam
2020Oru Pakka KathaiRamTamilDelayed
2020Jack and Jill KeshMalayalamPost Production
2020Backpackers MalayalamPost Production

;Discography
YearSongFilmCo-singerLanguageMusic director
2003"Thappo Thappo"Ente Veedu AppuvinteyumJayaramMalayalamOuseppachan
2005"Angethala"UdayonShankar Mahadevan and MohanlalMalayalamOuseppachan

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2001Asianet Film AwardsBest Child Artist Kochu Kochu Santhoshangalrowspan=8
2003National Film AwardsBest Child ArtistEnte Veedu Appuvinteyum-
2003Kerala State Film AwardsBest Child ArtistEnte Veedu Appuvinteyum-
2003Asianet Film AwardsBest Child ArtistEnte Veedu Appuvinteyum-
20176th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debut Actor Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum-
201921st Asianet Film AwardsBest New Face ActorPoomaram-
2019Vanitha Film AwardsBest New Face ActorPoomaram-