Jayaram
Born	Jayaram Subramaniyam 10 December 1964 (1964-12-10) (age 45) Perumbavoor, Kerala, India
Years active	1987 - present
Spouse(s)	Parvathy Jayaram

Jayaram Subramaniyam (Malayalam: ‌ജയറാം സുബ്രമണ്യം‌; Tamil: ஜெயராம் சுப்ரமண்யம்) (born 10 December 1964), commonly known as Jayaram, is an Indian film actor in Malayalam and Tamil language films.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Trivia 5 Awards 6 Selected filmography 7 In production 8 Malayalam 9 2000's 10 1990s 11 1980s 12 Tamil 13 Hindi 14 Music department 15 References 16 External links

[edit] Early life

Jayaram Subramaniyam was born into a family of Kerala Iyers in Perumbavoor, Kerala. He completed his bachelor's degree from Sri Sankara College, Kaladi. When he was studying there, he won several awards in the state level for mimicry.

[edit] Career

After college, he joined Kalabhavan, a professional mimicry troupe in Kochi. At the age of 23, he was introduced into the cinema field by script writer and filmmaker Padmarajan who gave Jayaram his launching pad with the 1988 film Aparan. Jayaram subsequently acted in Padmarajan's Moonnam Pakkam (1988) and Innale (1989). Padmarajan became his mentor in his film career till the former's death in January 1991.

He is noted for playing in Kamal's films during the late 80s and early 90s, in films such as Pradeshika Vaarthakal (1989), Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (1989), and Shubha Yathra (1990) (all of them scripted by Renjith), where he co-starred with his wife Parvathy. He later did a film scripted by Renjith with the story by Jagathy Sreekumar, Viji Thampi's directional debut Witness (1988). He teamed up with Viji Thampi and Renjith in Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan (1990) where he played a police constable who is in search of a criminal played by Mukesh. During the early 90s he acted in Bharathan's Keli (1991) and Malootty (1992).

He has acted in several of Sathyan Anthikkad's films. Their first film was Ponn Muttyidunna Tharavu (1988). Around that time Jayaram played a supporting role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Ardham (1989). Thalayanamanthram (1990) and Sandesham (1991), were both written and co-starring Sreenivasan. Anthikkad and Jayaram later went on to make Thooval Kottaram (1996), Irattakuttikalude Achan (1997), Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal (1999), Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000), Yathrakarude Sradhakku (2002), and Manassinakkare (2003).

He co-starred with Mammootty and Suresh Gopi in Joshi's Dhruvam (1993). Other films with Gopi include Viji Thampi's Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam (1990), Thooval Sparsam (1990), Jayaraj's Paithrukam (1993), and Sibi Malayil's Summer in Bethlehem (1998). He co-starred with Mohanlal in Bharath Gopi's Ulsavapittennu, Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (1989) and Priyadarshan's Advaitham (1991).

His association with director Rajasenan created many movies such as Kadinjool Kalyanam (1991), Ayalathe Addeham (1992), Meleparambil Aanveedu (1993), CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. (1994), Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995), Aadyathe Kanmani (1995), Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran (1996), and Kadhanayakan (1997). He also played Aravindan in Siddique's Friends (1999) in which he co-starred with Sreenivasan and Mukesh. In the 2000s decade his films include Yathrakarude Sradhakku (2002), Manassinakkare (2003), Veruthe Oru Bharya (2008), and Twenty:20 (2008). His roles include Karunakaran in B Kannan's Theerthadanam (2001) and Lonappan in Rajeev Kumar's Sesham (2002).

He also forayed into Tamil cinema including roles in Gokulam, Purushalakshanam, Priyanka, Kolangal, Murai Mamman and Pathini. He played the roles of Dr. Kailash and as Ayyappan Nair in Kamal Haasan starred Thenali and Panchathanthiram. They first came together on screen in Chanakyan (1989). Recently he has done more supporting roles in Tamil, such as antagonist roles in Saroja and Dhaam Dhoom, and a comic role in Aegan.

His movies have included Manassinakkare (2003) Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty (2004), Finger Print (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2005), Madhuchandralekha (2006), Moonnamathoral (2006), and Anchil Oral Arjunan (2007). In mid-2008, he played Sugunan in Akku Akbar's Veruthe Oru Bharya (2008). His latest film is Sathyan Anthikkad's Bhaghyadevatha (2009).

[edit] Personal life

He is married to actress Parvathy (പാര്‍‌വ്വതി)who is no longer active in films. Their son Kalidasan is a child film artist who has won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2003 for his second movie Ente Veedu Appontem.^[1] He also has a daughter Malavika. The family lives in Chennai and Kochi.

[edit] Trivia

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He is a well known mimicry artist and a chenda percussionist. Jayaram plays the chenda and has said that he used to wake up at 4:30 am and practice the instrument.^[2]

[edit] Awards

• J.C Foundation award for the best actor for his performance in "Veruthe oru Bharya" (2008)
• V. Shantaram Award for his performance in Shesham in 2002
• Kerala State Film Awards for Second Best Actor for his performance in Swayamvarapandhal (2000)
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Thenali (2000)
• Kerala State Film Awards Special Jury Award for Thooval Kottaram (1996)
• Sini Best Actor Award for Thooval Kottaram (1996)
• Film Fare Award for Thooval Kottaram (1996)
• Rotary Club Award for Thooval Kottaram (1996)
• Asianet Film Awards 2009 Popular Actor award

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] In production

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
2009	Menaka Talkies		Innocent	Mahesh
2009	Ponnar Shankar		Prashanth, Sneha, Sathyaraj	Thyagarajan
2009	Happy Husbands	Mukundan Menon	Indrajith, Jayasurya, Bhavana, Samvrutha Sunil	Saji Surendran	Release Date: 10 January 2010

[edit] Malayalam

[edit] 2000's

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
2009	My Big Father	Alby	Kanika, Suraj Venjaramood, Jagathy, Salim Kumar	Mahesh P. Sreenivas
2009	Seetha Kalyanam		Jyothika, Geethu Mohandas, Indrajeet	T K Rajeev Kumar
2009	Kana Kanmani	Roy	Padmapriya, Baby Niveditha, Vijaya Raghavan	Akku Akbar
2009	Rahasya Police	Sub Inspector/Chalai Mani	Samvrutha Sunil, Sindhu Menon, Jagathy	K Madhu
2009	Winter	Shyama Ramdas	Bhavana, Manoj K Jayan	Deepu Karunakaran
2009	Bhagyadevatha	Benny Chacko	Kanika Narain, Nedumudi Venu	Sathyan Anthikkad
2009	Samastha Keralam P.O.	Prabhakaran	Serah, Salim Kumar	Bipin Prabhakar
2008	Twenty: 20	Dr Vinod Bhaskar	Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Radhika	Joshy
2008	Parthan Kanda Paralokam	Parthasarathy	Sreedevika, Mukesh, Jagathy, Shobha Mohan	Anil
2008	Veruthe Oru Bharya	Sugunan	Gopika, Innocent	Akku Akbar
2008	Novel	Sethunathan	Sadha
2008	Magic Lamp	Nandakumar	Meena, Rasika, Kusbhoo
2007	Sooryan	Suryan	Vimala Raman	V M Vinu
2007	Anchil Oral Arjunan	Sudheendran	Samvrutha Sunil, Padmapriya	Anil
2006	Kanaka Simhasanam	Kasargode Kanakambaran	Karthika, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Rajasenan
2006	Moonnamathoral	Chandra	Samvrutha Sunil, Jyothirmayi, Sherin, Vineeth	V K Prakash
2006	Aanachandam	Krishnaprasad	Remya Nambeeshan, Innocent	Jayaraj
2006	Madhuchandralekha	Madhavan	Urvashi, Mamta Mohandas	Rajasenan
2005	Sarkar Dada	Mukundan Menon	Navya Nair	Sasi Shankar
2005	Pauran	Divakaran	Geethu Mohandas, Riyas Khan	Sundar Das
2005	Alice in Wonderland	Alby	Laya, Sandhya	Sibi Malayil
2005	Finger Print	Vivek Varma	Gopika, Indrajith	Satish Paul
2004	Amrutham	Gopinathan Nair	Padmapriya, Bhavana	Sibi Malayil
2004	Mayilattam	Devan, Pazhani (Double Role)	Rambha, Indraja	V M Vinu
2004	Njaan Salperu Raman Kutty	Ramankutty	Gayatri Jayaram, Karthika	Anil Babu
2003	Manassinakkare	Reji	Nayantara, Sheela, Innocent	Sathyan Anthikkad
2003	Ivar	Ragahva Menon	Bhavana	Rajeev Kumar
2003	Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum	Vishwanathan	Jyothirmayi, Master Kalidas	Sibi Malayil
2002	Yathrakarude Sradhakku	Ramanujan	Soundarya	Sathyan Anthikkad
2002	Malayalimamanu Vanakkam	Anandakuttan	Roja, Suja Karthika, Prabhu Ganesan	Rajasenan
2002	Sesham	Kaliyappan	Geethu Mohandas	Rajeev Kumar
2001	One Man Show	Jayakrishnan	Samyuktha Varma	Shafi
2001	Theerthadanam	Karunakaran	Suhasini	B Kannan
2001	Uthaman	Uthaman	Sindhu Menon	Anil Babu
2001	Naranathu Thamburan	Thamburan	Nandini, Poornima	Viji Thampi
2001	Sharja To Sharja	Nandagopalan Vishwanathan	Aishwarya, Harisree Asokan	Venugopal
2001	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Narayanankutty	Mukesh, Manya	Rajeev Kumar
2000	Daivathinte Makan	Sunny	Pooja Batra, Prema	Thulasidas, Vinayan
2000	Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal	Gopan	Kavya Madhavan, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Sathyan Anthikkad
2000	Millennium Stars	Sunny	Abhirami, Biju Menon, Jagathy, Kalabhavan Mani	Jayaraj
2000	Naadan Pennum Naattupramaniyum		Samyuktha Varma, Jagathy, Srividya
2000	Swayamvarapaanthal	Deepu	Samyuktha Varma, Lalu Alex, Janardhanan, Ambika

[edit] 1990s

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
1999	Friends	Aravindan	Mukesh, Meena, Divya Unni	Siddique Lal
1999	Njangal Santhushtaranu	Sanjeevan I.P.S	Abhirami, Jagathy, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Seena Antony, Lalu Alex
1999	Pattabishekam	Mukundan	Mohini, Jagathy, Innocent, Indrans
1999	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Roy K Thomas	Samyuktha Varma, Nedumudi Venu, Thilakan, KPAC Lalitha	Sathyan Anthikkad
1998	Ayushman Bhava	Sunny	Divya Unni, Jagathy
1998	Chitrashalabham	Devan	Jomol
1998	Kaikudunna Nilavu	Vasudevan	Dileep, Ranjitha, Shalini Kumar
1998	Kottaram Veettile Apputtan	Apputtan	Shruti
1998	Kusruthi Kuruppu		Meena
1998	Sneham		Jomol
1998	Summer in Bethlahem	Dennis	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Rasika	Sibi Malayil
1997	The Car	Sunil	Sree Lekshmi, Janardhanan, Bindu Panicker
1997	Irattakuttikalude Achan		Manju Warrier, Lalu Alex, Kochu Preman, Manju Pillai	Sathyan Anthikkad
1997	Kadhanayakan	Ramanathan	Divya Unni, Innocent, Jagathy	Rajasenan
1997	Karunyam	Satheeshan	Divya Unni, Rahna Navas
1997	Kilukil Pambaram		Vani Vishwanathan, Jagathy, Indrans
1997	Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu	Giri Menon	Biju Menon, Manju Warrier, Lalu Alex, Vinaya Prasad	Kamal
1997	Superman	Hareendran	Shobana, Jagadeesh, Innocent
1996	Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum		Shobana
1996	Dilliwala Rajakumaran	Appu	Manju Warrier
1996	Kaliveedu	Mahesh Sivan	Manju Warrier, Vani Vishwanathan
1996	Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran	Balabhaskaran	Dileep, Annie	Rajasenan
1996	Thooval Kottaram	Mohanachandran Pothuval	Suganya, Manju Warrier	Sathyan Anthikkad
1995	Aadyathe Kanmani	Balachandran Unnithan	Sudharani, Chippy	Rajasenan
1995	Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava	Premachandran	Kasthuri, Sangeetha	Rajasenan
1995	Kusruthikaatu	Nandagopal	Kanaka, Chippy
1995	Mangalam Veettil Manaseswari Gupta	Jayadevan	Vani Vishwanath
1995	Minnaminuginum Minnukettu	Hari	Shobana, Heera Rajgopal
1995	Puthukottyile Puthu Manavalan	Ganabhooshanam Girish Cochin	Annie, Jagathy
1995	Sreeragam	Venkiteswaran	Geetha
1995	Thumboli Kadappuram		Priya Raman
1995	Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka	Vijay Krishnan	Dileep, Kusbhoo
1994	CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed.	Unnikrishnan	Chippy, Rohini	Rajasenan
1994	Sudhinam		Madhavi, Sudheesh
1994	Vadhu Doctoranu	Sidharthan	Nadiya Moidu
1993	Dhruvam	Veerasimha Mannadiyar	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Vikram	Joshy
1993	Aagneyam	Madhavan Kutty	Gouthami
1993	Bandhukkal Sathrukkal	Sajeevan	Mukesh, Rohini
1993	Customs Diary	Ananthakrishnan	Renjini
1993	Kavadiyattam	Unni	Suchitra
1993	Meleparambil Aanveedu	Harikrishen	Shobhana, Jagathy	Rajasenan
1993	Oru Kadankatha Pole	Ravindran	Geetha
1993	Paithrukam		Suresh Gopi, Geetha	Jayaraj
1993	Samagamam	Johnson	Rohini
1993	Vakkeel Vasudev	Venu	Sunitha
1992	Aayushkalam	Aby Mathew	Maathu, Mukesh, Saikumar
1992	Ayalathe Addeham	Premachandran	Siddique, Gouthami	Rajasenan
1992	Ezhara Ponnana	Balan/Vikraman	Kanaka, Anju
1992	First Bell	Pirappankodu Prahakaran	Siddique, Anusha
1992	Malootty	Unnikrishnan	Urvashi	Bharathan
1992	My Dear Muthachan	Parthasarathi	Urvashi, Thilakan
1992	Ootty Pattanam	Pavithran	Siddique, Jagathy
1991	Kanalkkattu		Mammootty, Urvashi
1991	Advaitham	Vasu	Mohanlal, Revathy, Chithra	Priyadarshan
1991	Bhoomika		Urvashi, Mukesh
1991	Chanchattam	Mohan	Urvashi, Siddique
1991	Ennum Nanmakal		Sreenivasan
1991	Ezhunnallathu		Mukesh, Sithara
1991	Georgekutty C/O Georgekutty	Georgekutty	Sunita, Thilakan
1991	Kadinjool Kalyanam	Sudhakaran	Urvashi, Suchitra]]	Rajasenan
1991	Kankettu	Raju	Shobhana
1991	Keli	Narayanankutty	Charmila, Murali	Bharathan
1991	Kilukkampetti	Prakash Menon	Suchitra
1991	Koodikkaazhca	Sunny	Urvashi, Usha, Chitra
1991	Mukha Chithram	Mathukutty/Sethumadhavan/Vareechan	Urvashi, Siddique, Sunitha
1991	Pookkaalam Varavayi	Nandan	Geetha, Rekha, Sunitha
1991	Sandesham	Prakash	Sreenivasan, Thilakan	Sathyan Anthikkad
1990	Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom	Shanthan	Balachandra Menon, Geetha
1990	Malayogam	Rameshan	Mukesh, Parvathi
1990	Marupuram		Mukesh
1990	Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam	Ramachandran	Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan	Viji Thampi
1990	Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan	Srinivasan	Urvashi, Mukesh	Viji thampi
1990	Paavakkoothu		Parvathi
1990	Radha Madhavam		Geetha, Thilakan
1990	Randam Varavu	Jayakumar	Rekha, Jagathy
1990	Shubha Yathra		Parvathy	Kamal
1990	Thalayanamanthram	Mohanan	Sreenivasan, Urvashi, Parvathy	Sathyan Anthikkad
1990	Thooval Sparsham		Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Urvashi	S. Kumar
1990	Varthamaana Kaalam	Brahmadattan	Balachandra Menon, Suresh Gopi	Balagopalan

[edit] 1980s

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
1989	Ardham	Janardanan	Mammootty, Parvathi	Sathyan Anthikkad
1989	Chakkikkotha Chankaran	Pradeep Thampi	Urvashi, Geetha
1989	Innale	Sarath Menon	Shobhana, Suresh Gopi	P. Padmarajan
1989	Jaathakam	Madhavanunni	Sithara, Jagathy
1989	Kaalal Pada		Suresh Gopi, Rahman, Sidhique, Ranjini	Viji Thampi
1989	Mazhavil Kaavadi	Velayudhankutty	Sithara, Urvashi
1989	Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal	Sivasankaran	Mohanlal, Parvathy	Kamal
1989	Pradeshika Varthakal		Parvathi, Siddique	Kamal
1989	Puthiya Karukkal	Vinod	Parvathi, Siddique
1989	Swagatham		Parvathi, Urvashi
1989	Ulsavapittennu	Rajan	Mohanlal, Parvathy	Bharath Gopi
1989	Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas	Unnikrishnan	Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Lissy	Kamal
1989	Vachanam		Suresh Gopi, Parvathi	Lenin Rajendran
1989	Chaanakyan	Jayaram	Kamal Hassan, Urmila Matondkar
1989	Varnam	Haridas	Renjini, Suresh Gopi	Ashokan
1988	Pon Muttyidunna Tharavu	Pavithran	Sreenivasan, Urvashi	Sathyan Anthikkad
1988	Witness	Balagopalan	Suresh Gopi, Jagathy, Mamukkoya	Viji Thampi
1988	Dhwani	Sabari	Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Suresh Gopi, Shobhana, Rohini	A T Abu
1988	Moonnam Pakkam	Bhasi	Thilakan, Ashokan	P. Padmarajan
1988	Aparan	Vishwanathan/Uthaman	Shobhana, Mukesh	P. Padmarajan

[edit] Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
2008	Pirivom Santhippom	Doctor	Cheran, Sneha	Karu Pazhaniappan	Tamil Cinema
2008	Panchamirtham	Mareesan	Prakash Raj, Aravind Akash, Saranya Mohan, Samiksha	Raju Eswaran	Tamil Cinema
2008	Aegan	Albert Adiya Patham	Ajith Kumar, Navdeep, Nayanthara	Raju Sundaram	Tamil Cinema
2008	Saroja	ACP Ravichandran	Shiva, Vega Tamotia, Vaibhav, Kajal Aggarwal	Venkat Prabhu	Tamil Cinema
2008	Dhaam Dhoom	Raghavan Nambiar	Jayam Ravi, Lakshmi Rai	Jeeva, P. C. Sriram, Aneez Jeeva ,Manikandan	Tamil Cinema
2006	Paramasivan	Nair	Ajithkumar, Laila, Prakash Raj	Ramesh	Tamil Cinema
2003	Julie Ganapathi	Balamurugan	Ramya Krishnan	Balu Mahendra	Tamil Cinema
2003	Parai	Jayaram	Ramya Krishnan, Meena, Sarath Kumar	K.S. Ravikumar	Tamil Cinema
2002	Panchathanthiram	Ayyappan Nair	Kamal Hassan, Simran Bagga, Ramya Krishnan	K.S. Ravikumar	Tamil Cinema
2000	Thenali	Dr. Kailash	Kamal Hassan, Devayani, Jyothika	K.S. Ravikumar	Tamil Cinema
1997	Pathini		Kusbhoo, Prakashraj	P.Vasu	Tamil Cinema
1995	Kolangal		Kusbhoo, Kasthuri, Sarath Babu	I. V. Sasi	Tamil Cinema
1995	Murai maman		Kusbhoo, Sangeetha, Jaiganesh	Sundar C	Tamil Cinema
1994	Manasu Rendum Pudhusu		Kusbhoo	P.Amirdhan	Tamil Cinema
1994	Priyanga		Prabhu Ganesan, Revathy	Neelakanta	Tamil Cinema
1993	Pursha Lakshanam		Kusbhoo, Srividhya	K.S. Ravikumar	Tamil Cinema
1993	Gokulam		Arjun, Bhanupriya	Vikraman	Tamil Cinema

[edit] Hindi

Year	Title	Role	Cast	Director	Notes
1999	Akeli Ladki		Balachandra Menon, Urvashi, Leena Nair	I. V. Sasi

[edit] Music department

• Ente Veedu Appoontem (2003) (playback singer)
• Kadhanayakan (1997) (playback singer)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jayaram at the Internet Movie Database