Ajaykumar
| Guinness Pakru | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ajay Kumar 31 August 1976 Kottayam, Kerala, India |
| Other names | Undapakru, Guinness Pakru |
| Occupation | Actor, Director |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Notable work | Athbhutha Dweepu directed by Vinayan |
| Spouse(s) | Gayatri Mohan(married on March 2006) |
| Children | Deeptha Keerthy |
| Parent(s) | Radhakrishnan, Ambujakshiyamma |
| Awards |
Kerala State Film Awards special award - 2006 Guinness Book of Records |
Ajay Kumar, known as Undapakru or Guinness Pakru, is a popular Malayalam comedy actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm)) to play a character in a full-length film. He played the lead role in Albhutha Dweep, a Malayalam movie directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil.
The film Albutha Dweep starred him as dwarf prince Gajendra of the kingdom Vamanapuri on a fantasy island, where the men were cursed to be dwarfs and women were of normal height. Around 300 dwarves acted in that film. In 2013, Guinness Pakru has also made his directorial debut through his film Kutteem Kolum..
He is born as Ajay Kumar, as the eldest son, of Radhakrishnan and Ambujakshiyamma, on 31 August 1976 at Mulavana, Kundara, Kollam. His father was an auto driver and mother was a L.I.C agent who also worked at Telephone service agency on contract. Soon after his birth his family moved to Kottayam. Since his mother often got transferred they moved from one place to other and finally settled at Pandavam, Aymanam, Kerala. He has two younger sisters, Kavitha and Sangeetha. He studied at C.M.S L.P School, Chalukunnu till his fourth grade and at C.M.S High School, Olassa till S.S.L.C. Then he joined Baselius College, Kottayam and completed his pre degree and graduation from there. He is a BA graduate in economics and has a diploma in computer science. He started his career as a mimicry artist and later moved to films. He worked as a mimicry artist in mimicry troupes like Mangalam Mimics, Nadirsha's Cochin Universal and Kottayam Nazeer's Cochin Discovery. By the time he reached 18 years of age he completed 1000 mimicry stages. He debuted through the children’s film Ambili Ammavan (The Moon) in 1984. He now also acts in TV serials.
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