Jayaram (actor)
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Jayaram at AMMA meeting - 2008
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| Native name | ജയറാം |
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Jayaram Subramaniam 10 December 1965 Perumbavoor, Kerala, India |
| Residence | Valasaravakkam, Tamil Nadu |
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| Years active | 1988 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Parvathy (1992–present) |
| Children |
Kalidas Jayaram Malavika Jayaram |
| Parent(s) | Subramaniyam Iyyer, Thankam |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2011) |
| Website | www |
Jayaram Subramaniam (born 10 December 1965), commonly known as Jayaram, is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. He has starred in over 200 films.
In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.
After college, he joined Kalabhavan, a professional mimicry troupe in Kochi. 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. 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 became one of the Superstars of Malayalam film industry through the film Meleparambil Aanveedu(1993) which was directed by Rajasenan.
He is noted for playing in Kamal's films during the late 1980s and early 1990s, in films such as Pradeshika Varthakal (1989), Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (1989), and Shubha Yathra (1990) (all of them scripted by Ranjith), where he co-starred with his wife Parvathy. He later did a film scripted by Ranjith with the story by Jagathy Sreekumar and directed by Viji Thampi named Witness (1988). He teamed up with Viji Thampi and Ranjith 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).
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