Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in

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and

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films. The son of film actors

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasiona ...

and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film ''

Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal ''Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal'' () is a 2000 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad from a story by C. V. Balakrishnan. It stars Jayaram, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Kalidas Jayaram, Innocent and Kavya Madha ...

'' (2000) at the age of seven. Later, he starred in ''

Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum '' Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum'' is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and produced by Prem Prakash. It was the debut movie as scriptwriters of brothers Bobby and Sanjay. The film starred Kalidas Jayaram, Ja ...

'' (2003), which won him the

National Film Award for Best Child Artist The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards pr ...

. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with ''

Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum ''Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language fantasy comedy movie filmed in parts of West Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. It was written and directed by Amudheshwar and produced by Dushyanth Ramkumar. The film stars Pr ...

'' (2016) and returned to Malayalam with ''

Poomaram ''Poomaram'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language musical drama film written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine. The film stars debutants Kalidas Jayaram as well as Neeta Pillai in lead roles of Malayalam cinema. Plot The film is based on ...

'' (2018), written, co-produced and directed by

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Early life

Kalidas was born the eldest of two children, to actors

and Parvathy in

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, India. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He had his primary education until tenth grade at

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and his plus-two at

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. He received his

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degree in Visual Communication from

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. 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.

Career

At the age of 7, he made his debut in

Sathyan Anthikad Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter f ...

's ''

'' (2000). He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film ''

'' (2003), directed by

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. Kalidas played the lead in

Balaji Tharaneetharan Balaji Tharaneetharan is a Tamil film director and he made directorial debut with 2012 comedy film ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' that released on 30 November 2012 to highly positive reviews from critics. Career Balaji Tharaneetharan made ...

's second directorial venture ''

Oru Pakka Kathai ''Oru Pakka Kathai'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan. It stars Kalidas Jayaram and Megha Akash. The movie is produced by K.S. Sreenivasan under the banner of Vasan's Visual V ...

''. He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in ''

'' (2018). In 2019, Kalidas had 3 releases: '' Mr. & Ms. Rowdy'', ''

Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu ''Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas, starring Kalidas Jayaram and Aishwarya Lekshmi in leading roles. The film is written by Ashokan Cheruvil, John Manthrickal ...

'' and ''

Happy Sardar ''Happy Sardar'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by debutant directorial duo Sudip Joshy and Geethika Sudip. An Indian remake of the French film ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'', it is the first M ...

''.

Filmography

;Web series ;Discography ;As a voice artist ;Short films and Music Videos

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayaram, Kalidas Living people Male actors from Chennai Kerala State Film Award winners Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors South Indian International Movie Awards winners Best Child Artist National Film Award winners 1993 births