Kalidas Jayaram
Birth date16 December 1993 (age 32)[1]
Birth placePerumbavoor, Kerala, India
OccupationActor
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Years active
  • 20002003 (child artist)
  • 2016present
FatherJayaram
MotherParvathy Jayaram
SpouseTarini Kalingarayar (m. 2024)

Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films.[2] The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of six.[3][4] Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.[5]

Early and personal life

Kalidas was born the elder of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He did his schooling from Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai[6] and his plus-two from Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in visual communication from Loyola College, Chennai.[7]

Like his father, he is skilled 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.[8]

He married Tarini Kalingarayar, who was third runner up of Miss Diva 2021, on 8 December 2024.[9][10]

Career

At the age of 7,[contradictory] he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000).[11][12] He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003).[13][14]

In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016).[15][16]

He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in Poomaram (2018).[17] Next, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019),[18][19] Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu (2019)[20][21] and Happy Sardar (2019).[22][23]

His work on OTT, especially in Paava Kadhaigal (2020) have brought him critical acclaim. His role as Sathar in Sudha Kongara's short, Thangam, saw him portray the role of a trans woman.[24] Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai (2020).[25]

He has since played supporting roles in the action films Vikram (2022) and Raayan (2024).

Filmography

Films

List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2000Kochu Kochu SanthoshangalAshokMalayalamChild artist[26]
2003Ente Veedu AppuvinteyumVasudev[27]
2016Meen Kuzhambum Mann PaanaiyumKarthikTamil[28]
2018PoomaramGauthamanMalayalam
2019Mr. & Ms. RowdyAppu[29]
Argentina Fans KaattoorkadavuVipinan
Happy SardarHappy Singh[30]
2020Putham Pudhu KaalaiYounger Rajiv PadmanabhanTamilAnthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho[31]
Paava KadhaigalSathaarAnthology film; segment Thangam[32]
Oru Pakka KathaiSaravanan[33]
2021BackpackersKhalilMalayalam[34]
2022Jack N' JillKesh[35]
VikramPrabhanjanTamil[36]
Natchathiram NagargiradhuIniyan[37]
2023RajniNaveenMalayalamBilingual film[38]
Aval Peyar RajniTamil
2024PorYuvaraj[39][40]
Indian 2Nilesh KrishnaaCameo appearance[41]
RaayanManickavelraayan[42]
2026Ashakal AayiramAjeesh HariharanMalayalam[43]
Web series
List of Kalidas Jayaram web series credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2022Paper Rocket JeevaTamilReleased on ZEE5
Discography
List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits for music
YearSongFilmCo-singerLanguageMusic director
2003"Thappo Thappo"Ente Veedu AppuvinteyumJayaramMalayalamOuseppachan
2005"Angethala"UdayonShankar Mahadevan and Mohanlal
As voice artist
List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits as voice artist
YearTitleLanguageCharacterDirector
2005UdayonMalayalamPonnanBhadran
Short films and Music Videos
List of Kalidas Jayaram short film and music video credits
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2020Did You Sleep With HerAkkuMalayalamShort film
2021Thappu PannitenMale leadTamilMusic album

Awards

List of awards and nominations received by Kalidas Jayaram
YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2001Asianet Film AwardsBest Child Artist (Male)Kochu Kochu Santhoshangalrowspan="11"[citation needed]
2003National Film AwardsBest Child ArtistEnte Veedu Appuvinteyum[44]
Kerala State Film AwardsBest Child Artist[45]
Asianet Film AwardsBest Child Artist[citation needed]
20176th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debut Actor (Tamil)Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum[citation needed]
201921st Asianet Film AwardsBest New Face ActorPoomaram[46]
Vanitha Film Awards[47]Best New Face Actor[48]
2021Blacksheep Digital AwardsBest Actor OTTPaava Kadhaigal[49]
Behindwoods Gold IconBest Actor (Critics)[50]
JFW Movie AwardsSpecial Recognition OTT[51]
10th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Supporting Actor (Male) - Tamil[52]

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