Kalidas Jayaram

Like his father, actor Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram is a skilled mimic, and performances at a television award show and in an advertisement made him familiar to audiences. He was born on 16 December 1993 in Perumbavoor, Kerala, to Jayaram and actor Parvathy, studied in Chennai and Kochi, and earned a bachelor's degree in visual communication from Loyola College, Chennai. At six he made his screen debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000), and his second film, Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. His work is mostly in Tamil and Malayalam. Adult lead roles started with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) in Tamil and Poomaram (2018) in Malayalam, and Mr. & Ms. Rowdy, Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu and Happy Sardar followed in 2019. Critics praised his streaming work, especially his Sathar, a trans woman, in Sudha Kongara's segment Thangam in the anthology Paava Kadhaigal (2020). He led Balaji Tharaneetharan's Oru Pakka Kathai (2020) and had supporting roles in the action films Vikram (2022) and Raayan (2024). Ashakal Aayiram is also among his films, and he plays the lead in the upcoming film Many Many Happy Returns.