Jayaram

Jayaram Subramaniam, known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Sanskrit films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional playback singer. Jayaram has acted in more than 200 films and received several awards, including the Padma Shri, two Kerala State Film Awards, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one South Indian International Movie Awards, four Filmfare Awards South and seven Asianet Film Awards. He became one of the stars of the Malayalam film industry through the film Meleparambil Aanveedu which was directed by Rajasenan. Jayaram started as a mimicry artist at the Kalabhavan Institute during the 1980s. He made his acting debut in a leading role in Padmarajan's 1988 film Aparan. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayaram) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)