Kalidas Jayaram

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

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 and his plus-two from Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in visual communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

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.

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

Career A young Kalidas receiving the Best Child Artist award from Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam At the age of 7, he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000). He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003).

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

He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in Poomaram (2018). Next, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019), Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu (2019) and Happy Sardar (2019).

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. Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai (2020).

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

Filmography

Films + List of Kalidas Jayaram film credits Year Title Role Language Notes 2000 Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Ashok Malayalam Child artist 2003 Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum Vasudev 2016 Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum Karthik Tamil 2018 Poomaram Gauthaman Malayalam 2019 Mr. & Ms. Rowdy Appu Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu Vipinan Happy Sardar Happy Singh 2020Putham Pudhu KaalaiYounger Rajiv PadmanabhanTamilAnthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho Paava KadhaigalSathaarAnthology film; segment Thangam Oru Pakka Kathai Saravanan 2021Backpackers Khalil Malayalam 2022 Jack N' Jill Kesh Vikram Prabhanjan Tamil Natchathiram Nagargiradhu Iniyan 2023 Rajni Naveen Malayalam Bilingual film Aval Peyar Rajni Tamil 2024 Por Yuvaraj Indian 2 Nilesh Krishnaa Cameo appearance Raayan Manickavelraayan 2026 Ashakal Aayiram Ajeesh Hariharan Malayalam

Web series + List of Kalidas Jayaram web series credits Year Title Role Language Notes 2022Paper Rocket JeevaTamilReleased on ZEE5

Discography

As voice artist

Short films and Music Videos

Awards