Kalidas Jayaram

Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema as well as in a few Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the age of seven. Later, he starred in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016) and returned to Malayalam with Poomaram (2018), written, co-produced and directed by Abrid Shine.

Early life
Kalidas was born the eldest of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He had his primary education until tenth grade at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai and his plus-two at Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

Film career
At the age of 7, he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000), which won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), directed by Siby Malayil. In 2014, he performed impressions of Surya, Ajith, and Vijay at the 8th Vijay Awards. Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai. Begun in 2014, the film is slated for a 2016 release. His second Tamil film, Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016), has been a hit. He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam Cinema in Poomaram (2018). In 2019, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy and Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu were average hits.

Filmography

 * Discography


 * As a voice artist