Jayasurya

Jayasurya
Jayasurya in 2016
Born31 August 1978 (1978-08-31) (age 46)
Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma materAll Saints College, Ernakulam
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • playback singer
  • distributor
Years active1995–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
Saritha Jayasurya
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(m. 2004)​
Children2
Awards

Jayasurya (born 31 August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, sponsor, model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist who works in Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award, three Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South for acting and Best Actor at the Cincinnati Film Festival held in Cincinnati, US. Jayasurya has also appeared in a few Tamil films.[1][2]

Jayasurya began his career as a mimicry artist and hosted a few television shows on Malayalam channels. He made his acting debut as a background actor in the 1999 film Pathram. His break-through was playing a mute in Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002).[3] In the 2000s, Jayasurya was popular for his comic-oriented roles in Swapnakkoodu (2003), Pulival Kalyanam (2003), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004), Chocolate (2007) and Gulumaal (2009), as well as his villainous in Classmates (2006), Arabikkatha (2007), and Kangaroo (2007).[4]

By the 2010s, Jayasurya had gained critical acclaim for his roles, in films such as Cocktail (2010), Janapriyan (2011), Beautiful (2011), Trivandrum Lodge (2012), Apothecary (2014), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), Lukka Chuppi (2015), Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam (2015), and Captain (2018). He was also popular for comedy films such as Punyalan Agarbattis (2013), Amar Akbar Anthony (2015), Aadu (2015) and Aadu 2 (2017). Jayasurya made his debut as a producer by co-producing the film Punyalan Agarbattis and he is also credited as a playback singer in a few films.[5]

Jayasurya won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Apothecary at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South.[6] In 2016, Jayasurya won the Special Jury Award at the 46th Kerala State Film Awards and the Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards for his performances in the films Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam and Lukka Chuppi.[7] He won two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor for Captain and Njan Marykutty in 2018[8] and for Vellam in 2020.[9]

  1. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ "International recognition for Jayasurya, chosen best actor at Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Jayasurya – An Actor of Substance". malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ^ "A positive impact - TVDM - the Hindu". The Hindu. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Jayasurya turns producer for Punnyalan Agarbathis - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  6. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Jayasurya-wins-Filmfare-for-Apothecary/articleshow/47843060.cms Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 31 May 2016.
  7. ^ Sathyendran, Nita (28 March 2016). "National Film Awards: It's my Oscar, says Malayalam actor Jayasurya". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Kerala State Film Awards 2019: Winners list". The New Indian Express. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Kerala State Film Awards 2020: Jayasurya, Anna Ben bag best actor, actress awards". Mathrubhumi. 16 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.