Jayasurya

Not to be confused with Jayasuriya.


Jayasurya  
   
Born Jayan Maradu
30 August 1978 (age 36)[1]
Thrippunithura, Kochi, India  
Occupation Actor, Producer, Singer  
Years active 2001 – present  
Spouse(s) Saritha Jayasurya(2004–present)  
Children 2  
Parent(s) Mani
Thankam
Jayasurya (born 30 August 1978 in Thrippunithura, India) is an Indian film actor, film producer, mimicry artist and a singer. He has starred in more than 75 Malayalam films, and is a notable figure in the industry through portraying diverse roles with perfection. He is well known for playing a wide selection of lead roles, character roles and notable antagonist roles, thus giving him the title of "Versatile Actor" in the industry.
Jayasurya began his career as a Mimicry artist and anchored several television shows on numerous Malayalam channels. He made his debut in 2001 in the Malayalam film Dosth as a junior artist. Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002) was his break-out role. His performances in films include Swapnakkoodu (2003), Pulival Kalyanam (2003), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004), Classmates (2006),Arabikkatha (2007), Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam (2008), and Gulumaal (2009). By the 2010s, Jayasurya had started acting in more drama-centric roles with films and gaining critical acclaim through notable films such as Cocktail (2010), Beautiful (2011),Trivandrum Lodge (2012), English (2013), Apothecary (2014) and Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014). In addition to acting, Jayasurya became a producer through the film Punyalan Agarbattis and has begun singing in feature films also.
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1 Early and personal life
2 Film and television career
3 Awards
4 Filmography
4.1 Malayalam films
4.1.1 2000s
4.1.2 2010s
4.2 Tamil films
4.3 Kannada films
5 As a singer
6 References
7 External links
Early and personal life[edit]
Jayasurya was born on 30 August 1978 to Mani and Thankam in Thrippunithura, Kerala. He had his primary education from St, George U.P. School, Chambakkara and Govt Sanskrit High School, Tripunithura. He pursued bachelors in commerce from All Saints College, Ernakulam. After studies he joined mimicry troupes like Crown of Cochin andKottayam Nazir's Cochin Discovery.[2]
He married his longtime girlfriend Saritha on 31 January 2004. The couple have a son born in 2006 and a daughter born in 2011.[3]
Film and television career[edit]
Jayasurya anchored musical programs on Malayalam television including Jagathy Vs Jagathy in Kairalitv and Fun-Day Jokepot in Cochin ACV. He also dubbed for many characters in serials.[2] He also played minor roles in films including the comedy artist in Aparanmar Nagarathil.
He entered the Malayalam film industry through the movie Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan, directed by Vinayan in 2002.[3] He then acted in Pranaya Mani Thooval and Kattu Chembakam. In 2003, he acted in one of the lead roles in Swapnakkoodu alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran and Kunchacko Boban. Jayasurya's next appearances were Pulival Kalyanam and Chathikatha Chanthu, directed by Shafi and Rafi-Mecartin respectively.
In 2006, Jayasurya appeared in Kilukkam Kilukilukkam, a sequel to Kilukkam. Jayasurya appeared in Bus Conductor. In 2007, he played minor roles in Smart City and Kichamani MBA. In Classmates, he played the role of Satheesan Kanjikkuzhi, an aspiring student leader; which was considered as one of his breakthrough performances. He was then cast in a negative role in Lal Jose's Arabikkatha. This followed villain roles in Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan and Kangaroo. He played a variety of roles in 2007–2008: the romantic lover with a comic touch in Chocolate, the serious police officer in Positive, the humorous drama scriptwriter in Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, the small-time thief and antogonist in LollyPop, the supporting role in Love in Singapore, and the young politician in Balachandra Menon's De Ingottu Nokkiye.
In 2009, he appeared in Currency. His other releases included Ivar Vivahitharayal, which was his biggest box office success till that date and Oru Black and White Kudumbamwhich was also a box office success. The film Cocktail in 2010 was what established a new phase to his career as his performance was critically acclaimed and noteworthy, becoming one of the best characters of that year and the film being a major part in the wave of new generation cinema.
In 2011, he appeared in 20 get-ups in T. V. Chandran's fantasy film Sankaranum Mohananum.[4][5][6] The same year, he did the lead role in Beautiful which went on to become a great critical success. He played the role of a paraplegic named Stephen and was well received by audiences and critics alike, all saying he has shown the best performance till date and he was the one of the main contenders for best actor nominations in several film award events. Janapriyan and Beautiful were his commercially successful films of the year. In an year-end report on Malayalam cinema, Deepika newspaper applauded Jayasurya for choosing right roles and chose him as the "Star of the Year 2011".[7]
In 2012 he appeared in Trivandrum Lodge and Husbands in Goa which were released on the same day, and were both box office successes. His role as a shady introverted pervert in Trivandrum Lodge was well received by critics and garnered more recognition for him as an established actor. In 2013 he appeared in a crucial role in one of Roshan Andrrews best films Mumbai Police and played the lead role of a don in Hotel California, despite being a box office failure; his role was well favoured by the audience and was recognized as a style statement for the youth of the time. The same year his performance in Shyamaprasad's English as a Kathakali artiste-turned-waiter who is an illegal immigrant in United Kingdom won immense critical praise.[8][9]
Jayasurya turned producer in 2013 with Punyalan Agarbattis, which turned out to be one of the biggest successes in the box-office of that year.[10]
In 2014 his first release was the movie Happy Journey which was directed by Bobban Samuel, though an average grosser his performance in the role as a blind cricket player garnered praise from both critics and audience alike. In August of the same year Apothecary with director Madhav Ramadasan was released, in which he played the major role apart from Suresh Gopi's role as Dr. Vijay Nambiar, as Subin Joseph a poverty driven man who suffers from a neurological disorder. The actor lost more than 10 kilos for the role, and his portrayal of the character was immensely praised by critics and the audience, adding to Jayasurya's credibility and his list of notable roles.[11] On the same yearSeconds with director Aneesh Upasana,[12] Iyobinte Pusthakam with director Amal Neerad,[13] Lal Bahadur Shastri with debutant director Rejishh Midhila’s, Akku Akbar’s Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla and Priyadarsan’s Aamayum Muyalum[14] were released.
Awards[edit]
Amrita FEFKA Film Awards
2011 : Entertainer of the Year for Beautiful[15]
Asianet Film Awards
2012: Second Best Actor – Beautiful and Trivandrum Lodge[16]
2011: Best Supporting Actor[17]
Filmfare AWARD (SOUTH) 2015:BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR(MALAYALAM )- Apothecary
Filmography[edit]
Malayalam films[edit]
2000s[edit]

Year Title Director Role  
1999 Pathram Joshiy Paper Boy  
2001 Dhosth Thulasidas College boy  
2001 Aparanmaar Nagarathil Nizar Comedy artist  
2002 Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan Vinayan Bobby Oomma  
2002 Kattuchembakam Vinayan Chandru  
2002 Pranayamanithooval Thulasidas Vinod  
2003 Swapnakkoodu Kamal Krishnamoorthy  
2003 Pulival Kalyanam Shafi Harikrishnan  
2004 Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku Thaha Sarvesh  
2004 Greetings Sanal Janakarajan  
2004 Vellinakshathram Vinayan Indu's fiancee  
2004 Chathikkatha Chanthu Rafi Mecartin Chanthu  
2005 Immini Nalloral Rajasenan Jeevan  
2005 Bus Conductor V.M.Vinu Najeeb  
2006 Kilukkam Kilukilukkam Sandhya Mohan Balu  
2006 Smart City Varun  
2006 Classmates Lal Jose Satheesan  
2007 Athishayan Vinayan Roy  
2007 Kichamani MBA Sajan  
2007 Arabikkatha Lal Jose Sidarthan  
2007 Chocolate Shafi Renjith  
2007 Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan Vinayan Gopalakrishnan  
2007 Kangaroo Monichan  
2007 Changathipoocha Sivankutty  
2008 Positive Aniyan  
2008 LollyPop Shafi Francis  
2008 Twenty:20 Joshy Special Appearance in a song  
2008 De Ingottu Nokkiye Sivan  
2008 Minnaminnikoottam Kamal Mani Kunju  
2008 Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam Pavithran  
2008 Parunthu M. Padmakumar Vinayan  
2009 Currency Swathy Bhaskar Keshu  
2009 Love in Singapore (2009 film) Rafi Mechartin  
2009 Dr. Patient Viswanathan Dr. Ruben Isaac/Bobby  
2009 Ivar Vivahitharayal Saji Surendran Vivek  
2009 Oru Black And White Kudumbam Shaiju Anthikkad Adhithya Varma  
2009 Vairam: Fight For Justice M. A. Nishad Jose Kutty  
2009 Robinhood Joshi ACP Harris  
2009 Kerala Cafe – Island Express Shankar Ramakrishnan Vishal Krishna  
2009 Utharaswayamvaram Remakanth Sarjju Prakash  
2009 Patham Nilayile Theevandi Joshi Mathew Ramu  
2009 Gulumal: The Escape V. K. Prakash Jerry
2010s[edit]

Year Title Director Role  
2010 Happy Husbands Saji Surendran John Mathai  
2010 Nallavan Aji John Kocherukkan  
2010 Cocktail Arun Kumar Venkatesh  
2010 Four Friends Saji Surendran Amir  
2011 Payyans Leo Thaddeus Josy  
2011 Janapriyan Boban Samuel Priyadarshan  
2011 The Train Jayaraj Karthik  
2011 Sankaranum Mohananum T. V. Chandran Sankaran/Mohanan  
2011 Three Kings V. K. Prakash Shankar  
2011 Beautiful V. K. Prakash Stephen Louis  
2012 Kunjaliyan Saji Surendran Jayaraman  
2012 Vaadhyar Nidheesh Sakthi Anoop Krishnan  
2012 Namukku Parkkan Aji John C.I. Velu Nagarajan  
2012 Trivandrum Lodge V. K. Prakash Abdu  
2012 Husbands in Goa Saji Surendran Govinda  
2012 101 Weddings Shafi Jyothishkumar  
2012 Poppins V. K. Prakash  
2013 Players Sanal Sivan  
2013 David and Goliath Rajeev Nath David  
2013 Ithu Pathiramanal M. Padmakumar Johnkutty  
2013 Mumbai Police Rosshan Andrrews ACP Aaryan John  
2013 Hotel California Aji John Jimmy  
2013 English Shyamaprasad Shankaran  
2013 Pigman Avira Rebecca Sreekumar  
2013 Thank You V. K. Prakash  
2013 Anchu Sundharikal Aashiq Abu  
2013 D Company Diphan Varaalu Jaison  
2013 Philips and the Monkey Pen Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed Roy Philip  
2013 Punyalan Agarbattis Ranjith Sankar Joy Thakkolkaran  
2014 Happy Journey Boban Samuel Aaron  
2014 Apothecary Madhav Ramadasan Subi Joseph  
2014 Iyobinte Pustakam Amal Neerad Angoor Rawther  
2014 Lal Bahadur Shastri Rejishh Midhila Lal  
2014 Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla Akku Akbar Mathai  
2014 Seconds Aneesh Upasana Veeramani  
2014 Aamayum Muyalum Priyadarshan Kallu  
2015 Aadu Oru Bheegara Jeevi Aanu Midhun Manuel Thomas Shaji Pappan  
2015 Kumbasaram Aneesh Anwer Alby  
2015 Lukka Chuppi Bash Mohammed Raghuram  
2015 Amar Akbar Anthony Nadirsha Akbar
Tamil films[edit]
2002 En Mana Vanil as Ganesh
2004 Vasool Raja MBBS as Zakir
2006 Manathodu Mazhaikalam as Karthik
2008 Manidhan
2008 Chakkara Viyugam as Inspector Sathish Mishra
Kannada films[edit]
2004 Sogasugaara
As a singer[edit]
Jayasurya debuted as a singer in movies in Immini Nalloraal (2005) by singing the song called "Komalavali" composed by M. Jayachandran. Then later in 2011 by singing a song called "Bilsila", a parody of "Silsila" in the film Three Kings (2011 film). The song was composed by Ouseppachan and was recorded on 8 December 2010 at Lal Media.[18]
He has recorded a devotional song album at Vani Studio, Kochi. The album, Krishnakavyam, is produced by Goodluck Audios.[19]

No. Year Song Film/Album Co-singers Language Music Duration  
1 2005 "Komalavalli" Immini Nalloraal Malayalam M. Jayachandran 3:41  
2 2008 "Adhyaamaai" Ormathalukal (album) Manjari Malayalam Anil Peter 4:00  
3 2013 "Aashichavan" Punyalan Agarbattis – Malayalam Bijibal 3:20  
4 2014 "Maiyya Morre" Happy Journey Gopi Sunder Malayalam Gopi Sunder 3:20