Jayaram Movies and Career Information

Jayaram Subramaniyam (Tamil: ஜெயராம் சுப்ரமணியம்; Malayalam: ജയറാം സുബ്രമണ്യം; born 10 December 1965), commonly known as Jayaram, is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. Jayaram Subramaniyam was born into a Tamil speaking Kerala Iyer family in Perumbavoor, Kerala. He completed his bachelor's degree from Sri Sankara College, Kaladi. When he was studying there, he won several awards in the state level for mimicry. After college, he joined Kalabavan, a professional mimicry troupe in Kochi. At the age of 23, he was introduced into the cinema field by script writer and filmmaker Padmarajan who gave Jayaram his launching pad with the 1988 film Aparan. Jayaram subsequently acted in Padmarajan's Moonnam Pakkam (1988) and Innale (1989). Padmarajan became his mentor in his film career till the former's death in January 1991. He is noted for playing in Kamal's films during the late 80s and early 90s, in films such as Pradeshika Vaarthakal (1989), Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal (1989), and Shubha Yathra (1990) (all of them scripted by Ranjith), where he co-starred with his wife Parvathy. He later did a film scripted by Ranjith with the story by Jagathy Sreekumar,