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{{Short description|Indian actor and producer (born 1962)}}
{{distinguish|V. Jayaprakash}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jayaprakash
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|06|14}}
| birth_place = [[Sirkazhi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = Film actor, film producer
| spouse = Zenith
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 2007–present
| works = [[Jayaprakash filmography|Full list]]
}}

'''V. Jayaprakash''' is an Indian actor and producer who works in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with [[Cheran (director)|Cheran's]] 2007 film, ''[[Mayakannadi]]''. Subsequently, performing a variety of supporting roles, he found more success as a [[character actor]], with his most notable performances in ''[[Pasanga]]'' (2009), ''[[Naadodigal]]'' (2009), ''[[Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film)|Naan Mahaan Alla]]'' (2010), ''[[Yuddham Sei]]'' (2011), ''[[Mankatha]]'' (2011), ''[[Moodar Koodam]]'' (2013) and ''[[Pannaiyarum Padminiyum]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/23545.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917084507/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/23545.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 September 2010 |title=Events – Most Wanted – Jayaprakash |website=IndiaGlitz |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

==Career==

Jayaprakash hails from [[Sirkazhi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Before entering the film industry, he had worked in various fields such as dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour.<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite news |date=15 February 2014 |author=Subha J. Rao |title=Actor by chance |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/actor-by-chance/article5693186.ece}}</ref>

He started acting aged 45.<ref name="thehindu.com"/> His first film was ''[[Mayakannadi]]'' in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Im-enjoying-acting-Jayaprakash/articleshow/7701252.cms|title=I'm enjoying acting: Jayaprakash|website=The Times of India}}</ref> His role as the village school teacher, Chokkalingam, in Company Production's critically acclaimed ''[[Pasanga]]'' is considered his breakthrough performance, for which he received accolades and several awards.<ref name="oneindia1">{{cite web|author=Super Admin |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/exclusive/2009/jayaprakash-producer-artiste-270509.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218081003/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2009/jayaprakash-producer-artiste-270509.html |url-status=live |archive-date=18 February 2013 |title=Jayaprakash: Producer turns leading artiste! |publisher=Oneindia |date=27 May 2009 |access-date=3 May 2012 }}</ref> Apart from ''Pasanga'', he played notable supporting roles in other commercially successful ventures such as ''[[Naadodigal]]'', ''[[Vamsam]]'', ''[[Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film)|Naan Mahaan Alla]]'', ''[[Bale Pandiya (2010 film)|Bale Pandiya]]'' and ''[[Yudham Sei]]'' and ''[[Mankatha]]''. He also appeared in [[Pandiraj]]'s ''[[Marina (2012 film)|Marina]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/70990.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924190853/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/70990.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2011 |title=Pandiraj's next is 'Marina' – Breaking News – Tamil Movie News |website=IndiaGlitz |date=15 September 2011 |access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> He made his Telugu debut with ''[[Karthikeya (film)|Karthikeya]]'' (2014) and appeared in several Telugu films such as ''[[Sarrainodu]]'' (2016) and ''[[Waltair Veerayya]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/karthikeya.html|title=Karthikeya jeevi review|last=jeevi|date=24 October 2014|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-sarrainodu-movie-review-allu-arjun-packs-a-punch-in-an-insipid-story-2205057|title='Sarrainodu' review: Allu Arjun packs a punch in an insipid story|last=Srinivasan|first=Latha|date=22 April 2016|work=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="WV">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/waltairveerayya.html|title=Waltair Veerayya jeevi review|last=jeevi|date=13 January 2023|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>

===Producer===
As a producer he has produced several films like ''[[Chellamae]]'', ''[[April Maadhathil]]'', ''[[Thavasi]]'' and many more under his GJ Cinema banner.<ref name="oneindia1"/> He hasn't starred in any of the film that he had produced.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article1471604.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Nikhil | last=Raghavan | title=Itsy Bitsy | date=19 February 2011}}</ref> Before starting GJ Cinema banner he produced films like ''[[Porkaalam]]'' and ''Gopala Gopala'' with M. Kajamaideen under Roja Combines. Both GJ cinema and Roja Combines have been closed down for long time.

==Personal life==
Jayaprakash married to Zenith and has two sons, Niranjan and Dushyanth, who turned actors with the 2010 [[M. Sasikumar]] film ''[[Eesan]]''.<ref name="thehindu1"/>

==Filmography==

{{main|Jayaprakash filmography}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1957308}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Film producers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tamil film producers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district]]
[[Category:Male actors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]

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