Manoj K. Jayan

Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj K. Jayan
	Manoj in 2016
Born	Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan; 15 March 1966 (age 57); Kottayam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Urvashi ; (m.2000; div.2008) ; Asha (m.2011-present)
Children	Tejalakshmi (daughter) (b.2001) ; Amrit (son) (b.2012)
Parent(s)	K. G. Jayan (father); V. K. Sarojini (mother)

Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, popularly known as Manoj K. Jayan, is an Indian film actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films in addition to a few Telugu and Kannada films, and he has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor, respectively for his portrayals of Hariharan's "Kuttan Thampuran" in Sargam (1992), "Thalakkal Chandu" in Pazhassi Raja (2009) and "Kunjiraman" in Farook Abdul Rahiman's Kaliyachan. His most critically acclaimed characters are "Kuttan Thampuran" (Sargam),"Thirumangalath Neelakandan Namboothiri" in (Perumthachan),"Kunjunni Namboothiri" in Parinayam , "Unnikrishnan" in Venkalam, "Ananthakrishna Warrier" in (Sopanam), "Digambaran" (Anandabhadram) and "Thalakkal Chandu" (Pazhassi Raja) and many more. He is known for his polished acting skills and style quotient.

Early life and career[edit]

He was born on 15 March 1966, in Kottayam District, Kerala to the famous Carnatic musician and Padma Shri awardee K. G. Jayan and V. K. Sarojini, a teacher. He has an elder brother Biju K Jayan . He had his primary education from St. Joseph Convent UPS Kottayam and Sacred Heart Mount High School and pre-university degree from Government College, Kottayam (Nattakam). Then he joined at Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum to learn acting, but discontinued later.^[1]^[2]

Personal life[edit]

Manoj married film actress Urvashi on 2 May 1998, which ended in divorce in 2008. They have a daughter Tejalakshmi, born in 1999 .^[3]^[4] Later, he married Asha on 2 March 2011, and they have a son Amrit, born on 30 December 2012.^[5]

Filmography[edit]

Malayalam[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2021	Vudhi The Verdict\|TBA\|
2021	Salute	Ajith Karunakaran
Aaha
2019	Ganagandharvan	Kalasadhan Titto	Directed by Ramesh Pisharody
	Pathinettaam Padi	Stanlin Moore	Directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan
	Evidey	Symphony Zacaria	Directed by KK Rajiv
	Thottappan	Fr.Peter
	Vishudha Pusthakam
	An International Local Story	Shivan	Directed by Harisree Asokan
	Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu	Baba	Directed by Arun Gopi
2018	Mazhayathu	Circle Inspector	Directed by Suveeran
	My Story	Williams	Directed by Roshni Dinaker
	Bonsai	Madhusoodhanan Nair
2017	Vilakkumaram	Gireesh
	Sadrishya Vakyam
	Crossroad	Driver
	Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu	Zacharia Pothen
	Tharangam	Antony Gonsalvez	Directed by Dominic Arun
	Solo	Bhadhran	Directed by Bejoy Nambiar
2016	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Neer	Directed by Rishi Sivakumar
2016	Sahapadi 1975	Narikkodu Narayanan
2015	Thilothama	CI Rana
	Beware of Dogs	Smuggler
	Kukkiliyar	Wanderer	Directed by Nemom Pushparaj
	Vishwasam Athalle Ellam	Prithviraj Singh
	Negalukal	Darappan	Directed by Avira Rebecca
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Director Raghoouthaman	Directed by Santhosh
	Namasthe Bali	Sunny
	Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander	Stephen Antony	Directed by Perarasu
	Mariyam Mukku	Mariyanasan	Directed by James Albert
2014	Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan	Suresh	Directed by Shibu. Scripted by Sreenivasan
	Asha Black	Senthil	Directed by Robinson
	Homely Meals	Sarath Chandran	Directed by Anoop Kannan
	Onnum Mindathe	Panchara Jose	Directed by Sugeeth
	Konthayum Poonoolum	Sethu	Directed by Jijo Antony
	Black Forest	Ex Military Man	Directed by Joshy Mathew
2013	Kadhaveedu	Qadir	Directed by Sohanlal
	Cleopatra	Novelist	Directed by Rajan Sankaradi
	Neram	Rayban	Directed by Alphonse Puthran
	Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty	Himself	Directed by Ranjith
	Kaliyachan	Kunjiraman	produced by NFDC, Directed by Farooq Abdul Rahman
	6 B Paradise^[6]	Aadhithyan
	Ladies & Gentleman	Anoop	Directed by Sidique
	Lokpal	S P Vijayan	Directed by Joshy
2012	Ardhanari	Manjula	Produced by M.G Sreekumar. Directed by Santhosh
	Thattathin Marayathu	Sub-Inspector Premkumar	Directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan
	Mallu Singh	Pappan	Directed by Vysakh
	Njanum Ente Familiyum	John Paileykunnel	Directed by K.K Rajeev
2011	Vellaripravinte Changathi	Krishnan	Directed by Akku Akbar
2011	Seniors	Rashid Munna	Directed by Vysakh
2010	Paattinte Palazhy	Ameer	Directed by Rajeev Anchal
	Thoovalkattu	Sundaran	Directed by Venu B Nair
	Nirakazhcha	Sreekuttan
	24 Hours	Underworld Don, Ikhthar
	Kayam	Choonda	Directed by P.Anil
	Dhrona 2010	Maniyankottu Girishan	Directed by Shaji Kailas
2009	Moz & Cat	Panakkal Das	Directed by Fazil
	Winter	Psychiatrist	Directed by Deepu Karunakaran
	Chattambinadu	Mallanchira Chandramohan	Directed by Shafi
	Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded	Manu	Directed by Amal Neerad
	Pazhassi Raja	Thalakkal Chanthu	Directed by Hariharan. Scripted by MT Vasudevan Nair
	Chemistry	Bhadran Namboodhiri	Directed by Viji Thampi
	Madhyavenal	Sakhavu Kumaran	Directed by Madhu Kaithrapram.
	Kavyam	Ananthakrishna Bhagavathar
2008	Rathri Mazha	Vivek	Directed by Lenin Rajendran
	Oru Pennum Randaanum	Raman Pillai	Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
	Mizhikal Sakshi	Aditya Varma	Directed by Ashok R Nath. Scripted by Anil Mukhathala
	Akasha Gopuram	Alex	Directed by KP Kumaran. Inspired from drama by World Famous Legendary Writer Henrik Ibsen
	Twenty:20	Mahindran	Directed by Joshy
	Crazy Gopalan	Babu John	Directed by Deepu Karunakaran
	Kanichukulangarayil CBI	CBI officer Arjun	Directed by Suresh - Vinu
	Jubilee	CBI Officer
2007	Big B	Eddy John Kurishinkal	Directed by Amal Neerad. Scripted by Unni R
	Mayavi	Balan	Directed by Shafi
	Time	Durgadasan	Directed by Shaji Kailas
	Naalu Pennungal	Ouseppu	Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
	Ekantham	Dr. Sunny	Directed by Madhu Kaithapram
	Rock & Roll	Saidapet Giri	Directed by Ranjith
2006	Pathaka	Hari Narayanan	Directed by K Madhu
	Bada Dosth	Zakir Ali	Directed by Viji Thampi
	Smart City	Sharath Chandran	Directed by B Unnikrishnan
	Ennittum	Prof Jayadevan
	Photographer	Circle Inspector	Directed by Ranjan Pramod
2005	Deepangal Sakshi	Vinod
	Arunam	Achuthan	Directed by Vinod Mankara
	Rajamanikyam	Raja Selvam	Directed by Anwar Rasheed
	Ananthabhadram	Digambaran	Dubbed in Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu,Kannada. Directed by Santhosh Sivan
	Udayon	PottanPathro	Directed by Bhadran
2004	Natturajavu	Antappan	Directed by Shaji Kailas
	Kaazhcha	Vallakaaran Joy	Directed by Blessy
	Koottu	Hameed Khan
	Vajram	Dracula	Directed by Pramod Pappan
2003	Saphalam	Govind Shankar	Directed by Ashok R Nath
2003	Mayamohithachandran		Directed by Shibu
2002	Kattuchembakam	S. P. Rajendra Varma	Directed by Vinayan
	Thandavam	Dasappan Gaunder	Directed by Shaji Kailas
	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Dr. Jacob	Directed by Balachandra Menon
	Phantom	Circle Inspector Sebastian	Directed by Biju Varkey. Scripted by Dennis Joseph
	Kannaki	Gounder	Directed by Jayaraj
2001	Ravanaprabhu	Sivadasan mla	Directed by Ranjith
	Unnathangalil	Michal	Directed by Jomon
	Saivar Thirumeni	Mithran	Directed by Shajoon Karyal
	Praja	IPS officer David	Directed by Joshy
2000	Valliettan	Dasan	Directed by Shaji Kailas - Scripted by Ranjith
2000	Punaradhivasam	Agricultural Officer	Directed by VK Prakash
1999	Prempujari	Singer guest role	Directed by Hariharan
	Aayiram Meni	Babu	Directed by IV Sasi
	Sparsham	Mahi	Directed by Mohan Roop
1998	Manjukalavum Kazhinju	Reghu	Directed by Benny Sarathi
	Aaghosham	Rex Isaac	Directed by TS Saji
	Kalapam	Bharathan	Directed by Baiju Kottarakara
	Ilamura Thamburan	Ananthapadmanabhan	Directed by Hari Kudappanakunnu
	Panchaloham	Paramu	Directed by Shajoon Karyal
1997	Sammanam	Viswanathan	Directed by Sunder Das. Scripted by CV Balakrishnan
	Vaachalam	Sekharankutty	Directed by Biju Varkey
	Shibiram	Kochu Varkey/Sajan	Directed by TS Suresh Babu
	Kannur	Karivalloor Sivankutty	Directed by Haridas
	Churam	Kunjunni	Directed by Bharathan
	Asuravamsam	Palayam Murukan	Directed by Shaji Kailas - Ranjith
1996	Swarnakireedam	Achutty	Directed by VM Vinu
	Pallivathuckal Thommichan	Dharmaraj	Directed by Sandhya Mohan
	Manthrika Kuthira	Adovacate	Directed by Viji Thampi
	Sallapam	Divakaran	Directed by Sunder Das. Scripted by Lohitadas
	Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu	Mukundan	Directed by Sasi Mohan
	Kumkumacheppu	Jayadevan	Directed by Thulasi Das
	Kanchanam	James Antony
1995	Agrajan	Aravindhan	Directed by Dennis Joseph
	Thumboli Kadappuram	Willams	Directed by Jayaraj
	Ezharakoottam	C I Viswanathan	Directed by Kareem
1994	Vardhakya Puranam	Jayan	Directed by Rajasenan
	Prathakshinam	Unni	Directed by Pradeep Chokli
	Parinayam	KunjunniNamboodiri	Directed by Hariharan Script, M.T Vasudevan Nair
	Bheesmacharya	Dilip	Directed by Cochin Haneefa
	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu	Sachidanandan	Directed by Viji Thampi
	Palayam	Noble	Directed by TS Suresh Babu
	Sukrutham	Rajendran	Directed by Harikumar. Scripted by MT Vasudevan Nair
1993	Venkalam	Unnikrishnan	Directed by Bharathan. Scripted by Lohitadas
	Sopanam	Ananthakrishna Warrior	Directed by Jayaraj
	O' Faby	SI Siby	Directed by Sreekuttan
	Ethu Manju Kaalam		Directed by Thulasidas
	Samooham	Majeed	Directed by Sathyan Anthikad.
	Chamayam	Anto	Directed by Bharathan. Scripted by John Paul
	Ghazal	Vandikaran Khadar	Directed by Kamal.
1992	Kallanum Polisum	Kallan	Directed by IV Sasi
	Valayam	Ravi	Directed by Sibi Malayil. Scripted by Lohitadas
	Utsava Melam	Singer	Directed by Suresh Unnithan
	Snehasagaram	Muthu	Directed by Sathyan Anthikad
	Sargam	Kuttan Thampuran	Directed by Hariharan
	Pandu Pandoru Rajakumari	Vishnu	Directed by Viji Thampi
	Kudumbasametham	Sivashankaran	Directed by Jayaraj
1991	Sundhari Kakka	Gang leader
	Chakravarthy	Thampi
	Kadalora Kattu	Babychan	Directed by CP Jomon
	Nettippattam	Freddy
	Chanchattam	Babu	Directed by Thulasidas
	Marupuram	Albey	Directed by Viji Thampi. Scripted by Kaloor Dennis and Ranjith
1990	Prosecution	Rajendran	Directed by Thulasidas
	Perumthachan	Thirumagalathu Neelakandan Namboothiri	Directed by Ajayan. Scripted by MT Vasudevan Nair
	Anantha Vruthantham	Kishore	Directed by P Anil
1988	Mamalakalkkappurathu	Naxalite	Directed by Ali Akbar
1987	Ente Sonia	Man at drink party

Tamil[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2018	Pattinapakkam	James Thomas	Directed by Jayadev
2017	Solo	Bhadran
2016	Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	S.I	Directed by Mithran Jawahar
2014	Nee Naan Nizhal	Senthil
2012	Billa II	Koti aka Koteeswara Rao	Directed by Chakri
2009	Ragavan	Lakshmipathi	Directed by Parandhaman
2009	Thee	ACP Jayan
2009	Villu	Inspector Joseph	Directed by Prabhu Deva
2008	Ellam Avan Seyal	Doctor	Directed by Shaji Kailas
2008	Ko	Raghavan	Directed by K V Anand
2008	Sadhu Miranda	Rowdy Davidraj	Directed by Sidique
2007	Dhandayuthapani	Thamizharasu
2007	Sringaram	Mirasdar Sukumar	Directed by Sarada Ramanathan (Achieved 4 National Awards)
2006	Thimiru	Periya Karuppu	Directed by Gopi
2006	Thiruttu Payale	Businessman Sivaraj	Directed by Sushi Ganeshan
2006	Sudesi	Private Detective Thilak
2005	Aanai	Jayaram	Directed by Selva
2005	Mannin Maindhan	Bhairavamoorthy	Directed by Ramanarayanan. Scripted by Kalaignar Karunanidhi
2005	Thirupaachi	ACP Rajaguru	Directed by Perarasu
2004	Jana	DCP Rajasekhar	Directed by Shaji Kailas
2004	Azhagesan	Landlord's son
2004	Vishwa Thulasi	Shiva	Directed by Sumathi Ram
2003	Thirumalai	Arasu	Directed by Ramana
2003	Dhool	Inspector Karunakaran	Directed by Dharani
2002	Game	Lenin	Directed by John Amritraj
1991	Thalapathi	Manoharan	Directed by Mani Ratnam

Telugu[edit]

Year	Film	Role
2008	Souryam	Shivaram Gowd
2003	Veede	Venkiteshwara Rao
2004	Naidu LLB
1993	Sarigamalu	Kittappa

Kannada[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	UgraNarasimha	Intelligence officer

Hindi[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Bheebhatsa	Hijada

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Director
1988	Kumilakal	Adam Ayub
1989	Devamanohari Nee	Shajiyem
1989	Vaitharani	P.Bhaskaran
1990	Samaganam	N. Sankaran Nair
1990	Pankiyamma

Awards[edit]

Year	Film	Award
1992	Perumthachan	Film Artsclub Award
1993	Sargam	Kerala State Film Award (Second Best Actor) Film Critics Award Film Chamber Award Madras Lion's Club Award
1994	Chamayam, Sopanam	Film Critics Award
1994	Chamayam	Film Artsclub Award
2004	Thirumalai (Tamil)	Variety Cinema Award (Best Villain)
2006	Ananthabhadram	Film Critics Award (Best Actor) Amritha Award (Second Best Actor) Sathyan Smaraka Award (Best Supporting Actor)
2010	Pazhassi Raja	Kerala State Film Award (Second Best Actor) Film Fare Award (Best Supporting Actor) Ujala Asianet Award (Special Jury Award) The Exo Mathrubhumi Amrita Film Award (Best Supporting Actor) SathyanSmaraka Award (Best Actor) Amma Award Dubai (Best Supporting Actor) The Mumbai Malayalam Film Awards (Best Supporting Actor) JaiHind TV Award (Best Supporting Actor) South Scope Cine Awards (Best Supporting Actor) Bharath Murali Award (Best Actor)
2010	Madhyavenal, Thoovalkattu	Film Critics Award (Special Jury Award)
2012	Vellaripravinte Changathi	Asia vision award (Special Jury Award)
2012	Ardhanari	Jaycey Foundation Award 2012(Second Best Actor) Ujala Asianet Award (Special Jury Award) Sreekrishna Natya Sangeetha Academy Award(Chalachitra Prathibha Puraskaram) Padmasree Thilakan Puraskaram at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
2012	Kaliyachan	Kerala State Film Award (Second Best Actor) Mumbai Malayali Award (Special Jury Award)
2012	Various films	JaiHind TV Award (Versatile Actor) IMAQ Award (Versatile Actor)
2015	Various Films	Bharath gopi Award (Life Time Achievement)
2016	Various Films	Lions Club International Calicut (Abhinaya Sreshta Puraskaram)
2016	Negalukal,Kukkiliyar	Film Critics Award (Best Actor)
2016	Various Films	Kairali TV BAHU MUGHA Prathibha Puraskaram (QATAR)
2016	Kaliyachan	Outstanding Performer of the year (ANAND TV Film Award London)

Other awards[edit]

2020 - Abraham Lincoln Paramount Literary Award by The International Peace Council United States for his contributions towards cinema, cultural and social works.^[7]

Playback singer[edit]

Year	Film/Album	Song(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Lyricist	Music Director
1993	Ayyappatheertham	Pamba Ganapathiye,Deepam Kandu,Malamukalundoru swamy,Azhuthanadiyozhukku	Solo	MD Rajendran, PC Aravindan	Kalarathnam K G Jayan (Jaya vijaya)
2001	Saiver Thirumeni	Allikkallilu Vellam Kootti	Solo	Gireesh Puthenchery	Raveendran
2011	Mazhanrutham	Mazhayil Nin	Solo	Sohanlal	Pradeep Somasundaram
2013	Pranavamalhar^[8]	Melle, Husbi Rubbi	Solo	Jaleel	Sidharth Vijayan
2014	Onnum Mindathe	Thathinantha	Solo	V R Santhosh	Anil Johnson

References[edit]

↑ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". cinidiary.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
↑ "malayalamcinema.com, Official website of AMMA, Malayalam Film news, Malayalam Movie Actors & Actress, Upcoming Malayalam movies". www.malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
↑ "Urvasi and Manoj K Jayan submit consent letter for separation". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
↑ "Court gives daughter's custody to Manoj K Jayan". Mathrubhumi. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
↑ "ഭര്‍ത്താവിനെ അനുസരിക്കുന്നവളാണ് നല്ല ഭാര്യ". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
↑ "Manoj K. Jayan and Mia in 6B Paradise". Metromatinee. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
↑ "Abraham Lincoln award for Manoj K Jayan". Madhyamam Daily. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
↑ ""PRANAYAMALHAR" MUSIC ALBUM RELEASING ON RAMZAN". Movieparadiso.in. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

External links[edit]

"Profile of Malayalam Actor Manoj K Jayan". En.msidb.org. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
Manoj K. Jayan on IMDb

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[1] "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". cinidiary.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[2] "malayalamcinema.com, Official website of AMMA, Malayalam Film news, Malayalam Movie Actors & Actress, Upcoming Malayalam movies". www.malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[3] "Urvasi and Manoj K Jayan submit consent letter for separation". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[4] "Court gives daughter's custody to Manoj K Jayan". Mathrubhumi. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[5] "ഭര്‍ത്താവിനെ അനുസരിക്കുന്നവളാണ് നല്ല ഭാര്യ". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

[6] "Manoj K. Jayan and Mia in 6B Paradise". Metromatinee. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

[7] "Abraham Lincoln award for Manoj K Jayan". Madhyamam Daily. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[8] ""PRANAYAMALHAR" MUSIC ALBUM RELEASING ON RAMZAN". Movieparadiso.in. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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