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'''Ajay Kumar''' (born 31 August 1976), popularly known as '''Guinness Pakru''', is an Indian actor. He has made an entry into the [[Guinness World Records]] for being the shortest actor ({{convert|2|ft|6|in|cm|abbr=on}})<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5201242/Indian-comedy-star-Ajay-Kumar-is-worlds-smallest-actor.html|access-date=12 June 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 April 2009}}</ref> to play a character in a full-length [[film]]. He played the lead role in ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]]'', a Malayalam movie directed by [[Vinayan]]. The movie was later [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] in [[Tamil films|Tamil]] and Telugu versions. | '''Ajay Kumar''' (born 31 August 1976), popularly known as '''Guinness Pakru''', is an Indian actor. He has made an entry into the [[Guinness World Records]] for being the shortest actor ({{convert|2|ft|6|in|cm|abbr=on}})<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5201242/Indian-comedy-star-Ajay-Kumar-is-worlds-smallest-actor.html|access-date=12 June 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 April 2009}}</ref> to play a character in a full-length [[film]]. He played the lead role in ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]]'', a Malayalam movie directed by [[Vinayan]]. The movie was later [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] in [[Tamil films|Tamil]] and Telugu versions. | ||
The film ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]]'' starred him as [[Dwarfism|dwarf]] prince Gajendra of the kingdom Vamanapuri on a fantasy island, where the men were cursed to be dwarfs and women were of normal height. Around 300 dwarves acted in that film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |title=Undapakru, shortest actor |publisher=MSN India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206025745/http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |archive-date=6 February 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |title=shortest actor |publisher=Yahoo! Movies News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232149/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2013, Pakru made his directorial debut with the film ''[[Kutteem Kolum]]''. | The film ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]]'' starred him as [[Dwarfism|dwarf]] prince Gajendra of the kingdom Vamanapuri on a fantasy island, where the men were cursed to be dwarfs and women were of normal height. Around 300 dwarves acted in that film.<ref>{{cite web. |url=http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |title=Undapakru, shortest actor |publisher=MSN India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206025745/http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |archive-date=6 February 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |title=shortest actor |publisher=Yahoo! Movies News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232149/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |archive-date=5 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2013, Pakru made his directorial debut with the film ''[[Kutteem Kolum]]''. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Honours and awards== | ==Honours and awards== | ||
Pakru made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest lead actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm)) to play a character in a full-length film. His accomplishment is cited on the 167th page of the 2008 edition of the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''. He was also presented with a [[Kerala State Film Award]] best supporting actor[[Tamil Nadu State Film | Pakru made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest lead actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm)) to play a character in a full-length film. His accomplishment is cited on the 167th page of the 2008 edition of the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''. He was also presented with a [[Kerala State Film Award]] best supporting actor [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] for his performance in the film ''[[Dishyum]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralamax.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=8406&sid=60e158e8e525a40fb3c69760cd003f4b |title=UndaPakru’ enters Guinness book |publisher=keralamax}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.bizhat.com/news/undapakru_in_guinness_book.php |title=Undapakru in Guinness book |publisher=BizHat}}</ref> | ||
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