Manoj Kadampoothramadom Jayan also known as Manoj K.Jayan is an Indian actor of Malayalam and Tamil films. He has also done a few Telugu and Kannada films and has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for his portrayal of Hariharan’s “Kuttan Thampuran” in Sargam (1992), “Thalakkal Chandu” in Pazhassi Raja (2009) and “Kunjiraman” in Farook Abdul Rahiman’s Kaliyachan. He has played “Kuttan Thampuran” (Sargam), “Thirumangalath Neelakandan Namboothiri” (Perumthachan), “Kunjunni Namboothiri” (Parinayam), “Unnikrishnan” (Venkalam), “Ananthakrishna Warrier” (Sopanam), “Digambaran” (Anandabhadram) and “Thalakkal Chandu” (Pazhassi Raja). He is the son of singer Jayan of Jaya-Vijaya combo. He is also a singer.
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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 (musician). 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 Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum to learn acting but discontinued later.[1][2]
Personal life[edit]
Manoj married film actress Urvashi on 2 May 2000, which ended in divorce in 2008. They have a daughter Tejalakshmi, born in 2001.[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]
Tamil[edit]
Telugu[edit]
Year
Film
Role
Notes
1993
Sarigamalu
Kittappa
2003
Veede
Venkiteshwara Rao
2006
Naidu LLB
2008
Souryam
Shivaram Gowd
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
Year
Film
Award
1992
Perumthachan
1993
Sargam
Kerala State Film Award (Second Best Actor)
Film Critics Award
Film Chamber Award
Madras Lion’s Club Award
1994
Chamayam, Sopanam
1994
Chamayam
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.[9]
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