Jayasurya

Early life

Jayasurya was born to Mani and Thankam at Tripunithura, Kochi. He studied at St. George U. P. School, Chambakkara, and at Government Sanskrit High School, Tripunithura. He then did his degree in Commerce at All Saints College, Ernakulam.

After his studies he joined mimicry troupes like Crown of Cochin and Kottayam Nazeer's Cochin Discovery.

Personal life

He married his longtime girlfriend, Saritha on 25 January 2004. The couple have two children.

Jayasurya currently lives with his family in Kochi between his houses in Kadavanthra and Marine Drive.

Film career

Jaysasurya first started as a mimicry artist. In 2006, Jayasurya appeared in Kilukkam Kilukilukkam, a sequel to Kilukkam. Jayasurya appeared in Bus Conductor. In Classmates, he played the role of Satheesan Kanjikkuzhi, an aspiring student leader, which was considered one of his breakthrough performances. He was then cast in a negative role in Lal Jose's Arabikkatha. This followed villain roles in Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan and Kangaroo. He played a variety of roles in 2007–2008: the romantic lover with a comic touch in Chocolate, the serious police officer in Positive, the humorous drama scriptwriter in Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, the small-time thief and antagonist in LollyPop, the supporting role in Love in Singapore, and the young politician in Balachandra Menon's De Ingottu Nokkiye.

In 2010 he acted in Nallavan directed by debut director Aji John, in which he played three stages of a person born and brought up on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. The film Cocktail in 2010 was what established a new phase to his career as his performance was critically acclaimed.

In 2011, he appeared in 20 get-ups in T. V. Chandran's fantasy film Sankaranum Mohananum. The same year, he played the lead role in Beautiful which went on to become a critical and commercial success. He played the role of a paraplegic named Stephen and was well received by audiences and critics alike, all saying he has shown the best performance till date and he was one of the main contenders for best actor nominations in several film awards. The film is noted for its earliest development of new generation movies that originated in the 2010s and eventually became known as New Wave Malayalam Cinema. Janapriyan and Beautiful were his most commercially successful films of the year. In a year-end report on Malayalam cinema, Deepika newspaper applauded Jayasurya for choosing the right roles and chose him as the Star of the Year 2011.

In 2012 he appeared in Trivandrum Lodge and Husbands in Goa which were released on the same day, and were both box office successes. His role as a shady introverted pervert in Trivandrum Lodge was well received by critics and garnered more recognition for him as an established actor. In 2013 he appeared in a crucial role in one of Roshan Andrews best films Mumbai Police and played the lead role of a don in Hotel California directed by Aji John, in which his role as Airport Jimmy was well favoured by the audience and was recognized as a style statement for the youth of the time. The same year his performance in Shyamaprasad's English: An Autumn in London as a Kathakali artiste-turned-waiter who is an illegal immigrant in the United Kingdom won immense critical praise.

Jayasurya turned producer in 2013 with Punyalan Agarbattis, which turned out to be a successful film.

In 2014 his first release was the movie Happy Journey which was directed by Bobban Samuel, though an average grosser his performance in the role of a blind cricket player garnered praise from both critics and audiences alike. In August of the same year Apothecary with the director Madhav Ramadasan was released, in which he played the major role apart from Suresh Gopi's role as Dr. Vijay Nambiar, as Subin Joseph a poverty-driven man who suffers from a neurological disorder. The actor lost more than 10 kilos for the role, and his portrayal of the character was immensely praised by critics and the audience, adding to Jayasurya's credibility and his list of notable roles. In the same year Seconds with director Aneesh Upasana, as the villain in Iyobinte Pusthakam with director Amal Neerad, Lal Bahadur Shastri with debutant director Rejishh Midhila's, Akku Akbar's Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla and Priyadarsan's Aamayum Muyalum were released.

In 2015, he played the character Shaji Pappan in Aadu. Despite being a box office failure, the movie and his character developed a cult following after the movie's DVD version was released. The same year, he acted alongside Prithviraj and Indrajith in Nadirshah's comedy movie Amar Akbar Anthony which was successful at the box office. His performance in Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam as a stammering person was also appreciated.

Jaysurya's successful movies in 2016 were the comedy horror Pretham and the action comedy Inspector Dawood Ibrahim. However, the film received mostly negative reviews from critics. His other movies of the year were Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum and School Bus.

In 2019, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in Captain and Njan Marykutty.

He also acted for the graphic novel style newspaper movie Locked Inn published in malayala manorama newspaper in 2020.

He won his third Kerala State Film Award in 2021 as well as the second in the Best Actor category for his performance in Vellam. Jayasurya won the best actor award at the 20th Dhaka International Film festival for Sunny

In 2022, he starred in the investigative thriller John Luther which was directed by debutant Abhijith Joseph. It hit the big screens on 27 May 2022. Later, he acted in Eesho which was directed by Nadirshah.

His next appearance will be in Kathanar - The Wild Sorcerer, directed by Rojin Thomas and Aadu 3 written and directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Main article: Jayasurya filmography

References

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