Manoj K. Jayan Explained

Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, also known as Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam films in addition to a few Tamil films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor 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. 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).

Early life and career

Manoj K. Jayan was born on 15 March 1966^[1] to carnatic musician K. G. Jayan and V. K. Sarojini in Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has an elder brother Biju K Jayan, a musician. He completed his graduation from Government College, Kottayam. After completing his studies, he joined the Southern Film Institute in Trivandrum to learn acting.^{[2] [3]} Although Manoj debuted with a small role in 1987 movie Ente Sonia, he was roped as a lead man in Mamalakalkkappurathu (1988). But the film Ente Sonia never hit the screens.^{[4] [5]}

Personal life

Manoj was married to actress Urvashi, whom he divorced in 2008. Together, they had one daughter.^{[6] [7]} In 2011, he married Asha, and together they have a son.^[8]

Filmography

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Ente Sonia
	Mamalakalkkappurathu	Naxalite
1990	Anantha Vruthantham	Kishore
	Perumthachan	Thirumagalathu Neelakandan Namboothiri
	Prosecution	Rajendran
1991	Marupuram	Albey
	Chanchattam	Babu
	Nettippattam	Freddy
	Kadalora Kattu	Babychan
	Chakravarthy	Thampi
	Sundhari Kakka	Gang leader
1992	Kudumbasametham	Sivashankaran
	Pandu Pandoru Rajakumari	Vishnu
	Sargam	Kuttan Thampuran
	Snehasagaram	Muthu
	Utsava Melam	Singer
	Valayam	Ravi
	Kallanum Polisum	Kallan
1993	Ghazal	Vandikaran Khadar
	Chamayam	Anto
	Samooham	Majeed
	Ethu Manju Kaalam	Gopi
	O' Faby	SI Siby
	Sopanam	Ananthakrishna Warrior
	Venkalam	Unnikrishnan
1994	Sukrutham	Rajendran
	Palayam	Noble
	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu	Sachidanandan
	Bheesmacharya	Dilip
	Parinayam	KunjunniNamboodiri
	Prathakshinam	Unni
	Vardhakya Puranam	Jayan
1995	Ezharakoottam	CI Viswanathan
	Thumboli Kadappuram	Willams
	Agrajan	Aravindhan
1996	Kanchanam	James Antony
	Kumkumacheppu	Jayadevan
	Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu	Mukundan
	Sallapam	Divakaran
	Manthrika Kuthira	Advocate
	Pallivathuckal Thommichan	Dharmaraj
	Swarnakireedam	Achutty
1997	Asuravamsam	Palayam Murukan
	Churam	Kunjunni
	Kannur	Karivalloor Sivankutty
	Shibiram	Kochu Varkey/Sajan
	Vaachalam	Sekharankutty
	Sammanam	Viswanathan
1998	Panchaloham	Paramu
	Ilamura Thamburan	Ananthapadmanabhan
	Kalapam	Bharathan
	Aaghosham	Rex Isaac
	Manjukalavum Kazhinju	Reghu
1999	Sparsham	Mahi
	Aayiram Meni	Babu
	Prempujari	Singer	Guest appearance
2000	Punaradhivasam	Agricultural Officer
	Valliettan	Dasan
2001	Praja	David IPS
	Saivar Thirumeni	Mithran
	Unnathangalil	Micheal
	Ravanaprabhu	Sivadasan MLA
2002	Kannaki	Gounder
	Phantom	Sub Inspector Sebastian
	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Dr. Jacob
	Thandavam	Dasappan Gaunder
	Kattuchembakam	SP Rajendra Varma
2003	Mayamohithachandran
	Saphalam	Govind Shankar
2004	Vajram	Dracula
	Koottu	Hameed Khan
	Kaazhcha	Vallakaaran Joy
	Natturajavu	Antappan
2005	Udayon	Pottan Pathru
	Ananthabhadram	Digambaran
	Rajamanikyam	Raja Selvam
	Arunam	Achuthan
	Deepangal Sakshi	Vinod
2006	Photographer	Circle Inspector
	Ennittum	Prof. Jayadevan
	Smart City	Sharath Chandran
	Bada Dosth	Zakir Ali
	Pathaka	Hari Narayanan IPS
2007	Rock & Roll	Saidapet Giri
	Ekantham	Dr. Sunny
	Naalu Pennungal	Ouseppu
	Time	Durgadasan
	Mayavi	Balan
	Big B	Eddy John Kurishinkal
2008	Jubilee	CBI Officer
	Kanichukulangarayil CBI	CBI officer Arjun
	Crazy Gopalan	Babu John
	Twenty:20	Mahindran
	Akasha Gopuram	Alex
	Mizhikal Sakshi	Aditya Varma
	Oru Pennum Randaanum	Raman Pillai
	Rathri Mazha	Vivek
2009	Kavyam	Ananthakrishna Bhagavathar
	Madhyavenal	Sakhavu Kumaran
	Chemistry	Bhadran Namboodhiri
	Pazhassi Raja	Thalakkal Chanthu
	Sagar Alias Jackie Reloaded	Manu
	Chattambinadu	Mallanchira Chandramohan
	Winter	Psychiatrist
	Moz & Cat	Panickar Das
2010	Dhrona 2010	Maniyankottu Girishan
	Kayam	Choonda
	24 Hours	Underworld Don, Ikhthar
	Nirakazhcha	Sreekuttan
	Thoovalkattu	Sundaran
	Paattinte Palazhy	Ameer
2011	Seniors	Rashid Munna
	Vellaripravinte Changathi	Krishnan
2012	Njanum Ente Familiyum	John Paileykunnel
	Mallu Singh	Pappan
	Thattathin Marayathu	Sub-Inspector Premkumar
	Ardhanari	Manjula
2013	Lokpal	SP Vijayan
	Ladies & Gentleman	Anoop
	6 B Paradise	Aadhithyan	[9]
	Kaliyachan	Kunjiraman
	Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty	Himself
	Neram	Rayban / M. Dhandapaani (Tamil version)
	Cleopatra	Novelist Ramdas
	Kadhaveedu	Qadir
2014	Konthayum Poonoolum	Sethu
	Onnum Mindathe	Panchara Jose
	Homely Meals	Sarath Chandran
	Asha Black	Senthil
	Nagara Varidhi Naduvil Njan	Suresh
2015	Mariyam Mukku	Mariyanasan
		Stephen Antony
	Namasthe Bali	Sunny
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Director Raghoouthaman
	Negalukal	Darappan
	Vishwasam Athallae Ellaam	A.C.P Prithyraj Singh I.P.S
	Kukkiliyar	Wanderer
	Beware of Dogs	Baptist
	Thilothama	CI Rana
2016	Sahapadi 1975	Narikkodu Narayanan
	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Neer
2017	Solo	Bhadhran
	Tharangam	Antony Gonsalvez
	Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu	Zacharia Pothen
	Crossroad	Driver
	Sadrishya Vakyam	Issac Antony
	Vilakkumaram	Gireesh
2018	Bonsai	Madhusoodhanan Nair
	My Story	Williams
	Mazhayathu	Circle Inspector
2019	Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu	Baba
	An International Local Story	Shivan
	Vishudha Pusthakam	Raj Subramaniam
	Thottappan	Fr. Peter
	Evidey	Symphony Zacaria
	Pathinettaam Padi	Stanlin Moore
	Ganagandharvan	Kalasadhan Titto
2021	Aaha	Gee Varghese Ashan
	Vidhi: The Verdict
2022	Salute	DySP Ajith Karunakaran	[10]
	Louis
	Ente Mazha
	Shefeekkinte Santhosham	Ayurveda Doctor
	Malikappuram	SI Haneef
2023	Higuita	M.V. Gopinathan	[11]
	Jailer	Superintendent of Police	[12]
2024	Thankamani	Mani Peter	[13]
	Nunakuzhi	Sundarnath	[14]
2025		Jayadevan

Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Thalapathi	Manoharan
2002	Game	Lenin
2003	Dhool	Inspector Karunakaran
	Thirumalai	Arasu
2004	Vishwa Thulasi	Shiva
	Azhagesan	Landlord's son
	Jana	DCP Rajasekhar
2005	Thirupaachi	ACP Rajaguru
	Mannin Maindhan	Bhairavamoorthy
	Aanai	Jayaram
2006	Sudesi	Private Detective Thilak
	Thiruttu Payale	Businessman Sivaraj
	Thimiru	Periya Karuppu
2007	Sringaram	Mirasdar Sukumar
	Dhandayuthapani	Thamizharasu
2008	Sadhu Miranda	Rowdy Davidraj
	Ko	Raghavan
	Ellam Avan Seyal	Doctor
2009	Villu	Inspector Joseph
	Thee	ACP Jayan
	Ragavan	Lakshmipathi
2012	Billa II	Koti ''Koteeswara Rao''
2014	Nee Naan Nizhal	Senthil
2016	Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	SI
2017	Solo	Bhadran
2018	Pattinapakkam	James Thomas

Telugu

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Sarigamalu	Kittappa
2003	Veede	Venkiteshwara Rao
2006	Naidu LLB
2008	Souryam	Shivaram Gowd

Television

List of television credits

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

Awards

List of awards received by Manoj K. Jayan

Year	Title	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

• 2020 - Abraham Lincoln Paramount Literary Award by The International Peace Council United States for his contributions towards cinema, cultural and social works.^[15]

Playback singer

List of film playback singer credits

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[16]	Melle, Husbi Rubbi	Solo	Jaleel	Sidharth Vijayan
2014	Onnum Mindathe	Thathinantha	Solo	V R Santhosh	Anil Johnson

External links

• • Web site: Profile of Malayalam Actor Manoj K Jayan . En.msidb.org . 25 July 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venu . Renuka . 15 March 2022 . ഇന്ന് ജന്മദിനം ആഘോഷിക്കുന്ന മനോജ് കെ.ജയന്റെ പ്രായം എത്ര? . 2024-10-14 . Webdunia.
2. Web site: CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal. cinidiary.com. 25 July 2018. 20 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620010137/http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=1&no_of_displayed_rows=32&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter=. dead.
3. Web site: malayalamcinema.com, Official website of AMMA, Malayalam Film news, Malayalam Movie Actors & Actress, Upcoming Malayalam movies. www.malayalamcinema.com. 22 November 2022.
4. Web site: 2018-11-26 . Why Manoj K Jayan didn't want his first film to reach theatres! . 2024-10-14 . On Manorama.
5. Web site: Sebastian . Shevlin . 2018-01-13 . 30th year in the frame of fame . 2024-10-14 . The New Indian Express.
6. News: Urvasi and Manoj K Jayan submit consent letter for separation . 19 March 2013 . Mathrubhumi . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092008/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=5003 . 3 December 2013 . dead .
7. News: Court gives daughter's custody to Manoj K Jayan . 19 March 2013 . Mathrubhumi . 6 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120707212231/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/movies/malayalam/125736/ . 7 July 2012 . dead .
8. Web site: ഭര്‍ത്താവിനെ അനുസരിക്കുന്നവളാണ് നല്ല ഭാര്യ . 29 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102212654/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/96920 . 2 November 2013 . dead .
9. Web site: Manoj K. Jayan and Mia in 6B Paradise . Metromatinee . 25 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703041602/http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Manoj%20K.%20Jayan%20and%20Mia%20in%20'6%20B%20Paradise'.-4859-1 . 3 July 2013 . dead .
10. Web site: 2022-03-30 . An actor opens up: Manoj K Jayan on his many roles and why he doesn't chase films . 2022-09-07 . The News Minute . en.
11. Web site: 2023-03-14 . Suraj Venjaramoodu's Higuita gets release date . 2023-03-15 . The Indian Express . en.
12. Web site: Ramachandran . Arjun . 2023-08-18 . Review: Dhyan Sreenivasan's 'Jailer' works only in parts . 2023-08-18 . The South First . en-GB.
13. Web site: First look of Dileep's Thankamani out . 2024-03-03 . . 21 October 2023 . en.
14. Web site: Features . C. E. . 2024-08-14 . Makers of Basil Joseph's Nunakuzhi release title track . 2024-08-20 . Cinema Express . en.
15. Web site: Abraham Lincoln award for Manoj K Jayan. 22 February 2020. . 22 November 2022.
16. Web site: "Pranayamalhar" Music Album Releasing on Ramzan. Movieparadiso.in. 25 July 2018. 25 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180725184021/http://www.movieparadiso.in/2013/07/pranayamalhar-music-album-releasing-on.html. dead.