Chinni Jayanth

Chinni Jayanth
Chinni Jayanth in a show
Born	Krishnamurthy Narayanan (1960-07-26) 26 July 1960 (age 63) Chennai, India
Years active	1984-present
Spouse	Jayashree

Chinni Jayanth is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted hit shows like Sagalai Vs Ragalai, Kalakka Povathu Yaar and Asathapovathu Yaaru on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also a recipient of the Kalaimamani award given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of cinema. He received this award from the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.^[1]

As an acknowledgement of his efforts in the field of cinema, mimicry, stage performances and social service activities, Chinni Jayanth was presented with a doctorate by The Open International University of Alternate Medicine on 29 December 2013.

Early life

Chinni Jayanth is an alumnus of Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Chennai. He went on to study at New College, Royapettah. He then completed his acting course (Diploma in Film Technology, DFTech) from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Taramani.

Cinema career

Jayanth began his acting career in 1984, playing the supporting role to the eccentric villain in director Mahendran's film Kai Kodukkum Kai.^[2]

He carved a niche for himself with his unique style of comedy which included the creation of some unique words like "gilfans", "silfans", etc. which became a rage among the youth.^{[citation needed]} His supporting roles in movies like Kizhakku Vasal, Idhayam, Kannedhirey Thondrinal and Chinna Pulla, are audience favourites.^{[citation needed]}

Jayanth's performance in Chinna Pulla (1994) along with Revathi was well received. In the movie, Jayanth portrayed a mentally challenged person. This movie was also the first production of his company Ashtalakshmi Creators.^{[citation needed]}

His directorial debut was in the film Unakkaga Mattum.^[3] The second film he directed was Kaanal Neer, which introduced J.K. Rithesh and Manisha Chatterjee in lead roles.^[3]

His last direction was the movie Neeye Yen Kaadhali (2010),^[4] and played a vital role in the screen play.^[4] The film was graded by experts Suresh Menon and Brian Jennings at HD Studios, Sushma Multimedia, Chennai.^[5]

Filmography

Actor

Tamil films

Other language films

Director

• Unakkaga Mattum (2000)
• Kaanal Neer (2007)
• Neeye En Kadhali (2010)

Dubbing artist

Aandavan (2000) - Rajinikanth

Web series

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chinni Jayanth.

• Chinni Jayanth at IMDb
• BigFlix
• SS Music
• Fielding on a comic track – The Hindu
• The ones who made a mark^{[dead link]} – The Hindu
• Sushma Multimedia

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