Jayaprakash (actor)
{{Short description|Indian actor and producer (born 1962)}}
{{distinguish|V. Jayaprakash}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jayaprakash
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|06|14}}
| birth_place = Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Film actor, film producer
| spouse = Zenith
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 2007–present
| works = Full list
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V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, Mayakannadi. Subsequently, performing a variety of supporting roles, he found more success as a character actor, with his most notable performances in Pasanga (2009), Naadodigal (2009), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Yuddham Sei (2011), Mankatha (2011), Moodar Koodam (2013) and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014).{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/23545.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917084507/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/events/23545.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 September 2010 |title=Events – Most Wanted – Jayaprakash |website=IndiaGlitz |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=3 May 2012}}
Career
Jayaprakash hails from Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India. Before entering the film industry, he had worked in various fields such as dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour.{{cite news |date=15 February 2014 |author=Subha J. Rao |title=Actor by chance |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/actor-by-chance/article5693186.ece}}
He started acting aged 45. His first film was Mayakannadi in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Im-enjoying-acting-Jayaprakash/articleshow/7701252.cms|title=I'm enjoying acting: Jayaprakash|website=The Times of India}} His role as the village school teacher, Chokkalingam, in Company Production's critically acclaimed Pasanga is considered his breakthrough performance, for which he received accolades and several awards.{{cite web|author=Super Admin |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2009/jayaprakash-producer-artiste-270509.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218081003/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2009/jayaprakash-producer-artiste-270509.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2013 |title=Jayaprakash: Producer turns leading artiste! |publisher=Entertainment.oneindia.in |date=27 May 2009 |access-date=3 May 2012 }} Apart from Pasanga, he played notable supporting roles in other commercially successful ventures such as Naadodigal, Vamsam, Naan Mahaan Alla, Bale Pandiya and Yudham Sei and Mankatha. He also appeared in Pandiraj's Marina.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/70990.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924190853/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/70990.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2011 |title=Pandiraj's next is 'Marina' – Breaking News – Tamil Movie News |website=IndiaGlitz |date=15 September 2011 |access-date=3 May 2012}} He made his Telugu debut with Karthikeya (2014) and appeared in several Telugu films such as Sarrainodu (2016) and Waltair Veerayya (2023).{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/karthikeya.html|title=Karthikeya jeevi review|last=jeevi|date=24 October 2014|work=Idlebrain.com|access-date=19 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-sarrainodu-movie-review-allu-arjun-packs-a-punch-in-an-insipid-story-2205057|title='Sarrainodu' review: Allu Arjun packs a punch in an insipid story|last=Srinivasan|first=Latha|date=22 April 2016|work=DNA|access-date=19 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/waltairveerayya.html|title=Waltair Veerayya jeevi review|last=jeevi|date=13 January 2023|work=Idlebrain.com|access-date=19 May 2023}}
=Producer=
As a producer he has produced several films like Chellamae, April Maadhathil, Thavasi and many more under his GJ Cinema banner. He hasn't starred in any of the film that he had produced.{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article1471604.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Nikhil | last=Raghavan | title=Itsy Bitsy | date=19 February 2011}} Before starting GJ Cinema banner he produced films like Porkaalam and Gopala Gopala with M. Kajamaideen under Roja Combines. Both GJ cinema and Roja Combines have been closed down for long time.
Personal life
Jayaprakash married to Zenith and has two sons, Niranjan and Dushyanth, who turned actors with the 2010 M. Sasikumar film Eesan.
Filmography
{{main|Jayaprakash filmography}}
References
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External links
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Category:Indian male film actors
Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema
Category:Film producers from Tamil Nadu
Category:Filmfare Awards South winners
Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district