Karthik Jayaram

Karthik Jayaram
Born01 May 1979 (45 years)
Occupation(s)Actor, model, engineer
Years active2010–present

Karthik Jayaram is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is known for his work in the Colors Kannada television soap opera Ashwini Nakshatra, in which he played actor Jay "JK" Krishna. He also acted in Siya Ke Ram as Raavana in Star Plus.[1] His first role as a lead actor came in Just Love.[2] He was second runner-up in the 2017 reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5.

Television

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Karthik appeared in a television soap, Ashwini Nakshatra. In 2015, he was signed to play the role of Ravana in the mythological Hindi television series Siya Ke Ram that would be aired on Star Plus. He entered the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5. He finished as second runner-up.

Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref
2013–2015 Ashwini Nakshatra Jay Krishna "JK" Colors Kannada Main Lead [3]
2013 Agnisakshi Superstar Jk Colors Kannada Guest for some episodes
2015- 2016 Siya Ke Ram Ravana Star Plus Voiced by Manoj Pandey
2017-2018 Bigg Boss Kannada 5 Contestant Colors Super Second Runner up
2020 Naagini 2 Aadishesha Zee Kannada First Episode
2022–present Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul Iblis Sony SAB Main Antagonist [4]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes Ref
2011 Kempe Gowda Vaikunta
Vishnuvardhana Dr. Surya Prakash
Jarasandha Ravi Poojary
2012 Eega Sudeep's friend Uncredited role; Bilingual (Telugu, Tamil)
2013 Varadanayaka Siddu
Padhe Padhe [5]
2014 Just Love Surya
2015 Chandrika Arjun Bilingual (Kannada, Telugu)
Bengaluru 560023 Karthik [6]
Care of Footpath 2 Inspector Karthik [7]
2016 Sa Zakir Hussain
2017 Vismaya Christopher
2018 Kuchiku Kuchiku
Aa Karaala Ratri Chenna Keshava

Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Kannada

May 1st Ravaana Also scriptwriter[8]
Puta 109 Inspector JK
2020 O Pushpa I Hate Tears Adhitya Hindi film
2021 Maaligai Vishnu / Vishnuvardhan Tamil film;
Only dubbed version released
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2023 Iravan [11]

References

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  1. ^ A. Sharadhaa (20 November 2013). "The small screen's big rewards". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ Joy, Prathibha (24 January 2014). "Hectic Ashwini Nakshatra schedule for J Karthik". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ Ashwini Nakshtra at IMDb
  4. ^ "Exclusive: Jayaram Karthik returns to Hindi TV with new soap". The Times of India.
  5. ^ Joy, Prathibha (2 May 2013). "It's cricket over celebrations for Karthik". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "Bengaluru 560023 releasing on Nov 20th". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Karthik jayaram Playing a Cop in Care Of Footpath 2". kannadamovieswall.blogspot.in. 14 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Karthik Jayaram turns scriptwriter with May 1st". The Times of India. 1 October 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Watch Maaligai (Hindi) Full HD Movie Online on ZEE5". ZEE5. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Jayaram Karthik to make his Kollywood debut with 'Malligai'". The Times of India. 11 April 2019.
  11. ^ "JK's IRavan gets a release date". The New Indian Express. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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