Jayaprakash

V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu-language 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).[1]

Jayaprakash
Born
Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Film actor, film producer
Years active2007–present

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.[2]

He started acting aged 45.[2] His first film was Mayakannadi in 2007, following which he received more acting assignments.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He made his Telugu debut with Karthikeya (2014) and appeared in several Telugu films such as Sarrainodu (2016) and Waltair Veerayya (2023).[6][7][8]

Producer

As a producer he has produced several films like Chellamae, April Maadhathil, Thavasi and many more under his GJ Cinema banner.[4] He hasn't starred in any of the film that he had produced.[9] 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 has two sons, Niranjan and Dushyanth, who turned actors with the 2010 M. Sasikumar film Eesan.[9]

Filmography

Films
List of Jayaprakash film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes
1995ThondanUncredited roleTamil
2007Maya KannadiTamil
2008Velli ThiraiProducerTamil
2009PasangaChokkalingamTamilWinner, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
Winner, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
LaadamVembuliTamil
NaadodigalPazhanivel RamanTamil
2010Theeradha Vilaiyattu PillaiRanganathanTamil
ThillalangadiNisha's fatherTamil
VamsamSeenikannu DevarTamil
Naan Mahaan AllaPrakasamTamilWinner, Edison Award for Best Character Artist
Vandae MaatharamDr.NayemTamil
Malayalam
AyyanarPrabha's fatherTamil
Bale PandiyaVannaiyarTamil
2011AadukalamIrene's relativeTamil
Yuddham SeiDr. JudasTamil
VaanamMansoor KhanTamil
EththanDKTamil
Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi VeeduGanesh's fatherTamil
RowthiramUdaya MurthyTamil
SagakkalVaradhanTamil
Uyarthiru 420Jagan PattabhiramanTamil
MankathaArumuga ChettiyarTamil
MuranDevarajanTamil
PoraaliDoctorTamil
RajapattaiTamilSpecial appearance
2012MarinaSchool OwnerTamilGuest appearance
Muppozhudhum Un KarpanaigalDr. RudhranTamil
KazhuguAyyaTamil
MyeTamil
Thiruvambadi ThambanKishoreMalayalam
Ustad HotelNarayanan KrishnanMalayalam
AarohanamMLATamil
Yaarukku TheriyumVishwanathKannada
Malayalam
Tamil
2013SamarJoseph KuriyanTamil
VatthikuchiGangariyaTamil
Red WineDr. Paul AlexanderMalayalam
Chennaiyil Oru NaalVishwanathanTamil
Ethir NeechalJ. PrakashTamil
Thulli VilayaduSamipillaiTamil
Aadhalal Kadhal SeiveerShwetha's fatherTamil
Moodar KoodamBhakthavatsalamTamil
ThagaraaruKandhuvatti RajendranTamil
Pattam PoleRamanathanMalayalam
BiriyaniSampathTamil
2014Pannaiyarum PadminiyumPannaiyarTamilWinner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Male)
BrammanJKTamil
Idhu Kathirvelan KadhalPavithra's fatherTamil
VallinamKrishnamurthyTamil
ThegidiRaghuramTamil
Naan Sigappu ManithanMeera's fatherTamil
ThalaivanTamil
Oru Kanniyum Moonu KalavaanikalumDr. SubhashTamil
Pongadi Neengalum Unga KadhalumPolice commissionerTamil
KarthikeyaDr. PrakashTelugu
Nalanum NandhiniyumDuraipandiTamil
Run Raja RunPrakashTelugu
MeghaJayakumarTamil
Vanavarayan VallavarayanAnjali's fatherTamil
YaanAnwar AliTamil
PoojaiRamaswamyTamil
LingaaCorrupt government officerTamil
2015Kanchana 2MarudhuTamil
JK Enum Nanbanin VaazhkaiPadmanabhanTamil
AivarattamTamil
MasssKothandaram ReddyTamil
Orange MittaiTamil
Indru Netru NaalaiRajarathinamTamil
Thani OruvanMahima's fatherTamil
Paayum PuliLakshmi NarayananTamil
EettiSubramaniamTamil
Thanga MaganPrakash KumarTamil
Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla MaatanRamalingamTamil
Pasanga 2TamilGuest appearance
2016KathakaliTextile mill ownerTamil
Navarasa ThilagamThangaduraiTamil
Mapla SingamSailaja's fatherTamil
AagamSriramTamil
Adida MelamTamil
Vaaliba RajaRamachandranTamil
SarrainoduUmapati "U. P."Telugu
Idhu Namma AaluShiva's fatherTamil
Muthina KathirikaTamil
Rajadhi RajaPadmanabhamTelugu
Babu BangaramSastryTelugu
NambiarRamachandran's fatherTamil
OozhamWilfred MarcusMalayalam
NayakiGayatri's fatherTelugu
Tamil
Nandini Nursing HomeNandini's fatherTelugu
Kaththi SandaiUnion MinisterTamil
A AaSatyawada KrishnamoorthyTelugu
2017LuckunnoduBhakthavatsalamTelugu
Singam 3RamakrishnaTamil
ShivalingaSathya's fatherTamil
Ivan Yarendru TherikirathaArivu's fatherTamil
ThiriJeeva's fatherTamil
EnbathettuRaghuvaranTamil
Paakanum Pola IrukkuTamil
Jaya Janaki NayakaJPTelugu
ThupparivaalanRam PrasadTamil
SpyderShiva's fatherTelugu
Tamil
Meda Meeda AbbayiSrinu's fatherTelugu
En Aaloda Seruppa KaanomSandhya's fatherTamil
MaayavanVelayudhamTamil
JawaanJai's fatherTelugu
Okka KshanamScientistTelugu
En Magan MagizhvanDr RamTamil
2018Mannar VagaiyaraRajangamTamil
AgnyaathavaasiAditya Bandaru's brotherTelugu
Touch Chesi ChuduKarthikeya's fatherTelugu
KaaliFather JohnTamil
Tik Tik TikMahendranTamil
Tej I Love YouTej's UncleTelugu
VijethaCompany ChairmanTelugu
SaakshyamSiva PrasadTelugu
Chi La SowAnjali's uncleTelugu
Maniyaar KudumbamMagizhampoo's fatherTamil
KalariSiddiqueTamil
Hello Guru Prema KosameSanju's fatherTelugu
GeniusDoctorTamil
2019Vinaya Vidheya RamaGovernor of APTelugu
MikhaelWilliamMalayalam
Mr. MajnuKrishna PrasadTelugu
ThirumanamVijayakumarTamil
AiraaYamuna's fatherTamil
ChitralahariCompany CEOTelugu
JerseyBCCI ChairmanTelugu
VoterSivaTelugu
KalkiKabir KhanTelugu
KavachaKrishna MurthyKannada
Nerkonda PaarvaiRamajayamTamil
MagamuniJayaramanTamil
ChanakyaHome MinisterTelugu
PattabhiramanK.R.KMalayalam
NivaasiSuryanarayana VarmaTelugu
2020ShylockDoctorMalayalam
AswathamaGana's fatherTelugu
World Famous LoverMurthyTelugu
VJayarajTelugu
Maa Vintha Gaadha VinumaVinitha's fatherTelugu
2021KabadadaariKumar / RayuduTamil
SashiDhoraTelugu
KapatadhaariKumar / RayuduTelugu
Vanakkam Da MappileiNatrajTamil
Tuck JagadishRaghuram PatruduTelugu
Iruvar UllamTamil
RepublicPrakash RaoTelugu
Vinodhaya SithamParasuram's MDTamil
Most Eligible BachelorHarsha's fatherTelugu
Varudu KaavalenuMr BhupathiTelugu
Jai BhimDGP RadhakrishnanTamil
RaajavamsamSivanesanTamil
Kasada ThaparaJudgeTamil
2022VeerapandiyapuramChelladuraiTamil
Etharkkum ThunindhavanThiraviya PandianTamil
MaaranKesavanTamil
Manmadha LeelaiMohanTamil
The WarriorrRobertTelugu
Tamil
GargiBanuprakashTamil
Krishna Vrinda VihariKrishna’s fatherTelugu
DiaryGunasekharanTamil
Lilly RaniMichael's fatherTamil
Pattathu ArasanTamil
The GhostColonel Nagendra NaiduTelugu
Macherla NiyojakavargamChief MinisterTelugu
2023Waltair VeerayyaHigh court JudgeTelugu[8]
AmigosJayendraTelugu[10]
RavanasuraRadhakrishna ChennuriTelugu
RudhranCorrupt Police InspectorTamil
Custody Verghese Tamil-Telugu Bilingual film
TBAIndian 2 Not yet releasedTamil[11]

Web series
YearSeriesRoleLanguageNotes
2020AddhamLorry DriverTeluguAha web series
202111th HourJagannath ReddyTeluguAha Web Series

As producer
YearFilm
1996Gopala Gopala
1997Porkkaalam
2001Thavasi
2002April Maadhathil
2003Julie Ganapathi
2004Varnajalam
Chellamae
Neranja Manasu

Dubbing artist
YearFilmActorLanguage
20182.0Akshay KumarTamil
2018KanaaKali Prasad MukherjeeTamil

References
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  3. "I'm enjoying acting: Jayaprakash - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. Super Admin (27 May 2009). "Jayaprakash: Producer turns leading artiste!". Entertainment.oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. "Pandiraj's next is 'Marina' – Breaking News – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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  7. Srinivasan, Latha (22 April 2016). "'Sarrainodu' review: Allu Arjun packs a punch in an insipid story". DNA. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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