Chinni Jayanth

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. He has a son, Srutanjay Narayanan, who has now cleared the UPSC exams to become an IAS officer.^[2]

Jayanth began his acting career in 1984, playing the supporting role to the eccentric villain in director Mahendran's film Kai Kodukkum Kai.^[3]

He fell into a niche with his unique style of comedy which included the creation of some unique words like "gilfans", "silfans", etc.

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.^[4] The second film he directed was Kaanal Neer, which introduced J.K. Rithesh and Manisha Chatterjee in lead roles.^[4]

His last direction was the movie Neeye Yen Kaadhali (2010),^[5] and played a vital role in the screen play.^[5] The film was graded by experts Suresh Menon and Brian Jennings at HD Studios, Sushma Multimedia, Chennai.^[6]