Kalidas Jayaram

Kalidas was born the elder of two children, to actors Jayaram and Parvathy in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He did his schooling from Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai^[6] and his plus-two from Choice School, Cochin, Kerala. He received his bachelor's degree in visual communication from Loyola College, Chennai.^[7]

Like his father, he is skilled at imitating actors, and the mimicry performed during a Vijay TV award show and an advertisement for a chocolate brand made him familiar to people.^[8]

He married Tarini Kalingarayar, who was third runner up of Miss Diva 2021, on 8 December 2024.^[9][10]

At the age of 7,^{[contradictory]} he made his debut in Sathyan Anthikad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000).^[11][12] He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003).^[13][14]

In 2016, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016).^[15][16]

He made his debut as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema in Poomaram (2018).^[17] Next, Kalidas had 3 releases: Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019),^[18][19] Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu (2019)^[20][21] and Happy Sardar (2019).^[22][23]

His work on OTT, especially in Paava Kadhaigal (2020) have brought him critical acclaim. His role as Sathar in Sudha Kongara's short, Thangam, saw him portray the role of a trans woman.^[24] Kalidas played the lead in Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai (2020).^[25]

He has since played supporting roles in the action films Vikram (2022) and Raayan (2024).