V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer. He is known for appearing in Tamil and Telugu films. He got into limelight in 2009 for his role as a Chokkalingam (school teacher) in the Tamil movie ‘Pasanga.’
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Jayaprakash was born on Thursday, 14 June, 1962 (age 59 years; as of 2021) in Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 6″
Weight (approx.): 80 kg
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
V. Jayaprakash belongs to a Maharashtrian family.
Wife & Children
Jayaprakash got married to Zenith Jayaprakash on 26 September.
He has two sons Udith Dushyanth Jayaprakash and Niranjan Jayaprakash. Both of them are actors.
Career
Film
Jayaprakash made his acting career with the film Mayakannadi (2007).
He appeared in supporting roles for the Tamil movies like Naadodigal (2009), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Yuddham Sei (2011), Mankatha (2011), Moodar Koodam (2013) and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014), Kanchana 2 (2015), Shivalinga (2017), Jai Bhim (2021).
He was also featured in Telugu movies like Sarrainodu (2016), A Aa (2017), Spyder (2017), Jersey (2019), Republic (2021) and many more.
Producer
Jayaprakash debuted as a producer with the Tamil film ‘Gopala Gopala’ (1996).
He owned a production house named GJ Cinema production house. He produced many films under this banner that include Chellamae (2004), April Maadhathil (2002), Thavasi (2001), and many more.
Dubbing Artist
Jayaprakash debuted as a dubbing artist with Akshay Kumar in 2.0 (Tamil).
Awards
In 2010, he won the Jury Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie ‘Pasanga’ (2009).
In 2010, he became the winner of Filmfare Award – Tamil Film Industry for Best Supporting Actor for the movie ‘Pasanga’ (2009).
In 2011, he won the Merit Award for Best Character (Male) for the movie ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ (2010).
In 2021, he was nominated for Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Foreign Language Film for the movie ‘Magamuni’ (2019).
Favourites
Actor: Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao
Facts/Trivia
Jayaprakash started his acting career at the age of 45 in 2007. Before becoming an actor, he did different businesses like dairy farming, petrol business, transport and billiards parlour.
According to Jayaprakash, he did not have much interest in acting. He said that in 2007, the director Cheran of his debut film Mayakannadi, forced him to try acting. He further added that he was surprised to see his acting in the film.
Jayaprakash informed that he was fascinated with cars, and he cleaned his car when the driver was on leave.
In an interview, when Jayaprakash was asked why he gave more importance to the script than the cheque, he said that he was a producer earlier, and he felt the pain a producer had to go through.
In another interview, he talked about the privileges that an actor enjoys. He said,
The best thing about being an actor is the access to so many people, so many young teams, so many creative minds.”
He said in an interview that he was always offered the role of a father, which made him upset. He also said that he wanted to play roles like Nawazuddin Siddiqui did, because the roles that Siddiqui played were interesting.
In an interview, he was asked about why he was offered only exclusive roles. He said,
I just asked a director the same question a few days ago. He said Neenga romba sevapa irukirenga (You’re too fair-skinned) to play a ‘local’ role. I told him that I would take the effort to become a few shades darker: after all, there’s a lot of effort that goes into making a dark guy fair.”
In another interview, he said that he was more interested in acting in a film than producing it. He also said that he went through losses while he worked as a producer. In the interview, he said,
Acting is easier; you are pampered throughout. From getting picked up to being fed, film sets are comfortable for an actor. But if you enjoy being challenged, then being a producer is better.”
The Tamil industry believes that Jayaprakash would be the next Prakash Raj.