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He doesn’t possess the looks that melt chocolate nor has a pedigree attached, yet from anchoring TV programmes to being the blue-eyed boy of Mollywood, Jayasurya has come a long way. Nine years and more than 45 films in the industry, the young star says he still doesn’t believe in the larger-than-life aura stardom offers and all he wants in his career is a pack of good films. “I don’t want to be a superstar, just a good actor,” he says. Ask him about the number of projects he is currently in and out comes a creditable list of projects, but ask him whether he is the busiest star now and he answers in negative. “For me numbers don’t count. There is no point in doing a mediocre full-length role in a film when a 10-minute-long cameo can hog all the limelight. Everything depends upon the subject and the solidity of the role offered.”Jayasurya is one star who has freed himself from the bondage of stereotypes. He says he had no qualms returning to multi-strarrers and doing villains even after his solo hit Ivar Vivahitharayal last year. “I make it a point not to stick in the industry as an image prototype. I have done leads, comic sidekicks and baddies at the same time. Any other actor will think twice before committing to play the villain in Gulumal and Vairam, but I believe in variety and experimentation. I was to play the hero of the film Kangaroo, but the makers couldn’t find an antihero who is not easily labelled as one at the first sight. I chucked the lead as I found the role of a menacing baddie a real challenge,” he says. Jayasurya is all excited and hopeful about his next release Nallavan which he thinks will be a landmark film in his careergraph. “When you agree to do a film with a first-timer you should feel a level of confidence about what you are stepping into. Though he hasn’t even worked as an assistant Aji John is a filmmaker preoccupied with cinema, has an excellent visual sense, and I believe in him.” In Nallavn Jayasurya appears on screen in four different getups as the hero Kocherukkan. He plays a zesty village youth who passes through different ages from 20 to 35. “My character is in love with a girl and both of them work as domestic helps in a pretty hamlet somewhere in the outskirts of Kerala. But things take a toll when he is thrown behind the bars.” The film involves Kocherukkan’s jailbreaks but Jayasurya says that doesn’t essentially make it an action thriller. “It’s basically a highly romantic love story, something Malayalam cinema has been missing for sometime now. It’s also the first Malayalam film that uses a complete Tamil - Malayalam mixed rural setting and my change in getup including the curly hair is just to suit my character.” With a number of projects up his sleeve Jayasurya says he has absolutely no plans to shift loyalties to other language films. “I was offered some good projects in Tamil recently but it was my decision to stay back. Why should I think of such options when Malayalam cinema has to offer a lot more than the potboilers produced there? he asks. Though not a fitness freak the young actor says he is cautious about his physique because of the comparison and competition in the field. “I don’t think six-packs is needed in Malayalam. You cannot act with your abs muscles, right,” he asks. After his stint in the industry for sometime now Jayasurya is all geared to produce his first film titled Cocktail. The film will be directed by Arun Kumar in which Anoop Menon will play an important character with Jayasurya.

Malayalam films

No.	Year	Title	Role	Main Starring	BO Verdict
1	2001	Dosth	Junior Artist	Dileep,Kavya Madhavan, Kunchacko boban	hit
2	2001	Aparanmar Nagarathil	Junior Artist	Kottayam Nazeer, Raja Sahib	Flop
3	2002	Oomapenninu Uriyadapayyan	Bobby Ommen	Kavya Madhavan	super hit
4	2002	Pranayamanithooval	Vinod	Gopika	flop
5	2002	Kattuchempakam	Chandru	Charmy	disaster
6	2003	Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku	Dinesan Kondodi	Gerly	flop
7	2003	Swapnakkoodu	Ashtamoorthy	Kunchacko Boban, Prithviraj, Meera Jasmine, Bhavana	super hit
8	2003	Pulival Kalyanam	Harikrishnan	Kavya Madhavan	super hit
9	2003	Two Wheeler		Kavya Madhavan	unreleased
10	2004	Vellinakshathram	Guest appearance	Prithviraj, Meenakshi	hit
11	2004	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Chandu	Navya Nair, Vineeth, Bhavana	super hit
12	2004	Greetings	Gopan	Kavya Madhavan	disaster
13	2005	Immini Nalloraal	Jeevan	Navya Nair	disaster
14	2005	Bus Conductor	Najeeb	Mammootty, Bhavana	hit
15	2006	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Balu	Mohanlal, Kunchacko Boban, Kavya Madhavan	flop
16	2006	Classmates	Satheesan Kanjikkuzhi	Prithviraj, Kavya Madhavan, Narain	block buster
17	2006	Smart City		Suresh Gopi, Gopika	flop
18	2007	Athisayan	Roy	Kavya Madhavan, Jackie Shroff	disaster
19	2007	Changathipoocha	Sivan	Radhika	flop
20	2007	Arabikkatha	Sidharthan	Sreenivasan, Indrajith	super hit
21	2007	Kichamani MBA	Sajan	Suresh Gopi, Navya Nair, Priyanka	flop
22	2007	Chocolate	Renjith	Prithviraj, Roma, Samvrutha Sunil	super hit
23	2007	Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan	G.K alias Gopalakrishnan	Indrajith, Bhama, Sherin	flop
24	2007	Kangaroo	Monachan	Prithviraj, Kavya Madhavan, Kaveri	average
25	2008	De! Ingottu Nokkiye	Sivan	Sara	disaster
26	2008	Minnaminnikoottam	Manikunju	Narain, Meera Jasmine, Roma	average
27	2008	Positive	Asst.Commissionor Aniyan	Vani Kishore	flop
28	2008	Shakespeare M.A Malayalam	Shakespeare Pavithran	Roma	average
29	2008	Parunthu	Vinayan	Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai, Kalyani	flop
30	2009	Twenty:20	Cameo	Leading all Stars	block buster
31	2009	Currency	Keshu	Meera Nandan	flop
32	2009	LollyPop	Francis	Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban, Roma, Bhavana	average
33	2009	Love In Singapore		Mammootty, Navneet Kaur	flop
34	2009	Doctor-Patient	Dr.Ruben Isaac	Radha Varma	flop
35	2009	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Vivek	Bhama, Samvrutha Sunil,Navya Nair	super hit
36	2009	Oru Black & White Kudumbam	Adithya Varma	Kalabhavan Mani, Bhama	average
37	2009	Vairam: Fight For Justice	Jose Kutty	Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Meera Vasudevan, Samvrutha Sunil	average
38	2009	Robinhood	Police Officer	Bhavana, Prithviraj	hit
39	2009	Kerala Cafe		Prithviraj, Rahman	average
40	2009	Utharaswayamvaram	Prakash	Roma, Lalu Alex	average
41	2009	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Ramu	Innocent, Meera Nandan	flop
42	2009	Gulumal-The Escape	Jerry	Kunchacko Boban, Mithra Kurian	hit
43	2010	Happy Husbands	John Mathai	Jayaram, Indrajith, Bhavana	super hit

Tamil Films

No.	Year	Title	Role	Co-Star	Director
1	2002	En Mana Vanil	Ganesh	Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith	Vinayan
2	2004	Vasool Raja MBBS	Zakir	Kamal Haasan, Prabhu	Saran
3	2006	Manathodu Mazhaikalam	Karthik	Shaam, Nithya Das , Samiksha
4	2008	Manidhan		Meena
5	2008	Chakraviyugam	Inspector Sathish Mishra	Nataraj, Daisy Boppanna	Udayabhanu Maheswaran