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Jiiva Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Family, Images

Jiiva is an Indian movie actor, philanthropist, and producer, who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a child actor in 1991. He made his debut movie Aasai Aasaiyai in the lead role of Vinod which is directed by Ravi Mariya in the year 2003. He is now featuring in Sundar C‘s latest movie Coffee With Kaadhal.

He started his acting career in the year 1991, as a child actor in his father’s production. Then in the year 2003, he made his debut movie Aasai Aasaiyai in the lead role which is directed by Ravi Mariya but the movie was not good at the box office. His second movie is Thithikudhe in this movie he featured Sridevi Vijayakumar and the movie is produced by his father. In 2005, he made his third movie Raam directed by Ameer which is his breakthrough movie in his acting career, and the movie was screened at the International Film Festival in Goa and later at the Cyprus International Film Festival, where he also won the Best Actor award. Later he featured in the movie Dishyum with Kadhal Sandhya and in the same year he featured as an NSG Commando in a Malayalam movie Keerthi Chakra with Mohanlal. Then for this movie, he grabbed the Best Pair Award along with Gopika at Asianet Film Awards. In 2007, he appeared in the movie Kattradhu Thamizh with Anjali which is a sleeper hit movie and he appeared in the movies Rameswaram in 2007 and Thenavattu in 2008 was average at the box office.

In 2009, he appeared in the movie Siva Manasula Sakthi directed by Rajesh which is a romantic comedy movie. Later in 2010, she signed for the movie Kacheri Arambam with Poonam Bajwa produced by his father. Then in the year 2012, he featured in the movie Nanban which is the remake of the Bollywood blockbuster movie 3 Idiots. In this movie, he featured actors Vijay and Srikanth, and the movie is directed by Shankar. Then he appeared in Mysskin‘s superhero movie Mugamoodi and the movie has received a mixed review. In the same year, he featured in the Gautham Menon‘s movie Neethaane En Ponvasantham with Samantha and Santhanam but the movie was average at the box office. In 2016, he made his 25th movie Pokkiri Raja with Hansika Motwani which offered mixed to negative reviews. Then in the following years, he featured in various movies like Kavalai Vendam with Kajal Aggarwal directed by Deekay, Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae with Sri Divya, Kalakalappu 2 with Shiva, Jai, Nikki Galrani, and Catherine Tresa directed by Sundar C. Apart from acting he appeared as a judge on STAR Vijay’s reality dance competition Jodi Number One season 3 with Sangeetha and Aishwarya Rajinikanth. Moreover, he also appeared as a judge on Astro’s Yuttha Media All-Stars Grand Finals in Malaysia.
Biography
Name | Jiiva |
Real Name | Amar Choudary |
Nickname | J’amar |
Profession | Actor, Producer |
Date of Birth | 4 January 1984 |
Age | 38 (as of 2022) |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Family | Father: R.B. Choudary Mother: Mahjabeen Brothers: Suresh Choudary, Jeevan Choudary, Jithan Ramesh |
Marital Status | Married (21 November 2007) |
Affairs/Girlfriends | NA |
Wife | Supriya (Interior Designer) |
Children | Son: Sparsha Choudary |
Religion | Hindu |
Educational Qualification | Multimedia Graduate |
School | Adarsh Senior Secondary School, T Nagar, Chennai |
College | Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai |
Hobbies | Listening to music, Reading, Watching films |
Birth Place | Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
Hometown | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Current City | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality | Indian |
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Movies
Year | Film | Role(s) | Notes |
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2003 | Aasai Aasaiyai | Vinod | |
2003 | Thithikudhe | Chinnu (Venu) | |
2005 | Raam | Rama Krishna | |
2006 | Dishyum | Bhaskar | |
2006 | Keerthi Chakra | Havildar Jaikumar | Malayalam filmAsianet Best Star Pair Award – Keerthi Chakra (shared with Gopika ) |
2006 | E | Easwaran (E) | |
2007 | Pori | Hari | |
2007 | Kattradhu Thamizh | Prabhakar | Nominated 2nd Vijay Awards for Best Actor |
2007 | Rameswaram | Jeevan | |
2008 | Thenavattu | Kottaisami | |
2009 | Siva Manasula Sakthi | Siva | |
2009 | TN 07 AL 4777 | Narrator | |
2010 | Kacheri Arambam | Paari | |
2010 | Boss Engira Bhaskaran | Shiva | Cameo appearance |
2011 | Singam Puli | Ashok Kumar, Shiva | |
2011 | Ko | Ashwin Kumar | |
2011 | Rowthiram | Siva | |
2011 | Vandhaan Vendraan | Arjun | |
2012 | Nanban | Sevarkodi Senthil | |
2012 | Mugamoodi | Anand (Bruce Lee) | |
2012 | Neethaane En Ponvasantham | Varun Krishnan | Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor |
2012 | Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Train Passenger | Special appearance in song "Koti Koti" (Telugu film) |
2013 | David | David | |
2013 | Endrendrum Punnagai | Goutham Sridhar | |
2014 | Jilla | Himself | Special appearance in "Paatu Onnu" Song |
2014 | Yaan | K.Chandrasekhar | |
2015 | Inji Iduppazhagi | Himself | Cameo appearance |
2015 | Size Zero | Himself | Telugu film; cameo appearance |
2016 | Pokkiri Raja | Sanjeevi | 25th Film |
2016 | Thirunaal | Blade Ganesh | |
2016 | Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru | Karthik Kumar | Cameo appearance |
2016 | Kavalai Vendam | Aravind Baskar | |
2017 | Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae | Vasu | |
2018 | Kalakalappu 2 | Srinivas | |
2018 | Tamizh Padam 2 | Himself | Special appearance |
2019 | Kee | Siddharth | |
2019 | Gorilla | Jiiva | |
2020 | Seeru | Manimaran | |
2020 | Gypsy | Gypsy | |
2021 | Kalathil Santhippom | Ashok | |
2021 | 83 | Kris Srikkanth | Hindi film |
2022 | Coffee With Kaadhal | TBA | Filming |
2022 | Golmaal | TBA | Filming |
2022 | Varalaru Mukkiyam | TBA | Filming |
Images
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