Karthik Jayaram

Karthik Jayaram is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is known for his work in the Colors Kannada television soap opera Ashwini Nakshatra, in which he played actor Jay "JK" Krishna. He also acted in Siya Ke Ram as Raavana in Star Plus.^[1] His first role as a lead actor came in Just Love.^[2] He was second runner-up in the 2017 reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5.

Karthik Jayaram
Born	01 May 1979 (45 years) Koppa, Karnataka
Occupation(s)	Actor, model, engineer
Years active	2010–present

Television

Karthik appeared in a television soap, Ashwini Nakshatra. In 2015, he was signed to play the role of Ravana in the mythological Hindi television series Siya Ke Ram that would be aired on Star Plus. He entered the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5. He finished as second runner-up.

Television
Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref
2013–2015	Ashwini Nakshatra	Jay Krishna "JK"	Colors Kannada	Main Lead	[3]
2013	Agnisakshi	Superstar Jk	Colors Kannada	Guest for some episodes
2015- 2016	Siya Ke Ram	Ravana	Star Plus	Voiced by Manoj Pandey
2017-2018	Bigg Boss Kannada 5	Contestant	Colors Super	Second Runner up
2020	Naagini 2	Aadishesha	Zee Kannada	First Episode
2022–present	Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul	Iblis	Sony SAB	Main Antagonist	[4]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
2011	Kempe Gowda	Vaikunta
	Vishnuvardhana	Dr. Surya Prakash
	Jarasandha	Ravi Poojary
2012	Eega	Sudeep's friend	Uncredited role; Bilingual (Telugu, Tamil)
2013	Varadanayaka	Siddu
	Padhe Padhe			[5]
2014	Just Love	Surya
2015	Chandrika	Arjun	Bilingual (Kannada, Telugu)
	Bengaluru 560023	Karthik		[6]
	Care of Footpath 2	Inspector Karthik		[7]
2016	Sa	Zakir Hussain
2017	Vismaya	Christopher
2018	Kuchiku Kuchiku
	Aa Karaala Ratri	Chenna Keshava	Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Kannada
	May 1st	Ravaana	Also scriptwriter[8]
	Puta 109	Inspector JK
2020	O Pushpa I Hate Tears	Adhitya	Hindi film
2021	Maaligai	Vishnu / Vishnuvardhan	Tamil film; Only dubbed version released	[9][10]
2023	Iravan			[11]