Guinness Pakru
Ajay Kumar (born 31 August 1976), popularly known as Guinness Pakru, is an Indian actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm))[1] to play a character in a full-length film. He played the lead role in Athbhutha Dweepu, a Malayalam movie directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil and Telugu versions.
Guinness Pakru | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ajay Kumar 31 August 1976 |
| Other names | Undapakru |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Notable work | Athbhutha Dweepu directed by Vinayan |
| Height | 76 cm (2 ft 6 in) |
| Spouse | Gayathri Mohan (m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | |
The film Athbhutha Dweepu starred him as dwarf prince Gajendra of the kingdom Vamanapuri on a fantasy island, where the men were cursed to be dwarfs and women were of normal height. Around 300 dwarves acted in that film.[2][3] In 2013, Pakru made his directorial debut with the film Kutteem Kolum.
Early life edit
He was born Ajay Kumar, as the eldest son, of Radhakrishna Pillai and Ambujakshiyamma, on 31 August 1976 at his father's home in Mulavana, Kundara. His father was an auto driver and mother was an L.I.C agent who also worked at a telephone service agency on contract. Soon after his birth his family moved to Kottayam. Since his mother was often transferred they moved from one place to other and finally settled at Pandavam, Aymanam, Kerala.[4] He has two younger sisters, Kavitha and Sangeetha.[5]
He studied at C.M.S L.P School, Chalukunnu until fourth grade[6] and at C.M.S High School, Olassa until S.S.L.C.[7] Then he joined Baselius College, Kottayam and completed his pre degree and graduation from there. He is a BA graduate in economics and has a diploma in computer science.
He started his career as a mimicry artist and later moved to films. He worked as a mimicry artist in mimicry troupes like Mangalam Mimics, Nadirsha's Cochin Universal and Kottayam Nazeer's Cochin Discovery.[8] By age 18 he had completed 1000 mimicry stages.
He debuted through the children's film Ambili Ammavan (The Moon) in 1984. He now also acts in TV serials.
Personal life edit
Pakru married Gayathri Mohan 9 March 2006.[9][10] They have two daughters.[11]
Transformation to director edit
Pakru became a director with the 2013 Malayalam movie Kutteem Kolum, in which he also played the lead role in the movie. He may be the shortest director in filmdom. The film starred Aditya, Sanusha, Laya, Munna, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Vijayaraghavan and Ponnamma Babu. The camera was handled by Vinod Bharathi and music by Shaan Rahman.
Honours and awards edit
Pakru made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest lead actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm)) to play a character in a full-length film. His accomplishment is cited on the 167th page of the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records. He was also presented with a Kerala State Film Award best supporting actor Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for his performance in the film Dishyum in 2006.[12][13]
- Guinness Book of Records (2008 edition) - shortest actor to play a lead character in a full-length movie
- Guinness Book of Records (2013 edition) - shortest film director in the world to direct a full-length movie
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize (2006) - Dishyum
- Movie Street Film Awards (2020)-Best Actor- Special Jury(Ilayaraja)
Filmography edit
As actor edit
- Malayalam
- Ambili Ammavan (1986)....as Undapakru
- Ithaa Samayamaayi (1987)
- Antharjanam (1989)....Pakru
- Joker (2000)....as Joker
- Basket (2002)
- Kunjikoonan (2002)....as Suhasini
- Meesha Madhavan (2002)
- Malsaram (2003)....as Induchoodan
- Athbhutha Dweepu (2005)....as Prince Gajendran (Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award) in 2005)
- Manikyan (2005)....as Watchman
- Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006)
- Athisayan (2007)
- Mulla (2008)....Chandran
- Twenty:20 (2008)....as a worker in Tea shop
- Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009)....as Balan
- Sivapuram (2009)
- Puthiya Mukham (2009)
- Loudspeaker (2009)....as an agent
- Bodyguard (2010)....as Kudamaloor Balaji
- My Big Father (2010)....as Kunjumon
- Swantham Bharya Zindabad (2010)....as Vettoor Sivankutty
- Note Out (2011)
- Payyans (2011)
- Venicile Vyapari (2011)....as Kochukrishnan
- Rathinirvedam (2011)
- Killadi Raman (2011)....as Bada Bhai
- Snake & Ladder (2012)
- Perinoru Makaan
(2012)....as Murugan
- My Fan Ramu (2013)
- Housefull (2013)....as Dr. Shenayi
- Kutteem Kolum (2013)....as Vinayakan
- Immanuel (2013)....as Kannadi Kavi Shivan
- Abhiyum Njanum (2013)....as Veerabhadran
- Ring Master (2014)....as Achankunju
- 6 (2015).....as Vedalam
- 3 Wicketinu 365 Runs (2015)
- Punyalan Private Limited (2017)....as Bank Manager
- Ilayaraja (2019)
- Fancy Dress (2019)
- Mr. Pavanayi 99.99 (2019)
- Veerapakru (2020)
- Tamil
- Dishyum (2006) ....as Amitabh (Tamil Nadu State Film Award (Special Prizes))
- Arputha Theevu (2007)....as Kajendran
- Thalai Ezhuthu (2009).... as Kirthik
- Kaavalan (2011)
- 7aum Arivu (2011)
- Ariyaan (2012)
- Bagheera (2023)....as Pakru
As director edit
- Kuttiyum Kolum (2013)
As producer edit
- Fancy Dress' (2019)
Television edit
- Serials
- Savari Girigiri (Surya TV)[14]
- Tom and Jerry (Asianet)
- Vallabhan C/O Vallabhan
- Cinemala (Asianet)
- Five Star Thattukada (Asianet)
- Ente Maathavu (Surya TV)
- Erivum Puliyum (Zee Keralam)
- Shows
- Chirikum Pattanam (Kairali TV)
- Comedy Festival (Mazhavil Manorama)
- Pokeeri Peekiri (Asianet Plus)
- Kuttykalavara (Flowers TV)
- Komedy Circus (Mazhavil Manorama)
- Comedy Utsavam (Flowers)
- Thakarppan Comedy (Mazhavil Manorama)
- Midumidukki (Flowers TV channel)
- Top Singer (Flowers TV)
- Music Ulsavam (Flowers TV)
- Comedy masters (Amrita TV)
- Comedy Utsavam 3 (Flowers TV)
- Drama juniors ( Zee Keralam)
References edit
- ^ "Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ . MSN India. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008.
- ^ . Yahoo! Movies News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008.
- ^ . mangalamvarika.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ V. N. Rakhi (14 August 2014). "അമൃതമായി അഭയമായി അമ്മ". manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ . mangalamvarika.com. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ . Mangalamvarika: 24. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ . mangalamvarika. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ . Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
- ^ . My-Kerala.com. 11 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
The short hero of Malayalam film industry, actor Ajayakumar, popularly known as Undapakru got married on Thursday in his native town of Kottayam.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Guinness Pakru, wife welcome their second daughter". Onmanorama. 22 March 2023.
- ^ "UndaPakru' enters Guinness book". keralamax.
- ^ "Undapakru in Guinness book". BizHat.
- ^ . mangalam varika. 10 June 2013. p. 37. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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External links edit
- Ajaykumar at IMDb