Karthik Jayaram is an Indian actor in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based ...

. He is known for his work in the

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television

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''Ashwini Nakshatra'', in which he played actor Jay "JK" Krishna. He also acted in ''

Siya Ke Ram ''Siya Ke Ram'' ( ''Sita's Ram'') is an Indian television series on Star Plus produced by Nikhil Sinha under the banner of Triangle Film Company. This show presents the epic ''Ramayana'', the story of Sita and Rama from Sita's perspective. The s ...

'' as Raavana in

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. His first role as a lead actor came in ''Just Love''. He was second runner-up in the 2017 reality show ''

Bigg Boss Kannada 5 The fifth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on 15 October 2017. Sudeep reprised his role as the host of the show. The finale of the season took place 28 January 2018, and rapper ...

''.

Television

Karthik appeared in a television soap, ''Ashwini Nakshatra''. In 2015, he was signed to play the role of

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in the mythological

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television series ''

'' that would be aired on

. He entered the reality show ''

''. He finished as second runner-up.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayaram, Karthik Male actors from Bengaluru Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors Male actors in Kannada cinema 1979 births Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male television actors People from Chikmagalur district Male actors in Kannada television Male actors in Hindi television