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Chinni Jayanth (born: Krishnamurthy Narayanan) is a Tamil director, Producer, Comedian, Actor, and Mimicry Artist, who has appeared in many Main , Character and Supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular Television personality having hosted innumerable Hit shows like \'Sagalai Vs Ragalai \', \'Kalakka Povathu Yaar \' and the popular show Asathapovathu Yaaru on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also the recipient of the prestigious \'KALAIMAMANI AWARD \'given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of Cinema . He received this award from the Hon\'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.

He carved a niche for himself with his unique style of comedy which included the creation of some unique words like gilfans, silfans etc. which became a rage among the youth. His supporting roles in movies like Kizhaku Vasal, Idhayam, Kan Ethire Thondrinal, and Chinna pulla, have been widely appreciated by the audience.

Chinni Jayanth is an alumnus of Wesley High School, Chennai. He went on to study at New College, Royapettah. He then completed his acting course (Diploma in Film Technology, DFTech) from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Taramani.

Jayanth began his acting career in 1984, playing the eccentric villain in director Mahendran\'s film Kai Kodukkum Kai the film was a disaster at the Box office, starring alongside veteran Indian actor Rajnikanth.

Chinni Jayanth is also a world famous mimic. He has been conferred the title of \'MIMICRY SUPERSTAR \' for his extraordinary Mimicry skills and also for being the Pioneer in this field having popularised this Art form not just in films but in Stage shows all over the world. 

He has the ability to mimic not just great personalities but can mimic the actions and gestures of many animals and real life characters like the vendors also. He has performed all over the world. Chinni Jayanth has performed for prestigious organisation like ATMA (American Tamil Medical Association ) and GATS ( Greater Atlanta Tamil Sangam )in the US and for various other prestigious organisations across the Globe

Jayanth\'s performance in Chinna Pulla (1994) along with Revathy was well received. In the movie, Jayanth portrayed a mentally challenged person. This movie was also the first production of his company Ashtalakshmi Creators.His first directional venture was the film Unakkaga Mattum.  The second film he directed was Kaanal Neer, which introduced J.K. Rithesh and Manisha Chatterjee in lead roles.

He has directed the recent movie Neeye Yen Kaadhali (2010). and played a vital role in the screen play.  The film was graded by experts Suresh Menon and Brian Jennings at HD Studios, Sushma Multimedia, Chennai.

Chinni Jayanth has also anchored many hit shows in different channels, such as like Sagalai vs Ragalai and Kalakka povathu yaar on Vijay TV.