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Kalidas Jayaram is an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam films.

The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut with the Malayalam film Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (2000) at the tender age of 7. Later he starred in the film Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003) which won him the National Award for Best Child Artist.

Kalidas was born to actors Jayaram and Parvathy. He has a younger sister Malavika Jayaram. He completed his schooling from Choice School, Cochin, Kerala He received his bachelor's degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

Kalidas has proved himself as a talented actor from his performances as a child artist itself. He made his debut as a child artist in Sathyan Anthikkad's "Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal" (2000) at the tender age of 7. He received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his second film "Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum" (2003) directed by Siby Malayil. The interesting part is that in both the films, he played as Jayaram's son. In the year 2014, his mimicry performance imitating Surya, Ajith and Vijay at the 8th Vijay Awards became a huge hit and he was reportedly approached by a line of ace directors to cast him as the lead hero for their upcoming projects. But Kalidas instead chose to act as the lead hero for Balaji Tharaneetharan's second directorial venture Oru Pakka Kathai. Kamal Haasan, close friend of his father Jayaram introduced Kalidas during the launch of the movie in Chennai. The film will start rolling in October 2014 and is slated for an early 2015 release.

Ritika Singh is an Indian actress and mixed martial artist, who predominantly appears in Tamil films and also has appeared in Hindi and Telugu films. After competing for India at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games and then participating in the Super Fight League, she played a leading role in Sudha Kongara Prasad's Tamil film Irudhi Suttru (also shot in Hindi as Saala Khadoos) alongside R. Madhavan.  She won Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards for her performance in Irudhi Suttru.

Mixed martial arts career

Ritika Singh trained as a kickboxer and as a mixed martial artist from her childhood, under the guidance of her father. She made her debut in a national competition by competing in the 52 kg category at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games as a kickboxer. She subsequently appeared in the inaugural season of the Super Fight League and competed as a mixed martial artist.

Acting career

In 2013, Singh was spotted by director Sudha Kongara Prasad in an advert for the Super Fight League and was later auditioned to play a leading role in her bilingual film, Saala Khadoos (2016), after the makers managed to contact her through the competition's chairman, Raj Kundra.

Portraying Madhi, a Marwari girl who grows up in the slums of Chennai, Singh was signed because the makers wanted a professional boxer to act, rather than an actress to act as a boxer. For the Tamil version, Irudhi Suttru, Singh phonetically learned her part in Tamil by writing down the dialogues in Hindi. Co-produced by the film's lead actor R. Madhavan and Rajkumar Hirani, the film was released in late January 2016.  Ritika received rave reviews for her portrayal, with Sify.com stating "she is a marvelous discovery" and "her lip sync, body language and gait is a major highlight for the film".  For her performance in Irudhi Suttru, Ritika won the a Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards, and became the first actress, who did not dub for her role, to be recognised at the National Awards.  Singh later appeared in Manikandan's Aandavan Kattalai, which was released in September 2016.

As of September 2016, Singh is working on P. Vasu's Shivalinga and Guru, the Telugu remake of Irudhi Suttru.