Elephant crazy South Indian Film Actor

Actor Jayaram in one of his film


Actor Jayaram and family with his own elephant "Kannan"

Quoted from a website about him.....

Everyone knows Jayaram’s craze for elephants from childhood. He grew up in Perumbavoor and Malayatoor, the beginning of forest area in Idukki district of Kerala. The Forest range office in Malayatoor was next to his family house and that’s how our hero got the chance to see wild elephants being tamed by domestic elephants!
Later Jayaram used to go for all temple festivals just to watch elephants. Finally after he became a star, he fulfilled his ambition to buy an elephant and named it Kannan. Jayaram has also done a few films which had elephants in them. And now his next film Aanachantham for director Jayaraj is being shot in Ottapalam.
In Aanachantham Jayaram plays the role of Krishna Prasad a crazy elephant lover who goes for all temple festivals with his elephant Mambally Arjunan. He literally lives and works for the elephant which creates problems in the joint family that he is living.