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Ajay Kumar (born 31 August 1976) known as Guinness Pakru, is a Malayalam comedy actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest actor ({{convert|2|ft|6|in|cm|abbr=on}})^[1] to play a character in a full-length film. He played the lead role in Albhutha Dweep, a Malayalam movie directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil.

The film Albutha Dweep 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

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, Kollam. 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

Pakru married Gayathri Mohan in March 2006.^[9]^[10] They have a daughter, Deeptha Keerthi, born on 14 April 2009.^[11] Pakru once said that Deeptha Keerthi was actually his second daughter. Before her, there was a daughter who lived only for two weeks.

Transformation to director

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

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 Book of Records. He was also presented with a Kerala State Film Award and a special Tamil Nadu State Film Award for his performance in the film Dishyum in 2006.^[12]^[13]

Filmography

As actor

As director

As producer

Television

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5201242/Indian-comedy-star-Ajay-Kumar-is-worlds-smallest-actor.html|accessdate=12 June 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 April 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |title=Undapakru, shortest actor |publisher=MSN India |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206025745/http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |archivedate=6 February 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |title=shortest actor |publisher=Yahoo! Movies News |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232149/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |archivedate=5 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Mangalam-varika-18-Mar-2013|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/79/24|publisher=mangalamvarika.com|accessdate=31 October 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|author1=V. N. Rakhi|title=അമൃതമായി അഭയമായി അമ്മ|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/mmonline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=17368255&tabId=5&BV_ID=@@@|publisher=manoramaonline.com|accessdate=15 August 2014|date=14 August 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=എനിക്കൊരു പരിപാടി നടത്തണം|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/80/24|publisher=mangalamvarika.com|accessdate=15 August 2014|date=25 March 2013}}
7. ^{{cite journal|title=മിഠായികള്‍ തന്ന കസേര|journal=Mangalamvarika|date=1 April 2013|page=24|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/81/24|accessdate=15 August 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=ജയസുര്യയുടെ ദുരിതകാലം|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/88/48|publisher=mangalamvarika|accessdate=15 August 2014|date=20 May 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/mar112006/national1845252006310.asp |title=Kerala’s dwarf hero weds tall princess |publisher=Deccan Herald}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.my-kerala.com/n/a/arc2-2006.shtml |title=Short hero, Undapakru ties a tall knot |publisher=My-Kerala.com}}
11. ^http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/128777/
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://keralamax.com/news/fulldetail.php?t=8406&sid=60e158e8e525a40fb3c69760cd003f4b |title=UndaPakru’ enters Guinness book |publisher=keralamax}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://movies.bizhat.com/news/undapakru_in_guinness_book.php |title=Undapakru in Guinness book |publisher=BizHat}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=ജീവിതം മാറ്റിമറിച്ച അത്ഭുതദ്വീപ്‌|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/91/37|publisher=mangalam varika|accessdate=15 August 2014|page=37|date=10 June 2013}}