Jai Akash

Jai Akash
Born	Satish Nageswaran 18th March Srilanka
Other names	Akash
Occupation	Actor, Director
Years active	1999 - present
Spouse(s)	Nisha

Jai Akash, also known as Akash is an Indian actor, who mainly acts in Tamil and Telugu films. He has appeared in a few Kannada and Hindi films too.^[1]

Career

Jai Akash began his career with Rojavaanam before shifting to Telugu films. In between he acted in two Tamil films Roja Koottam and Pengal.^[2] He returned and played the lead in Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu opposite Neha and produced by Ramoji Rao. Most of his Tamil films have been commercial failures.^[3][4]

His first film in Telugu Anandam was directed by Sreenu Vaitla. He teamed up with Sreenu Vaitla again in Anandam Anandamayae.

He has also produced and directed a few films which also failed.^[5] His first directorial venture was Sweet Heart. He directed and acted in a film called Mr Rajesh - The Killer, where he played seven characters.

Currently he is acting in Aa Iddaru (Telugu), Win (Tamil and Telugu), 100 (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) and Black Moon (Hindi and Telugu).

In 2004, Jai Akash helped producer Sivasakthi Pandian, who has produced films such as Kadhal Kottai, and Kannethirae Thontrinal, by giving Sixty Five Lakhs to clear his debts. Sivasakthi Pandian became the Secretary of Tamil Film Producers Council and openly gave an interview in Tamil Weekly Kumudham, that he gave success to many actors in Tamil film industry and they never helped him.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

In 2005, Jai Akash's Guru Deva released and failed at the box office. The Telugu dubbed version of the film, Guru also failed with Muppa Ankanna Rao, the executive producer of the version, failing to promote the film. Rao launched complaint to the police that Akash had hired attackers to threaten him for failing to publicize the film and subsequently Akash was arrested but later released.^[6]

In 2009, Jai Akash filed a complaint to the Nadigar Sangam against actress Sunaina following allegations from her which claimed that she was not a part of the intimate scenes in the film, Madan and that Jai Akash as director had used a double.^[7] Denying such reports, Jai Akash went on to claim that Sunaina was attempting to distance herself from the film.^[8]

Filmography

Awards & Recognitions

References

External links

• Jai Akash at the Internet Movie Database