Guinness Pakru

Ajay Kumar (born 31 August 1976), popularly known as Guinness Pakru, is an Indian actor. He has made an entry into the Guinness World Records for being the shortest actor (2 ft 6 in (76 cm))[1] to play a character in a full-length film. He played the lead role in Athbhutha Dweepu, a Malayalam movie directed by Vinayan. The movie was later dubbed in Tamil and Telugu versions.

For other people named Ajay Kumar, see Ajay Kumar.

Guinness Pakru
Born
Ajay Kumar

(1976-08-31) 31 August 1976
Kollam, Kerala, India
Other namesUndapakru
Occupations
Years active1986–present
Notable workAthbhutha Dweepu directed by Vinayan
Height76 cm (2 ft 6 in)
Spouse
Gayathri Mohan
​
(m. 2006)​
Children2
Awards

The film Athbhutha Dweepu 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. 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 9 March 2006.[9][10] They have two daughters.[11]

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 World Records. He was also presented with a Kerala State Film Award best supporting actor Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for his performance in the film Dishyum in 2006.[12][13]

Guinness World Records
  • Guinness Book of Records (2008 edition) - shortest actor to play a lead character in a full-length movie
  • Guinness Book of Records (2013 edition) - shortest film director in the world to direct a full-length movie
Kerala State Film Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Filmography

As actor
Malayalam
Tamil

As director

As producer
  • Fancy Dress' (2019)

Television
Serials
Shows
  • Chirikum Pattanam (Kairali TV)
  • Comedy Festival (Mazhavil Manorama)
  • Pokeeri Peekiri (Asianet Plus)
  • Kuttykalavara (Flowers TV)
  • Komedy Circus (Mazhavil Manorama)
  • Comedy Utsavam (Flowers)
  • Thakarppan Comedy (Mazhavil Manorama)
  • Midumidukki (Flowers TV channel)
  • Top Singer (Flowers TV)
  • Music Ulsavam (Flowers TV)
  • Comedy masters (Amrita TV)
  • Comedy Utsavam 3 (Flowers TV)
  • Drama juniors ( Zee Keralam)

References
  1. "Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  2. "Undapakru, shortest actor". MSN India. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008.
  3. "shortest actor". Yahoo! Movies News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008.
  4. "Mangalam-varika-18-Mar-2013". mangalamvarika.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. V. N. Rakhi (14 August 2014). "അമൃതമായി അഭയമായി അമ്മ". manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. "എനിക്കൊരു പരിപാടി നടത്തണം". mangalamvarika.com. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "മിഠായികള്‍ തന്ന കസേര". Mangalamvarika: 24. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "ജയസുര്യയുടെ ദുരിതകാലം". mangalamvarika. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "Kerala's dwarf hero weds tall princess". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
  10. "Short hero, Undapakru ties a tall knot". My-Kerala.com. 11 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2007. The short hero of Malayalam film industry, actor Ajayakumar, popularly known as Undapakru got married on Thursday in his native town of Kottayam.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Guinness Pakru, wife welcome their second daughter". Onmanorama. 22 March 2023.
  12. "UndaPakru' enters Guinness book". keralamax.
  13. "Undapakru in Guinness book". BizHat.
  14. "ജീവിതം മാറ്റിമറിച്ച അത്ഭുതദ്വീപ്‌". mangalam varika. 10 June 2013. p. 37. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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