Janardhanan is a Malayalam film actor. His first feature film Adyathe Kadha directed by K.S. Sethumadhavan in 1971. He is known for his style of handling humor and his iconic voice. He started his career playing brusque villains in the 1970s but later went on to establish himself as a highly sought-after comedian. The turning point of his career was his role in the 1988 film Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, which brought out his comic skills. However, he was typecast as a comedian only after the 1993 film Meleparambil Aanveedu. Mimicry artists performs with his noted role of Garvasis Aashan in Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995).But along with comic roles he had done serious roles like D.I.G Marar in Dhruvam, Jayashankar in Mafia. Apart from stereotyped Hindu/Muslim/Christian characters, he has the distinction of portraying a Sikh and a Jewish character. Janardhanan was born in the village of Ullala near Vaikom in 1946 to Kollarakkattu Veettil Paravoor K. Gopala Pillai and Gouri Amma. He married to Vijayalaksmi and they have two daughters: Rema Ranjini and Laxmi.