- India's shortest actor. Weighs 61lbs or 4st 5lb (28kg).
- Married to Gayatri, nine years his junior and more than twice his height at 5ft 2ins. A government health inspector, she said: "It's been an arranged marriage, but nobody compelled me into wedlock. I like him and feel secure in his hands."
- Hails from Ayemanam in India's Kerala state, the village made famous by Booker Prize-winning Arundhati Roy in her novel, The God of Small Things. He has founded the Kerala Small Men Association, with upwards of 300 members. The association's height limit is 54 inches or 4' 6" (135cm).
- An economics graduate, he studied at Inter University but has since made at least 18 films.
- Has sometimes been credited as 'Unda Pakru', as this was the name of the character he played on Indian television when first he came to the attention of the public.
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