Jayasurya,
the
versatile
actor
who
made
the
audience
awestruck
with
his
performance
as
Angoor
Ravuther,
the
soft-spoken
antagonist
of
Iyobinte
Pusthakam,
says
that
the
only
criteria
for
him
to
choose
the
characters,
is
substance.
The
actor
says
that
he
is
willing
to
play
even
a
small
character
without
much
screen
space,
if
it
has
a
personality.
Jayasurya
added
that
he
would
like
to
play
the
roles
which
have
some
individuality;
instead
of
cliched
lead
roles.
Jayasurya
started
his
career
as
a
VJ.
The
actor
was
the
host
of
the
popular
television
show
Jagathy
v/s
Jagathy,
which
was
based
on
the
comical
performances
of
veteran
actor
Jagathy
Sreekumar.
Later,
he
ventured
into
movies
as
junior
artist.
Jayasurya
made
his
debut
in
lead
role,
with
Vinayan
directed
Oomapenninu
Uriyadapayyan,
in
which
he
played
a
dumb
young
man,
opposite
Kavya
Madhavan.
Jayasurya
went
through
a
low
pace
in
his
career,
with
a
bunch
of
typecasted
roles
and
a
series
of
flops.
The
actor
bounced
back
into
the
industry
with
Lal
Jose
directed
Classmates,
in
which
he
played
a
student
leader
with
negative
shades.
He
ventured
into
antagonists
roles
with
Prithviraj
starrer
Kangaroo.
Jayasurya's
recent
release
Lal
Bahadhur
Shasthri,
in
which
he
played
the
title
character
Lal,
is
running
successfully
in
the
theatres.