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{{short description|Indian actor (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980)}}
{{about|the actor born in 1939|other uses|Jayan (disambiguation) }}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = 
| name               = Jayan
| image              = Malayalam actor Jayan.png
| image_size         = 
| birth_name         = Krishnan Nair
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|7|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Quilon]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British India]] (present day [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]], India)
| death_date         = {{death date and age |1980|11|16 |1939|7|25 |df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Sholavaram]], [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_cause        = Helicopter crash (while filming ''[[Kolilakkam]]'') at [[Sholavaram]], [[Chennai]]
| height             = 
| othername          = Krishnan Nair
| years_active       = 1972 – 1980
| occupation         = {{hlist|[[Officer (armed forces)|Naval officer]]|Actor}}
| parents            = {{ubl|Madhavan Pillai|Bharathiyamma}}
| spouse             = 
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
   | allegiance      = {{Flag|India}}
   | branch          = {{Navy|India}}
   | serviceyears    = 1954 – 1970
   | rank            = [[File:India-Navy-OR-9.svg|25px]] [[Junior commissioned officer#India|Master Chief Petty Officer]]
}}
| relatives          = [[Jayabharathi]] (cousin)
}}

[[Junior commissioned officer#India|Master Chief Petty Officer]] '''Krishnan Madhavan Nair''' (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name '''Jayan''',<ref name=":1" /> born as the son of Madhavan [[Pillai (Kerala title)|Pillai]] and Bharathiyamma in [[Kollam district|Kollam]], was an Indian actor, [[Officer (armed forces)|naval officer]], and [[stunt performer]] of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in over 150 [[Malayalam film]]s, primarily as an action star. In 2010 he was referred to as the first and most successful [[action hero]] of [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>Mathrubhumi weekly, 2010 November 21 issue, p. 9</ref><ref name=":0" />

His superstar image became a cartoon, email, and SMS phenomenon in the early 2000s, portraying him as a comic superhero with [[Jayan quotes|unique quotes]] of superhuman strength attributed to the action star becoming widespread.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ekerala.net/r.php?url=http://www.hackorama.com/jayan/quotes.shtml&title=jayan |title=Those unmistakable Jayan dialogues |publisher=ekerala.net |access-date=2011-01-19 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ekerala.net/r.php?url=http://www.ananthapuri.com/board/topic.asp?topic_id=94&title=jayan |title=Jayan jokes and quotes |publisher=ananthapuri.com |access-date=2011-01-19 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> These movements were fuelled by a renewed fascination with his style of dialogue delivery and his machismo image.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpvBKWze3U |title=Typical Jayan dialogue |publisher=asianet |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=30 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730181116/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpvBKWze3U |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q9dMEh3bNs |title=Immortal Action Hero Jayan in his typical role. |date=5 February 2009 |publisher=Saina |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002135658/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q9dMEh3bNs |url-status=live }}</ref> These were claimed to honour his memories, but were also criticised for parodying the actor years after his death.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reminiscing about Jayan and his ways |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2 July 2006  }}</ref><ref name="MW 211111">Mathrubhumi weekly, 21 November 2010, p. 10</ref>