Editing Jayan (section)

=== Early career ===
Jayan made a few uncredited appearances in some films during the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/srikanthdileep/Action%20Hero%20Jayan-%20Memoirs/Jayannewsclippingmemories.jpg |title=Actor Jayan in memories |access-date=2011-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715081324/http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/srikanthdileep/Action%20Hero%20Jayan-%20Memoirs/Jayannewsclippingmemories.jpg |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iho4gz1833I |title=Remembering Jayan on his anniversary |publisher=asianet |access-date=2011-04-16 |archive-date=19 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419002046/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iho4gz1833I |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his nephew, he had the role of a vampire-like character in an unnamed project costarred by [[Vidhubala]], which was never released.<ref>Nostalgia magazine, November 2010 issue, Page 13</ref> His first appearance with the name Jayan was in the movie ''[[Shapamoksham]]'', which is usually credited as his first film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://actorjayan.ning.com/photo/jayan73-1?context=latest |title=Jayan selected filmography- List of known films |publisher=ning.com |date=10 November 2009 |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811032916/http://actorjayan.ning.com/photo/jayan73-1?context=latest |archive-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>