Editing Jayan (section)

=== Superstardom ===
''[[Sarapancharam]]'' broke all box-office records set in the Malayalam movie industry till it's time and became the highest-grossing movie of 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show/53038-highest-grossed-malayalam-movies-from-1980-to-2009-must-see.html |title=List of highest grossing films |publisher=indianterminal.com |access-date=2011-03-10 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025017/http://indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show/53038-highest-grossed-malayalam-movies-from-1980-to-2009-must-see.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its box-office records were broken by another Jayan film, ''[[Angadi (film)|Angadi]]'' in the following year, which cemented his popularity among the masses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show/53038-highest-grossed-malayalam-movies-from-1980-to-2009-must-see.html |title=List of yearwise top grossers in Malayalam |publisher=indianterminal.com |access-date=2011-03-10 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025017/http://indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show/53038-highest-grossed-malayalam-movies-from-1980-to-2009-must-see.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In films such as ''[[Aavesham (1979 film)|Aavesham]]'' and [[Manushya Mrugam (1980 film)|''Manushya Mrugam'']] he played double roles. During his career, he received only a few critically appreciated roles perhaps partly due to his commercial hero image and partly due to the lack of films that garnered critical appreciation at the time. The focus was always on his unmatched drawing power as an action star and by 1980, at the peak of his career, he had attained a genuine superhero image. Movies exploited Jayan's masculine physique and he appeared bare-chested in numerous scenes. His on-screen attire (most famously his [[Elvis]] [[bellbottoms]]), his masculine image and later the nature of his death transformed him into a [[legend|legendary pop culture icon]] in Kerala. Jayan was also known for his unique method of dialogue delivery and he has contributed many memorable lines to the Malayalam film history.