He was the only actor to be auditioned amongst the eleven lead roles and was the final selection for the film. His friend, the singer Yugendran, recommended Jai to audition for a role in Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut Chennai 600028 (2007), based on gully cricket. He instead chose to concentrate on a career in music, often working for Deva's films a keyboardist alongside his cousins, music composers Srikanth Deva and Bobo Shashi. Several other offers came his way including roles in Alai (2003) and Devathayai Kanden (2005), but Jai was insistent that he earn his place in the film, rather than being chosen on the basis that he was music composer Deva's nephew. He was also expected to feature in Velmurugan's Ammu and Nambiraj's Touch but neither film materialised. Jai was then set to make his debut in a lead role in a remake of the Telugu film 6 Teens, but the film remained unreleased despite being complete. Venkatesh choosing Jai as a result of his striking similarity in appearance to Vijay. Jai made his film debut at age 16 as Vijay's younger brother in the 2002 film Bhagavathi, with director A. Acting career 2002–2008: Debut and breakthrough In an interview with Ananda Vikatan, he confirmed on the rumors about him embracing Islam, that he has been practising Islam for seven years and thinking of changing his name to Ajeesh Jai in future. He has called himself a "huge fan" of Yuvan Shankar Raja's work, saying that he has "often dreamt of surpassing his work as a composer someday".
He completed fifth grade in keyboard from Trinity College London and has said that he likes to be involved in the music compositions of his films. He completed his schooling in Lamech School, Valasaravakkam, Chennai. 2.3 2011–2013: Success in multi-starrersīorn into a family of musicians, Jai has stated that music was close to his heart and that it influenced him in his "growing years", particularly crediting his uncle, the composer Deva.
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