A high school dropout due to financial constraints, he started working as a salesman at 17 and took up theater as a pastime.

[citation needed] He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy[2] and later became a teacher in the same institution.

[3] The sub-plot of Olave Mandara is inspired by the real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife.

His next directorial was Banaras which starred newcomer Zaid Khan alongside Sonal Monteiro which opened to mixed revies and ended as box office failure.

[16][17] He then directed the action drama Kaiva with Dhanveerah and Megha Shetty in the lead roles and released in 2023, which also opened to mixed reviews and ended as box office disappointment.

[19][20] Jayathirtha has conducted more than 150 theater training programs, focusing on issues including life skills.

Jayathirtha has used street plays as an effective medium to convey philosophical messages, concerning social issues, imbued with the entertaining flow.