Years active 1990–present Role Filmmaker | Name Jayaraj Nair Spouse Sabitha Jayaraj | |
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Full Name Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair Born 4 August 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-08-04 ) Kottayam, Kerala, India Occupation Director, Screenwriter, Producer Children Keshav Jayaraj, Dhanu Jayaraj Parents Savithri R Nair, N. Rajasekharan Nair Awards Kerala State Film Award for Best Film Movies 4 the People, Camel Safari, Calmness, Ottaal, Kaliyattam Similar People Biju Menon, Suresh Gopi, Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Jayaram, Manoj K Jayan | ||
Director jayaraj s house in dream home 22nd sep 2013 part 1
Jayaraj Rajasekharan, often credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian Malayali filmmaker known for directing mainstream as well as art house films. His notable film include, Vidyarambham (1990), Johnnie Walker (1992), Kudumbasametham (1992), Paithrukam (1993), Highway (1995), Desadanam (1996), Kaliyattam (1997), Karunam (2000), Shantham (2000), Kannaki (2002), 4 the People (2004), Daivanamathil (2005), Makalkku (2005), Adbhutam (2006), Gulmohar (2008), Loudspeaker (2009), Pakarnnattam (2012) and Ottaal (2015) and Veeram (2017).
Contents
- Director jayaraj s house in dream home 22nd sep 2013 part 1
- Vasudevan jayaraj s ottal film actor expecting national award for his film
- Biography
- Awards
- References
Vasudevan jayaraj s ottal film actor expecting national award for his film
Biography
Jayaraj was born on 4 August 1960 to a middle-class family in Kottayam, Kerala, India. His father was N. Rajasekharan Nair and mother, Savithri R. Nair. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication. During his stay at Thiruvananthapuram, he attended film festivals including the International Film Festival of Kerala and watched many world classics. Kurosawa's Rashomon and DeSica's Bicycle Thieves were among them, and they influenced him immensesly. After his studies in Thiruvananthapuram, he met noted director Bharathan who was a neighbor of his sister in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Bharathan was impressed by Jayaraj and made him his assistant director for Chilambu(1986). Jayaraj then went on to be the assistant to Bharathan in six more films including the critically acclaimed Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam (1987) and Vaishali (1988). Jayaraj debuted as director with Vidyarambham (1988). His early career mainly produced commercially oriented films like Aakasha Kottayile Sultan (1991), Johnnie Walker (1992), High Way (1995), Thumboli Kadappuram (1995) and Arabia (1995).
Notable in his early career were Kudumbasametham (1992), Paithrukam (1993) and Sopanam (1993). Paithrukam was critically acclaimed but was subject to criticism for its conservative, religious philosophy. Desadanam (1997) was a milestone in his career. With the film, he was considered a serious film-maker by the critics. It was followed by another critically acclaimed film, Kaliyattam (1997) which was an adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. It won him the National Film Award for Best Direction.
In 1999 Jayaraj started his nine-film series project Navarasa with Karunam, followed by Shantham(2000). Shantham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The third in the Navarasa series was Bheebhatsa, a Hindi film. A fourth film in the series, Adbutham, is planned and Jayaraj has set his aim to complete the shooting in less than 2 hours 14 minutes with single camera at a time. He reportedly said in an interview to Rediff.com when inquired about the shooting time "In less than ten hours. It may end in five or even two hours. You never know."
Of late he has been doing commercial and art films and is successful in both genres. While Thilakkam (2003) and 4 The People (2004) were huge commercial successes Kannaki (2002), Makalkku (2005), Daivanamathil (2005) and Ottaal (2015) were critically acclaimed. A sequel to 4 the People came in 2005: By the People which was a flop. Despite that, Jayaraj continued the sequel the trilogy titled Of The People, as of December 2007.
Jayaraj's wife Sabitha Jayaraj is a state award-winning costume designer and an actress.