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Renji Panicker (born 23 September 1960[1]) is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director, film producer, and journalist best known for his Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with Bharatchandran IPS in 2005.[2]

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Renji Panicker
Born	(1960-09-23) September 23, 1960 (age 62) Nedumudi, Alappuzha district, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Renji
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter Singer Lyricist Actor Film producer Poet Journalist
Years active	1990 – present
Notable work	Bhayanakam, Rowdram2018, Jacobinte swargarajyam, Godha , Om shaanthi oshana
Spouse	Aneeta Marium Thomas
Children	2
Website	http://renjipanicker.in/

Early life

He did his bachelor's degree in commerce from Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha and certificate in Journalism from Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram. He earned a master's degree in journalism from Kerala University, Karyavattom.[3]

Career

Panicker began his career as a journalist. He started off as a reporter for magazines and publications. During an interview, while working for Chithrabhumi, a film magazine, he met director Shaji Kailas. Renji scripted several films for Shaji Kailas, including Dr. Pasupathy (1990), Thalastaanam (1992), Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans (1993), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993), Commissioner (1994), and The King (1995). The Renji Panicker-Shaji Kailas team elevated Suresh Gopi into a bankable lead actor during the early 1990s. He is known for his collaboration with director Joshiy, which included the films Lelam (1997) and Pathram (1999). He became a film director and directed two films. He is one of the managing directors of the Malayalam newspaper Metrovaartha.^{[citation needed]}

Renji has taken several cameo roles in his own films. However, he gained popularity as an actor for his role in Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014). He acted in Njaan (2014), Premam (2015), Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), Thoppil Joppan (2016), Alamara (2017), Godha (2017) and Bhayanakam (2018).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Renji Panicker was married to Aneeta Mariam Thomas, his classmate at Kerala University.^{[citation needed]} Aneeta died on 10 March 2019, suffering from a kidney ailment. They have twin sons, Nithin and Nikhil, and were living in Alappuzha before moving to Kochi.[4]

Film career

While interviewing director Shaji Kailas, for a film magazine in 1990, he was impressed by Renji's language and asked him to do a script for him. Renji, who was an active politician since his college days tried out a political satire, Dr. Pasupathy, that turned out to be a hit. But the success of his debut film failed to bring recognition. His next venture Akashakottayile Sulthan, in 1991, directed by Jayaraj, with Sreenivasan in the main role, bombed. This made Renji to rethink film as a career. Upon Kailas' insistence, Renji made another attempt in 1992. Thalastaanam, revolving around campus politics was a hit and marked the beginning of the Shaji-Renji combination.^{[citation needed]}

In the year 1993, Renji penned Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans. Directed by Kailas, this film was a turning point in the life of Jagadish, who was until then slotted into comic roles.^{[citation needed]} Jagadish played the role of a common man who overnight becomes the home minister of the state. Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans completed 150 days in theatres, establishing Renji Panicker as one of the leading script writers in Malayalam cinema. Next was Ekalavyan, released in May 1993. Directed by Kailas, Ekalavyan was an action thriller revolving around the unholy nexus of drug mafia-godmen and politicians. Appearing in the lead role of a police officer, Suresh Gopi established himself as the next star of Malayalam cinema. Ekalavyan completed 150 days in most theatres. Mafia then revolved around Bangalore underworld. Directed by Kailas with Gopi as hero, it was released in 1993, making Renji the most expensive script-writer in Malyalam film.[5]

In 1994, Kailas/Panicker created Commissioner, a police film, which completed a run of 200 days in theatres. Gopi appeared in the title role and the film became the biggest grosser of the year. Shaji/Renji rejoined in 1995, casting Mammootty as the hero of The King, which was released in the end of 1995 was successful. Thereafter the duo parted ways.[6]

Renji, after a long time wrote a script for director Joshi in 1997.^{[citation needed]} Lelam, another action thriller with Gopi as the hero was again a hit. The same team brought out Pathram the next year. Revolving around print media and the politics surrounding it, this flick is best remembered for dialog. The continuous run of hits came to an end in 2001. Renji's combination with Joshi, Dubai bombed. This was followed by Praja, the first time Mohanlal appeared in a Renji film and it completed 100 days in theatres.^{[citation needed]} The back to back set backs forced Renji to take a break for three years. In 2005, he followed with Bharatchandran IPS the sequel of Commissioner, released in 1994. Bharatchandran IPS was his directorial debut. He also co-produced this film. This film crossed 100-day run in all major centres and gave a rebirth to Gopi. Renji's second directorial attempt was Roudram, released in 2008, with Mammootty in the main role, Another police story, this film was a success.[7] Renji's next project was The King & the Commissioner in which Mammootty and Gopi played the lead roles, Joseph Alex I.A.S. and Bharathchandran I.P.S., taken from the films The King and Commissioner. It was directed by Kailas. This film had many expectations, as Mammootty and Gopi were reuniting after many years as were Kailas and Panicker.[8] Unfortunately, it also bombed.^{[citation needed]}

Plots and style

Panicker's dialogue in Lelam based on a real-life character and jingoistic characters from Commissioner are considered timeless for Mollywood.[9]

Filmography

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As an actor

	Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Kooman
	CBI 5: The Brain	Balagopal, CI, C.B.I.
	Avatar:The Way of Water	Cliff Curtis
Naaradan	Govinda Menon
	2021	Kaaval	Antony
Muddy		Master of Hero
Kalamandalam Hyderali		Kalamandalam Hyderali
Kolaambi		Abdul Kader
2020	Forensic	Retd. SP Abdul Wahab IPS
2019	Thakkol	Clement
	Ulta
	Love Action Drama	Swathi's father
	Sachin	Ramachandran
	Mohabbathin Kunjabdullah
	Aniyan Kunjinum Thannalayathu
	Ningal Camera Nireekshanathinlannu
	Oru Yamandan Premakadha	Advocate John Kombanayil
	Athiran	Jayanarayana Varma
	Pengalila	Koshy Mathew
	Kalikoottukkar
	Roudram 2018	Narayanan
	Thelivu	Ramesh Kumar
	Sakalakalashala
	Margamkali	Urmila's father
	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	DGP K. E. Eappan
	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Venugopal
2018	Ente Ummante Peru	Mohammed Hydarali Mehfil	Photo appearance and voice
	Drama	Kunjachan
	Bhayanakam	postman – disabled in World War I.
	Naam	Fr. James Kottayil
	Kuttanadan Marpappa	John's father	Photo presence
	Abrahaminte Santhathikal	SP Shahul Hameed
	Kinar
	Vallikkudilile Vellakkaran	Chief Guest
	Krishnam	Dr. Sunil
	Aami	S. K. Nair
	Captain	Coach Jafer
	Kadha Paranja Kadha
2017	Masterpiece	Edward Livingstone	cameo appearance
	Solo	Thomas Zachariah	in the segment world of Trilok
	Villain	Commissioner Sreenivasan
	Role Models	Gautham's father
	Oru Cinemakkaran	Fr. Mathew
	Viswasapoorvam Mansoor	Kalathil Haji
	Ramaleela	V. G. Madhavan
	Puthan Panam	Iqbal Rowther	Cameo appearance
	Clint	Writer V K Nambiar
	Godha	Captain
	Sakhavu	Kuriyachan	Cameo
	1971: Beyond Borders	Janardanan
	Alamara	Pavithran
	Gemini	Dr. Gokul
	Samarpanam
	Kadamkatha	Sreekumar
	Georgettan's Pooram	Fr. Mathews Vadakkan
2016	Ore Mukham	Prakashan
	Campus Diary
	Aanandam	Diya's father	Cameo appearance
	Thoppil Joppan	Fr. James Anakattil
	Oppam	Padmakumar P, IPS officer
	Oru Muthassi Gadha	Dr. Mathew / Mathai
	Welcome to Central Jail	Gopinath
	Angane Thanne Nethave Anchettannam Pinnale	Zachariya
	Mohavalayam
	Pa Va	Thampuran Johnny
	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Madhavan
	Jacobinte Swargarajyam	Jacob
	Pavada	Paul Scaria
2015	Charlie	Panicker Doctor	guest appearance
	Anarkali	Pappan
	Punchirikku Parasparam	person reading newspaper	short film
	Rajamma @ Yahoo	Mayor Abraham Pothen
	Jamna Pyari	Sridharan
	Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum	Jury committee member
	Acha Dhin	Home minister Thomas Chacko
	Premam	David Kalapparambath, George's father	cameo appearance
	Loham	Albert Alex
	Haram
	Ayal Njanalla	K.P.K. Menon
	Ennum Eppozhum	CEO of GM Builders
	Aadu – Oru Bheegara Jeevi Aanu	Thomas Paappan & Varkey Pappan
	Picket 43	C.O Vinay Chandran
2014	Cousins	Doctor	cameo appearance
	Njaan	Kuttysankaran
	Munnariyippu	Mohan Das
	Money Ratnam	Isaac
	Om Shanthi Oshaana	Dr. Mathew Devasya
	Pakida	Nandakumar
1994	Commissioner	Journalist
1993	Mafia	Excise/Home Minister Venkidappa
	Ekalavyan	Airport passenger
	Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans	Politician
1992	Thalastaanam	Politician

Other works

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
TBA	Untitled Jeethu Joseph film		Yes
TBA	Lelam 2		Yes
2012	The King & the Commissioner		Yes
2008	Roudram	Yes	Yes
2005	Bharatchandran IPS	Yes	Yes
2001	Praja		Yes
2001	Dubai		Yes
1999	Pathram		Yes
1997	Lelam		Yes
1995	The King		Yes
1994	Commissioner		Yes
1993	Mafia		Yes
1993	Ekalavyan		Yes
1993	Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans		Yes
1992	Thalastaanam		Yes
1991	Aakasha Kottayile Sultan		Yes
1990	Dr. Pasupathy		Yes

Distribution

Year	Title	language	Notes
TBA	Lelam 2	Malayalam	Pre production
2017	Orayiram Kinakkalal	Malayalam
2017	Adam Joan	Malayalam
2017	Kaabil	Hindi	In Kerala
2017	Raees	Hindi	In Kerala

Television

Year	Title	Channel	Role	Notes
2017–2018	Aniyara	Surya TV	Host
2019–2020	Jananayakan	Amrita TV	Judge
2019	Nammal Thammil 2	Asianet	Host
2020	Crime Patrol	Kairali TV	Host
2020-2021	Indulekha	Surya TV	Ramanadha Menon	TV Serial
2021	Votography	Kairali TV	Co-Host with John Brittas
2022	Naatupaksham	Surya TV	Host

Awards and nominations

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Won

• FMB Minnale Film Award 2021– Best Actor (Male) for Kalamandalam Hyderali
• Madrid Imagineindia International Film Festival 2019 – Best Actor (Male) for Bhayanakam
• Indywood Academy Award for the Best Actor (Male) – Bhayanakam, 2018
• Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Best Second Actor (Male) – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2017
• Asianet Comedy Awards for Star performer of the year – various films, 2017
• Asianet Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2017
• South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Supporting Actor – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2017
• Asiavision Awards for Best Character Actor – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2016

Nominations

• 65th Filmfare Awards Southfor Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam- Godha, 2018
• 2nd IIFA Utsavam for Best Supporting Actor – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2017
• 64th Filmfare Awards South for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam – Jacobinte Swargarajyam, 2017
• 4th South Indian International Movie Awardsfor Best Supporting Actor – Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, 2015

References

External links

• Renji Panicker at IMDb

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