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Jayanth C. Paranji (born 21 July 1957) is an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.[1] He introduced Bollywood actresses: Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Anjala Zaveri, Bipasha Basu, Lisa Ray, Nauheed Cyrusi to the Telugu screen.[2] He has directed films across multiple genres with the fab four of Telugu Film Industry - Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh.[3][4] He has worked with all the top actors in the Telugu film industry including Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu. Actor Prabhas was launched into films by Jayanth in the film Eeswar (2002).

Jayanth C. Paranji
Born (1957-07-21) 21 July 1957 (age 65)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Occupation
  • Film director
  • producer
Years active1997−present

Early career


Paranji was born in Karnataka to a Tamil speaking family.[citation needed] He grew up in Gandhinagar, Bangalore, which is where most of the Kannada film distributors have their offices. He began directing well-known plays in English after he settled in Hyderabad. He started the English theater troupe Muses and was associated with another English theater group, Dramatic Circle Hyderabad.[5] Then he switched over to directing Telugu serials for the television. He shot to fame when his serial Tenalirama began to be telecast by Doordarshan. Shot in expensive sets, this serial quickly climbed to the number one spot. Paranji also contributed documentaries and advertising films before getting into feature films. His directorial debut was Preminchukundam Raa with Venkatesh playing the lead role.


Filmography


YearFilm TitleLead CastNotes
1997Preminchukundam RaaVenkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri
1998Bavagaru BagunnaraChiranjeevi, Rambha
1998Premante IderaVenkatesh, Priety Zinta
1999Ravoyi ChandamamaNagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri
2002Takkari DongaMahesh Babu, Lisa Ray, Bipasha Basu
2002EeswarPrabhas, Sridevi Vijaykumar
2004Lakshmi NarasimhaNandamuri Balakrishna, AsinRemake of 2003 Tamil film Saamy[6]
2004Shankar Dada M.B.B.SChiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali BendreRemake of 2003 Hindi film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S
2004SakhiyaTarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi
2005Allari PiduguNandamuri Balakrishna, Katrina Kaif[7]
2011TeenmaarPawan Kalyan, Trisha KrishnanRemake of 2009 Hindi film Love Aaj Kal
2014NinnindalePuneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes Kannada debut
2017JayadevGanta Ravi Teja, MalavikaRemake of 2016 Tamil film Sethupathi

Ganta Ravi's debut movie


References


  1. "I am the real-life Raj from DDLJ: Jayanth C Paranji". The Times of India.
  2. "Penchant for making love stories". The Hindu. 20 November 2011.
  3. "Jayant Paranji". IMDB.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  4. "Jayanth C Paranji". FilmiBeat.
  5. Azam, Kousar J., ed. (2018). Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad. Abingdon, Oxon. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-351-39400-0. OCLC 1000597496.
  6. "'Lakshmi Narasimha' ahead!". Sify. 17 January 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. "An out and out potboiler Commercial potboiler". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 October 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2010.





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