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Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry.

Jayaraj
Born	Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair (1960-05-31) 31 May 1960 (age 62) Kottayam, Kerala, India
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1990–present

He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Peacock award at the IFFI, and the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics. He is also a seven-time recipient of the National Film Award and several Kerala State Film Awards. His films include Paithrukam (1993), Desadanam (1996), 4 The People (2004), Vellapokkathil (2007), Ottaal (2015), and Bhayanakam (2018).

He is the founder of the Birds Club International and is actively involved in philanthropic work.

Early life

During his stay at Thiruvananthapuram, he attended film festivals including the International Film Festival of Kerala and watched many world classics.[1] Kurosawa's Rashomon and DeSica's Bicycle Thieves were among them, and they influenced him immensely.[2]

Career

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 (1990). 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).^{[citation needed]}

Notable in his early career were Kudumbasametham (1992), Paithrukam (1993) and Sopanam (1993). Desadanam (1997) was followed by 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 (2001). Shantham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The third in the Navarasa series was Bheebhatsa, a Hindi film followed by Adbutham and Veeram. In 2018, the sixth film in the series Bhayanakam was released and had won awards for Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography at the 2017 National Film Awards. On 10 June 2019, Tovino Thomas officially announced and shared the poster of Roudram 2018, the seventh film in the series. While sharing the poster on Facebook Tovino wrote, "The movie is based on real-life incidents that occurred in central Travancore, during the devastating floods that Kerala survived. Roudram 2018 portrays the tempestuous ferocity of nature, and the utter helplessness of humankind before that might."^{[citation needed]}

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. Ottaal made history, becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to have swept all the top awards in the 20-year history of the International Film Festival of Kerala. The film was one of four Malayalam films selected to be a part of the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India in Goa in November 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Philanthropy

In an earnest effort towards conserving nature and strengthening people's welfare, Jayaraj founded the Jayaraj Foundation in 2010 and officially launched it on 6 June 2014. World Organisation of Hope's (WOH) ambitious programme 'SMART'[Sports, Music, Art and Recreation Therapy (Yoga and Meditation)]and "Birds Club international" are the two projects initiated by the foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Word Organisation of Hope (WOH) is an organisation aimed at building children's awareness of their rights and to protect them. The programme SMART [Sports, Music, Art and Recreation Therapy (Yoga and Meditation)] is an offshoot of WOH. It supports children and adolescents in their own struggle to secure and defend their dreams.^{[citation needed]}

Birds Club International (BCI) aims at creating miniature rain forests in schools and colleges, to make a better environment both for birds and humans. It plans to bring together the future generation and integrating more of society towards nature conservation activities. Several units of BCI have been started in many schools and colleges in Kerala, with the help of the Government of Kerala, to achieve this.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

International awards

Year	Film	Award (s)
2015	Ottaal	Crystal Bear, Suvarna Chakoram, FIPRESCI award, NETPAC award, Rajatha Chakoram
2005	Daivanamathil	Best Film Award in Spain, Madrid International Film Festival
2000	Karunam	Golden Peacock Award, International Film Festival of India- Awards from Federation of International Film Societies, Berlin International Film Fest, Special Mention in Kerala International Film Festival.
2001	Shantham	Best Cinematography in Festival De 3 Continents, France
1996	Desadanam	Special Mention at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in competition section.

National Film Awards

• 1996 : Best Feature Film in Malayalam - Desadanam
• 1997 : Best Director - Kaliyattam
• 2001 : Best Film - Shantham
• 2005 : Best Film on National Integration - Daivanamathil
• 2007 : Best Non-Feature Film Direction - Vellapokkathil - The Deluge
• 2014 : Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Ottaal
• 2017 : Best Director - Bhayanakam
• 2017 : Best Adapted Screenplay - Bhayanakam
• 2017 : Special Jury mention - Rebirth

Kerala State Film Awards

• 1992 : Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film - Kudumbasametham
• 1996 : Kerala State Film Award for Best Director - Deshadanam
• 1997 : Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Kaliyattam
• 1999 : Kerala State Film Award for Best Film - Karunam
• 2015 : Kerala State Film Award for Best Film - Ottaal

Filmfare Awards South

• 1997 : Best Director : Kaliyattam
• 2000 : Best Director : Karunam
• 2000 : Best Film - Malayalam  : Karunam

V. Shantharam Awards

• 1997 : Kaliyattam
• 2001 : Shantham

John Abraham Awards

• 2000 : Karunam
• 2012 : Vellapokkathil - The Deluge

Asianet Film Awards

• 2002: Asianet Film Award for Best Director for Kannaki

Ramu Karyatt Awards

• 1996 : Desadanam

P. Padmarajan Awards

• 1996 : Desadanam
• 2000 : Karunam

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
2022	Highway -2		Announced
2021	Backpackers
2020	Haasyam	Part 8, Navarasa series.
2019	Roudram 2018	Part 7, Navarasa series. Also writer
2017	Bhayanakam	Part 6, Navarasa series. Also writer
2016	Veeram	Part 5, Navarasa series. Also writer. Released also in Hindi & English
2015	Ottaal		[3]
2013	Camel Safari		[4]
2012	Pakarnnattam		[5]
2011	Naayika		[6]
2011	The Train	Writer credits	[7]
2009	Loudspeaker	Writer and producer credits
2008	Gulmohar
2008	Vellapokkathil		[8]
2008	Of The People	Writer and producer credits
2008	Sila Nerangalil	Tamil film
2007	Anandabhairavi
2006	Aanachandam
2006	Adbutham	Part 4, Navarasa series Released on Rootsvideo OTT Platform in 2021 April 14
2006	Ashwaroodan
2005	Daivanamathil
2005	By the People
2005	Makalkku
2004	Yuvasena (Telugu)
2004	Rain Rain Come Again
2004	4 the People
2003	Thilakkam
2002	Kannaki
2002	Bhibatsa	Part 3, Navarasa series Hindi Language	[9]
2000	Millennium Stars
2000	Karunam	Part 2, Navarasa series. Also producer
2000	Shantham	Part 1, Navarasa series
1998	Sneham
1998	Thalolam
1997	Kaliyattam
1997	Desadanam	Also Producer
1995	Arabia
1995	High Way
1995	Thumboli Kadappuram
1993	Paithrukam
1993	Sopanam
1992	Johnnie Walker
1992	Kudumbasametham
1991	Aakasha Kottayile Sultan	Story credits
1990	Vidhyarambham

References

External links

• Jayaraj at IMDb
• All in the name of God The Hindu - 5 July 2005

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