Vijeesh Mani is a producer and director of Malayalam language films. He is best known as the director of Vishwaguru, a film that was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule, which was recorded in Guinness World Records.[1][2]
Vijeesh Mani | |
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Born | (1977-04-24) 24 April 1977 (age 45) |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Producer Director |
Years active | 1995 – present |
Known for | Bhagavan Vishwaguru |
Spouse | Dr.Anaswara Vijeesh |
Children | Virat Vijeesh |
The environmental film Puzhayamma starring Baby Meenakshi and Linda Arsenio in lead roles[3] and the Irula language film Netaji with Gokulam Gopalan as lead actor that won Guinness award for the first tribal language film[4][5][6] are getting ready for theatrical release.[7]
Mani's Sanskrit film Namo starring Jayaram has been completed.[8][9].His Mmmmm starring I.M.Vijayan, produced by Sohan Roy won several accolades.[10][11][12][13] Producer Sohan Roy has teamed with Mani again for Aadhivaasi, the film based on the death of a youth named Madhu at Attappadi.[14]
Year | Film | Language | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Mmmmm | Kurumba | Director,Story [15] | Shortlisted for 2021 Oscars[16] Won the Best film award at 2021 Paris Film Festival.[17] |
2020 | Namo | Sanskrit | Director,Story,Producer | Selected in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI Goa, 2020[9] |
2019 | Netaji | Irula | Director,Story | Guinness record for Tribal language film[4][18] Selected in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI Goa, 2019.[19][20][21][22] |
2021 | Puzhayamma | Malayalam | Director,Story | [3] |
2017 | Vishwaguru | Malayalam | Director,Story | Guinness record for fastest film produced (script to screen)[23] |
2017 | Kathrikka Vendakka | Tamil | Producer | [24] |
2014 | Thamara | Malayalam | Producer | Kerala Film Critics Association Award 2014 - Best Environmental film[25] |
2014 | Paedithondan | Malayalam | Producer | [26] |
2009 | Bhagavan | Malayalam | Producer | |
2004 | Quotation | Malayalam | Producer | [27] |