Vinayan

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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vinayan
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| birth_name = T. G. Vinayakumar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1957|5|16}}
| birth_place = [[Kuttanad]], [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = [[Film Director]]<br />[[Screenwriter]]<br />[[Film producer|Producer]]<br />[[Lyricist]]
| yearsactive = 1989 – present
| spouse =
| children =
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'''T. G. Vinayakumar'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/13020236/|title=Shri T. G. Vinayakumar (Also Known ... vs Association Of Malayalam Movie ... on 24 March, 2017|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref> (born 16 May 1957), also known by his [[stage name]] '''Vinayan''', is an Indian [[film director]], actor, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in [[Malayalam cinema]] and occasionally in [[Tamil cinema]].

==Career==
Vinayan started his career with the film ''Super Star''.<ref>[http://www.my-kerala.com/n/a/arc9-2002.shtml My-Kerala.com: News]</ref> And he has directed the following films like ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]'', ''Akasha ganga 2,[[Karumadikkuttan (film)|Karumadikkuttan]]'', ''[[Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan]]'', ''[[Dada Sahib]]'', ''[[Vellinakshatram (2004 film)|Vellinakshatram]]'',<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500970300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040328051721/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/01/05/stories/2004010500970300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2004-03-28 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=A thriller in the making | date=2004-01-05}}</ref> ''[[Aakasha Ganga]]'', ''[[Rakshasa Rajavu]]'', ''[[Kalyana Sougandhikam (1996 film)|Kalyana Sougandhikam]]'', ''[[Kasi (film)|Kasi]]'' (Tamil), Enn mana vaanil, Independence, Sathyam, Albhuthadweep, Athishayan, Dracula and ''Sipayi Lahala''. The genres of his films include comedy, horror, action, fantasy and family drama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/342500/ |title=പേടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിജയം , Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies |website=www.mathrubhumi.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226021404/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/342500/ |archive-date=2013-02-26}} </ref>

Vinayan also introduced a handful of actors and singers in the [[Malayalam]] film industry. [[Jayasurya]], [[Indrajith Sukumaran]], [[Anoop Menon]], [[Honey Rose]], [[Priyamani]], [[Manikkuttan]], [[Suresh Krishna (actor)|Suresh Krishna]], [[Meghana Raj]], [[Lakshmi Menon (actress)|Lakshmi Menon]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]](singer), Sudeep kumar(singer)etc. are some of the actors and singers Vinayan has introduced in [[Malayalam]].

In 2005, Vinayan wrote and directed the film ''[[Albhuthadweep]]'' (Wonder Island) which cast around 300 dwarfs for the first time in a film. The two-foot-high hero of the film, [[Guinnes Pakru|Ajayan]], was written in the [[Guinness Book of Records]] and Vinayan himself was listed in India's [[Limca Book of Records]]. The film garnered the FilmFare and the Cinema Express awards, and was successfully remade in 2007 in the Tamil language by Vinayan himself.<ref>[http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/2384/tamil/arputha-theevu/preview.htm Arputha Theevu Preview, Synopsis – Tamil movie Arputha Theevu Preview, Synopsis]</ref>

Vinayan has also remade a few of his films into [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. He is also a [[screenwriter|script writer]] and [[lyricist]]. He directed a Malayalam television serial ''Iniyonnu Visramikkatte'' before making movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=7&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter=|title=CiniDiary}}</ref>

Vinayan is the founder/president of the MACTA Federation. He has also launched a co-operative society (with the assistance of the Government of Kerala) for the benefit of film workers. Vinayan is also the Advisory Member of the Cine Workers Welfare Board, sponsored by the [[Government of India]].<ref>[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/top-stories/2008/macta-film-institute-200608.html MACTA | Film Institute | Cooperative Registrar | Vinayan | Co Operative Sector – Oneindia Entertainment]</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Name
! scope="col" |Language
! scope="col" |Starring
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
|2022
|''[[Pathonpatham Noottandu]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Siju Wilson]]
| Biopic of [[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/interview/2021/01/28/chat-with-siju-wilson-pathonpatham-noottandu-movie.html|title=കുതിരയുടെ ജീവിതമാണ് ഇപ്പോൾ: വേലായുധപണിക്കറാകാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി സിജു വിൽസൺ; അഭിമുഖം}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/siju-wilson-stars-as-warrior-aarattupuzha-velayudha-panicker-in-vinayan-film-pathonpatham-noottaandu/articleshow/80467690.cms|title = Siju Wilson stars as warrior Aarattupuzha Velayudha Panicker in Vinayan film 'Pathonpatham Noottaandu'|work = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|''[[Hakeeminte Pranayakadha]]''
|Malayalam
|
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Aakasha Ganga 2]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Ramya Krishnan]], [[Sreenath Bhasi]], [[Salim Kumar]]
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Chalakkudikkaran Changathi]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Senthil Krishna]], [[Honey Rose]]
|J C Foundation Award for Best film director.
Biographical movie of [[Kalabhavan Mani]]
|-
| 2014
|''[[Little Superman]]''<ref>http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/movies/little-superman.html. {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
|Malayalam
|Master Deny, [[Ansiba Hassan]]
|3D film
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Dracula 2012]]''
|[[Malayalam]]
|Sudheer Sukumara, [[Shraddha Das]], [[Monal Gajjar]]
|3D film
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Meghana Raj]], Murali Krishnan, [[Lakshmi Menon (actress)|Lakshmi Menon]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Yakshiyum Njanum]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Meghana Raj]], [[Gautham Krishn]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Naalai Namadhe (2009 film)|Naalai Namadhe]]''
| Tamil
|Pradeep, [[Sharwanand]], [[Sanusha]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
| ''[[Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]], [[Jayasurya]], [[Sherin]], [[Bhama]]
|
|-
| ''[[Black Cat (2007 film)|Black Cat]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Suresh Gopi]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
|
|-
| ''[[Athisayan]]''
|Malayalam
|Master Devadas, [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
|Science fiction film
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005
| ''[[Boyy Friennd]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Manikuttan]], [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Honey Rose]], [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]], [[Madhumitha]]
|
|-
| ''[[Athbhutha Dweepu]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Guinness Pakru]], [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Mallika Kapoor]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2004
| ''[[Sathyam (2004 film)|Sathyam]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Priyamani]], [[Thilakan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Vellinakshatram (2004 film)|Vellinakshatram]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Jayasurya]], [[Taruni Sachdev]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[War and Love]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Laila Mehdin|Laila]], [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]
|
|-
| ''[[Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Ambili Devi]], [[Renuka Menon]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2002
| ''[[En Mana Vaanil]]''
|Tamil
|[[Jayasurya]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]]
|Remake of [[Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan]]
|-
| ''[[Kattuchembakam]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Jayasurya]], [[Charmy Kaur]], [[Anoop Menon]]
|
|-
| ''[[Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Jayasurya]], [[Kavya Madhavan]], [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2001
| ''[[Kasi (film)|Kasi]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]], [[Kavya Madhavan]]
|Tamil remake of ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]''
|-
| ''[[Rakshasa Rajavu]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Mammootty]], [[Dileep]]
|
|-
|''[[Karumadikkuttan (film)|Karumadikkuttan]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Kalabhavan Mani]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Nandhini]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2000
| ''[[Dada Sahib]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Mammootty]], [[Saikumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]
|-
| ''[[Daivathinte Makan]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Jayaram]], [[Pooja Batra]], [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1999
| ''[[Independence (1999 film)|Independence]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Vani Viswanath]], [[Kalabhavan Mani]], [[Indraja (actress)|Indraja]] , [[Khushbu]]
|
|-
| ''[[Pranaya Nilavu]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]], [[Nedumudi Venu]]
|
|-
| ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Kalabhavan Mani]], [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]], [[Praveena]]
|
|-
| ''[[Aakasha Ganga]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Divya Unni]], [[Mayoori (actress)|Mayoori]], Riyaz, [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
|Horror comedy
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Anuragakottaram]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Suvalakshmi]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Ullasapoongattu]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]], [[Thilakan]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1996
| ''[[Kalyana Sougandhikam (1996 film)|Kalyana Sougandhikam]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Divya Unni]], [[Jagadish]]
|
|-
| ''[[Mr. Clean (film)|Mr. Clean]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Devayani]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Annie (actress)|Annie]]
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sipayi Lahala]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Sreenivasan]], [[Vani Viswanath]]
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Vineeth]], [[Suchitra|Suchithra]], [[Jayabharathi]]
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Kunjikkuruvi]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]
|
|-
| 1990
| ''Superstar''
|Malayalam
|Kavalam Sasikumar, [[Jagadish]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Aayiram Chirakulla Moham]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Aayiram Chirakulla Moham – Mal Film|url=http://www.maebag.com/Content.php?Code=14714&Param=Product
|publisher=maebag.com|access-date=2011-11-02|date=2 November 2011}}</ref>
|[[Malayalam]]
|Hareesh, Sindhuja, [[Sukumaran]],
|
|}

===Television serials===
*Iniyonnu Visramikkatte (Doordarshan)

=== As producer ===
*[[Aalilakkuruvikal]]
*[[Aakasha Ganga]]
*[[Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya]]
*[[Dracula 2012|Dracula]]
*[[Little Superman]]

=== As lyricist ===
*[[Karumadikkuttan (film)|Karumadikuttan]]
*[[Rakshasa Rajavu|Rakshasarajavu]]
*[[Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan|Omappenninu Uriyadapayyan]]
*Kaattuchembakam
*Meerayude dhukavum muthuvinte swapnavum
*[[Sathyam (2004 film)|Sathyam]]
*[[Athbhutha Dweepu|Albhuthadweep]]
*[[Boyy Friennd]]
*Athisayan
*Yakshiyum Njanum
*Raguvinte Swantham Rasia
*Dracula 2012 3D

===As Actor===
*[[Aalilakkuruvikal]] as Postman
*[[Kallu Kondoru Pennu]] as Jouranilst
avano atho avalo -raju [1979]

Meenamasathile sooryan

===As writer===
*Superstar
*Aayiram Chirakulla Moham (story)
*Kanyakumariyil oru kavitha (story)
*[[Sipayi Lahala]] (story)
*Independence(story)
*[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]] (story)
*Daadasaahib (story)
*Karumaadikuttan(story)
*[[Rakshasa Rajavu]] (full script)
*Kaasi (full script)
*Oomapenninu uruyadapayyan (story)
*kaattuchembakam (full script)
*En Mana Vaanil (full script)
*War&Love (story &co-script)
*Meerayude dhukavum muthuvinte swapnavum (full script)
*Vellinakshathram (full script)
*Sathyam (full script)
*Albhuthadweep (full script)
*Boyfriend (story)
*Hareendran oru Nishkalankan (screenplay only)
*Athishayan (full script)
*Black Cat (full script)
*Yakshiyum Njanum (full script)
*Raghvinte Swantham Rasia (full script)
*Dracula (full script)
*Little superman (full script)
*Chaalkudikaaran changathi (story co-screenplay)

==Awards==
{{Unreferenced section|date= April 2022}}
Film critics award for best director – ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]''
Atlas award best director – ''Dada sahib''
;Cine Express Awards
*Best Film Director – ''Karumadikkuttan''
;J C Foundation Awards
*Best Film Director – ''Chaalakkudikkaaran Changathi''

===Filmfare Awards South===
* 2001: [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam]] ''[[Karumadikuttan]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0898524}}

{{commons category}}

{{Filmfare Award Best Malayalam Director}}

[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:1960 births]]

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