Jayanth C. Paranjee

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Jayanth C. Paranji
Born21 July 1957
Occupation
  • Film director
  • producer
Years active1997−present

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

Early career[edit]

Paranji was born in Karnataka to a Tamil speaking family. 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[edit]

Year Film Title Lead Cast Notes
1997 Preminchukundam Raa Venkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri
1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara Chiranjeevi, Rambha
1998 Premante Idera Venkatesh, Priety Zinta
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri
2002 Takkari Donga Mahesh Babu, Lisa Ray, Bipasha Basu
2002 Eeshwar Prabhas, Sridevi Vijaykumar
2004 Lakshmi Narasimha Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin
2004 Shankar Dada M.B.B.S Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali Bendre
2004 Sakhiya Tarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi
2005 Allari Pidugu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Katrina Kaif[6]
2011 Teenmaar Pawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan
2014 Ninnindale Puneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes Kannada debut
2017 Jayadev Ghanta Ravi Teja , Malavika

References[edit]

  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "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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