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Jayanth C. Paranjee
Jayanth C. Paranji | |
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| Born | 21 July 1957 Bangalore, Mysore State, India |
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| Years active | 1997−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 |
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| 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]
- ↑ "I am the real-life Raj from DDLJ: Jayanth C Paranji". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Penchant for making love stories". The Hindu. 20 November 2011.
- ↑ "Jayant Paranji". IMDB.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ↑ "Jayanth C Paranji". FilmiBeat.
- ↑ 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) - ↑ "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.