Jayanth C. Paranji | |
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Born | Bangalore, Mysore State, India | 21 July 1957
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Years active | 1997−present |
Jayanth C. Paranji (born 21 July 1957) is an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.[1] He introduced Bollywood actresses: Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Anjala Zaveri, Bipasha Basu, Lisa Ray, Nauheed Cyrusi to the Telugu screen.[2] He has directed films across multiple genres with the fab four of Telugu Film Industry - Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh.[3][4] He has worked with all the top actors in the Telugu film industry including Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu. Actor Prabhas was launched into films by Jayanth in the film Eeswar (2002).
Paranji was born in Karnataka to a Tamil speaking family.[citation needed] 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.
Year | Film Title | Lead Cast | Language | Notes |
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1997 | Preminchukundam Raa | Venkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri | Telugu | |
1998 | Bavagaru Bagunnara | Chiranjeevi, Rambha | Telugu | |
1998 | Premante Idera | Venkatesh, Priety Zinta | Telugu | |
1999 | Ravoyi Chandamama | Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri | Telugu | |
2002 | Takkari Donga | Mahesh Babu, Lisa Ray, Bipasha Basu | Telugu | |
2002 | Eeswar | Prabhas, Sridevi Vijaykumar | Telugu | |
2004 | Lakshmi Narasimha | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin | Telugu | Remake of Saamy[6] |
2004 | Shankar Dada M.B.B.S | Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali Bendre | Telugu | Remake of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S |
2004 | Sakhiya | Tarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi | Telugu | |
2005 | Allari Pidugu | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Katrina Kaif[7] | Telugu | |
2011 | Teenmaar | Pawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan | Telugu | Remake of Love Aaj Kal |
2014 | Ninnindale | Puneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes | Kannada | Debut in Kannada cinema |
2017 | Jayadev | Ganta Ravi Teja, Malvika Raaj | Telugu | Remake of Sethupathi |