Jayaraj

Jayaraj

Nascimento : 1960-08-04, Kottayam, Kerala, India

História

Jayaraj Rajasekharan, often credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian Malayali filmmaker known for directing mainstream as well as art house films.

Perfil

Jayaraj

Filmes

Tree Full of Parrots
Director
An eight-year-old boy Poonjan is not an ordinary boy. He earns a living by doing mean jobs like fishing in the backwaters. One day, Poonjan saw a blind man sitting alone in the boat jetty who seemed to have lost his way home. He is demented, and only remembers a certain tree full of Parrots in front of his house. Poonjan tried to find the way to the blind man’s home. Disheartened with the outcome of their journey, he was about to give up on the quest.
The Rebirth
Writer
According to the World Health Organization, about 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability. They have the right to come to the forefront of life just like any other human being. A group of parents in Mysore have succeeded in bringing such children with disabilities to the forefront and showing the world that they do not need to be replaced. The documentary ‘The Rebirth’, scripted and directed by Jayaraj, provides an opportunity to get to know her life better.
The Rebirth
Director
According to the World Health Organization, about 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability. They have the right to come to the forefront of life just like any other human being. A group of parents in Mysore have succeeded in bringing such children with disabilities to the forefront and showing the world that they do not need to be replaced. The documentary ‘The Rebirth’, scripted and directed by Jayaraj, provides an opportunity to get to know her life better.
The Talking Plow
Director
A short film based on Ponkunnam Varkey’s short story, of the same title, Shabdikkunna Kalappa (the talking plow) narrates a heart-warming tale about a farmer and his ox Kannan, who he treats as kin.
Backpackers
Director
Based on a true story, Backpackers follows the lives of a couple with terminal cancer as they spend the last few months of their lives fulfilling their adventurous dreams.
Humour
Director
Hasyam (Humour) is the eighth film in writer-director Jayaraj’s Navarasa series that has so far yielded Shantham, Karunam, Bhibatsa, Adbutham, Veeram, Bhayanakam and Roudram, with one more to come. Rasa means juice, flavour or essence, and – to put it in the simplest terms possible –Navarasa in the Indian arts refers to the nine (nava) emotional states as captured by a work of art, and as manifested in the audience’s experience of and response to that work.
Roudram 2018
Writer
Com base em incidentes da vida real que ocorreram no centro de Travancore durante as inundações devastadoras que Kerala sobreviveu em 2018.
Roudram 2018
Director
Com base em incidentes da vida real que ocorreram no centro de Travancore durante as inundações devastadoras que Kerala sobreviveu em 2018.
Bhayanakam
Screenplay
A First World War veteran reaches a backwater village in Kuttanand, India as a Postman. He delivers money orders and letters to the family of soldiers, becoming a symbol of happiness. But everything turns upside down, as the Second World War begins.
Bhayanakam
Director
A First World War veteran reaches a backwater village in Kuttanand, India as a Postman. He delivers money orders and letters to the family of soldiers, becoming a symbol of happiness. But everything turns upside down, as the Second World War begins.
Crossroad
Writer
Crossroad is a first -of-its-kind portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women, facing ten different life situations and explores how they tackle it. The movie encompasses ten feature films of fifteen minutes each, with each featuring prominent female artists from Malayalam film industry as the protagonist and is directed by a prominent Malayalam filmmaker. The movie showcases the vibrant facet of each woman and tells the story from her perspective.
Veeram
Story
Adaptação da obra de William Shakespeare, Macbeth, e com alguns aspectos de Jayaraj's Navarasa. O Filme, com cenas filmadas em Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) da região norte de Malabar, no sul da Índia, conta a história de Chandu Chekavar ( Kunal Kapoor ) , um guerreiro famoso do século 13 do norte de Malabar .
Veeram
Screenplay
Adaptação da obra de William Shakespeare, Macbeth, e com alguns aspectos de Jayaraj's Navarasa. O Filme, com cenas filmadas em Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) da região norte de Malabar, no sul da Índia, conta a história de Chandu Chekavar ( Kunal Kapoor ) , um guerreiro famoso do século 13 do norte de Malabar .
Veeram
Director
Adaptação da obra de William Shakespeare, Macbeth, e com alguns aspectos de Jayaraj's Navarasa. O Filme, com cenas filmadas em Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) da região norte de Malabar, no sul da Índia, conta a história de Chandu Chekavar ( Kunal Kapoor ) , um guerreiro famoso do século 13 do norte de Malabar .
The Trap
Director
Ottaal (The Trap) is an adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has traveled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India. Kuttappayi, a young boy, is miserable and desperate as he starts writing a letter to his grandfather from a place, dim and dark. Kuttappayi's recollections takes us to the picturesque locations of Kuttanad, where Kuttappayi and his grandpa, Valiyappachayi, are arriving with their ducks. The village is as pleasant as it can be even though what brings him there is the death of his dearest parents. With hope and freedom, he is about to start his life afresh among the village's letter-less postman, the nameless dog, the rich lad, Tinku and many more.
Camel Safari
Story
Dia(Pankaja Menon) heroine of the movie is a management student in Mangalore. She and four of her friends(Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visits Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan(Arun Shankar) and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.
Camel Safari
Director
Dia(Pankaja Menon) heroine of the movie is a management student in Mangalore. She and four of her friends(Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visits Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan(Arun Shankar) and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.
Pakarnnattam
Director
The film explores the practice that makes martyrs of the local political activists who are willing to sacrifice their life for ideologies. The film is also a poignant love story of a Meera (Sabitha Jayaraj) and her relentless fight against her own family and society for the man she love.
Naayika
Director
Naayika tells the life and times of a yesterdays' heroine of Malayalam cinema. It is the story of Gracy (Sharada) a leading star until she suddenly disappeared from the silver screen.
Loudspeaker
Producer
An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.
Loudspeaker
Writer
An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.
Loudspeaker
Director
An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.
Gulmohar
Director
Induchoodan (Ranjith) is the head master of a school. His family consists of his wife Chithra(Meera Vasudev), a son, a daughter and his mother-in-law(Kaviyoor Ponnamma). A friend from past, Harikrishnan(Siddique) visits Induchoodan. It is revealed that Induchoodan was a naxalite in the past and was imprisoned for six years. This triggers flashback to 20 years back.
Of the People
Producer
A group of friends, who act as vigilantes, create an interactive website to take complaints from the common man regarding the corrupt officials and politicians.
Of the People
Director
A group of friends, who act as vigilantes, create an interactive website to take complaints from the common man regarding the corrupt officials and politicians.
Anandabhairavi
Director
Anandabhairavi depicts the life of Vasudeva Panikker, a Kathakali artist and his son.
Adbutham
Story
Inspired by the first case of euthanasia in Oregon, Adbutham revolves around Chandrashekara Warrier, a Malayali man living in the US, who, after a debilitating accident, approaches the court for physician-assisted suicide and is granted approval for the same. Adbutham follows the final hours of Warrier.
Adbutham
Director
Inspired by the first case of euthanasia in Oregon, Adbutham revolves around Chandrashekara Warrier, a Malayali man living in the US, who, after a debilitating accident, approaches the court for physician-assisted suicide and is granted approval for the same. Adbutham follows the final hours of Warrier.
Aanachandam
Director
Krishna Prasad (Jayaram) has loved elephants ever since he was a child. This love makes it hard for him to keep a regular job. But things change when Gauri (Remya Nambeeshan) enters his life.
Ashwaroodan
Writer
Set against a feudal set up full of disputes, deceit and murder. Ahswaroodan is the story of Veerabhadran who has a heart of gold, but rules with an iron hand.
Ashwaroodan
Director
Set against a feudal set up full of disputes, deceit and murder. Ahswaroodan is the story of Veerabhadran who has a heart of gold, but rules with an iron hand.
Pachakuthira
Himself
A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash Menon, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself.
By The People
Director
Two years after the events in 4 the People, a group of four students join up to fight corruption in education. They are angered with the suicide of a student who does not get a loan for her studies. The police department brings Rajan Mathew (Sunil) back from the administrative job that he had been shifted to for killing a student
Daivanamathil
Director
After the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Anwar, a student of Aligarh Muslim University, becomes a fundamentalist and ends up in prison. His wife Sameera yearns for him be the soft and loving husband that he once was. But what happens when he is out of jail?
Makalkku
Director
Movie directed by Jayaraaj
Yuvasena
Screenplay
Telugu remake of the Malayalam film "4 the People" (2004).
Yuvasena
Director
Telugu remake of the Malayalam film "4 the People" (2004).
4 The People
Story
Fed up of the corruption all around, four young men form a secret group called '4 the people' and decide to take on the corrupt on their own. They have a web site and eventually gain enormous support.
4 The People
Director
Fed up of the corruption all around, four young men form a secret group called '4 the people' and decide to take on the corrupt on their own. They have a web site and eventually gain enormous support.
Rain, Rain .. Come Again
Director
The plot follows the rivalry between a men's and a women's college. Amidst, a professor who heads a cult of Satan worshippers tries to lure the students.
Thilakkam
Director
Padmanabhan master and his wife are waiting for Unni, their only son who is missing for many years. 10 year old Unni got lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he was along with his neighbour Panikkar, popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panikkar too did not return since he decided to return only after finding Unni. Ammu is Panikkar's daughter who also believes, like master and his wife, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master finds Unni and brings him back to the Village. The villagers realize that Unni is abnormal and is mentally challenged. He behaves like a small boy and creates all sorts of trouble for the villagers and his parents.
Kannaki
Director
Kannaki is a film directed by Jayaraj. It is loosely based on Shakespeare story of Antony & Cleopatra
Bibhatsa
Director
The Third Film from Director Jayaraj's 'Navarasa' Series.
Shantham
Director
Velayudhan is a young man living in a place torn apart by civil strife. In the midst of a raging street war, he kills his best friend. Velayudhan feels guilty and disturbed. The political enemies also plot revenge on Velayudhan.
Pathos
Director
Karunam movie revolves around Chackochan and Chechamma who are an elderly couple living on a plantation in southern India awaiting a visit from their son and his family, who now live in the USA.
Millennium Stars
Director
When they were children, Shiva and Shankar went to Mumbai in search of a living. Circumstances puts them in jail, where they meet a bully named Karunan. They escape from jail. Several years later, Shankar and Shiva dream of becoming singers. Karunan is still active as a criminal. Through their hard work,the Shiva-Shankar duo become successful singers and start being called the "millennium stars".
Sneham
Director
Sneham is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film directed by Jayaraj starring Jayaram, Jomol, Kasthuri, and Biju Menon. The film features a musical score by Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, with lyrics written by Yusufali Kechery.
Thalolam
Producer
Haridas leaves his daughter in Sankaran Unni's care and goes to Paris. The child dies and 16 years later when Haridas returns, Sankaran Unni is forced to present his daughter as Haridas'.
Thalolam
Director
Haridas leaves his daughter in Sankaran Unni's care and goes to Paris. The child dies and 16 years later when Haridas returns, Sankaran Unni is forced to present his daughter as Haridas'.
Kaliyattam
Director
Kaliyattam is an adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello' seen through the local traditional theatrical dance form of Theyyam, in which the actor takes on a divine dimension - as soon as he wears his mask and his headgear.
Desadanam
Producer
The plot revolves around the personal turmoil faced by the parents of a child who is to be inducted into priesthood by a monastery. The boy who led a carefree life until now has been identified as having a deep understanding of religious philosophy and scriptures at a very young age by the priests of a holy shrine. They request the family to induct the boy into priesthood to which the grandfather of the boy readily agrees to; for, he himself had aspirations of joining the shrine in the past. The parents, though not keen on parting with their child are compelled to give in on the basis of the word given by the elders of the family.
Desadanam
Director
The plot revolves around the personal turmoil faced by the parents of a child who is to be inducted into priesthood by a monastery. The boy who led a carefree life until now has been identified as having a deep understanding of religious philosophy and scriptures at a very young age by the priests of a holy shrine. They request the family to induct the boy into priesthood to which the grandfather of the boy readily agrees to; for, he himself had aspirations of joining the shrine in the past. The parents, though not keen on parting with their child are compelled to give in on the basis of the word given by the elders of the family.
Highway
Director
This movie is a crime thriller. Suresh Gopi is a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer who comes in disguise to a colony to investigate a bomb blast which killed 30 innocent college students. Bhanupriya falls in love with Suresh Gopi and the rest of the story revolves around how Suresh Gopi solves the case.
Highway
Writer
This movie is a crime thriller. Suresh Gopi is a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer who comes in disguise to a colony to investigate a bomb blast which killed 30 innocent college students. Bhanupriya falls in love with Suresh Gopi and the rest of the story revolves around how Suresh Gopi solves the case.
Arabia
Writer
s Akbar, a merchant from Arabia who helps out the people of Dharmapuri fight their enemies.
Arabia
Director
s Akbar, a merchant from Arabia who helps out the people of Dharmapuri fight their enemies.
Sopanam
Director
This film tells the story of a singer who loves his teacher's daughter.
Paithrukam
Director
The film revolves around a traditional Brahmin family and the fight between their beliefs and atheism.
Johnnie Walker
Director
The film gets its title from the character's Mammootty role Johnnie Varghese. He has a brother Bobby Varghese who studies in Bangalore degree college for Economics. On a recent visit from his brother and friends changes Johnnie's mind and he decide to join college despite of his age. From there he clashes with drug Mafia, Swamy who rules the college with his drug gang and what happens to Johnnie and Bobby is the rest of the plot.
Aakasha Kottayile Sultan
Story
Kesavan Kutty's job is to build houses for Georgekutty, an NRI. To settle his debts, Kesavan Kutty rents out the houses. It's sheer chaos when Georgekutty arrives unexpectedly.
Aakasha Kottayile Sultan
Director
Kesavan Kutty's job is to build houses for Georgekutty, an NRI. To settle his debts, Kesavan Kutty rents out the houses. It's sheer chaos when Georgekutty arrives unexpectedly.
Vidhyarambham
Director
Vidhyarambham is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Jayaraj and produced by GP Vijayakumar. The film stars KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Murali and Sankaradi in lead roles.
Pramadavanam
Director
Highway 2 - The Untitled
Director
M.T. Vasudevan Nair 's Netflix Anthology
Director