Shaji Kailas

Shaji Kailas

Nascimento : 1965-08-15, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

História

Shaji Kailas is an Indian film director best known for his hard-hitting Malayalam commercial films. He got a break in the industry with the comedy film Dr. Pasupathy (1990). He's known for his collaboration with screenwriters Renji Panicker and Ranijth. With Renji Panicker, Shaji made popular political thrillers such as Thalastaanam (1992), Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans (1993), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993), Commissioner (1994), and The King (1995). Shaji's collaboration with Ranijth brought forth stories set in a feudal background, such as Aaraam Thampuran (1997), Narasimham (2000), and Valliettan (2000).

Perfil

Shaji Kailas

Filmes

Alone
Director
A man named Kalidas during pandemic lock-down shifting from Coimbatore to Kochi, Kerala.
Manavalan Faheem
Director
In the gritty streets of Kollam, Faheem Gafoor is a man on a mission. A self-proclaimed expert driver, Faheem is convinced that he is the reincarnation of Ryan Gosling's character from the film "Drive."
Kaapa
Director
What happens when the name of an innocent girl appears in Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act (KAAPA), the list of most wanted people in Kerala.
Kaduva
Director
The film is set in the late 90s revolving around the life of a young high range rubber planter from Mundakayam and his rivalry with a high ranking officer in the Kerala Police
Vaigai Express
Screenplay
An investigative officer takes up a case involving the deaths of three different women murdered by three different killers with varying motives.
Vaigai Express
Director
An investigative officer takes up a case involving the deaths of three different women murdered by three different killers with varying motives.
En Vazhi Thani Vazhi
Director
An intrepid encounter specialist takes on everyone who tries to rein him in and clashes with an international outcome.
Ginger
Director
Two scheming thieves Vivekanandan and Najeeb Kecheri plan to rob Harinarayanan and his wife Devika's house, but in a quirk of fate, becomes a part of their life. Meanwhile, when moneylender Edamuttam Pappachen asks them to do something special for him, the story takes another turn.
Madirasi
Director
Madirasi is a 2012 Malayalam action comedy film directed by Shaji Kailas and starring Jayaram, Meera Nandan, Meghana Raj, Kailash, Kalabhavan Mani and Tini Tom.[1] The film is based on a series of true incidents that took place in Madirasi, the Malayalam name for the city of Madras. Madirasi is however described as a part of Coimbatore in the film.
Simhasanam
Writer
Village head Madhava Menon is highly respected for his integrity. Trouble begins in his life when a rival clan decides to cause havoc in the village.
Simhasanam
Director
Village head Madhava Menon is highly respected for his integrity. Trouble begins in his life when a rival clan decides to cause havoc in the village.
The King & The Commissioner
Director
Joseph Alex and Bharathchandran, two police officers, try to prevent Major Abu Jalal Rana, a terrorist, from attacking New Delhi.
August 15
Director
The film is a sequel to the 1988 film August 1, which was directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by S. N. Swamy. Following from August 1, Mammootty plays the character of the Crime Branch officer Perumal who investigates into an attempt of assassination on the chief minister of Kerala on the 15th of August, the Independence Day of India.
Drona 2010
Director
Kunjunni (Mammootty), in an inebriated condition arrives on a rainy night to purchase Nellur Mana, which is believed to be haunted by the ghost of Savithri (Dhanya Mary Varghese). Being crazy about old houses and palaces, Kunjunni, who is in to realty business was lured into this deal by Gireeshan (Manoj K. Jayan), the son of Guptan Namboothiri (Thilakan), a feudal land lord. In a fight with Kunjunni, his younger son had fell from the terrace and had got paralyzed below the hips. Now Guptan Namboothiri wants to avenge for it. Upon reaching the old house, Kunjunni is attacked by the goons of Gireeshan, but he escapes miraculously. An atheist, Kunjunni leads a carefree life away from the traditions of his family and is inlove with Thulasimani (Kaniha), the daughter of Pisharody, the old friend of his late father, who was also a famous tantrik.
Kerala Cafe
Director
Ten stories meet at Kerala Cafe.
Red Chillies
Director
Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from the place to leave their car behind. Moreover, the girls work for OMR and it was his car they drove around. OMR is forced to come down to India. As a mystery, several other characters come into light, including a party secretary portrayed by Thilakan and four policemen played by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon and Ganesh Kumar.
Ellam Avan Seyal
Screenplay
A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. The movie deals with the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The lawyer, through his own investigation arrives at the fact that she was brutally raped by college authorities and framed the students as culprits.
Ellam Avan Seyal
Director
A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. The movie deals with the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The lawyer, through his own investigation arrives at the fact that she was brutally raped by college authorities and framed the students as culprits.
Sound of Boot
Director
Holiday Home is a tourist resort in the high ranges of Kerala. It is frequented by tourists and by newly married couples who come to honeymoon here. Sankaranarayanan (Murali) is the care taker of the Holiday Home. Rahul Krishna (Bala) comes to Holiday Home with Meera Nambiar (Honey Rose). The next day Meera Nambiar is found murdered. SP Siddharth Mahadev (Suresh Gopi) comes for the investigation. Everyone who is involved with the crime gives a different story to the SP. The rest of the film is about this crime investigation.
Alibhai
Director
Anwar Ali aka Ali Bhai (Mohanlal) is the undisputed leader of Palayam market in Kozhikode. But when his power is challenged by Danny Abraham, the good-natured Ali Bhai turns into a demon to protect his domain.
Time
Director
An anti-corruption drive led by Disha, a Gandhian social organization leads to the resignation of Krishnan Nambiar (Biju Pappan), a state minister. Susan Mary Thomas (Padmapriya Janakiraman), an upcoming English novelist is the main brain behind Disha, who also is involved in several woman empowerment programs. Just after his resignation, Krishnan Nambiar is found brutally murdered at a private tennis court. The chief Minister (Kollam Thulasi) assigns Appan Menon (Suresh Gopi), the investigation charge.
Baba Kalyani
Director
Baba Kalyani is a Malayalam action film released in 2006. Directed by Shaji Kailas, this film has Mohanlal in the title role, supported by Biju Menon, Saikumar, Indrajith Sukumaran, Mamta Mohandas and Jagathy Sreekumar.
The Don
Director
The story is about Unnikrishnan, who spent his entire childhood in a juvenile home for killing his uncle, the murderer of his parents. One day Unnikrishnan saves the life of a do-gooder, Kasim Baba. Unnikrishnan becomes Kasim Baba's most trusted man and later becomes the Don.
Chinthamani Kolacase
Director
The story is centered on Lal Krishna Viradiar (Suresh Gopi), the enigmatic criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna helps out hardened criminals to get away from the courts. But later he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice.
The Tiger
Director
The movie begins with the death of Varma a senior government official who was about to on the verge of making a major anti-corruption bust. The case is handed over to Chandrashekharan IPS who goes by the nickname of "The Tiger". A turning point comes in the movie when a TV journalist Suhara disappears along with her Cameraman. Chandrashekhar finds a link between both the cases and is out to catch the mysterious assassin who is responsible for the death of Varma.
Natturajavu
Director
Natturajavu movie is all about Pulikattil Charlie who is a tough but easy going guy who owns a quarry and an estate. His late father Pulikattil Mathan has left behind a lot of problems for Charlie. Mathan had created quite a few enemies who are trying to get even with Charlie now.Mathan was a terrible person and practically no one liked him and no one had anything good to say about him even after his death. Charlie is trying to live a low profile life but is forced to sort out the mess created by his late father. He is living with his mother, grandmother and a younger sister Katrina who is an illegitimate child of Mathan.    Charlie had another brother Samuel who committed suicide a while ago due to Mathan
Jana
Screenplay
Jana always stands for his villagers, against the atrocities committed by Veerapandi. Manimegalai, Veerapandi's daughter, falls in love with Jana, but is stunned when she learns about his past life.
Jana
Director
Jana always stands for his villagers, against the atrocities committed by Veerapandi. Manimegalai, Veerapandi's daughter, falls in love with Jana, but is stunned when she learns about his past life.
Vishnu
Director
Vishnu and Vaishnavi are childhood pals. They get separated at a young age. After a gap of 15 years, Vishnu finds Vaishnavi. He does not disclose his identity and instead to win her love on his own merits. Vaishnavi learns of this and a misunderstandings crop up.
Thandavam
Director
Thandavam movie tells about the love and bond between the brothers Kashi Nathan (Mohanlal) and SwamiNathan(Nedumudi Venu) and it takes a turn when Saminathan is killed in an accident.Kashinathan realises Dasappa Kaundar(Manoj K Jayan) and minister shankar Das(Sai Kumar) are behind Swaminathan
Shivam
Director
Shivam is a Police thriller, with Biju Menon in the lead, and Shaji Kailas comes back to associate with Revathy Kalamandhir. The theme involves administration of Vigilante justice with the hero taking law into his own hands and bcoming an anti-hero in the process.
Vaanchinathan
Director
Vaanchinathan, a straightforward policeman, is not allergic to exploiting the loopholes in the law to eliminate the criminals who have thus far not been punished by the judiciary.
Valliettan
Director
Madhavankutty is the Valliettan (Big Brother) of the Arackal family. The long lasting rivalry between the Arackal Madhavanunni and Patteri Sivaraman forms the main thread of the story. Madhavanunni along with his four brothers he rules the village. But Sivaraman with the help of Bava develops their plan to trap Madhavanunni.
Narasimham
Director
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
F.I.R.
Director
A young journalist gets killed upon following the illegal activities of a corrupt politician. Police officer Mohammed Sarkar and his team set out to find the dark secrets behind the murder.
The Truth
Director
The Truth deals with an investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) involving the murder of the Chief Minister of Kerala in bomb blast.
Aaram Thamburan
Director
Jagannathan faces several challenges when he goes to stay in Kanimangalam village. He promises the villagers that he will help in the preparations for the annual temple festival, but will his enemies leave him in peace?
Asuravamsam
Director
Murugan (Manoj K. Jayan), gangster & leader of the Kozhikode Palayam market, locks horns with his ex-mentor Ranganathan Swamy (Narendra Prasad) & businessmen Thattel Mani (C.I. Paul), Thattel Bobby (Saikumar) & Muhammad Hussain Haji (Rizabawa) after Murugan sides with bust businessman Moosa (Rajan P. Dev) in a land deal where Moosa was cheated out of his land by Haji. Swamy & company kill Moosa & play the hotheaded new city police commissioner Jayamohan (Biju Menon) against Murugan.
Mahathma
Director
'Mahathma' is a 1996 Malayalam action film. Directed by Shaji Kailas, with Suresh Gopi, Ganesh Kumar, Devan, Rajan P. Dev, Biju Menon and Ramya Krishnan appearing in lead roles, this film revolved the growth of an underworld don. The story is unfolded in flashback, travelling through the memories of Devadevan, the protagonist. Produced at a huge budget, the film bombed at box office. It is an adaptation of the 1983 Al Pacino film Scarface.
The King
Director
The King is a 1995 Malayalam action thriller film. Directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Renji Panicker with Mammootty in the title role as district collector.
Rudraksham
Director
Suresh Gopi losses his sister in Bangloore. He is trying to find who abducted her(Mathu) and finds out that there is a gang war going on and he finds himself in the middle with another girl that he meets (Anne) and rest of the story is how they escape and confront these gangsters
Commissioner
Director
The story takes a break from Bharath to introduce the main antagonist Mohan Thomas, a Delhi-based business tycoon, with strong political clout and a clear sociopathic agenda. It is revealed that Mohan Thomas had entrusted Saahib with the gold, which was confiscated by Bharath and is in fact the kingpin heading an unholy nexus of politicians, criminals and various officials including two high ranking cops, Rajan Felix, I.G. Vigilance and Menon, A.I.G., who are involved in criminal activities like instigating communal riots and large scale distribution of counterfeit currency.
Ekalavyan
Director
Swami Amoorthananda (Narendra Prasad), a holy godman with strong international connections also runs a powerful narcotic drug mafia in the state. He also has several connections with in political circles. A good orator, Swami also draws a large number of devotees from abroad and many are slowly turned into addicts. A series of murders at Kovalam beach invites sharp criticism of the govt and the chief minister (Madhu) decides to bring a new head to the state narcotics wing. Madhavan IPS (Suresh Gopi), thus arrives in Kerala from New Delhi, and is assisted by Sharath Chandran (Siddique), a smart CI of Kerala police. Madhavan's aggressive way of investigation leads him to the ashram or Swami Amoorthananda, which creates a panic in the state.
Mafia
Director
Mafia is a 1993 Malayalam film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Vikram Kennedy, Janardhanan and Tiger Prabhakar in lead roles.
Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans
Director
Goplakrishnan (Jagadish), a resident of Hindustan Colony is an educated youth, who works as a newspaper boy. Along with his bunch of friends Gopalakrishnan becomes a candidate and wins the election with stunning majority. Gopalakrishnan starts performing in his own capacity and announces free policing system and cleansing the law and order. Mohammed Iqbal (Siddique), a young dynamic police officer is assigned the task of cleaning up the capital city, who arrests goons.
Joker
Original Story
Balaji, a philandering architect, sees Usha Rani at a hotel and falls in love with her. Soon, he makes his way to her house, in the guise of a caretaker in order to woo her.
Neelakurukkan
Director
Neelakurukkan is a 1992 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Shaji Kailas, starring Ashokan and Baiju in the lead roles. The movie tells the story of college students Binoy, Sudheer, Ranjeev and Nazzar.
Thalasthanam
Director
Thalastaanam (The Capital) is a 1992 Malayalam film by Shaji Kailas starring Suresh Gopi, Narendra Prasad, Geetha, M. G. Soman, Biyon and Vijayakumar. Vijayakumar made his debut through this movie.
Kilukkampetti
Director
Prakash Menon is a successful architect based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His company's Kochi branch was not doing so good and so the company decided to relocate him to Kochi to make things good. He was supposed to replace his equivalent in Kochi named Anu Pillai. Prakash Menon falls in love with Anu and takes up the job under the name of Vasudevan with the intention of getting her to love him.
Souhrudam
Director
Sridevi and Shiny, two college friends, lead a peaceful married life. However, things take a turn when their husbands suspect them of infidelity.
Dr. Pasupathy
Director
Innocent is a conman who gets payed by a associate to trick a whole town into thinking that he is an animal doctor , Dr. Pasupathy which the town president brought for the villagers.
News
Director
After getting turned down to become a police inspector, Rishi Menon starts his own detective agency. He is handed an assignment to investigate the murder of a woman and the disappearance of a college student.
Hunt
Director