Sajeev Pazhoor
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Born |
Pazhoor, Piravom, Kerala, India |
Occupation | Novelist, Screenwriter |
Spouse(s) | Deepa Sajeev |
Children | Devika S Vishal, Adhithyan S Vishal |
Sajeev Pazhoor (Malayalam:സജീവ് പാഴൂര്) (born 8 April 1974) is an Indian novelist, and film director from Kerala. He won 65th National Film Award & 48th Kerala State Film Award for best Screen Writer (Movie Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum),
Sajeev Pazhoor worked as the senior sub-editor for Deshabhimani daily. Currently he is working as the assistant cultural officer at Tagore Theatre Thiruvananthapuram for the Department of Information and Public Relations, a government agency of the Government of Kerala.
Sajeev Pazhoor entered the Malayalam film industry in 2013 as the screenwriter of Swapaanam directed by Shaji N. Karun and co-written by Harikrishnan. His short film Chood (Soddem) (2011) got much recognition and critical acclaim. He announced his directorial debut in 2014 with the film titled Ponmuttai, with Indrans and Urvashi in the lead roles. Later news arrived that the project has been postponed. Sajeev Pazhoor then wrote the screenplay for director Dileesh Pothan's Fahadh Faasil-starrer Thondi Muthalum Driksakshiyum (2017).
- Winner - National Film Award for Best Screenplay - 2018, Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay - 2018
Filmography
- Director
- 2011 Agnisakshiyude Sakshi (Life and times of Agnisakshi), Short film Based On Agnisakshi (novel) by Lalithambika Antharjanam
- 2011 Chood(Soddem)- short film
- 2015 Sangeetham M.K Arjunan- Documentary film
- Writer
- 2013 Swapaanam (Co-Writer with Harikrishnan)
- 2015 Ponmuttai (Writer/Director)(Postponed)
- 2017 Thondi Muthalum Dhriksakshiyum (English: The exhibits and the eye witness) (writer) Directed by Dileesh Pothan
- 2017 Swayam (English: Selfless) (writer) (with R. Sarath) Directed by R. Sarath
- 2017 Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan Dileep Movie (writer) to be Directed by Nadirshah
- 2018 Untitled Biju Menon Movie (writer) to be Directed by G. Prajith
- 2018 Untitled Suraj Venjaramoodu Movie (writer) to be Directed by B. Unnikrishnan
References
- In conversation with Sajeev Pazhoor, this year’s National Award winner for original screenplay
- Urvashi to Lead Opposite Indrans
- Sajeev Pazhoor’s Short Fiction Film ‘Choodu’
- Fahadh with Dileesh Pothen again
- Biju Menon’s signs realistic thriller with G Prajith?
- Director B Unnikrishnan’s is prepping up for his next venture with Suraj Venjaramoodu as lead
- 48th Kerala State Film Awards