Jayanth C. Paranjee

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 Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh and Chiranjeevi.[3][4]

Jayanth C. Paranji
Born
Jayanth Paranji C

1961
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationFilm Director, Film Producer
Years active1997−present

Early career

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. 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
YearFilm TitleLead CastNotes
1997Preminchukundam RaaVenkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri
1998Bavagaru BagunnaraChiranjeevi, Rambha
1998Premante IderaVenkatesh, Priety Zinta
1999Ravoyi ChandamamaAkkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri, Aishwarya Rai
2002Takkari DongaMahesh Babu, Lisa Ray, Bipasha Basu
2002 EeshwarPrabhas, Sridevi Vijaykumar
2004 Lakshmi NarasimhaNandamuri Balakrishna, Asin
2004Shankar Dada M.B.B.SChiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali Bendre
2004SakhiyaTarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi
2005Allari PiduguNandamuri Balakrishna, Katrina Kaif[5]
2011TeenmaarPawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan
2014NinnindalePuneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes kannada debut
2017JayadevGhanta Ravi Teja , Malavika

References
  1. "I am the real-life Raj from DDLJ: Jayanth C Paranji". The Times of India.
  2. "Penchant for making love stories". The Hindu.
  3. "Jayant Paranji". IMDB.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  4. "Jayanth C Paranji". FilmiBeat.
  5. "An out and out potboiler Commercial potboiler". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 8 October 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

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