Jayanth C. Paranjee

Jayanth C. Paranjee
Born	Jayanth Paranjee C
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1997−present

Jayanth C. Paranji is a Tollywood film director. He grew up in Gandhinagar, Bangalore, which is where most of the Kannada film distributors have their offices. He recently directed the Kannada movie Ninnindale starring Puneeth Rajkumar. He was always interested in arts. He was very good in drawing as a child. Later, he became interested in music and theater. 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.

Most of his films have been big hits. All his films are known for their hit songs, thanks to his talent in music and close association with Mani Sharma. His films are also known for good photography and good plots. He is one of the few directors to have worked with the Tollywood "fab four": Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Venkatesh and Nandamuri Bala Krishna. He also worked with young actors like Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu and Prabhas. So far, the only top star he hasn't worked with till date was Jr. NTR. He has worked with most of the top Bollywood actresses: Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif, Sonali Bendre, Lisa Ray, Anjala Zaveri, Bipasha Basu, etc.

Filmography

Year	Film Title	Lead Cast	Notes
1997	Preminchukundam Raa	Venkatesh, Anjala Zhaveri
1998	Bavagaru Bagunnara	Chiranjeevi, Rambha
1998	Premante Idera	Venkatesh, Priety Zinta
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri, Aishwarya Rai
2002	Takkari Donga	Mahesh Babu, Lisa Ray, Bipasha Basu
2002	Eeshwar	Prabhas, Sridevi Vijaykumar
2004	Lakshmi Narasimha	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin
2004	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S	Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre
2004	Sakhiya	Tarun Kumar, Nauheed Cyrusi
2005	Allari Pidugu	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Katrina Kaif
2011	Theenmaar	Pawan Kalyan, Trisha Krishnan
2014	Ninnindale	Puneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes

Trivia

• Mani Sharma has composed the music for most all his films except Eeshwar, Premante Idera and Shankar Dada MBBS.
• Mani Sharma gave only back ground score of Preminchukondam Raa.

External links

• Jayanth C. Paranjee at the Internet Movie Database