Filmmaker
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who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller film ''
Passenger
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Pretham 2
''Pretham 2'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. It is a sequel to the 2016 film '' Pretham''. Jayasurya returns for the lead role, alongside a new supportin ...
'' (2018), ''
Kamala
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'' (2019) and '' Sunny'' (2021). Sankar launched his production house
Dreams N Beyond
Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...
Thrissur, Kerala
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, India, Ranjith Sankar completed his education at St. Thomas College in Thrissur and studied BTech Civil Engineering at Mar Athanasius College of EngineeringKothamangalam. Shankar's writing career began with television series such as ''Nizhalkal'' and ''American Dreams''. He won the Kerala State Award for Best Screenplay for American Dreams.
In 2009 he made''
Passenger
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Mammootty
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, Asha Sarath and Mamta Mohandas was released in November 2014. The film was a huge commercial and critical success and Mammootty won several awards for his role in it. This was followed by a biographical film '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam'' in November 2015.
Ranjith Sankar's third film with Jayasurya, a horror comedy titled " Pretham" was released in August 2016. It has been remade in
Telugu
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Ramante Edanthottam
''Ramante Edanthottam'' () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. The film stars Kunchacko Boban and Anu Sithara in the lead roles. Filming began in February 2017 in Kochi and Va ...
was his next, a best-selling movie on female empowerment. He followed it up with sequels to Punyalan and Pretham titled Punyalan Private Limited and Pretham2. He launched his distribution company Punyalan Cinemas with Punyalan Private Limited which was another major commercial success.
He made Njan Marykutty in 2018 which was the first commercial movie in India with a
transgender
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person as protagonist. Jayasurya played Marykutty which won two Kerala State Awards and had a major run in film festivals.
The experimental thriller ''
Kamala
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'' was released in 2019.
Filmography
Awards
; Kerala State Awards
* Best
screenplay
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(Television) for the 2003 serial ''American Dreams''
; Dubai AMMA Awards
* Best Socially Committed movie Director - ''
Passenger
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''
* Best Debut director - ''
Passenger
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Passenger
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''
* Popular film - '' Pretham''
; Kerala Film Critics Awards
* Special Jury Award for direction - ''
Passenger
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''
; World Malayali Council - Kairali Awards
* Best Screenplay - ''
Passenger
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''
; Surya TV Awards
Best Debut director
; V Santharam Awards
Best Debut director (Nomination)
; Filmfare Awards
Best Director (Nomination)
; SouthScope Awards
Best Director (Nomination)
; Other awards
2009: First Lohithadas Puraskaram for best screenplay