Ranjith Sankar

Ranjith Sankar is an Indian Filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller film Passenger.[1] Sankar followed Passenger up with Arjunan Saakshi (2011),[2]Molly Aunty Rocks (2012), Punyalan Agarbattis (2013), Varsham (2014), Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam (2015), Pretham (2016), Ramante Eden Thottam (2017), Punyalan Private Limited (2017), Njan Marykutty (2018) Pretham 2 (2018), Kamala (2019) and Sunny (2021). Sankar launched his production house Dreams N Beyond in 2012 and his distribution house Punyalan Cinemas in 2017.

Ranjith Sankar
Born14 February
Thrissur, Kerala, India
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2009 - present
Notable workPassenger (2009)
Punyalan Agarbattis (2013)
Varsham (2014)
Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam (2015)
Pretham (2016)
Ramante Edanthottam (2017)
Njan Marykutty (2018)

Biography

Born in Thrissur, Kerala, India, Ranjith Sankar completed his education at St. Thomas College in Thrissur and studied BTech Civil Engineering at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering Kothamangalam. 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.[3]

In 2009 he madePassenger.

Molly Aunty Rocks (2012) starring Revathy and Prithviraj was Dreams n Beyond's first production, a critical and commercial success[4] His next film was Punyalan Agarbattis (2013), a satire featuring Jayasurya, Nyla Usha, Innocent, Rachana Narayanankutty and Aju Varghese.

His next movie Varsham starring Mammootty, Asha Sarath and Mamta Mohandas was released in November 2014. The film was a huge commercial and critical success[5] 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.

Ramante Edanthottam 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.

In 2018, Ranjith Sankar directed the film "Njan Marykutty," which is recognized as the first commercial movie in India to feature a transgender protagonist. The lead character of Marykutty was portrayed by actor Jayasurya, and the film went on to win two Kerala State Awards and received significant recognition at film festivals.

The experimental thriller Kamala was released in 2019.

Filmography
YearTitleCast Notes
2009PassengerDileep, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas, Jagathy Sreekumar
2011Arjunan SakshiPrithviraj, Ann Augustine, Mukesh, Biju Menon
2012Molly Aunty RocksPrithviraj, Revathy, Lalu Alex
2013Punyalan AgarbattisJayasurya, Nyla Usha, Aju Varghese
2014VarshamMammootty, Asha Sarath
2015Su.. Su... Sudhi VathmeekamJayasurya, shivada, Aju Varghese
2016PrethamJayasurya, Aju Varghese, Sharaf U Dheen, Shruthi Ramachandran
2017Ramante EdanthottamKunchako Boban, Anu Sithara, Joju George, Jayasurya (cameo), Aju Varghese
2017Punyalan Private LimitedJayasurya, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Aju Varghese
2018Njan MarykuttyJayasurya, Jewel Mary, Aju Varghese
2018Pretham 2Jayasurya, Saniya Iyappan, Amith Chakalakkal, Durga Krishna, Aju Varghese
2019KamalaAju Varghese, Anoop Menon, Ruhani Sharma, Biju Sopanam
2021SunnyJayasurya, Aju Varghese, Shritha Sivadas, SshivadaAmazon Original
20224 YearsPriya Prakash Varrier, Sarjano Khalid

Awards
Kerala State Awards
  • Best screenplay (Television) for the 2003 serial American Dreams
Dubai AMMA Awards
Asianet Film Awards
Kerala Film Critics Awards
World Malayali Council - Kairali Awards
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

References
  1. "പാസഞ്ചറിന്റെ എഞ്ചിനിയര്‍". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).
  2. "ഈ സാക്ഷിക്ക് കൊമ്പുണ്ട്‌". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).
  3. Manmadhan, Prema (21 January 2011). "Second Take". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. "Mollywood Director Ranjith Sankar Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. "Home". Manorama Online.
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