Jai Mahendran

Jai Mahendran
Promotional release poster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Rahul Riji Nair
Directed by	Srikanth Mohan
Starring	Saiju Kurup Miya George
Music by	Sidhartha Pradeep
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Rahul Riji Nair
Cinematography	Prasanth Raveendran
Editor	Christy Sebastian
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	31–33 minutes
Production company	First Print Studios
Original release
Network	SonyLIV
Release	11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

Jai Mahendran is an Indian Malayalam-language drama streaming television series directed by Srikanth Mohan and written by Rahul Riji Nair. ^{[1] [2]} Produced under First Print Studios, starring Saiju Kurup and Miya George in lead roles. ^[3] as Priya Mahendran. It premiered on SonyLIV on 11 October 2024. ^[4]

Cast

• Saiju Kurup ^[3] as Deputy Tahasildar Mahendran
• Suhasini Maniratnam ^[3] as Tahasildar Shobha
• Miya George ^[3] as Priya Mahendran
• Suresh Krishna ^[3] as Aravindan Tahasildar in charge
• Johny Antony ^[3] as Chief Minister Chandy Kurian
• Maniyanpilla Raju ^[3] as Koshy Thomas Revenue Minister
• Balachandran Chullikkad ^[3] as Rtd Tahasildar Shibu
• Rahul Riji Nair ^[3] as Balu aka Balagopal
• Vishnu Govindan ^[3] as Saji
• Sidhartha Siva ^[3] as Sathish
• Malavika Manoj as Malu; Shobha's daughter
• Pauly Valsan as Jancy
• Anand Manmadan as Babu
• Jeo Baby as Harichandran
• Appunni Sasi as Aniyankunju
• Krishnan Balakrishnan as Minister PS
• Renjith Sekhar Nair as Prajas
• Zhins Shan as Jacob
• Vinita Venugopal as Menaka
• Abraham Joseph

Production

The series was announced on SonyLIV. ^[5] The principal photography of the series commenced in April 2023. ^[6] The filming was wrapped in June 2023. ^[7] The trailer of the series was released on 28 September 2024. ^[8]

Release

The series was initially scheduled to release on 9 February 2024, ^[9] but was later moved to 11 October 2024. ^[10]

Reception

Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times ^[11] and Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express reviewed the series. ^[12] Akhila Menon of OTTPlay gave the series 3/5 stars. ^[13]

References

1. Anand, Shilpa Nair (4 October 2024). "Debutant director Srikanth Mohan talks about helming the Malayalam series 'Jai Mahendran'". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
2. Krishna, Gayathri (7 February 2024). "Jai Mahendran writer Rahul Riji Nair- the web series offers a lighthearted take on the intricacies of our political system| Exclusive". OTTPlay.
3. Manu, Hridyambika A (21 October 2023). "Nithya Menen's Masterpeace to Nivin Pauly's Pharma: New Malayalam OTT web series". OTTPlay.
4. Krishna, Gayathri (10 October 2024). "Jai Mahendran out on OTT: Saiju Kurup's web series is now streaming on this platform". OTTPlay.
5. "Saiju Kurup to star in SonyLIV's first Malayalam original series Jai Mahendran". The Indian Express. 18 April 2023.
6. "Rahul Riji Nair's OTT show 'Jai Mahendran' starts rolling". Onmanorama. 18 April 2023.
7. "Jai Mahendran: മഹേന്ദ്രൻ ഉടൻ പ്രേക്ഷകരിലേക്കെത്തും; 'ജയ് മഹേന്ദ്രൻ' ഷൂട്ടിങ് പൂർത്തിയായി". Zee News Malayalam (in Malayalam). 17 June 2023.
8. The Hindu Bureau (28 September 2024). "'Jai Mahendran' trailer: Saiju Kurup plays a manipulative revenue officer in Sony LIV's quirky series". The Hindu.
9. Sharma, Bhavana (9 February 2024). "Jai Mahendran OTT release: Here is when and where the film will stream". Deccan Chronicle.
10. "Saiju Kurup's web series debut 'Jai Mahendran' confirms premiere date". The New Indian Express. 7 September 2024.
11. Srinivasan, Latha (11 October 2024). "Jai Mahendran review: Highly engaging comical political satire powered by good writing and performances". Hindustan Times.
12. Suresh, Anandu (11 October 2024). "Jai Mahendran review: Saiju Kurup's performance is the saving grace of this otherwise dull Malayalam series". The Indian Express.
13. Menon, Akhila (11 October 2024). "Jai Mahendran Review: A humourous [sic] take on modern-day Indian politics and system". OTTPlay.

External links

• Jai Mahendran at IMDb
• Jai Mahendran on SonyLIV