Jiyen Krishnakumar

Jiyen Krishnakumar
Photo taken at the set of Ananthankaadu Movie Set
Born	Kerala, India
Other names	G. N. Krishnakumar
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2010-present

Jiyen Krishnakumar is an Indian film director who has worked on Malayalam and Tamil language films. He became known for the crime thriller College Days (2010), and has gone on to make feature films including Kaanchi (2013), socio-political action thriller Tiyaan (2017), Tamil thriller Run Baby Run (2023), mystery drama Ayel (2024), and the upcoming Malayalam-Tamil bilingual political thriller Ananthankaadu (2025), produced by Mini Studio.

Career

Jiyen Krishnakumar began his career working on Malayalam films, notably making two films with Indrajith Sukumaran — College Days (2010) and Kaanchi (2013). His third film Tiyaan (2017), was produced on a larger budget, and featured Prithviraj in the leading role alongside Indrajith. With minimal promotions, the film opened to mixed reviews from critics. ^{[1] [2]} In 2023, Jiyen's first Tamil film Run Baby Run starring RJ Balaji and Aishwarya Rajesh was released. ^[3]

His next release will be Paramaguru, an action drama film starring Sasikumar in the lead role. The film began production in 2019 and was delayed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[4] He has also agreed terms to work on another film for Prince Pictures following the favourable response to Run Baby Run. ^[5]

Filmography

As director

Year	Film	Writer	Language	Notes
2010	College Days	Himself	Malayalam
2013	Kaanchi	B. Jeyamohan	Malayalam
2017	Tiyaan	Murali Gopy	Malayalam
2020	Paramaguru	Himself	Tamil	Post Production
2023	Run Baby Run	Himself	Tamil
2024	Ayel	Himself	Malayalam	Post Production
2025	Ananthankaadu	Murali Gopy	Malayalam Tamil	Post Production
TBA	Untitled Prince Pictures Next Project	Himself	Tamil

Reference

1. "'Tiyan is a pan-Indian movie'". The New Indian Express.
2. "The reason why 'Tiyaan' never had any promotion | Video". OnManorama.
3. "Run Baby Run actor RJ Balaji says 'I want to break out of comedy and act in new genres' | Interview". India Today.
4. "Sasikumar's next with debutant Jiyen Krishnakumar titled Paramaguru". Cinema Express .
5. "'Run Baby Run' makers sign one more film with director Jiyen Krishnakumar" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.

External links

• Jiyen Krishnakumar at IMDb