Vijeesh Mani

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Vijeesh Mani
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Born (1977-04-24) 24 April 1977 (age 46)
Guruvayur, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Producer
Director
Years active1995 – present
Known for Bhagavan
Vishwaguru
SpouseDr.Anaswara Vijeesh
ChildrenVirat Vijeesh

Vijeesh Mani is a producer and director of Malayalam language films. He is best known as the director of Vishwaguru , a film that was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule, which was recorded in Guinness World Records. [1] [2]

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The environmental film Puzhayamma starring Baby Meenakshi and Linda Arsenio in lead roles [3] and the Irula language film Netaji with Gokulam Gopalan as lead actor that won Guinness award for the first tribal language film [4] [5] [6] are getting ready for theatrical release. [7]

Mani's Sanskrit film Namo starring Jayaram has been completed. [8] [9] .His Mmmmm starring I.M.Vijayan, produced by Sohan Roy won several accolades. [10] [11] [12] [13] Producer Sohan Roy has teamed with Mani again for Aadhivaasi, the film based on the death of a youth named Madhu at Attappadi. [14]

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageRoleNotes
2021 Mmmmm Kurumba Director,Story [15] Shortlisted for 2021 Oscars [16]
Won the Best film award at 2021 Paris Film Festival. [17]
2020Namo Sanskrit Director,Story,ProducerSelected in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI Goa, 2020 [9]
2019 Netaji Irula Director,StoryGuinness record for Tribal language film [4] [18]
Selected in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI Goa, 2019. [19] [20] [21] [22]
2021 Puzhayamma Malayalam Director,Story [3]
2017 Vishwaguru Malayalam Director,StoryGuinness record for fastest film produced (script to screen) [23]
2017Kathrikka Vendakka Tamil Producer [24]
2014Thamara Malayalam Producer Kerala Film Critics Association Award 2014 - Best Environmental film [25]
2014Paedithondan Malayalam Producer [26]
2009 Bhagavan Malayalam Producer
2004Quotation Malayalam Producer [27]

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