Vijeesh Mani | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Producer Director |
Years active | 1995 – present |
Known for | Bhagavan Vishwaguru |
Spouse | Dr.Anaswara Vijeesh |
Children | Virat 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]
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] [7] [11] [12] Sohan Roy teamed with Mani again for Aadhivaasi, the film based on the death of a youth named Madhu at Attappadi. [13]
Year | Film | Language | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Velichappad | Malayalam | Director, Story | Docu fiction |
2022 | Aadhivaasi | Muduga | Director, Story | [14] |
2021 | Mmmmm | Kurumba | Director, Story [15] | Shortlisted for 2021 Oscars [16] Won the Best film award at 2021 Paris Film Festival. [17] |
2020 | Namo | Sanskrit | Director,Story,Producer | Selected in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI Goa, 2020 [9] |
2019 | Netaji | Irula | Director,Story | Guinness 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,Story | Guinness record for fastest film produced (script to screen) [23] |
2017 | Kathrikka Vendakka | Tamil | Producer | [24] |
2014 | Thamara | Malayalam | Producer | Kerala Film Critics Association Award 2014 - Best Environmental film [25] |
2014 | Paedithondan | Malayalam | Producer | [26] |
2009 | Bhagavan | Malayalam | Producer | |
2004 | Quotation | Malayalam | Producer | [27] |