Vinayan

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Vinayan
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Born
T. G. Vinayakumar [1]
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • lyricist
Years active1989–present

T. G. Vinayakumar, professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He has directed 40 Malayalam films and 4 Tamil films.[ citation needed ]

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Career

Vinayan started his career with the film Super Star, [2] and he has directed the following films like Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum , Akasha ganga 2, Karumadikkuttan , Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan , Dada Sahib , Vellinakshatram , [3] Aakasha Ganga , Rakshasa Rajavu , Kalyana Sougandhikam , Kasi (Tamil), Enn mana vaanil, Independence, Sathyam, Albhuthadweep, Athishayan, Dracula and Sipayi Lahala. The genres of his films include comedy, horror, action, fantasy and family drama. [4]

Vinayan also introduced a handful of actors and singers in the Malayalam film industry. Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Anoop Menon, Honey Rose, Priyamani, Manikkuttan, Suresh Krishna, Meghana Raj, Lakshmi Menon, Sithara (singer), Sudeep kumar (singer) etc. are some of the actors and singers Vinayan has introduced in Malayalam.

In 2005, Vinayan wrote and directed the film Albhuthadweep (Wonder Island) which cast around 300 dwarfs for the first time in a film. The two-foot-high hero of the film, Ajayan, was written in the Guinness Book of Records and Vinayan himself was listed in India's Limca Book of Records. The film garnered the FilmFare and the Cinema Express awards, and was successfully remade in 2007 in the Tamil language by Vinayan himself. [5]

Vinayan has also remade a few of his films into Tamil. He is also a script writer and lyricist. He directed a Malayalam television serial Iniyonnu Visramikkatte before making movies. [6]

Vinayan was the first general secretary of MACTA Federation, which was the first trade union in Malayalam cinema for workers and technicians. He has also launched a co-operative society (with the assistance of the Government of Kerala) for the benefit of film workers. [7] Vinayan is also the Advisory Member of the Cine Workers Welfare Board, sponsored by the Government of India. [8]

In 2008, when actor Dileep violated an agreement and was called out by the MACTA Federation, the actors’ association—backed by superstars and supported by producers and directors—retaliated by splitting the federation and banning its general secretary, Vinayan, for daring to challenge their nexus. Challenging the ban, Vinayan took the matter to the Supreme Court, which in 2020 ruled in his favor—lifting the ban and imposing fines on the president of the actors’ association, Innocent, as well as key FEFKA leaders like Sibi Malayil and B. Unnikrishnan. It was after these events that Vinayan went on to direct Pathonpathaam Noottandu, a big-budget historical film that sparked widespread discussion in Kerala and emerged as a box office success.

Filmography

As director

YearTitleNotes
1989Aayiram Chirakulla Moham [9]
1990Superstar
1992 Kunjikkuruvi
1993Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha
1995 Sipayi Lahala
1996Mr. Clean
Kalyana Sougandhikam
1997 Ullasapoongattu
1998 Anuragakottaram
1999 Aakasha Ganga
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
Pranaya Nilavu
Independence
2000 Daivathinte Makan
Dada Sahib
2001 Karumadikkuttan
Rakshasa Rajavu
Kasi Tamil film; remake of Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
2002 Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
Kattuchembakam
En Mana Vaanil Tamil film; remake of Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan
2003 Meerayude Dukhavum Muthuvinte Swapnavum
War and Love
2004 Vellinakshatram
Sathyam
2005 Athbhutha Dweepu
Boyy Friennd
2007 Athisayan Inspired from Hulk (2003)
Black Cat
Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan
2009 Naalai Namadhe Tamil film
2010 Yakshiyum Njanum
2011 Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya
2013 Dracula 2012 3D film
2014 Little Superman [10]
2018 Chalakkudikkaran Changathi
2019 Aakasha Ganga 2
2022 Pathonpatham Noottandu Biopic of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker [11] [12]

Television serials

As producer

As lyricist

As actor

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmRef
2000Critics AwardBest Director - MalayalamVasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
2001 Filmfare Awards Best Director – Malayalam Karumadikkuttan [13]
2002Filmfare AwardsBest Director - TamilKasi
2003Atlas AwardBest Director - MalayalamDada Sahib
2005Cinema Express AwardBest Director - MalayalamAthbhutha Dweepu
2023Kerala Vision AwardBest Director & Best Film - MalayalamPathonpatham Noottandu

References

  1. "Shri T. G. Vinayakumar (Also Known ... vs Association Of Malayalam Movie ... on 24 March, 2017". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "My-Kerala.com: News". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
  3. "A thriller in the making". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 5 January 2004. Archived from the original on 28 March 2004.
  4. "പേടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിജയം , Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies". www.mathrubhumi.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013.
  5. Arputha Theevu Preview, Synopsis – Tamil movie Arputha Theevu Preview, Synopsis
  6. "CiniDiary".
  7. "വിനയൻ തെറ്റുകാരനാണോ? യേശുദാസിനു പോലും പാടിയ പാട്ട് നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്: സിനിമയിലെ ചില 'പതിവുകൾ'!". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. MACTA | Film Institute | Cooperative Registrar | Vinayan | Co Operative Sector – Oneindia Entertainment
  9. "Aayiram Chirakulla Moham – Mal Film". maebag.com. 2 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  10. http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/movies/little-superman.html. Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "കുതിരയുടെ ജീവിതമാണ് ഇപ്പോൾ: വേലായുധപണിക്കറാകാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി സിജു വിൽസൺ; അഭിമുഖം".
  12. "Siju Wilson stars as warrior Aarattupuzha Velayudha Panicker in Vinayan film 'Pathonpatham Noottaandu'". The Times of India .
  13. "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 16 January 2025.