Renji Panicker

Renji Panicker is an Indian journalist script writer producer actor and director best known for his Malayalam films He made his debut as a director with Bharatchandran IPS in 2005 A firebrand scriptwriter and director of Malayalam cinema Renji Panicker popularly known as Renji began his career as a journalist After completing his masters degree in journalism from Kerala University Renji started off as a reporter for several magazines and publications It was during an interview while working for Chithrabhumi a film magazine that he met director Shaji Kailas which led him into the world of cinema and within a short time became one of the most guaranteed scriptwriters of Malayalam cinema Renji scripted several commercially successful films for Shaji Kailas including Dr Pasupathy 1990 Thalastaanam 1992 Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans 1993 Ekalavyan 1993 Mafia 1993 Commissioner 1994 and The King 1995 It was the Renji PanickerShaji Kailas team that turned actor Suresh Gopi into a bankable lead actor during the early1990s Hes also popular for his collaboration with director Joshiy which includes the films Lelam 1997 and Pathram 1999 He later switched over as a film director and has directed two films He is also one of the managing director of the Malayalam newspaper Metrovaartha Renji has acted in several cameo roles for his own films However he gained popularity as an actor for his fulllength role in the film Ohm Shanthi Oshaana 2014 He has gone on to act in other successful films including Njaan 2014 Munnariyippu 2014 Aadu 2015 Premam 2015 Loham 2015 and Jacobinte Swargarajyam 2016