Jayaraj

Directing

Jayaraj

Born

1960-08-04 (66)

Place of birth

Kottayam, Kerala, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Jayaraj Rajasekharan, often credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian Malayali filmmaker known for directing mainstream as well as art house films.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

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The Third Film from Director Jayaraj's 'Navarasa' Series.

Bibhatsa

2002

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A woman haunted by visions of a murder from 1965 undergoes hypnotic therapy, uncovering a possible past life and a connection to the original crime. As the investigation deepens, buried secrets reveal a shocking truth behind the decades-old murder.

Sila Nerangalil

2008

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A woman haunted by visions of a murder from 1965 undergoes hypnotic therapy, uncovering a possible past life and a connection to the original crime. As the investigation deepens, buried secrets reveal a shocking truth behind the decades-old murder.

Sila Nerangalil

2008

Veeram poster
5.8

Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Veeram

2017

Veeram poster
5.8

Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Veeram

2017

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The film explores the practice that makes martyrs of the local political activists who are willing to sacrifice their life for ideologies. The film is also a poignant love story of a Meera (Sabitha Jayaraj) and her relentless fight against her own family and society for the man she love.

Pakarnnattam

2012

4 The People poster
7.0

Fed up of the corruption all around, four young men form a secret group called '4 the people' and decide to take on the corrupt on their own. They have a web site and eventually gain enormous support.

4 The People

2004

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10.0

Anandabhairavi depicts the life of Vasudeva Panikker, a Kathakali artist and his son.

Anandabhairavi

2007

Shantham poster
10.0

Velayudhan is a young man living in a place torn apart by civil strife. In the midst of a raging street war, he kills his best friend. Velayudhan feels guilty and disturbed. The political enemies also plot revenge on Velayudhan.

Shantham

2001

Aanachandam poster
4.2

After an elephant saves him from an accident in childhood, Krishna becomes fond of elephants. His life changes when he decides to adopt Arjunan, a severely injured elephant.

Aanachandam

2006

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7.0

Raghavan hates singers as he had witnessed a terrible life being a son of a classical singer. Raghavan's son faces many challenges where he shows his interest towards music.

Kudumbasametham

1992

Camel Safari poster
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Dia(Pankaja Menon) heroine of the movie is a management student in Mangalore. She and four of her friends(Catherine, Hashim, Yamini and Chinna Gounder) visits Rajasthan for 15 days to attend a marriage. There she meets a Rajput boy Pavan(Arun Shankar) and falls in love with him. What happens to her there after that in that unknown land makes the content of the film.

Camel Safari

2013

Crossroad poster
5.5

Crossroad is a first -of-its-kind portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women, facing ten different life situations and explores how they tackle it. The movie encompasses ten feature films of fifteen minutes each, with each featuring prominent female artists from Malayalam film industry as the protagonist and is directed by a prominent Malayalam filmmaker. The movie showcases the vibrant facet of each woman and tells the story from her perspective.

Crossroad

2017

Johnnie Walker poster
5.7

Johnnie shares a good relationship with his brother who studies in another city. When his brother visits him, he convinces Johnnie to start studying again.

Johnnie Walker

1992

Johnnie Walker poster
5.7

Johnnie shares a good relationship with his brother who studies in another city. When his brother visits him, he convinces Johnnie to start studying again.

Johnnie Walker

1992

Highway poster
6.2

This movie is a crime thriller. Suresh Gopi is a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer who comes in disguise to a colony to investigate a bomb blast which killed 30 innocent college students. Bhanupriya falls in love with Suresh Gopi and the rest of the story revolves around how Suresh Gopi solves the case.

Highway

1995

Highway poster
6.2

This movie is a crime thriller. Suresh Gopi is a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer who comes in disguise to a colony to investigate a bomb blast which killed 30 innocent college students. Bhanupriya falls in love with Suresh Gopi and the rest of the story revolves around how Suresh Gopi solves the case.

Highway

1995

Loudspeaker poster
6.8

An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.

Loudspeaker

2009

Loudspeaker poster
6.8

An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.

Loudspeaker

2009

Loudspeaker poster
6.8

An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.

Loudspeaker

2009

Sneham poster
8.5

Sneham is a 1998 Indian Malayalam film directed by Jayaraj starring Jayaram, Jomol, Kasthuri, and Biju Menon. The film features a musical score by Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath, with lyrics written by Yusufali Kechery.

Sneham

1998

Daivanamathil poster
6.4

As Anwar witnesses Babri Masjid demolition, he takes up the extremist path and turns into a jihadi. Due to this, his family suffers a lot of problems and struggles while attempting to reform Anwar.

Daivanamathil

2005

Arabia poster
6.0

s Akbar, a merchant from Arabia who helps out the people of Dharmapuri fight their enemies.

Arabia

1995

Arabia poster
6.0

s Akbar, a merchant from Arabia who helps out the people of Dharmapuri fight their enemies.

Arabia

1995

Thilakkam poster
6.9

Padmanabhan reunites with his son after many years of separation, but his happiness is short-lived when he realises that his son is mentally ill.

Thilakkam

2003

Naayika poster
3.5

Documentary filmmaker Aleena delves into the mysterious disappearance of the yesteryear Malayalam actress, Gracy, from the silver screen.

Naayika

2011

Desadanam poster
8.0

The plot revolves around the personal turmoil faced by the parents of a child who is to be inducted into priesthood by a monastery. The boy who led a carefree life until now has been identified as having a deep understanding of religious philosophy and scriptures at a very young age by the priests of a holy shrine. They request the family to induct the boy into priesthood to which the grandfather of the boy readily agrees to; for, he himself had aspirations of joining the shrine in the past. The parents, though not keen on parting with their child are compelled to give in on the basis of the word given by the elders of the family.

Desadanam

1996

Desadanam poster
8.0

The plot revolves around the personal turmoil faced by the parents of a child who is to be inducted into priesthood by a monastery. The boy who led a carefree life until now has been identified as having a deep understanding of religious philosophy and scriptures at a very young age by the priests of a holy shrine. They request the family to induct the boy into priesthood to which the grandfather of the boy readily agrees to; for, he himself had aspirations of joining the shrine in the past. The parents, though not keen on parting with their child are compelled to give in on the basis of the word given by the elders of the family.

Desadanam

1996

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8.0

Karunam movie revolves around Chackochan and Chechamma who are an elderly couple living on a plantation in southern India awaiting a visit from their son and his family, who now live in the USA.

Pathos

2000

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7.0

Haridas leaves his daughter in Sankaran Unni's care and goes to Paris. The child dies and 16 years later when Haridas returns, Sankaran Unni is forced to present his daughter as Haridas'.

Thalolam

1998

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7.0

Haridas leaves his daughter in Sankaran Unni's care and goes to Paris. The child dies and 16 years later when Haridas returns, Sankaran Unni is forced to present his daughter as Haridas'.

Thalolam

1998

Vidhyarambham poster
6.2

Vidhyarambham is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Jayaraj and produced by GP Vijayakumar. The film stars KPAC Lalitha, Nedumudi Venu, Murali and Sankaradi in lead roles.

Vidhyarambham

1990

Aakasha Kottayile Sultan poster
7.8

Kesavan Kutty's job is to build houses for Georgekutty, an NRI. To settle his debts, Kesavan Kutty rents out the houses. It's sheer chaos when Georgekutty arrives unexpectedly.

Aakasha Kottayile Sultan

1991

Gulmohar poster
5.3

Induchoodan, a revolutionary and a lecturer, starts an operation to eliminate those who exploit the tribals in order to establish equality in the society.

Gulmohar

2008

Ashwaroodan poster
5.8

Set against a feudal set up full of disputes, deceit and murder. Ahswaroodan is the story of Veerabhadran who has a heart of gold, but rules with an iron hand.

Ashwaroodan

2006

Ashwaroodan poster
5.8

Set against a feudal set up full of disputes, deceit and murder. Ahswaroodan is the story of Veerabhadran who has a heart of gold, but rules with an iron hand.

Ashwaroodan

2006

Sopanam poster
10.0

This film tells the story of a singer who loves his teacher's daughter.

Sopanam

1993

Kaliyattam poster
7.8

Kaliyattam is an adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello' seen through the local traditional theatrical dance form of Theyyam, in which the actor takes on a divine dimension - as soon as he wears his mask and his headgear.

Kaliyattam

1997

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7.3

The film revolves around a traditional Brahmin family and the fight between their beliefs and atheism.

Paithrukam

1992

By The People poster
4.5

Two years after the events in 4 the People, a group of four students join up to fight corruption in education. They are angered with the suicide of a student who does not get a loan for her studies. The police department brings Rajan Mathew (Sunil) back from the administrative job that he had been shifted to for killing a student

By The People

2005