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Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair, often credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian Malayali filmmaker who has marked his presence in mainstream as well as art house films. He is known for his films like ''Vidyarambham'' (1990), ''Johnnie Walker'' (1992), ''Kudumbasametham'' (1992), ''Paithrukam'' (1993), ''Highway'' (1995), ''Desadanam'' (1996), ''Kaliyattam'' (1997), ''Karunam'' (2000), ''Shantham'' (2000), ''Kannaki'' (2002), ''4 the People'' (2004), ''Daivanamathil'' (2005), ''Makalkku'' (2005), ''Adbhutam'' (2006), ''Gulmohar'' (2008), ''Loudspeaker'' (2009), ''Pakarnnattam'' (2012) and ''Ottaal'' (2015). ==Biography== Jayaraj was born on 4 August 1960 to a middle-class family in Kottayam, Kerala, India. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication. During his stay at Thiruvananthapuram, he attended film festivals including the International Film Festival of Kerala and watched many world classics.〔(cinemaofmalayalam.net: Profile )〕 Kurosawa's ''Rashomon'' and DeSica's ''Bicycle Thieves'' were among them, and they influenced him immensesly. After his studies in Thiruvananthapuram, he met noted director Bharathan who was a neighbor of his sister in Madras, Tamil Nadu. Bharathan was impressed by Jayaraj and made him his assistant director for ''Chilambu''(1986). Jayaraj then went on to be the assistant to Bharathan in six more films including the critically acclaimed ''Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam'' (1987) and ''Vaishali'' (1988). Jayaraj debuted as director with ''Vidyarambham'' (1988). His early career mainly produced commercially oriented films like ''Aakasha Kottayile Sultan'' (1991), ''Johnnie Walker'' (1992), ''High Way'' (1995), ''Thumboli Kadappuram'' (1995) and ''Arabia'' (1995). Notable in his early career were ''Kudumbasametham'' (1992), ''Paithrukam'' (1993) and ''Sopanam'' (1993). ''Paithrukam'' was critically acclaimed but was subject to criticism for its conservative, religious philosophy. ''Desadanam'' (1997) was a milestone in his career. With the film, he was considered a serious film-maker by the critics. It was followed by another critically acclaimed film, ''Kaliyattam'' (1997) which was an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Othello''. It won him the National Film Award for Best Direction. In 1999 Jayaraj started his nine-film series project ''Navarasa'' with ''Karunam'', followed by ''Shantham''(2000). ''Shantham'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The third in the ''Navarasa'' series was ''Bheebhatsa'', a Hindi film. A fourth film in the series, ''Adbutham'', is planned and Jayaraj has set his aim to complete the shooting in less than 2 hours 14 minutes with single camera at a time.〔(book of world record )〕 He reportedly said in an interview to Rediff.com when inquired about the shooting time "In less than ten hours. It may end in five or even two hours. You never know."〔(Rediff.com: Interview )〕 Of late he has been doing commercial and art films and is successful in both genres. While ''Thilakkam'' (2003) and ''4 The People'' (2004) were huge commercial successes ''Kannaki'' (2002), ''Makalkku'' (2005), ''Daivanamathil'' (2005) and ''Ottaal'' (2015) were critically acclaimed. A sequel to ''4 the People'' came in 2005: ''By the People'' which was a flop.〔(The Hindu: Jayaraj comes with `By the People' now )〕 Despite that, Jayaraj continued the sequel the trilogy titled ''Of The People'', as of December 2007.〔(Sify.com: Jayaraj & People are back! )〕 Jayaraj's wife Sabitha Jayaraj is a state award-winning costume designer and an actress. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jayaraj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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