Renji Panicker

Renji Panicker

Born 1958-01-21 (age 68) Nedumudi, Kerala, India
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Biography

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 script-writer and director of Malayalam cinema, Renji Panicker, popularly known as Renji began his career as a journalist. After completing his master's 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 Panicker-Shaji Kailas team that turned actor Suresh Gopi into a bankable lead actor during the early-1990s. He's 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 full-length 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).

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Known For

Dridam
Dridam

2026

as DySP Rajeev Kumar (Voice)

Drama
Drama

2018

as Kunjachayan

Captain
Captain

2018

as Coach Jaffer

Veeram
Veeram

2017

as Narrator (Voice)

Role Models
Role Models

2017

as Shekhara Menon

Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum

2019

as Venugopal, Pournami's father

Solo
Solo

2017

as Thomas Zachariah

Thoppil Joppan
Thoppil Joppan

2016

as Father Jacob Anakattil

Masterpiece
Masterpiece

2017

as Prof. Edward Livingstone

Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti
Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti

2016

as Madhavan Nair

Aami
Aami

2018

as S.K Nair

Aadu 3 Part 1
Aadu 3 Part 1

2026

as Pannimattathil Thomas Pappan/ Narayanan Thampuran

Twenty One Grams
Twenty One Grams

2022

as Dr. Alex Koshy

Aadu
Aadu

2015

as Thomas Paappan

Viswasapoorvam Mansoor
Viswasapoorvam Mansoor

2017

as Kalanthan Haji

Kadam Kadha
Kadam Kadha

2017

as Sreekumar

Puthan Panam
Puthan Panam

2017

as DGP Iqbal Rawther

Alamara
Alamara

2017

as Pavithran

Cousins
Cousins

2014

as Doctor

Welcome to Central Jail
Welcome to Central Jail

2016

as Gopinath