Jayaraj
International Film Awards 2005 Daivanamathil Best Film Award in Spain, Madrid International Film Festival. 2000 Karunam Golden Peacock Award, International Film Festival of India Awards from Federation of International Film Societies, Berlin International Film Fest, Special Mention in Kerala International Film Festival. 2000 Shantham Best Cinematography in Festival DeContinents, France. 1996 Desadanam Special Mention at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in competition section.
Jayaraj was born onAugust 1960 to a middleclass 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. Kurosawas Rashomon and DeSicas 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. Jayaraj then went on to be the assistant to Bharathan in six more films including the critically acclaimed Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam and Vaishali . Jayaraj debuted as director with Vidyarambham . His early career mainly produced commercially oriented films like Aakasha Kottayile Sultan , Johnnie Walker , High Way , Thumboli Kadappuram and Arabia .
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