A slapstick comedy film shot on a low budget, it completed a successful run of 100 days in Kerala theatres. Thus in 1984, Priyadarshan made his debut as director with Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, which was a surprise hit. Mohanlal, who was by then a popular star, was selected as the parallel hero along with Shankar. In 1984, Priyadarshan, along with his close friends Suresh Kumar and Sanal Kumar, decided to produce a film as Shankar, the saleable hero, helped them in arranging finance from Thiruvenkadam, a top film financier. Eventually, he had to come back to Kerala. Priyadarshan, with the help of Mohanlal, got a few chances to work as assistant scriptwriter in a couple of movies and started writing scripts, with some turning into hits. His friends followed him to Chennai, looking for a chance in movies. It was then that Mohanlal got into movies. Sreekumar, Suresh Kumar, Sanal Kumar, Jagadish, Maniyanpilla Raju and Ashok Kumar. His friends in those days included Mohanlal, M. He was influenced by the films of director P. As the son of a college librarian, he was a voracious reader during his teenage years, and he started writing short plays and skits for Akashavani during his college days. in Philosophy from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. Lissy has filed for divorce on 1st of Dec 2014 at Chennai family court after a 24-year-long marriage.īorn in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Priyadarshan received his education at Government Model School and obtained an M.A. Their daughter Kalyani is studying in New York and son Siddharth is studying in San Francisco. After the birth of their son, Lizzy adopted the Hindu religion from Arya Samaj.
After marriage, Lissy gave up acting and adopted the name Lakshmi for religious reasons. Priyadarshan fell in love with popular film actress Lissy and got married on December 13, 1990. His most popular advertising work includes commercials for Coca Cola, American Express, Nokia, Parker Pens, Asian Paints, Kinley and Max New York Life Insurance. Priyadarshan has also directed many popular advertisement films. The government of India honoured him by giving the Padma Shri in 2012 for his contribution towards the arts. In 2007, his Tamil film Kanchivaram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Actors he has worked with multiple times in Hindi cinema include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna, and Suniel Shetty. These include Hera Pheri, Hungama, Hulchul, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Chup Chup Ke, Dhol, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Upon entering Bollywood, he has mostly adapted stories from popular comedy films from Malayalam cinema, some from his own work and some from others. Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. Actors he has worked with over several films include Kuthiravattam Pappu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Mukesh and Mammukoya. His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with films such as Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu, Thalavattam, Vellanakalude Nadu, Chithram, Vandanam, Kilukkam, Abhimanyu, Mithunam, Thenmavin Kombath, and Kala Pani. In 2013, he announced Rangrezz would be his last Hindi film for a while, and he is shifting focus to Malayalam cinema.īest known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also experimented with action and thriller films frequently. He has done about 26 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by a Bollywood director after David Dhawan. Though Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in 1984, he has been mainly active in Bollywood (Hindi cinema) during 2001-2010.
In a career spanning almost three decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 90 films in several Indian languages, predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi languages, besides making six films in Tamil and two in Telugu. Priyadarshan Soman Nair is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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