P. Jaya Kumar is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and author working predominantly in Hindi and Telugu films. He debuted as the screenplay writer for

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's Telugu film Officer. He published multiple books of fiction which were later adapted by

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Personal life

P. Jaya Kumar is from

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. Before getting into films, he graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and later enrolled for a Masters in Sociology and a Master in Arts and Aesthetics from

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, which he didn't finish.

Career

P. Jaya Kumar does not have any background in film industry. At the age of 24, when he was still pursuing his master's degree at JNU, Ram Gopal Varma who was impressed with him asked him to work as a creative consultant for many of his projects like Vangaveeti,

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; after which he got his break as the writer in 2017 for

. Ram Gopal Varma then went on to adapt P. Jaya Kumar's literary works namely

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. He worked as an executive script consultant for Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy starring Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan and Vijay Sethupathi.

Filmography

Controversy

P. Jaya Kumar filed a lawsuit against Ram Gopal Varma in a civil court in India for plagiarizing and distorting his literary work and making an obscene film named God, Sex and Truth. Following his lawsuit of copyright claim, the trailer of God, Sex and Truth was taken down by Youtube.

References

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