Ranjit Jeyakodi is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil and Telugu language films. He rose to fame through the thriller drama ''

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'' (2017), and has gone on to make feature films including the romantic drama '' Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum'' (2019) and the Telugu action drama ''

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'' (2023).

Career

Ranjit had learned filmmaking during his time studying for the Visual Communications degree at Loyola College, Chennai and later went on to become an associate of director Ram. Ranjit made his directorial debut through ''

'' (2017), a thriller film starring Vijay Sethupathi and

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in the lead roles. The shoot of the film was completed by 2014 under the title of ''Mellisai'', but the production house's financial troubles meant that it eventually had a delayed release three years later. His second film '' Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum'' (2019) was a romantic drama featuring

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and

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in the lead roles. Prior to the film, Ranjit described the film as a "dark love story". A critic noted "it’s impressive that despite being a toxic romance between a broken man and a healing woman, Ranjith’s treatment of how love occurs between them is surprisingly respectable". Ranjit subsequently worked on the Telugu-language action film ''

'' (2023) starring Sundeep Kishan in the titular role. The film opened to mixed reviews from critics. Neeshita Nyayapati of ''

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'' gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "''Michael'' is a genre film that achieves what it sets out to do – tell a dark coming-of-age tale of a young man who knows what it means to be human for better or worse. Watch it if that’s your kind of cinema." Latha Srinivasan of ''

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'' gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "''Michael'' is a gangster flick that’s more style than story for the most part. Having said that, Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi and Sam CS are the absolute highlights of this film." His next release will be ''Yaarukkum Anjael'', a film starring Bindu Madhavi and

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in the lead roles. Production on the film was completed by 2020, though Ranjit's commitments to making ''Michael'' delayed its theatrical release.

Filmography

;Films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeyakodi, Ranjit Living people Tamil film directors Film directors from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian people Tamil screenwriters