Renjilal Damodaran is an Indian filmmaker, scriptwriter, and producer. He has made films with contemporary social issues. He made his directorial debut in 2007 with his first Malayalam feature film ''

Ennittum ''Ennittum'' is a Malayalam drama film directed by Renjilal Damodaran (aka Renjith Lal), starring Dinu Dennis and Kaniha in the lead roles. The film tells the story of four college-going youngsters. The film's music is composed by Jassie Gift.ht ...

''. His second film was bilingual ''

Naval Enna Jewel ''Naval Enna Jewel'is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Renji Lal Damodaran. The film revolves around the lives of a mother and daughter who were the victims of an ''Arabi kalyanam''. The film s ...

'' (2017) in Malayalam and ''Nawal the Jewel'' in English (drama). For the film, N.G. Roshan was awarded Kerala State Award 2016 for the best makeup artist. The film received three Kerala State Film Critics Awards in 2017 for Best Makeup (N.G. Roshan), Best Sound Design (Ranganath Ravee) and Best Costume Design (S.B. Satheesh).

Early life

He completed his masters in Malayalam literature from S.N.College, Kollam with first class in 1992. In 1993 he completed journalism from public relations of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. He wrote a column about Cinema in ‘Janayugam’ weekly. In 1995, he completed Mphil from the University of Madras, Department of Malayalam and his thesis was the first thesis subject about cinema in India. In 1995 he started his film career as an assistant director, under Bhadran the leading director of the time. In 1996, he joined C.T.M.A College, Guindy, Chennai as a lecturer in the Malayalam language. Soon, he resigned his job and started his work as an associate director. He worked with Thampi Kannanthanam in 1996, then with director and cameraman Venu for the film ''Daya'' scripted by M.T.Vasudevan Nair, and starring Manju Varrier in both male and female roles. It received four national awards. In 1998, he worked with Bhadran for the film ''Olympian Antony Adam'' starring Mohanlal and Meena. Then he took a break from the film industry to establish his business firm Damu and Sons Sales Corporation, Kottarakkara, Kerala. In 2006 he made his debut as a director with his feature film ''

'' starring Kaniha, Siddharth Bharathan, Swarnamalya, and Dinu Dennis. He was inactive in the film industry for some time until his second film ''

'' which was bilingual starring Adhil Hussain, Shwetha Menon, Reem Khadem and Anu Sithara.

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Milan IFF 2018 Nominations ArchivesAmsterdam IFF 2018 Full Winners ListLondon IFF 2019 WinnersFrom war zone to silver screenShweta Menon's Naval Enna Jewel nominated for Amsterdam Film Festival - Times of IndiaNaval Enna Jewel: Can you identify this actress dressed up like an old man? [PHOTOS+VIDEOS]
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