Sajeev Pazhoor (born 8 April 1974) is an Indian screenwriter, novelist and director in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

. He is known for his movie Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum starring Fahadh Faasil and directed by Dileesh Pothan. He made his debut in Malayalam film industry with Swapaanam(2013) directed by Shaji N. Karun. He had scripted and directed more than 80

Documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

Personal life

Sajeev Pazhoor was born in the village of Pazhoor in

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on . He is the eldest son of P. K. Sankaran Nair and VishalakshiAmma. He received primary education from the Government L. P school Pazhoor and Government High School

Piravom Piravom () is a town and Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located 30 km from Ernakulam, the nearest city and south of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara.The Piravom Road Railway Sta ...

. He did his pre-university course and graduated in Malayalam Literature at Government College Manimalakunnu. He also secured Post Graduate Diploma in

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

and started working as a sub-editor and later senior sub-editor in Deshabhimani daily. After his 19 years of service in Deshabhimani, he took voluntary retirement and started working as an Assistant Information Officer in the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Kerala. Currently, he is working as the Assistant Cultural Development Officer at the same.

Career

His debut documentary Agnisakshiyude Sakshi brought him State television Award for best Documentary Director(2003). After that, he directed and scripted almost hundreds of documentaries and ten short stories. Later in 2014, he won the State Award for the Best Documentary Director. He entered the Malayalam film industry as an

assistant director The role of an assistant director (AD) on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have ...

and later associate director under Shaji.N.Karun. He made his debut in the screenplay arena through Shaji .N.Karun's movie Swaapanam. He also worked with

Lenin Rajendran Lenin Rajendran was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam cinema. He served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019. Career Beginning his film-making career as an assist ...

and Sanjeev Shivan as associate director. He wrote the screenplay for the movie ''Swayam'' directed by R. Sarath. Meanwhile, he worked as associate director and

script editor A script editor is a member of the production team of scripted television and radio programs, usually dramas and comedies. The script editor has many responsibilities including finding new script writers, developing storyline and series ideas wit ...

of many movies in the

Kokborok Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kók'' meaning "verbal" or "language" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or "human", It is one of the anci ...

language. Of which the movie Yarwng received a

National Film Award The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

for the best feature movie in Kokborok. He wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum directed by Dileesh Pothan that has won various awards.. He won the Kerala State Award for Best Scriptwriter in 2017 for the movie. He worked for the movi
Sathyam Paranga Viswasikumo
by G. Prajith. His upcoming movie i
Kesu E Veedinte Nadhan
directed by Nadirshah, starring

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, comedian and entrepreneur who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films. He has ...

& Urvashi.

Short Film/Documentary Film

Feature Film

Awards

References

In conversation with Sajeev Pazhoor, this year's National Award winner for original screenplaySajeev Pazhoor's Short Fiction Film ‘Choodu’

Fahadh with Dileesh Pothen again

Biju Menon's signs realistic thriller with G Prajith?
* * 48th Kerala State Film Awards

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pazhoor, Sajeev Malayalam screenwriters Living people 1974 births Malayalam film directors Screenwriters from Kochi Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners