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Saji Surendran

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Saji Surendran
Born (1982-07-19) 19 July 1982 (age 42)
NationalityIndian
Alma materMahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram
OccupationFilm director
Spouse
Sangeeta
(m. 2005)
Children2

Saji Surendran (born 19 July 1982) is an Indian film director working in the Malayalam film industry, known for films such as Ivar Vivahitharayal (2009) and Happy Husbands (2010).[1]

Personal life

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Saji Surendran was born to Surendran and Vijayalakshmi[2] in Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and attended Lourdes Mount School, at Vattapara. He completed his bachelor's degree from Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram. When he was studying there, he also acted in TV Serials he also worked as assistant director of Viji Thampi in many movies and television serials. His brother Aji Surendran also acted in some TV serials. Saji is married to Sangeeta since 16 March 2005.[3] The couple is having two twin boys Vedant and Virat born on 11 July 2011.

Career

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Saji was a serial director before 2008. In 2004 he received the Best Telefilm Award for his Manasam (Asianet) at the Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards.[4] He is known for directing the television serials Manasam, Megham, Aalippazham, Mandharam, Daya, and Ammakkay.

He came to the film industry by directing Jayasurya-Bhama starring Ivar Vivahitharayal, which was a success at the box office and gave Jayasurya a big break. After Ivar Vivahitharayal, he directed Happy Husbands with a huge cast that included Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Jayaram, Bhavana, Vandana Menon, Samvrutha Sunil and Rima Kallingal. Happy Husbands became the first major hit of 2010, and ran for more than 150 days at theatres throughout Kerala. Saji Surendran then directed Four Friends, starring Jayasurya, Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Meera Jasmine and Kamal Haasan in the guest role. It received mixed reviews.

Filmography

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Year Name Screenplay Cast Notes
2006 December Mist[5] G. A. Lal Anoop Menon, Reenu Mathews Short film
2009 Ivar Vivahitharayal Krishna Poojappura Jayasurya, Bhama, Samvrutha Sunil, Navya Nair Debut feature film
2010 Happy Husbands Krishna Poojappura Jayaram, Indrajith Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Bhavana, Samvrutha Sunil, Vandana Menon, Rima Kallingal Remake of Sakthi Chidambaram's Tamil film Charlie Chaplin.
2010 Four Friends Krishna Poojappura Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Meera Jasmine Kamal Haasan made a cameo appearance
2012 Kunjaliyan Krishna Poojappura Jayasurya, Ananya, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Manikuttan Shot at Pollachi
2012 Husbands in Goa Krishna Poojappura Jayasurya, Indrajith Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Lal
2014 Angry Babies in Love Krishna Poojappura Anoop Menon, Bhavana, Anusree, Joju George [6][7]
2015 She Taxi Krishna Poojappura Kavya Madhavan, Anoop Menon, Ansiba Hassan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Tini Tom
2023 Killer Bose Krishna Poojappura Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Lal, Vivek Oberoi Pre production

Television

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References

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  1. ^ "വിശ്വാസമുണ്ടെങ്കില്‍ വിജയമുണ്ട്‌ , Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. ^ "A Long-Running Love Story".Archived 2018-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Mangalam - Varika 21-Mar-2016". Archived from the original on 24 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "TV critics' awards announced". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 19 February 2005. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  5. ^ "I Am Not An ANGRY BABY | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Angry Babes in Love Malayalam Movie". Cinemascoop.in. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Angry Birds Malayalam Movie renamed to Angry Babes in Love". Cinemascoop.in. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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