Rajesh Pillai

Rajesh Pillai

Pillai in 2012
Born (1974-07-10)10 July 1974
Haripad, Kerala, India[1]
Died 27 February 2016(2016-02-27) (aged 41)
Kochi, India
Occupation Film director
Years active 2005–2016
Spouse(s) Mekha Rajesh

Rajesh Raman Pillai (10 July 1974 – 27 February 2016) was an Indian film director best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.[2] He is credited with setting a new trend in Malayalam cinema with his thriller, Traffic (2011).

Rajesh Pillai made his directional debut with Hridayathil Sookshikkan (2005) which turned out to be a commercial and critical failure.[3] His second film Traffic, written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay was released in 2011. The film has its narrative in a hyperlink format is inspired from an actual event that happened in Chennai.[4] The film was a notable success and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.[5]

In August 2012, the director announced his next movie titled Motorcycle Diaries.[6] However Pillai put the project on hold and started the work of Mili, a heroine-centric film with Amala Paul in title role opposite Nivin Pauly.[7] The film released in January 2015 and received positive reviews from critics and became an above average grosser at box office.[8]

Vettah, a psychological thriller starring Kunchacko Boban, Manju Warrier, Indrajith Sukumaran and Kadhal Sandhya, scripted by Arunlal Ramachandran, and is touted to be the first ever mind game movie in Malayalam was released on 26 February 2016, a day before Pillai's death. Manju Warrier plays the role of Sreebala IPS, the City Police Commissioner in this film.

Suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Pillai died on 27 February 2016, at PVS Hospital, Kochi[9]

Filmography

Year Name Cast Script Writer(s) Notes
2005 Hridayathil Sookshikkan Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana, Nithya Das, Bhanupriya, Siddique Kalavoor Ravikumar
2011 Traffic Sreenivasan, Kunchacko Boban, Rahman, Anoop Menon, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Lena, Sandhya Bobby Sanjay Received a lot of Awards
2015 Mili Nivin Pauly, Amala Paul Mahesh Narayanan A heroine-centric film
2016 Vettah Manju Warrier, Kunchacko Boban, Indrajith Sukumaran, Sandhya Arunlal Ramachandran Released a day before his death
2016 Traffic Manoj Bajpai, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jimmy Shergill, Parambrata Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Sachin Khedekar Bobby Sanjay
Suresh Nair, Piyush Mishra, Prashant Pandey 		Hindi remake of Traffic .

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "'Vettah' director Rajesh Pillai dies, a day after film's release". English.manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  2. ↑ Sebastian, Shevlin (2011-01-07). "Rajesh Pillai, Through his Wife Mekha's Eyes". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  3. ↑ "'Traffic' gets the green signal". The Hindu. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Traffic review. Traffic Malayalam movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  5. ↑ Sathyendran, Nita (2013-07-03). "Shot at direction". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120802090916/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/m%E2%80%99town%E2%80%99s-new-hero-bike-684. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "More Rajesh Pillai Magic in his New Release 'Mili' - Malayalam Film News | Movie Gallery". Muyals.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  8. ↑ "Selfie clicks, becomes year's first super-hit". The Hindu. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  9. ↑ https://www.deadfamous.info/rajesh-pillai-indian-film-director-died-at-41
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