AskBiography Logo   Latest News  Follow Us on Twitter  Follow Us on Google Buzz  Became Fan - Facebook  Subscribe to RSSRSS   Bookmark and Share

Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan
Personal information
Birth namePriyadarshan
Birth date30 January 1957(age 54)
Place of birthThiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India
EducationThiruvananthapuram Model School, M. G. College
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1984 - present
SpouseLizy

     Home | Person | Priyadarshan



Priyadarshan ( ) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Though he began his career in Malayalam cinema in 1984, Priyadarshan has been mainly active in Hindi cinema for the past decade.

Best known for his comedy films, Priyadarshan has also tried his hand at action and thriller films from time to time. His collaborations with Mohanlal were popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with films such as Boeing Boeing, Thalavattam, Vellanakalude Nadu, Chithram, Vandanam, Kilukkam, Abhimanyu, Mithunam, Thenmavin Kombath, and Kala Pani. Actors he has worked with over several films include Kuthiravattam Pappu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, and Mukesh.

Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. Upon entering Bollywood, he has mostly adapted popular comedy films from Malayalam cinema, some from his own work and some from others. These include Hera Pheri, Hungama, Hulchul, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Chup Chup Ke, Dhol, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Actors he has worked with multiple times in Hindi cinema include Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna, and Suniel Shetty.

His 2009 Tamil film Kanchivaram won the National Film Award for Best Film.

Priyadarshan Video

Song from the film "Garam Masala" Starring Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Neetu Chandra, Nargis, Daysi Bopanna, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal & others Director Priyadarshan Music Pritam Audio Venus
3.87 min. | 4.73 user rating		 Hindi Movie by Priyadarshan (1997) Starring Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Tabu, Pooja Batra Please rate and enjoy...
10.00 min. | 4.78 user rating		 part1 a priyadarshan malayalam movie starring: Dileep and bunch of other malayali comedians
8.40 min. | 4.56 user rating		 Song from the film "Garam Masala" Starring Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Neetu Chandra, Nargis, Daysi Bopanna, Neha Dhupia, Paresh Rawal & others Director Priyadarshan Music Pritam Audio Venus
3.75 min. | 4.83 user rating		 Sajde Kiye Hain Lakhon - Khatta Meetha (2010) Directed by Priyadarshan Produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd & Akshay Kumar Written by Priyadarshan Starring Akshay KumarTrisha Krishnan Urvashi Sharma Rajpal Yadav Manoj Joshi Music by Pritam Cinematography V Manikanandan Editing by Arun Kumar Studio Filmcity Filmistan Distributed by Eros International Hari Om Entertainment Co. Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd
3.87 min. | 4.86 user rating
People! Watch the promo of upcoming sensational hit - Aakrosh, it portrays a bold subject of Honor killing in Bihar and is brilliantly cinematographed by Priyadarshan.
2.48 min. | 4.81 user rating		 movie playlist - www.youtube.com
10.68 min. | 4.47 user rating		 Watch Mere Baap Pehle Aap - Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'souza & Paresh Rawal - Latest Superhit Bollywood Movie - HQ. Mere Baap Pehle Aap is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'Souza, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Shobana and Rajpal Yadav. Janaradhan is a widower and has spent his life bringing up his two kids Gaurav and Chirag. Now Gaurav wants his father to get married to his lost love. Gaurav and Sheekha, his old college friend, embark upon a rib-tickling journey to arrange his father's love marriage and in the process find soul mates in each other. To watch more full length movies in high quality HQ log onto www.youtube.com . To receive regular updates on new movies SUBSCRIBE NOW at www.youtube.com
157.73 min. | 4.77 user rating		 Tere Ishq Se Mitha Promo from the movie Aakrosh starring Sameera Reddy, Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal. Directed by Priyadarshan Check out more videos on www.bollywoodhungama.com
2.30 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Movie : Kyon Ki (2005) Singer : Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan Music : Himesh Reshamiya Lyrics : Sameer Actors : Salman Khan & Kareena Kapoor Director : Priyadarshan Producers : Mukesh & Sunil Kyon Ki (Urdu: Ú©ÛÙÙÚ©Û, translation: "Because") is a 2005 Bollywood film directed by Priyadarshan and starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rimi Sen, Jackie Shroff, Om Puri and Sunil Shetty. The film is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam (written by Priyadarshan himself) which inturn was an (uncredited) adaptation of the 1969 Hindi film Khamoshi written by Ashutosh Mukherjee. The film was also made in Tamil as Manasukkul Mathappu with Prabu and Saranya playing the lead. Aashiq Banaya Aapne Emraan Hashmi, Tanushree Dutta, Sonu Sood Romance, Drama American Daylight Roger Christian Nick Moran, Koel Purie, Vijay Raaz, Gulshan Grover Comedy, Drama, Romance Anjaane Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Kapoor Thriller Antarmahal Jackie Shroff, Soha Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Raima Sen Drama, Romance Apaharan Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu, Nana Patekar Drama Bachke Rehna Re Baba Rekha, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal, Karan Khanna, Satish Shah Comedy Bad Friend Aaditya Om Meghna Naidu, Aaditya Om, Shweta Menon Thriller Barsaat Suneel Darshan Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra Romance, Drama, Family Bewafaa Dharmesh Darshan Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Kareena Kapoor, Shamita Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpai Drama Bhaggmati Milind Soman, Tabu Romance Bhola In Bollywood Black Sanjay Leela <b>...</b>
5.33 min. | 4.86 user rating

Latest News : Priyadarshan : Tweet this RSS

Want to Priyadarshan latest news on your twitter account???   sign in with twitter
Priyadarshan     sign in with twitter   ||  Person     sign in with twitter   ||  Society     sign in with twitter
Priyadarshan turns Mohanlal into stylish cop for 'Tez' - IndiaGlitz Tweet this news
IndiaGlitz--While we had enough number of stories about -Priyadarshan's- upcoming, multi-starrer project 'Tez', now read on the latest tidbits… ... - Date : Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:55:06 GMT+00:00
Ajay, Priyadarshan play hard taskmasters - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---Priyadarshan- is a sticker for time and such is the regard for him amongst his actors that they all come to the set on time. Ajay Devgn, the lead actor of ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:33:29 GMT+00:00
Bollywood stars out for director Priyadarshan - The National Tweet this news
The National--"We picked this theme because -Priyadarshan's- work is mostly centred around comedy." His career, which began in the 1980s, includes titles such as Dhol, ... - Date : Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:42:05 GMT+00:00
PRIYADARSHAN'S GRRRR WITH AB, AR RAHMAN - BehindWoods Tweet this news
BehindWoods---Priyadarshan- signed a 3-film deal with Percept Picture Company some time back. The projects include AIDS, sequel to his yesteryear comedy blockbuster ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:12:56 GMT+00:00
Suhasini Maniratnam, Lissy Priyadarshan hosted 'EVRGREEN 80s' in Chennai - Education News Hyderabad Tweet this news
Education News Hyderabad--The event was organised by Suhasini Maniratnam and hosted by Lissy -Priyadarshan-. All together the evnt was attended by around 29 actors and was called as ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:23:10 GMT+00:00
Sam is Priyan's favourite - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--Barely two movies ago, Sameera Reddy was using her elder sister Sushma Reddy's influence to get to know filmmaker -Priyadarshan-. Sushma had worked earlier ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:52:46 GMT+00:00
SAMEERA INJURED - Smash Hits Tweet this news
Smash Hits--The actress has met with an accident while shooting for -Priyadarshan's- 'Bullet Train'. According to sources, Sameera was to perform a stunt on a bike. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:46:15 GMT+00:00
You Asked It: Oscars, 'Peepli Live' & Priyadarshan - koimoi Tweet this news
koimoi---...- they will turn out to be Bheja Fry or Peepli Live! Is 'Bullet Train', which -Priyadarshan- is making for Venus, inspired by the English film of the same name?--- - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:37:06 GMT+00:00
Mohanlal to act with Ajay Devgn - Deccan Chronicle Tweet this news
Deccan Chronicle---Priyadarshan- and Mohanlal � who have worked together in many Malayalam hits � will work together again after seven years. According to our source, ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:58:00 GMT+00:00
My friends keep me grounded: Darsheel - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--“This is my second visit to Chennai,” he begins, “The first time I came here was for -Priyadarshan's- Bum Bum Bole.” But, he adds that he hasn't been around ... - Date : Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:30:29 GMT+00:00

Name Year of release Language Cast Notes
Arabiyum, Ottakavum, P. Madhavan Nairum 2011 Malayalam Mohanlal, Mukesh, Vidya Balan, Lakshmi Rai, Bhavana Filming
Grrrr 2011 Hindi Amitabh Bachchan Pre-production
Tezz 2011 Hindi Mohanlal (Guest Appearance), Ajay Devgan, Anil Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Sameera Reddy, Kangana Ranaut Post-production
Aakrosh 2010 Hindi Ajay Devgan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal, Amita Pathakt Inspired by a CNN IBN report on honour killings; minor adaptation of Alan Parker's Hollywood movie Mississippi Burning
Bumm Bumm Bole 2010 Hindi Darsheel Safary, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta Story adapted from Children of Heaven (Iranian)
Khatta Meeta 2010 Hindi Akshay Kumar, Trisha Priyadarshan's own Story adapted from Vellanakalude Nadu (Malayalam)
De Dana Dan 2009 Hindi Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy, Paresh Rawal Adaption of Priyan's own Malayalam film Vettam which inturn has subplots adapted from Lawrence Kasdan's French Kiss
Billu 2009 Hindi Shah Rukh Khan, Irfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor (guest role), Priyanka Chopra (guest role), Deepika Padukone (guest role) Story adapted from Kadha Parayumbol (Malayalam), written by Sreenivasan and directed by Mohanan
Kanchivaram 2008 Tamil Prakash Raj Winner of National Award for Best Film
Mere Baap Pehle Aap 2008 Hindi Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'souza, Paresh Rawal, Shobhana Story adapted from Sibi Malayil's Ishtam (Malayalam)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2007 Hindi Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Vidya Balan, Shiny Ahuja, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Vineeth, Asrani, Tareena Patel, Rasika Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Kaveri Jha Story adapted from Madhu Muttam and Fazil's Manichitrathazhu (1993 - Malayalam)
Dhol 2007 Hindi Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Payal Rohatgi, Tanushree Dutta, Om Puri, Arbaaz Khan, Murli Sharma, Tiku Talsania, Asrani Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's In Harihar Nagar (Malayalam)
Chup Chup Ke 2006 Hindi Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Rajpal Yadav, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sushma Reddy, Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Asrani, Manoj Joshi Story adapted from Rafi-Mecartin's Punjabi House (Malayalam)
Malamaal Weekly 2006 Hindi Rasika Joshi, Om Puri, Ritesh Deshmukh, Innocent Vincent, Reema Sen, Shakti Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Sudha Chandran, Rakhi Sawant, Rajpal Yadav Story adapted from Richard Holmes' Waking Ned
Bhagam Bhag 2006 Hindi Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Arbaaz Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sharat Saxena, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Maushmi Udeshi, Rudra V Kapila, Manoj Joshi, Razak Khan, Sahil Chandra, Gurvinderbhai Singh subplouts adapted from Mannar Mathai Speaking (Malayalam)
Kyon Ki 2005 Hindi Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Rimi Sen Story adapted from Thalavattam
Garam Masala 2005 Hindi Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Daisy Bopanna, Nargis Bhageri, Neetu Chandra Story adapted from Boeing Boeing (Malayalam)
Vettam 2004 Malayalam Dileep, Bhavana Puri, Kalabhavan Mani, Radha Ravi, Jagathy, Innocent Story adapted from French Kiss
Hulchul 2004 Hindi Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Laxmi, Farah Naz, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Asrani Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's Godfather (Malayalam)
Hungama 2003 Hindi Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Shoma Anand, Manoj Joshi Story adapted from Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (Malayalam)
Kilichundan Mampazham 2003 Malayalam Mohanlal, Soundarya, Sreenivasan, Salim Kumar
Satyaghath: Crime Never Pays 2003 Hindi Mohanlal, Mahesh Anand, Cochin Hanifa Story adapted from Abhimanyu (Malayalam)
Laysa Laysa 2003 Tamil Sham, Trisha, Madhavan Subplots adapted from Summer in Bethlehem (Malayalam) written by Ranjith.
Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar 2001 Hindi Sunil Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry Story adapted from Sanmanssulavarkku Samadhanam (Malayalam)
Kakkakuyil 2001 Malayalam Mohanlal, Mukesh, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy, Innocent Partial Story adapted from A Fish Called Wanda
Snegithiye / Raakilipattu 2000 Tamil/Malayalam Tabu, Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherjee, Lakshmi Story adapted from Bindhaasth (Marathi)
Hera Pheri 2000 Hindi Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Gulshan Grover, Khulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Dinesh Hingoo, Namrata Shirodhkar (Special Appearance) Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's Ramjirao Speaking (Malayalam)
Megham 1999 Malayalam Mammootty, Pooja Batra, Dileep, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Cochin Haneefa
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna 1998 Hindi Akshaye Khanna, Jyotika, Anupam Kher, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Innocent Vincent Story adapted from Fazil's Aniyathipravu (Malayalam) and Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (Tamil)
Kabhi na Kabhi 1998 Hindi Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Pooja Bhatt
Saat Rang Ke Sapne 1998 Hindi Arvind Swamy, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher Story adapted from Thenmavin Kombathu (Malayalam)
Chandralekha 1997 Malayalam Mohanlal, Pooja Batra, Sukanya, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Innocent Original plot, with certain subplots borrowed from While You Were Sleeping
Virasat 1997 Hindi Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri Story adapted from Thevar Magan (Tamil)
Kala Pani 1996 Malayalam (also dubbed to Tamil and Hindi) Mohanlal, Tabu, Prabhu Ganesan, Amrish Puri, Annu Kapoor, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu Scripted by T. Damodaran and Priyadarshan
Minnaram 1994 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shobana, Thilakan, Jagathy, Lalu Alex
Thenmavin Kombath 1994 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shobana, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sharat Saxena
Gandeevam 1994 Telugu Mohanlal, Balakrishna , Nageswara Rao
Gardish 1993 Hindi Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Aishwarya Rai, Farida Jalal, Dimple Kapadia, Asrani, Mukesh Rishi, Raj Babbar, Paresh Rawal Story adapted from Sibi Malayil's Kireedom (Malayalam)
Midhunam 1993 Malayalam Mohanlal, Urvashi, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Jagathy
Muskurahat 1992 Hindi Revathi Story adapted from Kilukkam (Malayalam)
Advaitham 1992 Malayalam Mohanlal, Revathi, Jayaram, Innocent, M. G. Soman, Srividya
Abhimanyu 1991 Malayalam Mohanlal, Geetha, Shankar, Cochin Haneefa, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Jagadish
Kilukkam 1991 Malayalam Mohanlal, Revathi, Jagathy, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent
Nirnayam 1991 Telugu Mukesh, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala Remake of his own Malayalam film Vandanam
Gopura Vasalile 1991 Tamil Karthik Story adapted from Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran
Akkare Akkare Akkare 1990 Malayalam Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Parvathy, Mukesh, Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, M. G. Soman, Maniyanpilla Raju, Jagadish
Kadathanadan Ambadi 1990 Malayalam Prem Nazir, Mohanlal, Cochin Haneefa
Vandanam 1989 Malayalam Mohanlal, Girija, Mukesh, Nedumudi Venu, M. G. Soman, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Jagadish Story adapted from Stakeout
Chithram 1988 Malayalam Mohanlal, Ranjini, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Poornam Vishwanathan, Jagadish
Aryan 1988 Malayalam Mohanlal, Ramya Krishnan, Shobana, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, M. G. Soman Scripted by T. Damodaran
Mukunthetta Sumithra Vilikkunnu 1988 Malayalam Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Ranjini Story adapted from Katha
Vellanakalude Nadu 1988 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shobana, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, M. G. Soman, Jagadish Story inspired by R. K. Narayan's The Engine Trouble
Oru Muthassi Katha 1988 Malayalam Vineeth, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Nirosha, Thyagarajan, M. G. Soman, Jagathy
Cheppu 1987 Malayalam Mohanlal, Lizy, Sulakshana, K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Hello, My Dear Wrong Number 1986 Malayalam Mohanlal, Lizy, Mukesh, Maniyanpilla Raju, Jagathy, Sreenivasan
Thalavattam 1986 Malayalam Mohanlal, Mukesh, Karthika, Lizy, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Based on the book, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dheem Thariktia Thom 1986 Malayalam Mukesh, Lizy, Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Jagathy
Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi 1986 Malayalam Mukesh, Prem Nazir, Nedumudi Venu, Shankar, Menaka, Seema, Sukumari
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu 1986 Malayalam Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Lizy, Mammootty (guest), Jagathy
Rakkuyilin Rajassadasil 1986 Malayalam Mammootty, Suhasini, Adoor Bhasi
Aram + Aram=Kinnaram 1985 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shankar, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Lizy, Thilakan
Boeing Boeing 1985 Malayalam Mohanlal, Mukesh, Menaka, M. G. Soman, Jagathy, Shankar
Punnaram Cholli Cholli 1985 Malayalam Shankar, Rahman, Mukesh, Zarina Wahab, Bharath Gopi, Sreenivasan
Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya 1985 Malayalam Mammootty, Mohanlal, Shankar, Menaka, Lizy
Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil 1985 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shankar, Sreenivasan, Lizy, Sukumari
Odaruthammava Aalariyam 1984 Malayalam Shankar, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Jagadish, Lizy Story adapted from Chashme Baddoor
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi 1984 Malayalam Mohanlal, Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, M. G. Soman, Menaka, Jagathy



Privacy | Sitemap | Micra Hosting | USA Yellow Pages