T. K. Rajeev Kumar

T. K. Rajeev Kumar
T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Born	Kochu Kuttan; 1961 (age 58–59); Kottayam, Kerala, India
Occupation	film director
Years active	1982–present
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse(s)	Latha Kurien Rajeev
Children	Mrinal Rajeev & Kirtana Rajeev
Parent(s)	TK indirakutty Amma; Late TS Karunakara Panicker

T. K. Rajeev Kumar (born 1961 in Kottayam, India) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. Winner of Five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film,Director,Story Writer & Script Writer, A Show Director,Theatre Actor & Percussionist (Mridangam). Founder member & leader of the Musical Band Blue Birds in 1980 & Super Mimics, a comedy show in 1979. Kerala University Winner of Mono Act in the University Youth Festivals. 1980 - 82 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy winner for Mono Act.1979 - 82.[1]

Career

TK Rajeev Kumar was the Chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy from 2003 to 2006. He was also the Director of IFFK International Film Festival of Kerala from 2003 to 2006 and was the Vice-Chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in 2002.[2] He was nominated as Jury chairman for Kerala State Film Awards 2007.Member,Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerece & Industry (FICCI) Member, General Council, Film & Television Institute, Pune (2003–2008). He was the Founder Artistic Director of JTPac, Kochi (Jose Thomas Performing Art Centre). Now the Artistic Director of Blue Mermaid Events, Kochi. Conceived & directed more than 40 International shows, 4 plays, 80 National Cultural events & State Pageantries.

He was the Creative Director for the 35th NATIONAL GAMES OF INDIA 2015 held in Kerala - OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONIES.

Conceived and Directed "SENTIMENTAL CELLULOID" the SIGNATURE FILM for 22nd International Film Festival ( !FFK ) 2017

Early life

His only brother TK Sajeev Kumar, Visual Editor at Kerala Kaumudi & is the Chief Editor of Flash Movies published by Kerala Kaumudi group. Sajeev Kumar T.K has been re-appointed as Society for News Design regional director for Asia and South Pacific. He runs a website www.newspaperdesign.in about news designing in India and the neighboring countries.

He is closely related to the family of renowned Nadaswaram performers Ambalapuzha Brothers. His talents were identified early by Sri.Ramunni ( lead actor of Aravindan's Kumatty ) the younger brother of Ambalapuzha brothers. Sri.Ramunni took the initiative and he was made the disciple of Ghattom exponent Alleppey Prabhu, under him he started the early lessons of the percussion instrument Mridangam. He continued his Mridangam studies later with renowned percussionist Mavelikkara SR Raju in Trivandrum. During his college days in Government Arts College, Trivandrum, Prof: Aliyar Kunju gave the exposure to University Youth Festivals, Theatre Productions & Film Societies. Ad Film Maker Late Mathew Paul, introduced him to Jijo & Jose of Navodaya films. Former General Manager of State Bank of Travancore Sri: Sreenivasan gave him all the support to become a film maker.

Background

TK Rajeev Kumar was born in Thazhathupurrakal family, Thirunaekkara, Tekkumgopuram in Kottayam district, Kerala. His school education started from Baker Kindergarten School,Kottayam(1966–70) and continued in MT seminary high school ( 1971–72)followed by SDV School,Alleppey( 1973–75) and in MT seminary high school ( 1971-72 & 1976 )Kottayam. His college studies started off from Government Arts College, Trivandrum ( 1976–78) and graduated from University College, Thiruvananthapuram( 1978-82. He was a student of Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram from 1982.

During his studies, he joined State Bank of Travancore, Kottyam Main Branch. He started his Malayalam film career as an Assistant Director with the Navodaya Production Company at the age of 19. He had his lessons from the film maker Jijo Punnose, son of Navodaya Appachan. He was lucky to associate with Jijo Punnose in the Making of India's First 3D film "My dear Kuttichathan" ( My dear Chotta Chaetan ). He associated Regunath Paleri in his debut directorial venture " Onnu Muthal Poogyam Varae"produced by Navodaya Production Company . His debut film was Chanakyan which had Kamal Hassan and Urmila Matondkar starring alongside Jayaram. After his debut film , he got associated with the making of Bible ke Khaniya ( Stories from Bible) produced by Navodaya for Doordarshan in 1990-93. He was signed by Kamalhassan to direct a period film in Tamil written by renowned writer Sujatha in 1990,which never took off due to Budget constraints.While he was with State Bank Of Travancore Sri.Sreenivasan,then General Manager supported his cultural inclinations and special permissions were given to him for directing his debut film "Chanakyan". The bank authorities were supportive but the rules never permitted them to protect Rajeev's services in the bank.He left State Bank of Travancore, when he was associated with SBT Zonal Office,Trivandrum in early nineties.

Filmography

Feature films

1989-90 Directed "Bible Ki Kahani" (Stories from Bible) few episodes of TV Serial for Doordarshan, National Television of India. 1997 & 2009 Directed the revised versions of My Dear Kuttichathan 3D (India's First 3D film produced by Navodaya & directed by Jijo)

Year	Film	Cast	Language	Production	Notes
1984	My Dear Kuttichathan	Master Aravind, Baby Sonia, Master Suresh, Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair	Malayalam	Navodaya Films	India's first 3D film. Worked as Assistant Director & Script Supervisor
1989	Chanakyan	Kamal Hassan, Urmila Matondkar, Jayaram, Sitara	Malayalam	Navodaya Films	Debut directorial venture. Kerala Film Critics Award & the Filmfare Award for the Best Director
1990	Kshanakkathu	Niyas, Nedumudi Venu, Thilakan	Malayalam	M/S Central Pictures
1991	Ottayal Pattalam	Mukesh, Madhubala	Malayalam	M/S Century Films
1992	Mahanagaram	Mammootty	Malayalam	Sunitha Productions
1994	Pavithram	Mohanlal, Vinduja Menon, Shobana	Malayalam	Vishudhi Films	Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Mohanlal) 1994
1996	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar	Mohanlal, Urmila Matondkar, Nirosha	Malayalam	Seven Arts Films
1999	Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu	Manju Warrier, Thilakan, Biju Menon, Abbas	Malayalam	One 2 One Creations	First Malayalam film to use Avid technology. National special jury Award (1999) for Best Actress to Manju Warrier.She ended her first phase of acting after this film
1999	Jalamarmaram	V C Harris, P Balachandran, Aswin Thampi, Joby	Malayalam	The Blue Mermaid Picture Company	National Award for Best Feature Film on Environment, Kerala State Award for Second Best Feature Film 2000
2000	Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya	Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala	Hindi
2001	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Jayaram, Jagathy Sreekumar, Mukesh, Manya	Malayalam	Cinema Cinema
2002	Sesham	Jayaram, Biju Menon, Murali, Geethu Mohandas	Malayalam	The Blue Mermaid Picture Company	Kerala State Award 2002 for Best Feature Film, Editing, Sound Recording, Best Story and Special Jury Award for the actor in the lead role.
2004	Ivar	Jayaram, Biju Menon, Bhavana	Malayalam	Damor Films	Fully shot using Steadycam
2008	Free Kick	Sushand Singh, Asif Basra, Sathyajit, Gowri Karnik,	Hindi	Jammu Sugahand Productions	Not Yet Released
2009	Chal Chala Chal	Govinda, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Murli Sharma, Om Puri, Manoj Joshi	Hindi	Fuel picture company	Remake of Malayalam film Varavelpu and scenes from Ee Parakkum Thalika.
2009	Seetha Kalyanam	Jayaram, Jyothika, Indrajith, Geethu Mohandas	Malayalam	Revathy Kalamandir
2009	Kushti	Rajpal Yadav,Great Khali,Om Puri,sarat Saxena,Manoj Joshi	Hindi	SRK entertainments	Remake of Malayalam film Mutharamkunnu P.O.
2010	Oru Naal Varum	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan	Malayalam	Maniyanpilla Raju Productions
2011	Rathinirvedam	Shweta Menon, KPAC Lalitha	Malayalam	Revathy Kalaamandhir Production	Remake of the 1978 film of the same name
2011	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty	Nithya Menon, Shweta Menon, Unni Mukundan	Malayalam	Reel 2 Reel Cine Productions
2013	Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu[3]	Indrajith, Meghana Raj, Prathap Pothen, Remya Nambeesan	Malayalam	Blue Mermaid Picture Company	Based On Gr Indugopans Up&Down
2019	Kolaambi	Nithya Menon, Renji Panicker, Rohini, Dileesh Pothan G Suresh Kumar	Malayalam	Roopesh Omana, Nirmalyam Cinema	Selected to Indian Panorama, International Film Festival of India 2019,Goa

Short films

1994. ADVT film for Colombo Umbrellas – 30 sec:
1995: AWARENESS SPOT – Zoo Watch/1 min
1998: DOCUMENTARY – Green City, Clean City / 20 min for Trivandrum Corporation
1999: DOCUMENTARY- Flavours of Kerala/23 min/Video Documentary in English on cuisines of Kerala
1999: CORPORATE FILM- Astamudi Resorts
2000: ADVT: film – Astamudi Resorts
2000: SHORT FILM – A Cot To Gain Or A Tree To Lose / 10 min / Mal
2003: ADVT: film for MILMA / 1min / mal
2004: ROAD SHOW – ‘PALATHULLY’ for Malayala Manorama
2004: CORPORATE FILM- Malayala Manorama “PALATHULLY” / 20 min / mal & English
2004: ADVT: film – Malayala Manorama “PALATHULLY”( rain harvesting ) / 30sec ./mal
2005: CHANNEL’S SIGNATURE FILM – Amrita Television / 4 min
2006 – CORPORATE FILM for Malayala Manorama, presented at the IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication – 10min
2007 – CORPORATE FILM for Malatala Manorama
2008 – Birth of a News Paper for Malayala Manorama
2009 – Anuyatra – a short film on Late Prof:Anandakuttan
2009 – JT Performing Art Centre Presentation film
2009 – Traffic Awareness film for Malayala Manorama
2009 – Choice Marina presentation film
2010 – Nadaswara Exponents Ambalapuzha Brothers Website Launch
2011 – Kerala Lottery Onam Bumper Advt:
2014 - PONNAYIRAM, a documentary film based on the 1000 days celebration of Kerala Government
2014 - Out of the Box - a spot film for Kerala Chief Minister's face book
2015 - CHOICE SCHOOL - a musical album
2016 - UDF 5th year,a documentary film based on the 5th year celebration of Kerala Government
2017 - RAAG MANIRANG - Documentary On Neyyattinkara Vasudevan for Prd,Government of Kerala.
2018 - ADVT Film for the LDF Governments 3rd year
2020 - ADVT Film for Life Mission,Government of Kerala
2020 - UNMEDIATED - Documentary on Sashi Kumar,Media Person for Media Academy,Government of Kerala.

Stage shows

STAR NIGHT lead by BHANU PRIYA & SUPER MIMICS/ Stage show across U.A.E / 1990
MOHANLAL AND THE MAGIC LAMP / Stage show across U.A.E / 1995
SHOW ‘95 organised by the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) / Staged at Trivandrum, Cochin and Calicut.
The stage show in connection with the MISS WORLD COMPETITION held in Bangalore in November 1996 ( co directed with Priyadarshan ).
ARABIAN DREAMS / 1997 / Stage show that travelled across the Middle East starring Suresh Gopi and other Malayalam stars.
UTSAV / 2000 / Stage show that travelled across USA, starring Mohan Lal, Shobana and other stars
YESUDAS Musical Evening – Dubai / 2000
SAMSKARA / 2000 / Mega Cultural Show held in connection with the inauguration of the KERALA TRAVEL MART at Kochi
A FAIRY TALE / 2001 / Stage show that travelled across the Middle East starring top of the line Malayalam stars.
The Inaugural Ceremony – BHAVA RASA – At the GLOBAL INVESTORS MEET , Cochin 2003
2000– 2006
“GANDHARVA SANDHYA” musical events as a tribute to Sri.Yesudas
ASIANET FILM AWARD function from 2000–2004
STATE FILM AWARDS & TELEVISION AWARDS FUNCTION – 2000–2004
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED 75 Years of Malayalam Film Music Mega Event 2005
‘ KATHAYATTOM’ a stage show in connection with 100 years of Malayalam novel with Mohanlal for Malayala Manorama 2003 – 05
AMRITA TELEVISION Channel launch 2005
VELLI THIRAMALA, a musical event at Dubai for Malayala Manorama 2006
BHAVAYAMI, a musical event at Dubai for Malayala Manorama 2007
JAI HIND Television Launch 2007
PRANAYAPOORVAM, a musical event at Dubai for Malayala Manorama 2008
BHEEMAM,play based on MT Vasudevan Nair's Randamoozham 2009
ANUYATRA, Music Album launch 2009
LAL SAALAM – 30 years of Mohanlal – a musical travelogue @ Dubai
Nannipoorvam Mohanlal @ Trivandrum
SREE RAGAM – Felicitating MG Sreekumar, Dubai 2010
CHITRA POURNAMI – 25years of ks chitra's singing career,Trivandrum 2011
SWARNA KAMALAM 2010 – Felicitating Kamal Hassan – Govt: of Kerala
Onam Pagentary 2010
Chitra Pournami 2011 – Celebration on completion of famous singer K.S Chitra's 30 years of musical career.
Dhanti TV 2013 – Celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema @ Dubai
Mazhavil Azhakil Amma 2013– Celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema.@ Sharjah,UAE & Kochi
Kerala Film Producer's Association& Matrix Media Pearl Awards 2013 – Celebrating 80 years of Malayalam Cinema @ Doha
Excellence Awards 2013 – Kerala Cricket Association @ Calicut
Closing Ceremony of International Film Festival of Kerala 2013
35TH NATIONAL GAMES OF INDIA - OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONIES - " BHAVA RASA & RIVERS OF INDIA " 2015
CREDAI - Trivandrum - Event Vayali Bamboo Music
Conceived and Directed 'NADANAM VENU LAYAM, celebrating 40years of Nedumudi Venu's acting career
PANCHA BHOOTHA , Show by AMMA for Asianet 2018 at Abu Dhabi
DEVA BHOOMIKA , a choreographed show lead by Asha Sharreth 2019
MOHALLALUM KOOTTUKAARUM, an event @ Dubai for Janmabhoomi 2019

Awards

Kerala University Youth Festival award for Best Monact performer – 1978 -80 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy award for Best Monoact Performance – 1980 All India One Act play, Pune 1981,Best Actor

'Chanakyan'
- Kerala Film Critics Award for the Debut Director 1989
- Fimfare for the Best Malayalam Film.
- Filmfans Award for the Best Director.

'Pavithram'

- Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Mohanlal
- Film Fans award for Best Film

'Kannuyezhuthi Pottum Thottu''''

- National Film Award – Best Actress Manju Warrier ( special Jury Award )
'Jalamarmaram'
- National Award for the Best Environmental Film 2000
- National Award for Best Child Artiste – Ashwin 2000
- Kerala State film award for the second Best Film 2000
- Kerala State Film Awards 2000 Best Screenplay award shared with B.Unnikrishnan
- Gulf Malayalee Best Film Award 2000
- Selected to the Milan Festival (MIFF 2000), Cairo Festival 2000, Euro-Shorts 2000, Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival (2001), Toronto Environmental Film Festival (2001) and Cornell Environmental Film Festival (2001)

'*Shesham'

- Kerala State film award for the Best Film 2001[4]
- Kerala State film award for the Best Story 2001
- Kerala State film Award for Best Editing and Sound Recording 2001
- Santharam Award for the Best Film and Director 2001
- Kerala Film Critics Award for the Best Film. Best Director,Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Sound Recording. 2001
- Padmarajan Puraskaram for the Best Film & Director 2001 & Asianet Awards for the Best Screenplay 2001 - 02
- Mathrubhoomi Award for the Best Film 2001
- Cinema Express Award for the Best Film 2001 – 2002

" Palathully " a short film on Rain Harvesting for Malayala Manorama won the UN International Award for the Best film for Campaign.

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References

"T K Rajeev Kumar Biography, Profile, Date of Birth(DOB), Star Sign, Height, Siblings". Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.
'Interview with RajeevKumar'
Nita Sathyendran (16 May 2013). "The space within". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
Best film Award for Shesham

Sources

Synopsis of 2 award winning films by Rajeevkumar

http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/13745/songs-from-t-k-rajeev-kumars-movies-chakkarapanthal-ep-102/E www.yentha.com/.../interview-of-the-week-t-k-rajeev-kumar–forever-in- www.sify.com/movies/malayalam/interview.php?id=6005465&cid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvs4raT_cbM www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qXUbyim8EM www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqTzDkavgKI Kerala Lottery Onam Bumper - T K Rajeev Kumar

External links

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[1] "T K Rajeev Kumar Biography, Profile, Date of Birth(DOB), Star Sign, Height, Siblings". Archived from the original on 8 January 2018.

[Interview-2] 'Interview with RajeevKumar'

[3] Nita Sathyendran (16 May 2013). "The space within". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[4] Best film Award for Shesham