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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 21, 1958
Place of Birth
Nedumudi, Kerala, India
Also Known As
- Ranji Panikkar
- രൺജി പണിക്കർ
- രഞ്ജി പണിക്കർ
Renji Panicker
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Renji Panicker is an Indian journalist, script writer, producer, actor, and director best known for his Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with Bharatchandran IPS in 2005. A firebrand script-writer and director of Malayalam cinema, Renji Panicker, popularly known as Renji began his career as a journalist. After completing his master's degree in journalism from Kerala University, Renji started off as a reporter for several magazines and publications. It was during an interview, while working for Chithrabhumi, a film magazine, that he met director Shaji Kailas, which led him into the world of cinema and within a short time became one of the most guaranteed scriptwriters of Malayalam cinema. Renji scripted several commercially successful films for Shaji Kailas, including Dr. Pasupathy (1990), Thalastaanam (1992), Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans (1993), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993), Commissioner (1994), and The King (1995). It was the Renji Panicker-Shaji Kailas team that turned actor Suresh Gopi into a bankable lead actor during the early-1990s. He's also popular for his collaboration with director Joshiy, which includes the films Lelam (1997) and Pathram (1999). He later switched over as a film director and has directed two films. He is also one of the managing director of the Malayalam newspaper Metrovaartha. Renji has acted in several cameo roles for his own films. However, he gained popularity as an actor for his full-length role in the film Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014). He has gone on to act in other successful films, including Njaan (2014), Munnariyippu (2014), Aadu (2015), Premam (2015), Loham (2015), and Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016).
Known For
Credits
Patriot
2026
0.0
Aghosham
2025
0.0
Dheeram
as Commissioner Ramdas
2025
0.0
The Pet Detective
as Jose Alula
2025
3.3
Param Sundari
as Bhargavan Nair
2025
6.2
Mehfil
as Dr. Shakeel
2025
2.0
e Valayam
2025
0.0
Padakkuthira
as Ravi Shankar
2025
0.0
Sweetheart!
as Manu's Father
2025
4.8
Ennu Swantham Punyalan
as Nicholas
2025
0.0
Parakramam
as Major Sukumaran
2024
1.0
Soul Stories
2024
0.0
Kadha Innuvare
as Sivarajan
2024
4.0
Hunt
as Padmanabha Ramaswamy
2024
1.0
Manorathangal
as Pathmanabhan
2024
4.5
Secret
as MLA
2024
2.0
DNA
2024
0.0
Little Hearts
as Johnson
2024
4.7
Queen Elizabeth
2023
5.0
A Ranjith Cinema
2023
5.2
Thaal
as Dr. Giri Shankar
2023
3.0
Bullet Diaries
as Sadanandan
2023
2.0
Otta
2023
0.0
Masterpeace
as Chandichan
2023
5.7
2018
as Anu's Father
2023
7.5
Kolambi
2023
0.0
🎬
SECTION 306 IPC
2023
0.0
Alone
as Colonel (voice)
2023
3.1
🎬
Iru
2023
0.0
Malikappuram
as Head master
2022
6.5
Gold
2022
4.0
Kooman
as CI Somasekharan Pillai
2022
6.5
Varaal
2022
6.0
Two Men
2022
5.0
Kaduva
as Vigilance Court Judge
2022
5.0
Ullasam
as Richard Menon
2022
4.2
Kochaal
as Rajan
2022
6.5
CBI 5: The Brain
as Balagopal
2022
4.5
Twenty One Grams
as Dr. Alex Koshy
2022
6.6
Night Drive
as Roy Mathew
2022
7.4
Naradan
as Advocate Govindamenon
2022
6.2
Member Rameshan 9aam Ward
as MLA
2022
6.5
Aaraattu
as P. Jayamohan I.P.S.,
2022
3.9
Muddy
as Noah
2021
4.7
Kaaval
as Antony
2021
4.8
Backpackers
2021
5.0
Forensic
as Abdul Wahab
2020
6.6
Gauthamante Radham
as Ramachandran
2020
6.2
Kalamandalam Hyderali
as Kalamandalam Hyderali
2020
3.0
Maarjaara Oru Kalluvacha Nuna
as Narrator
2020
4.6
Ulta
2019
4.2
Roudram 2018
as Narayanan
2019
0.0
Thelivu
as Ramesh Kumar I.P.S
2019
2.0
Love Action Drama
as Swathi's Father
2019
6.1
Aniyankunjum Thannalayathu
as Pappichayan
2019
4.0
Mohabbathin Kunjabdulla
as Thangal
2019
4.0
Margamkali
2019
3.1
Sachin
as Ramachandran
2019
4.3
Oru Yamandan Premakadha
as John Kombanayil
2019
4.3
Athiran
as Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Jayanarayana Varma
2019
6.1
Sisterleaf
as Koshy Mathew
2019
5.0
Childhood Friends
as Rajmohan Thampi
2019
2.5
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel
as K.E. Eapen
2019
5.7
Ningal Camera Nireekshanathilaanu
2019
0.0
Sakalakalashala
2019
2.5
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
as Venugopal, Pournami's father
2019
6.7
Ente Ummante Peru
as Mohammed Haider Ali (voice)
2018
6.5
Vallikudilile Vellakkaran
as Award Presenter
2018
4.7
Drama
as Kunjachayan
2018
4.6
Bhayanakam
as The Postman
2018
7.8
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
as Shahul Muhammed IPS
2018
5.7
Krishnam
2018
0.0
Naam
as Fr. James Kottayil
2018
3.0
Captain
as Coach Jafer
2018
7.0
Aami
as Malayalanadu Editor
2018
5.6
Kadha Paranja Kadha
2018
6.0
Masterpiece
as Prof. Edward Livingstone
2017
3.8
Villain
as K. Sreenivasan
2017
6.0
Solo
as Thomas Zachariah
2017
6.8
Ramaleela
as Helena's Father
2017
6.7
Clint
as V K Nambiar
2017
5.0
Kadam Kadha
2017
5.8
Role Models
as Shekhara Menon
2017
4.8
Viswasapoorvam Mansoor
as Kalanthan Haji
2017
6.0
Oru Cinemakkaran
as Fr. Vellani
2017
5.4
Godha
as Captain
2017
7.0
Gemini
as Prof. Gokuldas
2017
5.2
Sakhavu
as Kuriyachan
2017
4.9
Puthan Panam
as DGP Iqbal Rawther
2017
5.6
1971: Beyond Borders
as Janardhana
2017
6.0
Georgettan's Pooram
as Mathews Vadakkan
2017
4.6
Alamara
as Pavithran
2017
5.1
Samarppanam
2017
7.0
Veeram
as Narrator (Voice)
2017
6.7
Ore Mukham
as Prakashan (Senior)
2016
5.6
Thoppil Joppan
as Father Jacob Anakattil
2016
5.3
Oru Muthassi Gadha
as Mathai Doctor
2016
5.7
Welcome to Central Jail
as Gopinath
2016
3.3
Oppam
as Padmakumar P. IPS
2016
7.2
Pa.Va
as Thampuran Johny
2016
5.5
Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti
as Madhavan Nair
2016
4.6
Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven
as Jacob Zachariah
2016
7.4
Mohavalayam
2016
5.5
Pavada
as Paul Scaria
2016
5.6
Charlie
as Panicker Doctor
2015
7.6
Rajamma @ Yahoo
as Mayor Abraham Pothan
2015
4.8
Anarkali
as Pappan
2015
5.9
Jamnapyari
as Sridharan
2015
4.2
Loham
as Albert
2015
4.4
Ayal Njanalla
as Menon
2015
5.2
Acha Dhin
as Thomas Chacko
2015
2.6
Premam
as David George
2015
7.5
Ennum Eppozhum
as CEO of GM Builders
2015
5.7
Haram
2015
3.4
Aadu
as Thomas Paappan
2015
6.9
Picket 43
as C.O. Vinay Chandran
2015
6.4
Cousins
as Doctor
2014
3.4
Njaan
as Kuttysankaran
2014
5.9
Money Ratnam
as Isaac Anakkadan
2014
5.8
Munnariyippu
as Mohan Das
2014
7.4
Pakida
as Sreekumar
2014
4.6
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
as Mathew
2014
7.2
Commissioner
as Journalist
1994
7.0
🎬
Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans
as Politician
1993
5.2
Archangel
as Allied Soldier
1990
5.4
🎬
Aayirathonnam Raavu
N/A
0.0
Aaravam
as MLA Chandi
N/A
0.0
🎬
Raghavettante 16um Rameswara Yathrayum
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Police Story
N/A
0.0
Namukku Kodathiyil Kaanam
N/A
0.0