Renji Panicker profile
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Renji Panicker

21st January 1958 Nedumudi, Kerala, India Acting

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).

127 Movies 5 TV Shows 132 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Aadu 3 poster
Aadu 3 19th March 2026 as Pannimattathil Thomas Pappan/ Narayanan Thampuran
Dheeram poster
Dheeram 5th December 2025 as Commissioner Ramdas
Mehfil poster
Mehfil 8th August 2025 as Dr. Shakeel
Hunt poster
Hunt 23rd August 2024 as Padmanabha Ramaswamy
DNA poster
DNA 14th June 2024
Thaal poster
Thaal 8th December 2023 as Dr. Giri Shankar
2018 poster
2018 5th May 2023 as Anu's Father
Alone poster
Alone 26th January 2023 as Colonel (voice)
Iru poster
Iru 6th January 2023
Kooman poster
Kooman 4th November 2022 as CI Somasekharan Pillai
Kaduva poster
Kaduva 7th July 2022 as Vigilance Court Judge
Ullasam poster
Ullasam 1st July 2022 as Richard Menon
Naradan poster
Naradan 3rd March 2022 as Advocate Govindamenon
Aaraattu poster
Aaraattu 18th February 2022 as P. Jayamohan I.P.S.,
Muddy poster
Muddy 10th December 2021 as Noah
Kaaval poster
Kaaval 25th November 2021 as Antony
Thelivu poster
Thelivu 18th October 2019 as Ramesh Kumar I.P.S
Sachin poster
Sachin 19th July 2019 as Ramachandran
Athiran poster
Athiran 12th April 2019 as Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Jayanarayana Varma
Drama poster
Drama 1st November 2018 as Kunjachayan
Naam poster
Naam 11th May 2018 as Fr. James Kottayil
Captain poster
Captain 16th February 2018 as Coach Jaffer
Aami poster
Aami 9th February 2018 as S.K Nair
Masterpiece poster
Masterpiece 21st December 2017 as Prof. Edward Livingstone
Villain poster
Villain 27th October 2017 as K. Sreenivasan
Solo poster
Solo 5th October 2017 as Thomas Zachariah
Ramaleela poster
Ramaleela 28th September 2017 as Helena's Father
Clint poster
Clint 11th August 2017 as V K Nambiar
Godha poster
Godha 19th May 2017 as Captain
Gemini poster
Gemini 21st April 2017 as Prof. Gokuldas
Veeram poster
Veeram 24th February 2017 as Narrator (Voice)
Oppam poster
Oppam 8th September 2016 as Padmakumar P. IPS
Pa.Va poster
Pa.Va 22nd July 2016 as Thampuran Johny
Pavada poster
Pavada 15th January 2016 as Paul Scaria
Charlie poster
Charlie 24th December 2015 as Panicker Doctor
Loham poster
Loham 20th August 2015 as Albert
Premam poster
Premam 29th May 2015 as David George
Haram poster
Haram 20th February 2015 as Isha's father
Aadu poster
Aadu 6th February 2015 as Thomas Paappan
Picket 43 poster
Picket 43 23rd January 2015 as C.O. Vinay Chandran
Njaan poster
Njaan 19th October 2014 as Kuttysankaran
Pakida poster
Pakida 14th February 2014 as Sreekumar
Glory poster
Glory 1st May 2026 as Kesava Panicker