Renji Panicker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-01-21 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Nedumudi, Kerala, India
Renji Panicker
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).
Acting
Aaravam
as MLA Chandi
(2025)
Sweetheart!
as Manu's Father
(2025)
Ennu Swantham Punyalan
as Nicholas
(2025)
(2025)
Padakkuthira
as Ravi Shankar
(2024)
Kadha Innuvare
as Sivarajan
(2024)
Hunt
as Padmanabha Ramaswamy
(2024)
Secret
as MLA
(2024)
Parakramam
as Major Sukumaran
(2024)
Little Hearts
as Johnson
(2024)
(2023)
2018
as Anu's Father
(2023)
Alone
as Colonel (voice)
(2023)
(2023)
Bullet Diaries
as Sadanandan
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
Aaraattu
as P. Jayamohan I.P.S.,
(2022)
Kooman
as CI Somasekharan Pillai
(2022)
CBI 5: The Brain
as Balagopal
(2022)
Night Drive
as Roy Mathew
(2022)
Twenty One Grams
as Dr. Alex Koshy
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Kaduva
as Vigilance Court Judge
(2022)
Malikappuram
as Head master
(2022)
(2022)
Naradan
as Advocate Govindamenon
(2022)
Ullasam
as Richard Menon
(2022)
(2022)
Kochaal
as Rajan
(2021)
Muddy
as Noah
(2021)
Kaaval
as Antony
(2021)
(2020)
Forensic
as Abdul Wahab
(2020)
Gauthamante Radham
as Ramachandran
(2020)
(2019)
Oru Yamandan Premakadha
as John Kombanayil
(2019)
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel
as K.E. Eapen
(2019)
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
as Venugopal, Pournami's father
(2019)
Athiran
as Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Jayanarayana Varma
(2019)
(2019)
Love Action Drama
as Swathi's Father
(2019)
(2019)
Sisterleaf
as Koshy Mathew
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Sachin
as Ramachandran
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Roudram 2018
as Narayanan
(2019)
(2018)
Aami
as Malayalanadu Editor
(2018)
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
as Shahul Muhammed IPS
(2018)
Ente Ummante Peru
as Mohammed Haider Ali (voice)
(2018)
Captain
as Coach Jafer
(2018)
(2018)
Naam
as Fr. James Kottayil
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
Drama
as Kunjachayan
(2018)
Bhayanakam
as The Postman
(2017)
Godha
as Captain
(2017)
Veeram
as Narrator (Voice)
(2017)
Sakhavu
as Kuriyachan
(2017)
Georgettan's Pooram
as Mathews Vadakkan
(2017)
Villain
as K. Sreenivasan
(2017)
Solo
as Thomas Zachariah
(2017)
Masterpiece
as Prof. Edward Livingstone
(2017)
Ramaleela
as Helena's Father
(2017)
Alamara
as Pavithran
(2017)
1971: Beyond Borders
as Janardhana
(2017)
Puthan Panam
as DGP Iqbal Rawther
(2017)
Oru Cinemakkaran
as Fr. Vellani
(2017)
Gemini
as Prof. Gokuldas
(2017)
(2017)
(2017)
Role Models
as Shekhara Menon
(2017)
Viswasapoorvam Mansoor
as Kalanthan Haji
(2017)
Clint
as V K Nambiar
(2016)
Oppam
as Padmakumar P. IPS
(2016)
Pavada
as Paul Scaria
(2016)
Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti
as Madhavan Nair
(2016)
Welcome to Central Jail
as Gopinath
(2016)
Thoppil Joppan
as Father Jacob Anakattil
(2016)
Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven
as Jacob Zachariah
(2016)
Oru Muthassi Gadha
as Mathai Doctor
(2016)
Pa.Va
as Thampuran Johny
(2016)
Ore Mukham
as Prakashan (Senior)
(2016)
(2015)
Premam
as David George
(2015)
Charlie
as Panicker Doctor
(2015)
Ayal Njanalla
as Menon
(2015)
Anarkali
as Pappan
(2015)
Ennum Eppozhum
as CEO of GM Builders
(2015)
Aadu
as Thomas Paappan
(2015)
Picket 43
as C.O. Vinay Chandran
(2015)
(2015)
Loham
as Albert
(2015)
Rajamma @ Yahoo
as Mayor Abraham Pothan
(2015)
Acha Dhin
as Thomas Chacko
(2015)
Jamnapyari
as Sridharan
(2014)
Money Ratnam
as Isaac Anakkadan
(2014)
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
as Mathew
(2014)
Munnariyippu
as Mohan Das
(2014)
Pakida
as Sreekumar
(2014)
Cousins
as Doctor
(2014)
Njaan
as Kuttysankaran
(1994)
Commissioner
as Journalist
(1993)
Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans
as Politician
(1990)
Archangel
as Allied Soldier
Crew
Judgment Day
Director
Untitled Renji Panikar - Fafa Movie
Writer, Director
(2018)
Orayiram Kinakkalal
Producer
(2012)
(2008)
Roudram
Director, Writer
(2005)
Bharathchandran I.P.S
Writer, Director, Producer
(2001)
Dubai
Writer
(2001)
Praja
Writer, Producer
(1999)
Pathram
Writer
(1997)
Lelam
Writer
(1995)
The King
Writer
(1994)
Commissioner
Writer
(1993)
Mafia
Writer
(1993)
Ekalavyan
Writer
(1993)
(1992)
Thalasthanam
Writer
(1991)
Aakasha Kottayile Sultan
Screenplay
(1990)
Dr. Pasupathy
Writer