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)
Param Sundari
as Bhargavan Nair
(2025)
Sweetheart!
as Manu's Father
(2025)
Ennu Swantham Punyalan
as Nicholas
(2025)
Padakkuthira
as Ravi Shankar
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
Hunt
as Padmanabha Ramaswamy
(2024)
Kadha Innuvare
as Sivarajan
(2024)
Little Hearts
as Johnson
(2024)
Secret
as MLA
(2024)
(2024)
Parakramam
as Major Sukumaran
(2023)
2018
as Anu's Father
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Bullet Diaries
as Sadanandan
(2023)
Alone
as Colonel (voice)
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
Kooman
as CI Somasekharan Pillai
(2022)
(2022)
Twenty One Grams
as Dr. Alex Koshy
(2022)
Night Drive
as Roy Mathew
(2022)
Aaraattu
as P. Jayamohan I.P.S.,
(2022)
Kaduva
as Vigilance Court Judge
(2022)
Ullasam
as Richard Menon
(2022)
CBI 5: The Brain
as Balagopal
(2022)
Naradan
as Advocate Govindamenon
(2022)
Kochaal
as Rajan
(2022)
(2022)
Malikappuram
as Head master
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Kaaval
as Antony
(2021)
Muddy
as Noah
(2021)
(2020)
Forensic
as Abdul Wahab
(2020)
Gauthamante Radham
as Ramachandran
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel
as K.E. Eapen
(2019)
Athiran
as Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Jayanarayana Varma
(2019)
Sachin
as Ramachandran
(2019)
Sisterleaf
as Koshy Mathew
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Oru Yamandan Premakadha
as John Kombanayil
(2019)
(2019)
Love Action Drama
as Swathi's Father
(2019)
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
as Venugopal, Pournami's father
(2019)
(2019)
Roudram 2018
as Narayanan
(2018)
Naam
as Fr. James Kottayil
(2018)
Aami
as Malayalanadu Editor
(2018)
Abrahaminte Santhathikal
as Shahul Muhammed IPS
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
Bhayanakam
as The Postman
(2018)
Ente Ummante Peru
as Mohammed Haider Ali (voice)
(2018)
(2018)
Captain
as Coach Jafer
(2018)
Drama
as Kunjachayan
(2017)
Godha
as Captain
(2017)
Gemini
as Prof. Gokuldas
(2017)
Solo
as Thomas Zachariah
(2017)
Oru Cinemakkaran
as Fr. Vellani
(2017)
Villain
as K. Sreenivasan
(2017)
Georgettan's Pooram
as Mathews Vadakkan
(2017)
Sakhavu
as Kuriyachan
(2017)
Viswasapoorvam Mansoor
as Kalanthan Haji
(2017)
(2017)
Puthan Panam
as DGP Iqbal Rawther
(2017)
Alamara
as Pavithran
(2017)
Masterpiece
as Prof. Edward Livingstone
(2017)
Role Models
as Shekhara Menon
(2017)
1971: Beyond Borders
as Janardhana
(2017)
Ramaleela
as Helena's Father
(2017)
Veeram
as Narrator (Voice)
(2017)
(2017)
Clint
as V K Nambiar
(2016)
Ore Mukham
as Prakashan (Senior)
(2016)
Pavada
as Paul Scaria
(2016)
Oru Muthassi Gadha
as Mathai Doctor
(2016)
Welcome to Central Jail
as Gopinath
(2016)
Oppam
as Padmakumar P. IPS
(2016)
Thoppil Joppan
as Father Jacob Anakattil
(2016)
(2016)
Pa.Va
as Thampuran Johny
(2016)
Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti
as Madhavan Nair
(2016)
Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven
as Jacob Zachariah
(2015)
Ayal Njanalla
as Menon
(2015)
Charlie
as Panicker Doctor
(2015)
Premam
as David George
(2015)
Jamnapyari
as Sridharan
(2015)
Anarkali
as Pappan
(2015)
Acha Dhin
as Thomas Chacko
(2015)
(2015)
Aadu
as Thomas Paappan
(2015)
Picket 43
as C.O. Vinay Chandran
(2015)
Loham
as Albert
(2015)
Rajamma @ Yahoo
as Mayor Abraham Pothan
(2015)
Ennum Eppozhum
as CEO of GM Builders
(2014)
Money Ratnam
as Isaac Anakkadan
(2014)
Pakida
as Sreekumar
(2014)
Munnariyippu
as Mohan Das
(2014)
Cousins
as Doctor
(2014)
Njaan
as Kuttysankaran
(2014)
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
as Mathew
(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