Jayaraaj

Jayaraaj [also known as Jayaraaj Rajasekharan Nair] (b. 1960, Kottayam, Kerala, India) studied electronics and telecommunications in Trivandrum where he also entered the world of film as an assistant to director Bharathan. Since the 1980s he has been directing his own films, sucessful at both domestic and foreign festivals. He began winning awards with the film Journey to Wisdom (1996), also screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 1997, and the subsequent films The Play of God (Kaliyattam, 1999) – Othello, as conceived by a local traditional theatre, Pathos (Karunam, 2000) and Tranquil (Shantham, 2001). He managed to make two films in 2005: To My Daughter (Makalkku) and In the Name of God (Daivanamathil).

MFF Karlovy Vary