Biju

Some are genius but some are braniac. We all know Satyajit Roy, Charles Chaplin, Peter Jackson Peter Jackson is a New Zealand based director, pro >> Read More... , Rajkumar Hirani Rajkumar Hirani is one of the ace director, screen >> Read More... were genius and brilliant film directors in their respected languages. Yes, of course, they all are expert in their fields. As a matter of fact, there are many intellects moving around us. But what about all-rounders? They are rare, really very rare. So, let’s discuss about such an all-rounder. He is Biju Viswanath, a rare Indian. Though he is from India, he is an international film director. Not only a film director, but is he a screenwriter also. The reason he is all-rounder is that he has not confined himself to his native language only, he has kept his golden hand in different languages like English, Malayalam, Irish, Urdu, Japanese, Italian, Swahili and Tamil. Let’s talk something about his family.

Cheri Viswanath Cheri Viswanath is an Indian-Screenplay Writer. He >> Read More... and S.Radhamani Amma are his parents and has a sister named Priya Prakash. His wife is Rakhi Viswanath. He made his debut in the film ‘A Voyage (1999)’. It was a silent film which achieved the fame of the best short film in India. From here, he started his journey. Afterwards, he directed various type of films in many languages such as ‘Dejavu (2001)’, ‘Second Coming (2004)’, ‘Zodiac Tales (2005)’, etc. All of these are in English. ‘Dejavu’ was shown in many Film Festivals like Locarno Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Florence Film Festival, and Indian Panorama. ‘Sign of Four (2006)’, ‘Marathon (2010)’ and ‘Viola (2011)’ are the other movies in English.

‘Lorg (2007)’ and ‘Rian (2008)’ are in Irish language and ‘Music Videos MTV (2003)’ in Hindi. ‘Grand Festival (2006)’ is the only one which is released in both Hindi and English. It was shown in New York South Asian Film Festival, Independent Film Festival, and Manila Film Festival. ‘Thief and Wind Chime (2014)’ and ‘Orange Mittai (2015)’ are his Tamil movies. ‘Parwaaz (2008)’ is his Urdu film and ‘Mafiosi (2013)’ in Italian. ‘O. Henry Stories (2000)’ and ‘Oshizemi (2009)’ are in Malayalam and Japanese respectively. ‘Shadow Tree (2013)’ is a short film directed by him which is in Swahili language.

It won Signis Best Short Film Award in Zanzibar Film Festival and Special Mentioned Award in Filmambiente Film Festival. Now let’s see his other operating activities. In the film ‘Phantom (2005)’, he was the director of photography. He was the cinematographer of ‘Sulanga (2005)’ and ‘Poi (2006)’. The topics of most of his movies are generally Thrillers, Mystery, and Horror Romance. Many of these won National and International awards. For instance, we can name the feature film ‘Viola (2011)’. In Mexico International Film Festival (2011), it received the ‘Golden Palm’ award. The movie ‘Marathon (2010)’ was his another milestone. It won awards for best screenplay and cinematography in ‘New York Independent Film Festival.’