Rajasenan, a well known director in Malayalam, debuted with the
movie 'Aagraham'
in 1984. As a director, he has a particular style, appealing to the
masses.
He mainly gives importance to comedy and family oriented
subjects. His early hits include 'Pavam
Crooran,' 'Soundarya Pinackam,' 'Kadinjool Kalyanam,' 'Ayalathe
Adheham', 'Meleparambil Anveedu', 'Aniyanbava Chettanbava', 'Sreekrishnapurathe
Nakshathrathilakkam' and the list goes on. Each movie of his has a
subtle moral to convey. However a couple of movies in between failed to click
at the box office, like 'Mekhasandesham', Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran
Avanundoru Rajakumari' and 'Immini Nalloraal'.
Rajasenan's favourite hero in the Malayalam film industry, is Jayaram.
Together they have brought out various hits with themes mainly aimed
at family audiences. The films produced by this team, are all time entertainers.
Some of the best examples are 'Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran', 'Dilliwala
Rajakumaran', 'Kottaram Veettile Apputtan' and of course 'Meleparambil
Anveedu' etc. Meanwhile rumour mills
in the film industry, claimed that Rajasenan could not direct a film
which would succeed without Jayaram, and vice versa. This apparently
affected their relationship. However in 2006, they came together
again, after
a gap of few years, with the movie 'Madhuchandralekha', which
was a success at the box office.
According to him, teaming up with a particular actor affects a director's
career, as the audience then are reluctant to accept different themes
from a well known director like him. When asked about not casting
superstars of the Malayalam film industry, like Mammootty and Mohanlal
in his films so far, Rajasenan said that his style of approach and the superstar
image of these actors does not gel well with his scheme of things.
He did mention though that he plans to take a movie with Mohanlal in
the future.
"In our country,
control over the films from the government side and censor board is
essential as most of us take advantage of the freedom one has, that
may in turn hurt the feelings of minorities or any other religious
community", he said in an interview given to us.
A native of Pirappancode, Thiruvananthapuram, Rajasenan says he had
always harboured dreams of becoming a director since childhood.
During his school and college days, he
along with his friends used to reenact famous plays and films. He played
the background score and directed these plays, which laid the foundation
for him to become a director. Besides direction, he is also a good singer
and he enjoys his stint in anchoring music programmes on the mini-screen
like 'Ganasamasya' on Asianet and 'Sallapam' on Doordarshan. He also
has produced two serials on Surya TV, 'Snehasammanam' and 'Bhagyanakshathram'.
It is talented directors like
Rajasenan who can do their bit and help the Malayalam film industry overcome the
dearth in good movies and save it from going downhill. We
wish him all the luck in his future endeavors.
