Rajiv Anchal is a screenwriter and film director from Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. He has directed eight feature films. Of late, he has based his movies in the United States. He is the life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television

Asian Academy of Film & Television

The Asian Academy of Film & Television is a film school located in India's Noida Film City in India's Capital region, NCR. It is affiliated with the International Film & Television Research Center and the Marwah Films & Video Studios....

. His magnum opus is a Malayalam film, Guru

Guru (1997 film)

Guru is a Malayalam-language film directed by Rajiv Anchal. Mohanlal played the lead role in the film. Nedumudi Venu, Srinivasan, Suresh Gopi, Sithara, Kaveri and Sreelakshmi star in supporting roles....

, which is a symbolic and allegorical movie about the blind faith which has been perpetuated on the human mankind. Guru was officially the Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1997. His Beyond the Soul won three awards at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival: Best Director, Best Screenplay and Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film in 2003. Rajeev Anchal was previously also been working as an art director. His latest film is Paattinte Palazhy

Paattinte Palazhy

Paattinte Palazhy is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajeev Anchal. The film has Meera Jasmine and Revathy in lead roles. Manoj.K.Jayan and Jagathy Sreekumar also play prominent roles in this film. Meera playsthe role of a playback singer in the film....

(2010).

Apart from filmmaking, he also does art direction for films. Adharvam

Adharvam

Adharvam is a 1989 Malayalam drama film directed by Dennis Joseph and written by Shibu Chakravarthy; starring Mammootty, Ganesh Kumar, Charuhasan, Silk Smitha, Thilakan, and Parvathy in the main roles. Mammootty played the role of Anantha Padmanabhan, an expert in mystic tantric rituals, one of...

(1989) and Njan Gandharvan

Njan Gandharvan

Njan Gandharvan is a 1991 Malayalam fantasy romance film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. It stars Nitish Bharadwaj and Suparna Anand in lead roles....

(1991) had him working in the art department. He was also the art consultant for Manu Uncle

Manu Uncle

Manu Uncle is a 1988 Malayalam children's film written and directed by Dennis Joseph starring Mammootty in title role. The film is regarded as one of the best children's film ever in Malayalam cinema and it won a National Award and a Kerala State Film Award....

(1984).

Filmography

• Paattinte Palazhy
  Paattinte Palazhy
  Paattinte Palazhy is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajeev Anchal. The film has Meera Jasmine and Revathy in lead roles. Manoj.K.Jayan and Jagathy Sreekumar also play prominent roles in this film. Meera playsthe role of a playback singer in the film....
  
  (2010)
• Nothing But Life
  Nothing But Life
  Nothing But Life is a 2004 bilingual English and Malayalam film directed by Rajiv Anchal for an Indian production house dealing with matters of health. The experimental film featured actors R. Madhavan, Neha Pandse, Kaveri, Nassar and Sreenivasan....
  
  (2004)
  (also writer)
• Beyond the Soul (2002)
  (also writer and producer)
• Pilots
  Pilots (film)
  Pilots is a 2000 Malayalam film written and directed by Rajiv Anchal, produced by Menaka and starring Suresh Gopi, Sreenivasan, and Praveena in the lead.-Plot:...
  
  (2000)
  (also writer)
• Rushy Vamsam (1999)
• Guru
  Guru (1997 film)
  Guru is a Malayalam-language film directed by Rajiv Anchal. Mohanlal played the lead role in the film. Nedumudi Venu, Srinivasan, Suresh Gopi, Sithara, Kaveri and Sreelakshmi star in supporting roles....
  
  (1997)
• Kashmeeram
  Kashmeeram
  Kashmeeram is a 1994 Malayalam film by Rajiv Anchal starring Suresh Gopi, Ratheesh, Priya Raman and Lalu Alex.-Plot:Terrorists kill Malayali-born Officer of Home Ministry of India Rajan Varma's nephew...
  
  (1994)
• Butterflies
  Butterflies (1993 film)
  Butterflies is a 1993 Malayalam romantic comedy film by Rajiv Anchal starring Mohanlal and Aishwarya. Aishwarya does a double role of twin sisters in this movie....
  
  (1993)

External links

• Rediff report on Guru
• http://nowrunning.com/news/news.asp?id=1495
• http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1113801