Renji Panicker

Renji Panicker is an Indian film actor, scriptwriter, director, film producer, and journalist best known for his Malayalam films. He made his debut as a director with  Bharatchandran IPS  in 2005.

Starting his career as a journalist, Renji forayed into the world of cinema and within a short time became one of the most wanted scriptwriters of Malayalam cinema. He scripted several commercially successful films for Shaji Kailas, including Dr.Pasupathy (1990),  Thalastaanam  (1992),  Sthalathe PradhanaPayyans  (1993), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993), Commissioner (1994), and The King (1995). He has also collaborated with director Joshy. He has directed two films. As an actor he gained popularity for his role in Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014). He acted in numerous films, with notable performances in  Njaan  (2014),  Premam  (2015),  Jacobinte Swargarajyam  (2016),  Thoppil Joppan  (2016),  Alamara  (2017), Godha (2017) and  Bhayanakam  (2018).

He has received several awards for his acting.