# Sajeev Pazhoor

Sajeev Pazhoor (born 8 April 1974) is an Indian screenwriter, novelist and director in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his movie Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum starring Fahadh Faasil and directed by Dileesh Pothan. He made his debut in Malayalam film industry with Swapaanam(2013) directed by Shaji N. Karun. He had scripted and directed more than 80 Documentary film.

## Personal life

Sajeev Pazhoor was born in the village of Pazhoor in Ernakulam district on 8 April 1974. He is the eldest son of P. K. Sankaran Nair and VishalakshiAmma. He received primary education from the Government L. P school Pazhoor and Government High School Piravom. He did his pre-university course and graduated in Malayalam Literature at Government College Manimalakunnu. He also secured Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and started working as a sub-editor and later senior sub-editor in Deshabhimani daily. After his 19 years of service in Deshabhimani, he took voluntary retirement and started working as an Assistant Information Officer in the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Kerala. Currently, he is working as the Assistant Cultural Development Officer at the same.

## Career

His debut documentary Agnisakshiyude Sakshi brought him State television Award for best Documentary Director(2003). After that, he directed and scripted almost hundreds of documentaries and ten short stories. Later in 2014, he won the State Award for the Best Documentary Director. He entered the Malayalam film industry as an assistant director and later associate director under Shaji.N.Karun. He made his debut in the screenplay arena through Shaji .N.Karun's movie Swaapanam. He also worked with Lenin Rajendran and Sanjeev Shivan as associate director. He wrote the screenplay for the movie Swayam directed by R. Sarath. Meanwhile, he worked as associate director and script editor of many movies in the Kokborok language. Of which the movie Yarwng received a National Film Award for the best feature movie in Kokborok. He wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum directed by Dileesh Pothan that has won various awards.. He won the Kerala State Award for Best Scriptwriter in 2017 for the movie. He worked for the movie Sathyam Paranga Viswasikumo by G. Prajith. His upcoming movie is Kesu E Veedinte Nadhan directed by Nadirshah, starring Dileep & Urvashi.

## Short Film/Documentary Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Agnisakshiyude Sakshi (Life and times of Agnisakshi) - Short film | Writer/Director | State television Award for Best Documentary Director - 2003 |
| 2011 | Chood(Soddem) - Short film | Writer/Director | |
| 2015 | Sangeetham M.K Arjunan - Documentary film | Writer/Director | State television Award for Best Documentary Director - 2014 |

## Feature Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Swapaanam | Screenplay Co-Writer with Harikrishnan | Directed by Shaji N. Karun |
| 2017 | Thondi Muthalum Dhriksakshiyum | Story/Screenplay Writer | Directed by Dileesh Pothan |
| 2017 | Swayam (Selfless) | Screenplay Writer with R. Sarath | Directed by R. Sarath |
| 2019 | Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo | Story/Screenplay Writer | Directed by G. Prajith |
| 2021 | Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan | Story/Screenplay writer | Directed by Nadirshah |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Programme | Category |
| 2003 | Kerala State Television Awards | Agnisakshiyude Saakshi- Short film | Best Director |
| 2008 | International Film Festival of Kerala | Media reporter | Best Media Reporter (print) |
| 2014 | Kerala State Television Awards | Sangeetham-M.K. Arjunan Documentary film | Best Director |
| 2017 | Kerala State Awards For Malayalam Films | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Screenplay Writer |
| 2017 | Asianet Film Awards | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Script Writer |
| 2017 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Script Writer |
| 2018 | Flowers Indian Film Awards | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Script Writer |
| 2018 | National Award | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Original Screenplay |