G.P. Vijayakumar commonly known as "Seven arts" Vijayakumar is an Indian film producer, who has produced 43 films so far and distributed 70 Films in various languages since 1985 under the banner of Seven Arts International Ltd.[1] His last film to hit theatres was the Malayalam movie Geethanjali directed by Priyadarshan. He produced many movies with Superstars Mohanlal, Mamooty, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Prithviraj, Jayaram, and so on under the banner of Seven arts international Ltd, now a famous production house in the Malayalam film industry well known for super hit commercial movies. Many of his films won regional and national awards in various disciplines. He produced the film “Kuselan" with the superstar Rajinikanth. He also co-produced Hindi Film ChalChalaChal and line Produced BhoolBhulaiyaa, Dhol, Mere BaapPahleAap, Bum Bum Bole, Khattameetha, and KamaalDhamaalMalamal. Many of his films were in Indian Panorama, represented India in many international festivals. In fact, he paved a major path for taking Malayalam films to the international markets.

Early life and family

He was born in Kerala, and did his schooling at the RVSM High School, Prayar, Oachira, and received graduation from the NSS College, Chenganassery. During college, he was elected as the College Union Chairman and University union member.

Career

Apart from being a successful producer, he also served as the president of the Kerala film chamber,[2][3] was the vice-president of the Film Federation of India. Presently he is the vice-president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as a juror in National Film Awards selection 2021 and in many other major film festivals.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorCast
1985Kathodu KathoramBharathanMAMMUTTY, SARITHA
1986PanchagniHariharanMOHANLAL, GEETHA
ChilambuBharathanRAHMAN, SOBHANA
ThalavattamPriyadarshanMOHANLAL, KARTHIKA
1987TheerthamMohanNEDUMUDI VENU, PALLAVI JOSHI
Idanazhiyil Oru KaalochaBhadranVINEETH, KARTHIKA, JAYABHARATHI
OridathuG. AravindanNEDUMUDI VENU, SREENIVASAN
Swathi ThirunalLenin RajendranANAND NAG, RANJINI
SruthiMohanNEDUMUDI VENU, GEETHA
1988Mukunthetta Sumitra VilikkunnuPriyadarshanMOHANLAL, RANJINI
Moonnam MuraK. MadhuMOHANLAL, REVATHI
1989NaduvazhikalJoshiyMOHANLAL, MURALI, ROOPINI
KireedamSibi MalayilMOHANLAL, PARVATHI
1990His Highness AbdullahSibi MalayilMOHANLAL, GOUTHAMI
Akkare Akkare AkkarePriyadarshanMOHANLAL, PARVATHI
AppuDennis JosephMOHANLAL, SUNITHA
VidhyarambhamJayarajSREENIVASAN, GOUTHAMI
1991BharathamSibi MalayilMOHANLAL, URVASI
1992SadayamSibi MalayilMOHANLAL, MAATHU
KamaladalamSibi MalayilMOHANLAL, MONISHA
RajashilpiR. SukumaranMOHANLAL, BHANUPRIYA
Ellarum ChollanuKaladharanMUKESH, SUMA RANGANATHU
1993ChamayamBharathanMURALI, SITHARA, RANJITHA
1994The CityI. V. SasiSURESH GOPI, URVASHI
ParinayamHariharanVINEETH, MOHINI
1995Thacholi Varghese ChekavarT. K. Rajeev KumarMOHANLAL, URMILA MANTODKAR
1996YuvathurkiBhadranSURESH GOPI, VIJAYASANTHI
UdyanapalakanHarikumarMAMMUTTY, KAVERI
1997LelamJoshiySURESH GOPI, NANDINI
1999PathramJoshiySURESH GOPI, MANJU WARRIAR
VazhunnorJoshiySURESH GOPI, SAMYUKTHA
2006ChakkaramuthuA. K. LohithadasDILEEP, KAVYA MADHAVAN
Smart CityB. UnnikrishnanSURESH GOPI, LAKSHMI G SWAMI
2008KuselanP. VasuRAJANIKANTH, PASUPATHI, MEENA
KathanayakuduP. VasuRAJANIKANTH, JAGAPAHI BABU, MEENA
2009Chal Chala ChalT. K. Rajeev KumarGOVINDA, RAJPAL YADAV, REEMA SEN
Makante AchanV. M. VinuSREENIVASAN, SUHASINI
2012Njanum Ente FamiliyumK. K. RajeevJAYARAM, MAMTA MOHANDAS
HeroDiphanPRITHVIRAJ, YAMI GOWTHM
2013NakhangalSuresh KrishnanRAGENDU, MADAN MOHAN
GeethaanjaliPriyadarshanMOHANLAL, KEERTHI SURESH

References

  1. ↑ "Sevenarts International Limited". sevenarts.in.
  2. ↑ "Talks fail, stand-off between Kerala film distributors and producers remains unresolved". 6 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Film Chamber". www.keralafilmchamber.com.


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