Jijoy Rajagopal

Jijoy Rajagopal
Jijoy Rajagopal
Born	1 September 1976; Irinjalakuda, Trichur, Kerala
Alma mater	Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Pondicherry University
Occupation	Film actor, associate professor
Years active	1999–present
Notable work	Prabhuvinte Makkal, Best Actor, Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal
Spouse(s)	Riya Mary Philip
Children	Karma Jijoy Pulickal
Parent(s)	P.R. Rajagopalan, K.G. Manghaladevi
Relatives	Binoy P.R., Bijoy P.R. (brothers)

Jijoy P R (Malayalam: ജിജോയ് P R) is an Indian film and theatre actor. He is an associate professor at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He is an international theatre artist who performed 380 shows in Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Canada, and Australia. He had observed theatre as a tool for scientific temperament and incorporates it through acting workshops mostly in India and in Middle Eastern countries.

Early life and education

Jijoy.P.R did his schooling at Sree Narayana Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda where he developed his artistic interest through music and theatre. He had completed his pre-degree and Bachelor of Arts in economics from Christ College, Irinjalakuda where he was very active in campus theatre and performed a number of plays. He became 'Kalaprathiba' in different university competitions and secured seven times best actor in university level. He led the Calicut University theatre and mime team to South Zone and All India University competitions several times. This major interest in theatre led him to School of Drama and Fine Arts Thrissur where he pursued a Bachelor of Theater Arts specialised in acting. He got intense training, exposure and opportunities to work with national and international theatre and film personalities. He got invitations from Malayalam films. After doing some films and serials he decided to pursue his studies in M.A and M.Phil in drama and theatre arts from Pondicherry University. He secured first rank and gold medals in both M.A and M.Phil. Four years of life in Pondicherry enabled him to learn about Tamil culture through language, theatre, film and folklore.

Filmography

Year	Name	Role	Director
1999	Niram	Bhavesh	Kamal
1999	Garshom	Negative Character	P.T Kunjumuhammed
1999	Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Theater artist	Sathyan Anthikad
2000	Swayamvara Panthal	Photographer	Harikumar
2000	Devadoothan	Varghese Kuruvila	Sibi Malayil
2001	Meghamalhar	Prasad	Kamal
2002	Shivam	Francis	Shaji Kailas
2002	Gramophone	Documentary director	Kamal
2003	Kalavarky		Rajesh Narayanan
2003	Melvilasam Sariyanu	Prasad	Pradeep
2004	Shambu		KB Madhu
2004	Vismayathumbathu	Zacharia	Fazil
2005	December	Boney Tharakan	Fazil
2005	Nerariyan CBI	Negative Role	K Madhu
2006	Pakal	Village man	M.A Nishad
2006	Drishtantham	Village man	M. P. Sukumaran Nair
2007	Drishtaantham	Unni	MP Sukumaran Nair
2009	Janthu	Tribe Man	Rupesh Paul
2010	Best Actor		Martin Prakatt
2010	Kadaksham	Driver	Sasi Paravoor
2010	Pranchiyettan & the Saint	Ad film director	Ranjith
2011	The Filmstar		Sanjeev Raj
2011	Nadakame Ulakam		Viji Thampi
2011	Sankaranum Mohananum	Artist	T. V. Chandran
2011	Veeraputhran	Research Scholar	P.T Kunjumuhammed
2011	Bhakthajanangalude Sradhakku	Saint	Priyanandanan
2012	Prabhuvinte Makkal	Mani	Sajeev Anthikad
2012	Thiruvambadi Thamban	Asst Director	M.Padmakumar
2013	Memories	Dr Shami	Jeethu Joseph
2014	Chaayilyam		Manoj Kana
2014	Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal	Sulaiman	Ajith Pillai
2018	Suvarna Purushan	Keerikadan	Sunil Puveli
2018	Certain Lives in Twilight	A student	Praveen Sukumaran
2019	Rakthasakshyam	Hari	Bijulal

As dubbing artist

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Role
2010	Shikkar	Jain Syriac Babu	Abdulla's Son
2010	Puthumukhangal	Anoop George	Chitrabhanu
2012	Grandmaster	Arjun Nandhakumar	Roshan Mathew
2013	Dolls (2013 film)	Rahul Ravi	Dr.Anoop

Theatre

Played Oberon and Theaseus in the Shakespearean play A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Mr. Tim Supple (U.K). From April 2006 to December 2009. This play gave 365 shows in 28 cities in six countries in four continents i.e. England, Italy, India, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. Under the auspices of the British Council, Dash Arts, UK Act Productions, UK for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The major theatres are:

Sr.No.	Theater	City	Country
1.	ignca.gov.in/en/ https://kamaniauditorium.org/	New Delhi	India
2.	M M R D A Grounds/National Center for Performing Arts	Mumbai	India
3.	Bucks Theater, YMCA	Chennai	India
4.	Tollygunge Club/Kala Mandir	Kolkatha	India
5.	Swan Theater	Stratfrord-Upon-Avon	U.K
6.	Teatro romano di Verona	Verona	Italy
7.	https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/	Chalk farm	London	UK
8.	Bermingham University	Bermingham	UK
9.	Watford Palace Theatre	Watford	UK
10.	Richmond Theatre	Richmond	UK
11.	Malvern Festival Theatre	Malvern	U.K
12.	New Castle Theatre, Royal	New Castle	UK
13.	Bath Theatre, Royal	New Castle	UK
14.	Oxford Playhouse	Oxford	UK
15.	Edinburgh Kings Theatre	Edinburgh	Scotland
16.	The Lowry, Salford Qyays	Manchester	UK
17.	Plymouth Theatre Royal	Plymouth	UK
18.	Chowdiah Memorial Hall	Bengaluru	India
19.	His Majesty's Theatre	Perth	Australia
20.	Her Majesty's Theatre	Adelaide	Australia
21.	Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay	Sydney	Australia
22.	Curran Theatre	San Francisco	USA
23.	Canon Theatre, Luminato Festival	Toronto	Canada
24.	Shubert Theatre	New Haven	USA
25.	National Arts Centre	Ottawa	Canada
26.	Sothern/Columbus	Ohayo	USA
27.	Chicago Shakespeare Theatre	Chicago	USA

Plays acted in

Play	Author	Director	Character	Group/Institution	Year
Yadhartha Velakkaran	Jijoy P.R.	Jijoy P.R.	Velakkaran	S.N.H.S.S	1987
Redham Nashtappetta Therali		Noushad Kadappuram	King	S.N.H.S.S	1991
Kalyansougandhikam		Kannan P.S.	Chores	Victory Club	1992
Chunari		Johnel	King	Donbosco School	1992
An English Play			Slave	Christ College	1992
Eechara Raman	N.N.Pisharody	Thankappan Master	Eechara Raman	Christ College	1993
Janmana Jayathe	Baby John	Adv. Prem Prasad	Sharody	A Professional Group, Guruvayur	1993
Swakaryam	P.M.Taj	Thankappan Master	Sentry	Christ College	1994
One for the Road	Aroid Pinter	Sasidharan Naduvil	Nicholas	Christ College	1995
Higueta	N.S.Madhavan IAS	Sasidharan Naduvil	Higueta, Fr.GeVarghese	Christ College	1996
Ubu Maharaja	Alfred Jerry	Maya Thong Burgh (Finland)	Ladislas, Dog	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1998
Davyavayi,Sorry	Jose Chiramel	Jose Chiramel	Dayavayi	Root Thrissur	1997
Mookanarthakan (Dum Dancer)	Asif Karimhai	Sasidharan Naduvil	Madhu (A blind)	University of Calicut	1998
Lanka Lakshmi	C.N. Sreekandan Nair	Prof.S.Ramanujan	Vibheeshanan	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1997
Mother Courage	Brethold Breth	K.G.Krishna Moorthy	Narrator	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1997
Randu Anthya Rengangal (Sankskrit, Malayalam)	Bhasan	Ramesh Varma	Duryodhan, Sree Raman	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1998
Uyirthezhunelpu	Kafka	Ibrahim		An Armature Group, Kodungallur	1998
Sketham	C.N.Sreekandan Nair	Abhilash Pillai	Vashisthan	School of Drama and Fine Arts	2001
Gandhi	Sachidanandan	Dr. Ramachandran Mokeri	Gandhi	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1999
Macbeth	William Shaekespeare	Rajesh Chavakkadan	Macbeth	School of Drama and Fine Arts	1999
Swarnakokkukal	Dr. Vayala Vasudevan Pillai	Rajesh Navath	Sathako	School of Drama and Fine Arts	2001
Kadassikkali (The End Game)	Samuel Bukket	Benny Pascal		School of Drama and Fine Arts	2000
Bharathavakyam	G.Sankara Pillai	Rajesh Chavakkadan	Avan	School of Drama and Fine Arts	2001
Attrai Kadathai (Tamil)	Dr.K.A.Gunashekharan	Dr. K.A.Gunashekharan	Chores	Pondicherry University	2003
Bailyadukal (Tamil)	Dr.K.A.Gunashekharan	Dr. K.A.Gunashekharan	Chores	Pondicherry University	2004
Nachathravasi (Star Dweller) Tamil	T.N. Ajithram Prameel (Sri Lanka)	Dr. R. Raju	Naahan	Pondicherry University	2004
Tsunami	Dr.V. Arumugham	Dr. V. Arumugham	Chores	Pondicherry University	2005
A Mid Summer Night's Dream	William Shakespeare	Tim Supple	Oberon, Thesius	RSC, Act productions, Dash Arts, British Council	2006–2008
Randu Anthya Rangangal	Bhasan	Ramesh Varma	Bali, Sree Krishnan	An Amateur Group, Thrissur	2009
Lila's Stories (Spanish, Malayalam & English)	Monica (Spain)	Claudio Casero (Spain)	King	School of Drama, Thrissur	2009
Troy (English)		Brahma	Ademmnen	An Amateur Group, Chennai	2009
The Death of a Government Clerk	Chekhov	Pramod Payyanur	Clerk	Staff Association Reporter news T.V. channel	2013
Tawazun	Vishal Bhardwaj	Siddharth Shasta	Usman	FTII, Pune	2015
Higueta	N S Madhavan I A S	Sashidharan Naduvil	Fr.Gevarghese	Christ College	2018
Higueta	N S Madhavan I A S	Sashidharan Naduvil	Fr.Gevarghese	Mahindra Festival,New Delhi	2018

Television

Program	Director	Character
Innocent Kadhakal	David Kachapilly	Sathyan
Shamathaalam	Shyamaprasad	Roy
Nilamazha	M.G Sasi	Sethu
Janmajaladhi	Murali Menon	Musician
Venalmazha	K.K Rajeev	Sibi
Swapnam	K.K Rajeev	Surya
Mazhayariyaathe	K.K Rajeev	Mukundan
Randaamathoral	Prasad Nooranad	A Killer
Sree Krishnan	Vayalar Madhavankutty	Aghoran
Kadhayile Rajakumari	K.K Rajeev

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