Priyadarshan filmography

Priyadarshan Soman Nair is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning almost three decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Though he began his career in Malayalam cinema in 1984, Priyadarshan has been mainly active in Hindi cinema for 2001-2010. However, in 2013, he announced Rangrezz would be his last Hindi film for a while; and he is shifting focus to Malayalam Cinema.

Best known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also tried his hand at action and thriller films from time to time. His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with films such as Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu, Thalavattam, Vellanakalude Nadu, Chithram, Vandanam, Kilukkam, ;Abhimanyu, Mithunam, Thenmavin Kombath, and Kala Pani. Actors he has worked with over several films include Kuthiravattam Pappu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Mukesh and Mammukoya.

Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films. Upon entering Bollywood, he has mostly adapted stories from popular comedy films from Malayalam cinema, some from his own work and some from others. These include Hera Pheri, Hungama, Hulchul, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Chup Chup Ke, Dhol, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Actors he has worked with multiple times in Hindi cinema include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna, and Suniel Shetty.

Films

Name	Year	Language	Cast	Script	Notes
Aamayum Muyalum	2014	Malayalam	Jayasurya, Nedumudi Venu, Innocent
Geethaanjali	2013	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Nishan, Keerthi Suresh	Abhilash Nair	Plot partially adapted from the book Elephants Can Remember. Based on a characters by Madhu Muttom.
Rangrezz	2013	Hindi	Jackky Bhagnani, Priya Anand	Samuthirakani	Story adapted from Naadodigal
Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal	2012	Hindi	Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Shreyas Talpade, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Asrani, Anjana Sukhani	Benny P Nayarambalam	Story adapted from 2010 Malayalam film Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
Tezz	2012	Hindi	Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Mohanlal, Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Sameera Reddy, Kangana Ranaut		Story adapted from 1975 Japanese Movie The Bullet Train
Arabeem Ottakom P. Madhavan Nayarum in Oru Marubhoomikkadha	2011	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Innocent, Mamukkoya, Nedumudi Venu, Shakti Kapoor, Lakshmi Rai, Bhavana	Abhilash Nair	Story is loosely based on the Hollywood film Nothing To Lose.
Aakrosh	2010	Hindi	Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal, Amita Pathakt		Original story. Based on real happenings in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Bumm Bumm Bole	2010	Hindi	Darsheel Safary, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta	Majid Majidi	Story adapted from Children of Heaven (Iranian)
Khatta Meetha	2010	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, Trisha		Priyadarshan's own Story adapted from Vellanakalude Nadu (Malayalam)
De Dana Dan	2009	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy, Paresh Rawal		Subplots adapted from Priyan's own Malayalam film Vettam, French Kiss, Screwed, Blame it on Bellboy and The Towering Inferno.
Billu	2009	Hindi	Shah Rukh Khan, Irfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Kareena Kapoor (guest role), Priyanka Chopra (guest role), Deepika Padukone (guest role)		Story adapted from Kadha Parayumbol (Malayalam), written by Sreenivasan.
Kanchivaram	2008	Tamil	Prakash Raj, Sriya Reddy, Shammu		Original story written by Priyadarshan. Won, National Film Award for Best Feature Film Won, National Film Award for Best Actor, Prakash Raj
Mere Baap Pehle Aap	2008	Hindi	Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'souza, Paresh Rawal, Shobhana	Sreenivasan	Story adapted from Sibi Malayil's Ishtam (Malayalam)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa	2007	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Vidya Balan, Shiny Ahuja, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Vineeth, Asrani, Tareena Patel, Rasika Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Kaveri Jha		Story adapted from Madhu Muttam and Fazil's Manichitrathazhu (1993 – Malayalam)
Dhol	2007	Hindi	Sharman Joshi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Payal Rohatgi, Tanushree Dutta, Om Puri, Arbaaz Khan, Murli Sharma, Tiku Talsania, Asrani		Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's In Harihar Nagar (Malayalam)
Chup Chup Ke	2006	Hindi	Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Rajpal Yadav, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sushma Reddy, Shakti Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Asrani, Manoj Joshi		Story adapted from Rafi-Mecartin's Punjabi House (Malayalam)
Malamaal Weekly	2006	Hindi	Paresh Rawal, Rasika Joshi, Om Puri, Ritesh Deshmukh, Innocent Vincent, Reema Sen, Shakti Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Sudha Chandran, Rakhi Sawant, Rajpal Yadav		Story adapted from Richard Holmes' Waking Ned
Bhagam Bhag	2006	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta, Tanushree Dutta, Arbaaz Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sharat Saxena, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor,		subplots adapted from Mannar Mathai Speaking (Malayalam) and Nadodikattu (Malayalam).
Kyon Ki	2005	Hindi	Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Rimi Sen		Story adapted from Thalavattam
Garam Masala	2005	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Rimi Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Daisy Bopanna, Nargis Bhageri, Neetu Chandra		Story adapted from Boeing Boeing (Malayalam)
Vettam	2004	Malayalam	Dileep, Bhavna Pani, Kalabhavan Mani, Radha Ravi, Jagathy, Innocent	Priyadarshan	Subplots adapted from French Kiss
Hulchul	2004	Hindi	Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Laxmi, Farah Naaz, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Asrani		Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's Godfather (Malayalam)
Hungama	2003	Hindi	Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, Rimi Sen, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Shoma Anand, Manoj Joshi		Story adapted from Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (Malayalam)
Kilichundan Mampazham	2003	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Soundarya, Sreenivasan, Salim Kumar	Priyadarshan, Sreenivasan	Original story written by Priyadarshan and Sreenivasan
Laysa Laysa	2003	Tamil	Shaam, Trisha, Madhavan		Subplots adapted from Summer in Bethlehem (Malayalam) written by Ranjith.
Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	2001	Hindi	Sunil Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry		Story adapted from Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam (Malayalam)
Kakkakuyil	2001	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy, Innocent	Priyadarshan	Story partially adapted from A Fish Called Wanda
Snegithiye / Raakilipattu	2000	Tamil/Malayalam	Tabu, Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherjee, Lakshmi	Chandrakant Kulkarni	Story adapted from Bindhaasth (Marathi)
Hera Pheri	2000	Hindi	Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Tabu, Gulshan Grover, Khulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Dinesh Hingoo, Namrata Shirodkar (Special Appearance)		Story adapted from Siddique-Lal's Ramjirao Speaking (Malayalam)
Megham	1999	Malayalam	Mammootty, Pooja Batra, Dileep, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Cochin Haneefa, Mammukoya	T. Damodaran	Original story written by Priyadarshan and T. Damodaran
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna	1998	Hindi	Akshaye Khanna, Jyotika, Anupam Kher, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Innocent Vincent	Fazil	Story adapted from Fazil's Aniyathipravu (Malayalam)
Kabhi na Kabhi	1998	Hindi	Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Pooja Bhatt		Original story written by Priyadarshan and Lohithadas.
Saat Rang Ke Sapne	1998	Hindi	Arvind Swamy, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher		Story adapted from Thenmavin Kombathu (Malayalam)
Chandralekha	1997	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Pooja Batra, Sukanya, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Innocent	Priyadarshan	Original plot, with certain subplots borrowed from While You Were Sleeping
Virasat	1997	Hindi	Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri	Kamal Haasan	Story adapted from Thevar Magan (Tamil)
Kala Pani	1996	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Tabu, Prabhu Ganesan, Amrish Puri, Annu Kapoor, Sreenivasan, Sreenath, Nedumudi Venu	Priyadarshan, T. Damodaran	Original story written by Priyadarshan and T. Damodaran
Minnaram	1994	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shobana, Thilakan, Jagathy, Lalu Alex	Priyadarshan	Original story written by Priyadarshan which is the same story of English blockbuster "Sound of Music".
Thenmavin Kombath	1994	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shobana, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sharat Saxena, K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Priyadarshan	Original story written by Priyadarshan based on Naram Garam starring Amol Palekar and Raj Kapoor's "Teesri Kasam".
Gandeevam	1994	Telugu	Mohanlal (Cameo), Balakrishna, Nageswara Rao	Priyadarshan	Original story written by Priyadarshan.
Gardish	1993	Hindi	Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Aishwarya, Farida Jalal, Dimple Kapadia, Asrani, Mukesh Rishi, Raj Babbar, Paresh Rawal		Story adapted from Sibi Malayil's Kireedom (Malayalam)
Midhunam	1993	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Urvashi, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Jagathy	Sreenivasan	Original story written by Sreenivasan.
Muskurahat	1992	Hindi	Jay Mehta, Revathi, Amrish Puri		Story adapted from Kilukkam (Malayalam)
Advaitham	1992	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Revathi, Jayaram, Innocent, M. G. Soman, Srividya	T. Damodaran	Original story written by T. Damodaran.
Abhimanyu	1991	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Geetha, Shankar, Cochin Haneefa, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Jagadish	T. Damodaran	Original story written by T. Damodaran.
Kilukkam	1991	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Revathi, Jagathy, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent	Venu Nagavally	Original story written by Venu Nagavally (adapted from "Roman Holiday").
Nirnayam	1991	Telugu	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala, Subhalekha Sudhakar		Remake of his own Malayalam film Vandanam
Gopura Vasalile	1991	Tamil	Karthik		Story adapted from Pavam Pavam Rajakumaran
Akkare Akkare Akkare	1990	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Parvathy, Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, M. G. Soman, Maniyanpilla Raju, Jagadish	Sreenivasan	Original story written by Sreenivasan. Sequel to Nadodikkattu
Kadathanadan Ambadi	1990	Malayalam	Prem Nazir, Mohanlal, Cochin Haneefa, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Sukumari	Sharangapani	Original story written by Sharangapani.
Dhanushkodi	1989	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Girija Shettar, Raghuvaran, Kakka Ravi, Sreenivasan	T. Damodaran	Unreleased film
Vandanam	1989	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Girija, Nedumudi Venu, M. G. Soman, Ganeshan, Cochin Haneefa, Jagadish	Priyadarshan, V.R. Gopalakrishnan	Story adapted from Stakeout
Chithram	1988	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Ranjini, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Poornam Vishwanathan, Jagadish	Priyadarshan and Sreenivasan	Original story written by Priyadarshan and Sreenivasan.
Aryan	1988	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Ramya Krishnan, Shobana, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, M. G. Soman	T. Damodaran	Original story written by T. Damodaran.
Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu	1988	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Ranjini, Innocent, M. G. Soman	Sreenivasan	Story adapted from Katha
Vellanakalude Nadu	1988	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shobhana, Lizy, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, M. G. Soman, Jagadish, K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Sreenivasan	A subplot adapted from R. K. Narayan's short story The Engine Trouble.
Oru Muthassi Katha	1988	Malayalam	Vineeth, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Nirosha, Thyagarajan, M. G. Soman, Innocent, Lizy		Original story written by Jagadish.
Cheppu	1987	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Lizy, Sulakshana, K. B. Ganesh Kumar	Dennis Joseph	Based on the book The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter.
Chinnamanikkuyile	1987	Tamil	Karthik Muthuraman, Rekha	Priyadarsan	Unreleased film
Hello, My Dear Wrong Number	1986	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Lizy, Sreenath, Maniyanpilla Raju, Jagathi Sreekumar, Sreenivasan	Sreenivasan	The story is loosely based on Hitchcock classic North by Northwest (1959).
Thalavattam	1986	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Karthika, Lizy, M. G. Soman, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathi Sreekumar	Priyadarshan	Based on the book, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dheem Tharikida Thom	1986	Malayalam	Maniyan Pillai Raju, Mukesh, Lizy, Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Jagathi Sreekumar	Sreenivasan	The story is adapted from British musical comedy film Happy Go Lovely.
Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi	1986	Malayalam	Mukesh, Prem Nazir, Nedumudi Venu, Shankar, Menaka, Seema, Sukumari		Story adapted from Gol Maal
Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu	1986	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Lizy, Mammootty (guest), Jagathy	Sreenivasan	Original story written by Sreenivasan
Rakkuyilin Ragasadassil	1986	Malayalam	Mammootty, Suhasini, Adoor Bhasi, Jagathi Sreekumar, Lizy
Aram + Aram = Kinnaram	1985	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shankar, Sreenivasan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Lizy, Thilakan	Sreenivasan	Original story written by Sreenivasan
Boeing Boeing	1985	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Mukesh, Lizy, Menaka, M. G. Soman, Jagathi Sreekumar, Shankar	Priyadarshan, Sreenivasan	Based on the 1960 French play Boeing-Boeing
Punnaram Cholli Cholli	1985	Malayalam	Mukesh, Zarina Wahab, Bharath Gopi, Sreenivasan, Shankar, Rahman,		Original story written by Sreenivasan.
Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya	1985	Malayalam	Mammootty, Mohanlal, Shankar, Menaka, Lizy, Cochin Haneefa	Cochin Haneefa	Original story written by Cochin Haneefa
Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil	1985	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shankar, Sreenivasan, Lizy, Sukumari
Odaruthammava Aalariyam	1984	Malayalam	Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Jagadish, Lizy, Shankar, Sreenath, Nedumudi Venu	Sreenivasan	Story adapted from Chashme Baddoor
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi	1984	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, M. G. Soman, Menaka, Jagathy	Priyadarsan	Story based from Charles Dickens's play The Strange Gentleman