G.P. Vijayakumar

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

Films
Sl.No	FILM NAME	YEAR	Director	ARTISTS
1	KATHODU KATHORAM	1985	BHARATHAN	MAMMUTTY, SARITHA
2	PANCHAHNI	1986	HARIHARAN	MOHANLAL, GEETHA
3	CHILAMBU	1986	BHARATHAN	RAHMAN, SOBHANA
4	THALAVATTAM	1986	PRIYADARSAN	MOHANLAL, KARTHIKA
5	THEERTHAM	1987	MOHAN	NEDUMUDI VENU, PALLAVI JOSHI
6	IDANAZHIYIL ORU KALOCHA	1987	BHADRAN	VINEETH, KARTHIKA, JAYABHARATHI
7	ORIDATHU	1987	G. ARAVINDAN	NEDUMUDI VENU, SREENIVASAN
8	SWATHI THIRUNNAL	1987	LENIN RAJENDRAN	ANAND NAG, RANJINI
9	SRUTHI	1987	MOHAN	NEDUMUDI VENU, GEETHA
10	MUKUNDETTA SUMITRA VILIKKUNNU	1988	PRIYADARSAN	MOHANLAL, RANJINI
11	MOONAM MURA	1988	K. MADHU	MOHANLAL, REVATHI
12	NADUVAZHIKAL	1989	JOSHI	MOHANLAL, MURALI, ROOPINI
13	KIREEDAM	1989	SIBI MALAYIL	MOHANLAL, PARVATHI
14	HIS HIGHNESS ABDULLA	1990	SIBI MALAYIL	MOHANLAL, GOUTHAMI
15	AKKARE AKKARE AKKARE	1990	PRIYADARSHAN	MOHANLAL, PARVATHI
16	APPU	1990	DENNIS JOSEPH	MOHANLAL, SUNITHA
17	VIDYARAMBHAM	1990	JAYARAJ	SREENIVASAN, GOUTHAMI
18	BHARATHAM	1991	SIBI MALAYIL	MOHANLAL, URVASI
19	SADAYAM	1992	SIBI MALAYIL	MOHANLAL, MAATHU
20	KAMALADALAM	1992	SIBI MALAYIL	MOHANLAL, MONISHA
21	RAJASILPI	1992	SUKUMARAN	MOHANLAL, BHANUPRIYA
22	ELLARUM CHOLLANU	1992	KALADHARAN	MUKESH, SUMA RANGANATHU
23	CHAMAYAM	1993	BHARATHAN	MURALI, SITHARA, RANJITHA
24	THE CITY	1994	I V SASI	SURESH GOPI, URVASHI
25	PARINAYAM	1994	HARIHARAN	VINEETH, MOHINI
26	THACHOLI VARGHESE CHEKAVAR	1995	T K RAJEEV KUMAR	MOHANLAL, URMILA MANTODKAR
27	YUVATHURKI	1996	BHADRAN	SURESH GOPI, VIJAYASANTHI
28	UDYANAPALAKAN	1996	HARIKUMAR	MAMMUTTY, KAVERI
29	LELAM	1997	JOSHI	SURESH GOPI, NANDINI
30	PATHRAM	1999	JOSHI	SURESH GOPI, MANJU WARRIAR
31	VAZHUNNOR	1999	JOSHI	SURESH GOPI, SAMYUKTHA
32	CHAKKARAMUTHU	2006	LOHITHA DAS	DILEEP, KAVYA MADHAVAN
33	SMART CITY	2006	B. UNNIKRISHNAN	SURESH GOPI, LAKSHMI G SWAMI
34	KUSELAN (TAMIL)	2008	P. VASU	RAJANIKANTH, PASUPATHI, MEENA
35	KATHANAYAKUDU (TELUGU)	2008	P. VASU	RAJANIKANTH, JAGAPAHI BABU, MEENA
36	CHAL CHLA CHAL (HINDI)	2009	T. K. RAJEEV KUMAR	GOVINDA, RAJPAL YADAV, REEMA SEN
37	MAKANTE ACHAN	2009	V.M. VINU	SREENIVASAN, SUHASINI
38	NJANUM ENTE FAMILIYUM	2012	K.K. RAJEEV	JAYARAM, MAMTA MOHANDAS
39	HERO	2012	DIPHAN	PRITHVIRAJ, YAMI GOWTHM
40	NAKHANGAL	2013	SURESH KRISHNAN	RAGENDU, MADAN MOHAN
41	GEETHANJALI	2013	PRIYADARSAN	MOHANLAL, KEERTHI SURESH

References

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

External links

G.P. Vijayakumar at IMDb

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[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.