# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rajesh-pillai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:57.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rajesh-pillai"
name: "Rajesh Pillai"
slug: "rajesh-pillai"
description: "Rajesh Raman Pillai was an Indian film director best known for his work in the Malayalam cinema. He is credited with setting a new trend in Malayalam cinema with his thriller, Traffic (2011)."
tagline: "Indian film director (1974–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rajesh_Pillai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1974-07-10"
deathDate: "2016-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.96
  momentum:             3.559322033898306
  historical:           5.968181333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856787/"
    handle:    "nm1856787"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Pillai"
    title: "Rajesh Pillai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "راچيش پيلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Pillai"
    title: "Rajesh Pillai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3"
    title: "രാജേഷ് പിള്ള"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%88"
    title: "Пиллаи, Раджеш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajesh_Pillai"
    title: "Rajesh Pillai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7286077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1118110"
    title: "Rajesh Pillai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump