# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ranjith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:19:13.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ranjith"
name: "Ranjith"
slug: "ranjith"
description: "Ranjith Balakrishnan  is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Ranjith made his directorial debut in 2001 with Ravanaprabhu, the sequel to Devaasuram. He has won three National Film Awards, including one for his film Spirit, which received the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues. His films Thirakkatha and Indian Rupee won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Recipient of six Kerala State Film Awards, he was the former chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy."
tagline: "Indian film director, screen writer, producer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ranjith2.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: "1964-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.4
  momentum:             3.654292425715523
  historical:           8.389653333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1066396/"
    handle:    "nm1066396"
sources:
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    title: "رنجیت (ڈائریکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رانجيث (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رانچيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjith_(director)"
    title: "Ranjith (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjith"
    title: "Ranjith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "رینجیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "രഞ്ജിത്ത്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "இரஞ்சித் (இயக்குநர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D_(%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "రంజిత్ (దర్శకుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588229"
    title: "Ranjith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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