East Coast Vijayan

East Coast Vijayan
Born
Karikkathil Vasudevan Pillai Surendran Pillai [1]

Occupations
Parents
  • Vasudevan Pillai
  • Devaki Amma
Websiteeastcoastvijayan.in

East Coast Vijayan is an Indian film producer, director and lyricist who works in Malayalam film industry.[2] Being a lyricist, Vijayan wrote the music album Ninakkai, which was released in 1998.[3] The music was given by Balabhaskar and the song Ninakkay Thozhi Punarjanikkam was sung by Biju Narayanan.[4]

In 1999, Vijayan came up with his second album in the Ninakkai series named Aadhyamai, composed by Balabhaskar and penned by Vijayan.[5] In 2001, East Coast came up with Ormakkai.[6] The song "Ormakkai Iniyoru Snehageetham" from the album was composed by M. Jayachandran, written by Vijayan and sung by K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chithra.[7][8]

In 2008, Vijayan directed and produced his first movie, Novel. In 2011, he directed and produced his second movie, Mohabbath.[9] In 2012, he produced his third movie, My Boss.[10]

Vijayan released Veendum on Valentine's Day 2025.

Albums

  • Ninakkai (1998)
  • Aadymai (1999)
  • Ormakkai (2001)
  • Swantham (2002)
  • Campus (2002)
  • Iniyennum (2004)
  • Ennennum (2009)
  • Veendum (2025)

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorProducerStoryLyricist
2008Novel[11]YesYesYesYes
2011MohabbathYesYesNoNo
2012My BossNoYesNoYes
2015JilebiNoYesNoYes
2019Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal[12]YesYesNoYes
2023Kallanum Bhagavathiyum[13]YesYesNoNo
2024ChithiniYesYesNoYes
2026BhishmarYesYesNoNo

References

  1. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan | profile". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan News | Latest News of East Coast Vijayan | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ "നിനക്കായി, ആദ്യമായി...; യുവത്വം സിരയിലേറ്റിയ ബാലഭാസ്‌കറിന്റെ ആല്‍ബങ്ങള്‍". Mathrubhumi.
  4. ↑ "എവിടെയായിരുന്നു ബിജു നാരായണൻ ?". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  5. ↑ "Ninakkai [1998] | നിനക്കായ് [1998]". malayalasangeetham.info.
  6. ↑ "Ormakkai Iniyoru (Duet) by K. J. Yesudas & K. S. Chithra on Amazon Music - Amazon.com". Amazon.
  7. ↑ "നമ്മളേറെ പ്രണയിച്ച അഞ്ച് ആൽബം ഗാനങ്ങൾ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  8. ↑ "ഈസ്റ്റ് കോസ്റ്റ് വിജയൻ ചിത്രം ചില ന്യൂജെൻ നാട്ടുവിശേഷങ്ങൾ ഓഡിയോ ലോഞ്ചിൽ നിന്നും". News18 Malayalam. 12 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "'Mohabbat'- The New Indian Express". 16 May 2012.
  10. ↑ thomas, elizabeth (3 June 2019). "I was at the right place at the right time, says East Coast Vijayan". Deccan Chronicle.
  11. ↑ "East Coast Vijayan | Movies". Eastcoastvijayan.in. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Antony, Deepa (27 July 2019). "Chila New Gen Nattu Visheshangal Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Vishnu Unnikrishnan and Anusree to star in Kallanum Bhagavathiyum". 17 November 2022.