{"id":810,"date":"2025-08-07T20:10:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:41:36","slug":"rajan-sithara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/rajan-sithara\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajan Sithara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rajan Sithara<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Rajan Raghavan<\/strong>, is a noted Malayalam <strong>film director<\/strong>, <strong>ace photographer<\/strong>, and <strong>versatile artist<\/strong>. He directed two Malayalam feature films \u2013 <em>&#8220;\u0d2e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4a\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2e&#8221;<\/em> (1998) and <em>&#8220;\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d35\u0d40\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d2a\u0d30\u0d2e\u0d38\u0d41\u0d16\u0d02&#8221;<\/em> (1999). He also served as an <strong>associate director<\/strong> to renowned filmmaker <strong>Murali Nair<\/strong> in the short film <em>Arimpara<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to his directorial achievements, Rajan has also proven his mettle as an <strong>actor<\/strong>, featuring in <em>A Story That Begins at the End<\/em> and the <strong>Sanskrit-language film<\/strong> <em>Pratikriti<\/em>, directed by <strong>Dr. Nitish Gopi<\/strong>. He has directed several <strong>short films<\/strong>, including the well-received <em>Varsham 39<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expanding his creative pursuits, Rajan has recently taken on the role of a <strong>Yajnachaaryan<\/strong>, conducting <strong>Bhagavata Saptahams<\/strong> at notable venues such as <strong>Kodakara Govindapuram Temple<\/strong> and the <strong>Pisharody Samajam Central Office<\/strong>, Thrissur. Since 2020, he has been serving as the <strong>Acharyan<\/strong> for the <strong>Ramayana Parayanam<\/strong> organised annually by the Samajam through online platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rajan has also taken a keen interest in <strong>Kathakali<\/strong>, undergoing training under <strong>Kalanilayam Anilkumar<\/strong> and recently performed his <strong>Arangettam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Personal Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father<\/strong>: Raghava Pisharody (Chathanakkal Pisharam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother<\/strong>: Kunjikutty Pisharasyar (Govindapurath Pisharam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wife<\/strong>: M. N. Sreedevi Raghavan (Alathur Pisharam)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Children<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arun Raghav<\/strong> \u2013 Film and serial actor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anoop Raghav<\/strong> \u2013 Photographer, short film director, and assistant film director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajan Sithara, also known as Rajan Raghavan, is a noted Malayalam film director, ace photographer, and versatile artist. He directed two Malayalam feature films \u2013 &#8220;\u0d2e\u0d28\u0d4d\u0d24\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3f\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d15\u0d4a\u0d1a\u0d4d\u0d1a\u0d2e\u0d4d\u0d2e&#8221; (1998) and &#8220;\u0d2d\u0d3e\u0d30\u0d4d\u0d2f \u0d35\u0d40\u0d1f\u0d4d\u0d1f\u0d3f\u0d7d \u0d2a\u0d30\u0d2e\u0d38\u0d41\u0d16\u0d02&#8221; (1999). He also served as an associate director to renowned filmmaker Murali Nair in the short film Arimpara. In addition to his directorial achievements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,47,60],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-famous","category-kodakara","tag-famous"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}