Jayanth C. Paranji is a Tollywood film director. He grew up in Gandhinagar, Bangalore, which is where most of the Kannada film distributors have their offices. He recently directed the Kannada movie Ninnindale starring Puneeth Rajkumar. He was always interested in arts. He was very good in drawing as a child. Later, he became interested in music and theater. He began directing well-known plays in English after he settled in Hyderabad.