Biography Jayanth C. Paranjee is an Indian film director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He introduced Bollywood actresses: Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre, Lisa Ray, Anjala Zaveri, and Bipasha Basu to the Telugu screen. He has directed films across multiple genres with the fab four Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh and Balakrishna