[1] He introduced Bollywood actresses: Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Anjala Zaveri, Bipasha Basu, Lisa Ray, Nauheed Cyrusi to the Telugu screen.
Jayanth C. Paranji was born and raised in Bangalore,[1] his mother hailed from the city, and he spent his early years living near the Movieland Theatre in Gandhinagar.
[1] Jayanth's early interest in the arts began during his school years, where he directed and acted in a play based on Julius Caesar, a pivotal experience that led to his passion for theatre and visual media.
[5] Despite his father's hopes for him to pursue medicine, Jayanth dropped out of college, where he was studying Zoology, to work in an ad agency, marking the start of his career in visual media.
Jayanth got his break in 1996 when producer D. Suresh Babu offered him the opportunity to direct Preminchukondam Raa (1997), a film starring Venkatesh, which became a major success.