Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian screenwriter, film director who works in Malayalam and Hindi cinema and television.[1]

Ajayan Venugopalan
Born
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, Film director, IT Professional
Years active2009–present

Career

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He started his career as a writer/director of the acclaimed Malayalam television sitcom Akkara Kazhchakal.[2] This T.V series was followed by a movie based on the show called Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie[3] which he wrote and co-directed with Abi Varghese. His first break into Malayalam films happened as a scriptwriter with the movie English: An Autumn in London[4] directed by Shyamaprasad.[5] Metro Park [6] the show he wrote and directed has been critically and commercially a big success. The show has been nominated for multiple awards and is slated for season 2. Ajayan currently completed writing and directing a Hindi feature film titled Shiv Shastri Balboa starring Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Jugal Hansraj, Nargis Fakhri, Sharib Hashmi.

Filmography

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Title Format Credit Notes
2008-2010 Akkara Kazhchakal TV Sitcom Writer, Director Adjudged as one of 3 Best Malayalam T.V programs ever by Reporter TV
Cameo as Guest at Josekutty's house
2011 Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie Internet Movie Writer, Director
2012 Penumbra Short Film Writer, Director Selected for Cannes International Film Festival 2012
2013 English: An Autumn in London Feature Film Writer
2014 Peruchazhi[7] Feature Film Dialogues
2015 Ivide[8] Feature Film Writer
2019 Metro Park Season 1 [9] Sitcom Writer, Director Nominated in 3 major categories CNN IBN Ireel 2019 awards.
2020 Metro Park-Quarantine Edition [10] Sitcom Writer, Director Nominated in 6 major categories FilmFare OTT Awards.
2021 Metro Park Season 2[11] Sitcom Writer, Director Nominated in 4 major categories FilmFare 2021 OTT Awards.
2023 Shiv Shastri Balboa[12] Feature Film Writer, Director

References

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  1. ^ "Opposite sides of life - The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Accent on humour - TVDM - The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Akkarakazhchakal - The Movie (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ SARASWATHY NAGARAJAN (23 May 2013). "English autumn". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Nita Sathyendran (8 May 2014). "Ajayan scripts his way to Mollywood". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "'Metro Park' cast: Who plays who in the Eros Now original web series". The GQ India. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ "When the netas meet Uncle Sam - The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Right here, right now - The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Metropark is Akkarakazhchakal for larger audience". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Metro Park-Quarantine Edition review: Ranvir Shorey, Omi Vaidya's hilarious take on life during a pandemic". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Metro Park Season 2 trailer out, whacky Patel family is back with crazy antics". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Anupam Kher reveals details of his 519th film Shiv Shastri Balboa, will also star Neena Gupta". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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