Suresh Krishnan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Bollywood and Malayalam films. Suresh made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film Bharatheeyam (1997). He mostly works as an associate director in Bollywood films.[1][2] In 2020, he contested in the reality TV series Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2).

Suresh Krishnan
Born (1966-06-05) 5 June 1966 (age 58)
Alma materUniversity of Kerala
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1993 – present

Early life

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Suresh Krishnan was born on 5 June 1966 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India to M. V. Krishnan Nair and Saraswathy Amma. He studied at SMV School, Thiruvananthapuram and graduated from Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed]

Film career

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Suresh Krishnan began his career in films as an assistant director to filmmakers Rajiv Anchal in the Malayalam film Butterflies, followed by Kashmeeram and Guru (1997). Later, he worked as an assistant director to Priyadarshan.[3]

He made his independent debut as a director in 1997 with the Malayalam film Bharatheeyam, followed by the family drama Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001), Vasanthamalika (2003), Pathinonnil Vyazham (2010), and the thriller Nakhangal (2013). Even though, he continued to work as an associate director to Priyadarshan in more than 25 films, mostly in Bollywood, including Malamaal Weekly (2006), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), Kanchivaram (2008), De Dana Dan (2009) and Sharukh Khan starred Billu Barber among other films.[4]

In 2020, Suresh contested in the reality television show Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2) on Asianet, hosted by actor Mohanlal. He entered the house on 5 January 2020 on day-1 as one among the 17 housemates and was evicted on day-21.[5][6]

Filmography

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Year Title Notes Actor
1995 Greenlandil Oru Puthuvarsham Telefilm on Doordarshan Suresh Gopi
1997 Bhaaratheeyam Also story writer Suresh Gopi Kalabhavan Mani Suhasini
2001 Indraneelam TV serial on Doordarshan Produced by Suresh Gopi, Debut serial for Jyothirmayi
2001 Achaneyanenikkishtam Biju Menon Mohanlal Kalabhavan Mani
2002 Vasanthamalika Mukesh Jagathy Sreekumar Uma Shankari
2005 Grihanadhan Telefilm on Amrita TV Keerthi Suresh as child artist
2005 Santhanagopalam TV serial on Asianet Suraj Venjaramood
2005 Ladies Hostel TV serial on Asianet Suraj Venjaramood
2010 Pathinonnil Vyazham Mukesh, Manya
2013 Nakhangal Madan Mohan, Rakendu
2020 Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2) Reality TV show on Asianet Evicted on Day 21
2021 Boeing Boeing Web series on YouTube Rajani Chandy, Arya, Veena, Fukru, Pradeep Chandran, Alasandra

References

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  1. ^ "All you want to know about #SureshKrishna(malayalamDirector)".
  2. ^ "Suresh Krishnan Biography, Height, Weight, Age, Photos and Family". 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ Times News Network (10 January 2017). "Mohanlal, Priyadarshan and Santhosh Sivan come together". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ Web team (5 January 2020). "ബിഗ് ബോസ്സിന്റെ സംവിധായകൻ, ചിരിപടര്‍ത്താൻ സുരേഷ് കൃഷ്‍ണൻ". Asianet News (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2: Full and final list of contestants". The Times of India. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "All you need to know about the 17 contestants in Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2". 6 January 2020.
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