Ajayan Venugopalan

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

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

Career

He started his career as a writer/director of the acclaimed Malayalam television sitcom Akkara Kazhchakal.[2] This T.V series was followed by his son Nakul Ajayan @smack_baby 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

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

  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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