Rupesh Paul

Rupesh Paul
Occupation	Director, screen writer, poet
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Madras
Years active	2001-present
Children	2

Rupesh Paul is an Indian film director, poet, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films Kamasutra 3D, Saint Dracula 3D and The Secret Diaries of Monalisa.[1]

Career

He directed his short film Mrigam in 2008 which was screened in Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner and You Can't Step Into the Same River Twice in the River to River Indian Film Festival. His first feature My Mother's Laptop starring National Award winning actor Suresh Gopi was screened in International Film Festival of Kerala 2008.[2]

He directed his first international feature Saint Dracula 3D in 2012 and Kamasutra 3D in 2014 and The Secret Diaries of Monalisa in 2018.[3][4] He directed a web series titled The Great Indian Casino with Ameesha Patel in the lead. His upcoming movies are The Fugitive and Alchemist with actor Sanjay Mishra in the lead. The Vanishing Act based on the disappearance of MH-370 flight is under production as of April 2022.[5][6][7]

Controversies

Rupesh Paul had to apologise on Cannes announcement of his movie The Vanishing Act based on MH-370 flight on account on hurting the sentiments of the relatives of the victims.[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Director	Writer	Notes
2008	Laptop	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
	You Can't Step Twice Into the Same River	English	Yes	Yes	Short film
2010	Mrigam	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Short film
2011	The Secret Diaries of Monalisa	English	Yes	Yes
2012	Saint Dracula 3D	English Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2013	Pithavum Kanyakayum	Malayalam	Yes	Yes
2014	Raktharakshassu 3D	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Directed under the pseudonym R Factor
2015	Kamasutra 3D	English	Yes	Yes	also lyricist
2020	The Great Indian Casino				web series
2021	The Fugitive 2021
2022	The Vanishing Act	English	Yes
	Alchemist

Bibliography

Year	Book	Language
2016	The Snakes Under the Yoga Mat	English
2017	A Child's Diary of Sins
2018	The Girls I Murdered by Mistake
2019	Abandoned Love Poems
2020	Seventy Love Poems
2021	Fuck Off

References

1. "Overcoming all barriers, Kamasutra 3D all set for an early 2015 release". Filmfestivals.com. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
2. "Kamasutra 3D director to direct film on Narendra Modi". 23 January 2014.
3. "Epic Studios does Stereo and DI for Saint Dracula 3D". AnimationXpress. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
4. Hungama, Bollywood (21 November 2013). "Sherlyn Chopra's Kamasutra 3D at the AFM | Sherlyn Chopra | Latest Celebrity Features". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
5. "Director of Malaysian plane film rushed promo | Business Standard News". Business Standard India. Business-standard.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
6. "Missing Malaysian Jet Movie 'The Vanishing Act' Promoted at Cannes". NBC News. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
7. Neil Curry (19 May 2014). "Cannes: Movie-maker courts controversy with MH370 thriller". CNN. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
8. "Indian director defends film inspired by Malaysia Airlines flight MH370". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

External links

• Rupesh Paul at IMDb