Ajayan Venugopalan

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Ajayan Venugopalan
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Born
Palakkad, Kerala, India
OccupationScreenwriter, Film director, IT Professional
Years active2009–present

Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian screenwriter,[1] film director.[2] He started his career as a writer/director of the acclaimed Malayalam television sitcom Akkara Kazhchakal.[3] This popular T.V series was followed by a movie based on the show called Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie[4] 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[5] directed by the acclaimed director Shyamaprasad.[6] Metro Park [7] 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.

Filmography[]

Title Format Credit Notes
Akkarakazhchakal TV Sitcom Writer, Director Adjudged as one of 3 Best Malayalam T.V programs ever by Reporter TV
Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie Internet Movie Writer, Director
Penumbra [8] Short Film Writer, Director Selected for Cannes International Film Festival 2012
English: An Autumn in London Feature Film Writer
Peruchazhi[9] Feature Film Dialogues
Ivide[10] Feature Film Writer
Metro Park Season 1 [11] Sitcom Writer,Director Nominated in 3 major categories CNN IBN Ireel 2019 awards.
Metro Park Quarantine edition [12] Sitcom Writer,Director Nominated in 6 major categories FilmFare OTT Awards.
Metro Park Season 2[13] Sitcom Writer,Director

References[]

  1. ^ "Ajayan Venugopalan: A busy scenarist". Now Running.
  2. ^ "Opposite sides of life - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Accent on humour - TVDM - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Akkarakazhchakal - The Movie (2011) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ SARASWATHY NAGARAJAN. "English autumn". The Hindu.
  6. ^ Nita Sathyendran. "Ajayan scripts his way to Mollywood". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ^ "'Metro Park' cast: Who plays who in the Eros Now original web series". The GQ India. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Penumbra (2012) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ "When the netas meet Uncle Sam - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Right here, right now - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Metropark is Akkarakazhchakal for larger audience". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Metro Park-Quarantine Edition review: Ranvir Shorey, Omi Vaidya's hilarious take on life during a pandemic". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Metro Park Season 2 trailer out, whacky Patel family is back with crazy antics". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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