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Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian screenwriter, film director who works in Malayalam and Hindi cinema and television. [1]
Ajayan Venugopalan | |
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| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Film director, IT Professional |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian screenwriter, film director who works in Malayalam and Hindi cinema and television. [1]
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 .
| Title | Format | Credit | Notes | |
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| 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 |
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