Deepu Pradeep

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Deepu Pradeep
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NationalityIndian
Education B Tech, MES College of Engineering
Occupation Script Writer
Years active2013–present
Website deepupradeep.com

Deepu Pradeep (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian script writer active in the Malayalam film industry.

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Career

Deepu began his career as a blogger in 2007 and has written various short stories on his blog. It was after reading one of the short stories that director Basil Joseph approached him for writing the screenplay for his debut movie. [1]

By then he had already written the screenplay for two short films: Athekaranathaal and Unnimoolam. The screenplay for his first movie Kunjiramayanam was based on 5 short stories posted in his blog -'Paathirathriyile Premam (2010), 'Salsamukku (2011), 'Just Married (2012), Cut Piece kuttan (2012), Gundakal Karayaarilla (2013). [2]

Following the success of his debut movie, [3] he co-wrote The Priest with Shyam Menon and the movie was released in March 2021. [4]

Filmography

Short films

List of short film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageDirectorNotes
2013Athekaranathal script writer Malayalam Jeevaj Raveendran
2014Unnimoolam script writer Malayalam Vipin DasStarring Aju Varghese, Idavela Babu

Feature films

List of feature film credits
YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2015 Kunjiramayanam script writer Basil Joseph Debut as a screenwriter
2021 The Priest Screenplay & DialoguesJofin T ChackoCo written with Shyam Menon [4]
2023 Padmini script writer Senna Hegde [5]
2024 Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil script writer Vipin Das [6]
2024 Ajayante Randam Moshanam Additional ScreenplayJithin Lal [7]

Web Series

List of web series credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageCastNotes
2024 Perilloor Premier League script writer Malayalam Sunny Wayne, Nikhila Vimal [8]

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