Roopesh Peethambaran

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Roopesh Peethambaran
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • film director
Years active1995–present

Roopesh Peethambaran is an Indian film director and actor working in Malayalam cinema. As an actor, he first appeared as a child artist in the 1995 film Spadikam (as Thomas Chacko). In 2012, he made his directorial debut through Theevram .

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Film career

Roopesh Peethambaran started his film career in 1995 as a child artist in Spadikam . He played the childhood role of Thomas Chacko which was portrayed by Mohanlal. [1] He also acted as child artist in the 1996 television series Pranavam aired on Doordarshan Malayalam. As an adult, Roopesh worked as an IT professional in Dell, Bangalore, before quitting to pursue his love for film. He made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film Theevram in 2012. [2]

Filmography as director

YearTitleNotesRef.
2012 Theevram Starring Dulquar Salman
Also scriptwriter
[2]
2015 You Too Brutus Starring Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas
Also scriptwriter

Filmography as actor

TV serials

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1996PranavamUnknownTelevision Series, Child Artist

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995 Spadikam Thomas ChackoChildhood role of Mohanlal [3]
2017 Oru Mexican Aparatha RoopeshRole of KSQ Leader opposite to Tovino Thomas
2018Angarajyathe JimmanmarKichu
2019GamblerSatheesh ChandraCameo
2021 Kunjeldho Cameo

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017TouchDr. GeorgeLead role [3]

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References

  1. "Roopesh essayed the childhood of Aadu Thoma!". The Times of India . 17 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Vineeth Sreenivasan in Roopesh Peethambaran film". Onlookersmedia.in.
  3. 1 2 "Roopesh Peethambaran's 'Touch' touches a nerve..." Manorama Online . 15 May 2017.