Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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,
film director
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.
Life
He started his career as a writer/director of the acclaimed Malayalam television sitcom ''
Akkara Kazhchakal
''Akkarakkaazhchakal'' (Malayalam: അക്കരക്കാഴ്ച്ചകൾ) is a Malayalam language Indian sitcom that aired on Kairali TV from 2008 to 2010. The series consisted of fifty episodes which chronicled the lives of a middl ...
''.
This T.V series was followed by a movie based on the show called ''
Akkarakazhchakal: The Movie''
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'' directed by ''
Shyamaprasad''. ''
Metro Park
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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 Fakri
Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, she made her screen debut in a minor role ...
'', ''
Sharib Hashmi''.
Filmography
References
External links
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Thehindu.comArchives.deccanchronicle.comTimesofindia.indiatimes.comThehindu.comArticle.wn.com* https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/sarita-joshi-on-metro-park-2-it-was-a-challenge-to-shoot-from-home-without-a-co-star-7164999/
*https://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/season-2-of-eros-now-family-comedy-metro-park-to-premiere-on-jan-29-milind/article_aab58790-6026-11eb-887e-cb2bfa2bd996.html
*https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/metro-park-season-2-trailer-out-whacky-patel-family-is-back-with-crazy-antics-1761772-2021-01-22
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Indian film directors
Malayalam film directors
Malayalam screenwriters
Artists from Palakkad
Film directors from Kerala
Screenwriters from Kerala
Television personalities from Kerala
Indian television directors
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