Mohan Kupleri ( ml, മോഹൻ കുപ്ലേരി; born 19 June, 1957) is an Indian film director in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

, Television Serials and Advertising Films. He made his debut cinema with

Grihaprevesam ''Grihapravesham'' is a 1992 Malayalam film directed by Mohan Kupleri. This is the debut movie of Mohan Kupleri. Jagadish, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Rekha etc. played the main roles in the movie. The movie is about a wrong couple who get ma ...

(1992). His films include

Nandini Oppol ''Nandini Oppol'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Mohan Kupplery and produced by Joe Mon. The film stars Nedumudi Venu, Geetha, Siddique and Sunitha. The film has musical score by Ouseppachan. Cast *Nedumudi Venu * Gee ...

(1994),

Kaathil Oru Kinnaram ''Kaathil Oru Kinnaaram'' is a 1996 Indian Malayalam comedy film, directed by Mohan Kupleri and produced by Sargams. The film stars Jagadish, Jagathy Sreekumar, Prem Kumar, Thilakan and Kalpana in the lead roles. The film has musical score by ...

(1996), Dravidan (1998), Kattathoru Penpoovu (1998), Savithriyude Aranjanam (2002),

Payum Puli ''Payum Puli'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam language action comedy film directed by Mohan Kupleri, starring Kalabhavan Mani, Rambha, Sai Kumar, Chandra Lakshman etc. It was released in 2007. Plot Cast * Kalabhavan Mani as Sharavanan * ...

(2007), Evadaina Sare (Telugu language) (2007),

Grihanathan ''Grihanathan'' ( ml, ഗൃഹനാഥൻ) is a 2012 Malayalam family film directed by Mohan Kupleri, starring Mukesh and Sonia Agarwal in the lead roles. Cast * Mukesh as Vishvanathan/ GV * Sonia Agarwal as Anitha * Siddique as Alex * Sudhe ...

(2012) and upcoming film

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Biography

His native place is

Payyanur Payyanur, , is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyan ...

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

District,

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state. Presently Mohan Kupleri is staying in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

. He is married to Rajasree. The couple have one daughter, Dr. Ambili Saikiran and one son, Akhil Mohan. He got into the world of cinema by assisting noted director

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan (born 3 July 1941) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer and is regarded as one of the most notable and renowned filmmakers in India. With the release of his first feature film '' Swayamvaram'' (1972), Go ...

. He worked with

movies like

Elippathayam ''Elippathayam'' (Translation: The Rat Trap) is a 1981 Malayalam film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It stars Karamana Janardanan Nair, Sharada, Jalaja, and Rajam K. Nair. The film documents the feudal life in Kerala at its twil ...

Mukhamukham ''Mukhamukham'' ( en, italic=yes, Face to Face) (1984) is a Malayalam feature film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Plot The film starts in the early 1950s showing Sreedharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and ...

Anantaram ''Anantaram'' (Malayalam: ''അനന്തരം, )'', also known as ''Monologue'', is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language film produced, written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It stars Mammootty, Ashokan and Shobhana in the lead. The fil ...

etc. which won lot of national and international awards. Mohan Kupleri has also scripted and directed commercial advertising films. He directed several popular serials in Malayalam Television industry. Some of his notable serials are Swaram which won the Television Critics' Award for best serial in 2006 (

Amrita TV Amrita TV is an Indian Malayalam Language general Entertainment television channel owned by Mata Amritanandamayi Math. It was launched in 2005. Theme song The theme song, "Lokasamastha," was composed by Rahulraj for Mata Amritanandamayi's 50t ...

), 'Kattukurangu'- Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Director, Kerala State Television Award for best 2nd serial, Swantham (

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), Dhannyam (

), Charulatha ( Surya TV), Indulekha ( Surya TV), M.T Kathakal (

), Kattukurangu (

), Kallyanasougandhikam (

Athmasakhi ''Athmasakhi'' (ml; ആത്മസഖി) is an Indian soap opera which launched by Mazhavil Manorama channel on 11 July 2016. The show stars Malayalam actress Avanthika Mohan and Rayjan Rajan in the lead roles. It took the slot of 7:00 PM ...

(

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...

) etc. etc.

Filmography

As Director

As Unit or Asst. Director

Television

References

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