Shaiju Mathew is an Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer,

movie reviewer Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Journalism, journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-m ...

and director, known for his 2010 book ''Knocked Up''. ''Knocked Up'' is set to become a feature film in Hindi, with Mathew co-producing. A Marathi movie '' Timepass'' loosely based on ''Knocked Up'' released in February 2014. The film was the highest grossing Marathi film until the release of

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in the same year, which broke its record. Andhra Pori starring Puri Akash son of

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is also based on Mathew's novel ''

Knocked Up ''Knocked Up'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a sl ...

''.

Personal life

Like actor

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, Mathew is also an alumnus of

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Khadki, Pune. He studied human resource management at

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Career

After working as a singer and a screenplay writer Mathew, who moved to Bangalore after university, wrote ''Knocked Up'', a coming of age novel. The book took Mathew 20 days to write and the author drew inspiration from his childhood experiences with his friends. The author also heavily used social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to design the book's artwork as well as publicize and market the book. In an interview to a popular news paper Mathew said that he is influenced by the works of RK Narayan, Jane Austin,

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and

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. He prefers to write simpler stories that common man can identify with. Mathew's next novel is a period drama titled

A Pocketful Of Sunshine Shaiju Mathew is an Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer, movie reviewer and director, known for his 2010 book ''Knocked Up''. ''Knocked Up'' is set to become a feature film in Hindi, with Mathew co-producing. A Marathi movie '' Timepass ...

. Mathew's second book as an author, Alfie The Elf released in 2016. This Christmas release took Mathew 9 days to write. Mathew is also associated with Citadel Cinemas a

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based production house that produced ''Bangles'' a

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feature film and a short film ''Oru Thundu Padam'' starring

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. Mathew is also a well known movie critic and writes extensively for various newspapers and magazines apart from his blog .

Bibliography

*''Knocked Up'' (2010) *''Alfie The Elf'' (2016) *''A Pocketful Of Sunshine'' (2022)

Scriptwriting

*''Pal Do Pal'' *''Planchette'' (short film) *''Knocked Up'' (film) *''Anuradha'' (Malayalam film) *''Actress'' (Malayalam film) *''Badaltey Rang'' (Short film) *''Chakkar Sanjivan Lal's Next'' (feature film)

Filmography

*''Planchette'' (2013) short film – Director *''Oru Thundu Padam'' (2013) short film – produced under Citadel Cinemas * ''Bangles'' (2013) feature film – produced under Citadel Cinemas *''Maafinaama'' (2014) short film – Associate Director *''The Other Side'' (2014) short film – Co-producer *''Badaltey Rang'' (2014) short film – writer *''Love Ke Liye'' (TBA) feature film – writer *''Chakkar'' (TBA) feature film – co-writer

References

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Interview

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, Shaiju 1980 births Living people 21st-century Indian novelists Indian male novelists Writers from Kollam Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni Malayalam screenwriters 21st-century Indian male writers Novelists from Kerala Screenwriters from Kerala 21st-century Indian screenwriters