Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director, writer, producer and actor who works in

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. He debuted as a director with the movie

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(filmed in 2008; released in 2009). His first movie in theatres was '' Crazy Gopalan,'' starring

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, in 2008.

Career

Prior to becoming an independent filmmaker, Deepu apprenticed as an assistant director under the ace Director

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan Soman Nair (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, ...

. His first released film was in 2008, the thriller comedy '' Crazy Gopalan'' starring

in the titular role. The movie opened to commercial success. The first film he actually directed was the horror thriller ''Winter'' with

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in the lead, which was released subsequently in 2009. His third film was a comedy '' Teja Bhai and Family'' starring Prithviraj in the lead, released in 2011 to commercial success. He directed the 2015 thriller '' Fireman'' starring

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, which was a success critically and commercially. His 5th movie '' Karinkunnam 6s'', a sports movie with

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in the lead, was released in 2016. A few of his big-budgeted PAN India movies with top artistes in the Industry, planned after 2016, could not be materialized due to COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Venturing into acting and production in the post-COVID period, Deepu once again donned the cap of a Director in 2023 with "Mr & Mrs Bachelor" that's scheduled to release in August 2024. He ventured into acting, with the Malayalam feature film "Kakkipada" (2022). He became a Producer with "Njan Kandatha Sare" (due for release in 2024). Deepu currently heads his own movie production house "Lemon Productions", established in 2024. Besides handling own productions, it functions as a Line Production house, which facilitates end-to-end production of movies.

Personal life

Deepu Karunakaran is married to Archana Mohan. The couple were married in

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on the 17 January 2015. He is also the brother of actress

Suchitra Murali Suchitra Murali, commonly known by her stage name Suchitra, is an Indian actress. Debuting in the lead role with the 1990 film ''No.20 Madras Mail'' at the age of 14, she has appeared mostly in Cinema of Kerala, Malayalam films as well as a fe ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karunakaran, Deepu Living people Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram Malayalam film directors 21st-century Indian people 1977 births