Deepu Karunakaran is an Indian film director who works 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, '' Elippat ...

. He debuted in direction with movie "Winter", but as the release was late due to many reasons, his first movie came in theatre was in 2008 with the

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, in ...

starrer ''

Crazy Gopalan ''Crazy Gopalan'' is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Deepu Karunakaran. The film stars Dileep in the title role with Radha Varma, Salim Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Manoj K. Jayan and Biju Menon in pivotal roles ...

''.

Career

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

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in H ...

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

'' starring Dileep in the titular role. The movie opened to commercial success. His first made film horror thriller "Winter" with

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam,Tamil cinema, Tamil films, along with a few Telugu cinema, Telugu films. He is also a chend ...

in the lead was released subsequently. His third film was comedy entertainer Teja Bhai and Family starring

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in the lead, released in 2011 to commercial success. He directed

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada ...

in the 2015 thriller '' Fireman'', which was a success critically and commercially. His 5th movie ''Karinkunnam 6s'', a sports movie with Manju Warrier in the lead, was released in 2016.

Personal life

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

Trivandrum 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 ...

on 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 a lead role with the 1990 film ''No.20 Madras Mail'' at the age of 14, she has appeared mostly in Malayalam films as well as a few films in Tamil. Pe ...

Filmography

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