Deepu Pradeep ( ml, ദീപു പ്രദീപ്‌ ; born 12 November 1989) is an Indian script writer active in the

Malayalam film industry 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 ...

Career

Deepu began his career as a blogger in 2007 and has written various short stories on his blog. It was after reading his short story named 'Glass Story' that director

Basil Joseph Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, ''Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''Godha'' (2017) and ''Minnal Murali'' (2021). All three films were a huge suc ...

approached him for writing the screenplay for his debut movie. By then he had already written the screenplay for two short films: 'Athekaranathaal' and ' Unnimoolam'. The screenplay for his first movie

Kunjiramayanam ''Kunjiramayanam'' ( The story of Kunjiraman) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by debutant Basil Joseph and scripted by Deepu Pradeep.The film features Vineeth Sreenivasan, Dhyan Sreenivasan and Aju Varghese in the lea ...

was based on 5 short stories posted in his

blog A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

. 'Paathirathriyile Premam (2010), 'Salsamukku (2011), 'Just Married (2012), Cut Piece kuttan (2012), Gundakal Karayaarilla (2013). His debut movie

became successful in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

. His second movie as script writer was The Priest. The script was cowritten with Shyam Menon and the movie was released in March 2021 across theaters in

Filmography

Short films

Feature films

References

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