Roopesh Peethambaran is an Indian film director and actor working 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 ...

. As an actor, he first appeared as a child artist in the 1995 film ''

Spadikam ''Spadikam'' () is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Bhadran and produced by R. Mohan through Shogun Films. Dialogues were written by Rajendra Babu. The film stars Mohanlal and Thilakan with Urvashi, Sp ...

'' (as Thomas Chacko). In 2012, he made his directorial debut through ''

Theevram ''Theevram'' () is a Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Roopesh Peethambaran in his directorial debut, and starring Dulquer Salmaan, Shikha Nair, Sreenivasan, Vinay Forrt, Vishnu Raghav, Riya Saira and Anu Moh ...

''.

Film career

Roopesh Peethambaran started his film career in 1995 as a child artist in ''

''. He played the childhood role of Thomas Chacko which was portrayed by

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appe ...

. He also acted as child artist in the 1996 television series ''Pranavam'' aired on Doordarshan Malayalam. As an adult, Roopesh worked as an IT professional in Dell, Bangalore, before quitting to pursue his love for film. He made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film ''

'' in 2012.

Filmography as Director

Filmography as Actor

TV Serials

Feature films

Short films

References

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