Roopesh Peethambaran is an Indian film director and actor working in

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

. 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 directed and co-written by Bhadran and produced by R. Mohan through Shogun Films. Starring Mohanlal, Thilakan, Urvasi and Spadikam George, the film revolves around Thomas ...

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

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 and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

. 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 '' Theevram'' in 2012.

Filmography as director

Filmography as actor

TV serials

Feature films

Short films

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peethambaran, Roopesh Malayalam film directors Malayali people Living people People from Ernakulam district Film directors from Kochi Malayalam screenwriters Screenwriters from Kochi Year of birth missing (living people)