Shaiju Mathew is an Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer,

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and director, known for his 2010 book ''Knocked Up''. ''Knocked Up'' is set to become a feature film in Hindi, with Mathew co-producing. A Marathi movie '' Timepass'' loosely based on ''Knocked Up'' released in February 2014. The film was the highest grossing Marathi film until the release of

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in the same year, which broke its record.

Andhra Pori ''Andhra Pori'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Raj Madiraju and starring Akash Puri and Ulka Gupta. The Andhra Association of Telangana petitioned the court against the film's title, arguing that the word ' ...

starring Puri Akash son of

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is also based on Mathew's novel ''

Knocked Up ''Knocked Up'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel and Martin Starr. It follows ...

''.

Personal life

Like actor

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, Mathew is also an alumnus of

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Khadki, Pune. He studied human resource management at

Pune University Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), formerly the University of Pune, is a public state university located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1949, and is spread over a campus in the neighbourhood of Ganeshkhind. The uni ...

Career

After working as a singer and a screenplay writer Mathew, who moved to Bangalore after university, wrote ''Knocked Up'', a coming of age novel. The book took Mathew 20 days to write and the author drew inspiration from his childhood experiences with his friends. The author also heavily used social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to design the book's artwork as well as publicize and market the book. In an interview to a popular news paper Mathew said that he is influenced by the works of

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and

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. He prefers to write simpler stories that common man can identify with. Mathew's next novel is a period drama titled

A Pocketful Of Sunshine Shaiju Mathew is an Indo-Canadians, Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer, movie reviewer and director, known for his 2010 book ''Knocked Up''. ''Knocked Up'' is set to become a feature film in Hindi, with Mathew co-producing. A Marathi m ...

. Mathew's second book as an author, Alfie The Elf released in 2016. This Christmas release took Mathew 9 days to write. Mathew is also associated with Citadel Cinemas a

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based production house that produced ''Bangles'' a

malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

feature film and a short film ''Oru Thundu Padam'' starring

Aju Varghese Aju Kurian Varghese (born 11 January 1985), better known as Aju Varghese, is an Indian actor, producer and singer who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2010 in '' Malarvadi Arts Club'', directed by his collegemate Vineeth Sr ...

. Mathew is also a well known movie critic and writes extensively for various newspapers and magazines apart from his blog .

Bibliography

*''Knocked Up'' (2010) *''Alfie The Elf'' (2016) *''A Pocketful Of Sunshine'' (2022)

Scriptwriting

*''Pal Do Pal'' *''Planchette'' (short film) *''Knocked Up'' (film) *''Anuradha'' (Malayalam film) *''Actress'' (Malayalam film) *''Badaltey Rang'' (Short film) *''Chakkar Sanjivan Lal's Next'' (feature film)

Filmography

*''Planchette'' (2013) short film – Director *''Oru Thundu Padam'' (2013) short film – produced under Citadel Cinemas * ''Bangles'' (2013) feature film – produced under Citadel Cinemas *''Maafinaama'' (2014) short film – Associate Director *''The Other Side'' (2014) short film – Co-producer *''Badaltey Rang'' (2014) short film – writer *''Love Ke Liye'' (TBA) feature film – writer *''Chakkar'' (TBA) feature film – co-writer

References

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Interview

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, Shaiju 1980 births Living people 21st-century Indian novelists Indian male novelists Writers from Kollam Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni Malayalam screenwriters 21st-century Indian male writers Novelists from Kerala Screenwriters from Kerala 21st-century Indian screenwriters