Roopesh Peethambaran

Roopesh Peethambaran
Born 22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 38)
Residence Perumbavoor
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Christ College, Bangalore
Occupation Film director, Script Writer, Actor
Years active 2012-present
Spouse(s) Dr.Lakshmi Roopesh
Children 1

Roopesh Peethambaran is an Indian film director and actor working in Malayalam cinema from Perumbavoor. As an actor, he first appeared as a child artist in the 1995 film Spadikam (as Thomas Chacko). In 2012, he made his directorial debut through Theevram. Roopesh is the son of K.B Peethambaran who produced the movie Poomukhappadiyil Ninneyum Kaathu.

Film career

Roopesh Peethambaran started his film career in 1995 as a child artist in Spadikam. He played the childhood role of Thomas Chacko which was portrayed by Mohanlal.[1] He has also acted as child artist in the 1996 television series Pranavam aired on Doordarshan Malayalam. Roopesh worked as an IT professional in Dell, Banglore .Then he quit job due to his love for film. He made his directorial debut through the Malayalam film Theevram in 2012.[2] His second film as director was You Too Brutus released in 2015.Theevram dubbed into Tamil in 2016 without the permission of director as Aaththiram which created issues between producer and him. His second appearance in feature film as actor after long 21 years through Oru Mexican Aparatha which released on March 3, 2017.He reduced 20 kg for this film.

Filmography as Director

YearTitleNotesRef.
2012TheevramStarring Dulquar Salman , Also scriptwriter[2]
2015You Too BrutusStarring Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas , Also scriptwriter

Filmography as Actor

TV Serials

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1996PranavamUnknownTelevision Series, Child Artist

Feature Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995SpadikamThomas ChackoChildhood role of Mohanlal[3]
2017Oru Mexican AparathaRoopeshRole of KSQ Leader opposite to Tovino Thomas
2017Angarajyathe JimmanmarKichuFilming

Short Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017TouchDr. GeorgeLead role[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Roopesh essayed the childhood of Aadu Thoma!". The Times of India. 17 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Vineeth Sreenivasan in Roopesh Peethambaran film". Onlookersmedia.in.
  3. 1 2 "Roopesh Peethambaran's 'Touch' touches a nerve..." Manorama Online. 15 May 2017.
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