Roopesh Peethambaran

Roopesh Peethambaran
Roopesh Peethambaran
Born	22 August 1980 (age 43)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Christ College, Bangalore
Occupation	Actor, writer, film director
Years active	1995–present

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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[edit]

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, Bangalore. 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 3 March 2017. He reduced 20 kg for this film.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography as Director[edit]

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2012	Theevram	Starring Dulquar Salman Also scriptwriter	^[2]
2015	You Too Brutus	Starring Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas Also scriptwriter
2020	Family	Web Series Also scriptwriter

Filmography as Actor[edit]

TV Serials[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	Pranavam	Unknown	Television Series, Child Artist

Feature films[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Spadikam	Thomas Chacko	Childhood role of Mohanlal	^[3]
2017	Oru Mexican Aparatha	Roopesh	Role of KSQ Leader opposite to Tovino Thomas
2017	Angarajyathe Jimmanmar	Kichu
2019	Gambler	Satheesh Chandra
2020	Russia		Post Production
2020	Kunjeldho		Post Production

Short films[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Touch	Dr. George	Lead role	^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "Roopesh essayed the childhood of Aadu Thoma!". The Times of India. 17 March 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Vineeth Sreenivasan in Roopesh Peethambaran film". Onlookersmedia.in.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Roopesh Peethambaran's 'Touch' touches a nerve..." Manorama Online. 15 May 2017.

[1] "Roopesh essayed the childhood of Aadu Thoma!". The Times of India. 17 March 2015.

[theevram-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Vineeth Sreenivasan in Roopesh Peethambaran film". Onlookersmedia.in.

[spadikam-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Roopesh Peethambaran's 'Touch' touches a nerve..." Manorama Online. 15 May 2017.

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