Deepu Pradeep

Deepu Pradeep (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian script writer active in the Malayalam film industry.

Deepu Pradeep
Nationality	Indian
Education	B Tech, MES College of Engineering
Occupation	Script Writer
Years active	2013–present
Website	deepupradeep.com

Career

Deepu began his career as a blogger in 2007 and has written various short stories on his blog. It was after reading one of the short stories that director Basil Joseph approached him for writing the screenplay for his debut movie.^[1]

By then he had already written the screenplay for two short films: Athekaranathaal and Unnimoolam. The screenplay for his first movie Kunjiramayanam was based on 5 short stories posted in his blog -'Paathirathriyile Premam (2010), 'Salsamukku (2011), 'Just Married (2012), Cut Piece kuttan (2012), Gundakal Karayaarilla (2013).^[2]

Following the success of his debut movie,^[3] he co-wrote The Priest with Shyam Menon and the movie was released in March 2021.^[4]

Filmography

Short films

List of short film credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Director	Notes
2013	Athekaranathal	script writer	Malayalam	Jeevaj Raveendran
2014	Unnimoolam	script writer	Malayalam	Vipin Das	Starring Aju Varghese, Idavela Babu

Feature films

List of feature film credits

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2015	Kunjiramayanam	script writer	Basil Joseph	Debut as a screenwriter
2021	The Priest	Screenplay & Dialogues	Jofin T Chacko	Co written with Shyam Menon[4]
2023	Padmini	script writer	Senna Hegde	[5]
2024	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	script writer	Vipin Das	[6]
2024	Ajayante Randam Moshanam	Additional Screenplay	Jithin Lal	[7]

Web Series

List of web series credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Cast	Notes
2024	Perilloor Premier League	script writer	Malayalam	Sunny Wayne, Nikhila Vimal	[8]

References

1. "ബസിലോ തീവണ്ടിയിലോ വെച്ച് കഥയെഴുതുമ്പോഴാവും വിചാരിക്കാത്ത ക്ലൈമാക്സ് ഉണ്ടാവുന്നത് -ദീപു പ്രദീപ്". Mathrubhumi. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
2. K S, Aravind (17 August 2017). "'Crazy' blogger to screenwriter". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
3. Simon, Litty (28 August 2015). "'Kunjiramayanam': Sreenivasan brothers fight it out". Manorama Online. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
4. "Mammootty's next thriller titled The Priest". The New Indian Express. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
5. "It's a wrap for Kunchacko Boban's Padmini". The Hindu. 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
6. "Basil Joseph and Prithviraj team up with Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey director Vipin". The News Minute. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
7. B, Jayabhuvaneshwari (12 March 2023). "It's a wrap for Ajayante Randam Moshanam Padmini". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
8. "Sunny Wayne, Nikhila Vimal's upcoming series titled 'Perilloor Premier League'; first look out". The Hindu. 13 November 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

Further reading

• Menon, Anasuya (12 April 2013). "A hitting tale told truthfully". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
• Sathyendran, Nita (17 April 2015). "In The Big League". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

• Deepu Pradeep at IMDb