Rupesh Paul is an Indian film director, poet, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films Kamasutra 3D, Saint Dracula 3D and The Secret Diaries of Monalisa.[1]
Rupesh Paul | |
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Occupation | Director, screen writer, poet |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Madras |
Years active | 2001-present |
Children | 2 |
He graduated in Computer Science Engineering from University of Madras in 2001, and joined as a sub editor with Malayala Manorma and later as a senior correspondent in India Today.[citation needed]
He directed his short film Mrigam in 2008 which was screened in Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner and ‘You can’t step into the same river twice’ in the River to River Indian Film Festival. His first feature My Mother’s Laptop starring National Award winning actor Suresh Gopi was screened in International Film Festival of Kerala 2008.[2]
He directed his first international feature Saint Dracula 3D in 2012 and Kamasutra 3D in 2014 and The Secret Diaries of Monalisa in 2018.[3][4] He directed a web series titled The Great Indian Casino with Ameesha Patel in the lead. His upcoming movies are The Fugitive and Alchemist with actor Sanjay Mishra in the lead. The Vanishing Act based on the disappearance of MH-370 flight is under production as of April 2022.[5][6][7]
Rupesh Paul had to apologise on Cannes announcement of his movie ‘The Vanishing Act’ based on MH-370 flight on account on hurting the sentiments of the relatives of the victims.[8]
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Year | Title | Language | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2008 | Laptop | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | |
You Can't Step Twice Into the Same River" | English | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
2010 | Mrigam | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2011 | The Secret Diaries of Monalisa | English | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Saint Dracula 3D | English Malayalam | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Kamasutra 3D | English | Yes | Yes | also lyricist |
2020 | The Great Indian Casino ( web series | ||||
2021 | The Fugitive 2021 | ||||
2022 | The Vanishing Act | English | Yes | ||
Alchemist | |||||
2022 | The Man & The Angel | Yes | Yes | Short film[9] |
Year | Book | Language |
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2016 | The snakes under the Yoga Mat | English |
2017 | A child’s diary of sins | |
2018 | The girls I murdered by mistake | |
2019 | Abandoned Love poems | |
2020 | Seventy Love poems | |
2021 | Fuck off |