Shaiju Mathew

Shaiju Mathew

Mathew at a book release function of Knocked Up at Reliance Timeout Store Pune on 26 September 2010
Born (1980-02-21) 21 February 1980
Anchal, India
Occupation Novelist / Screenplay Writer / Director
Nationality Indian
Alma mater St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Pune
Pune University
Genre Fiction, romance, humour
Notable works Knocked Up, A Pocketful Of Sunshine
Website
www.chaiwithshai.com

Shaiju Mathew (born 1980) is an Indian author, screenplay writer, movie reviewer and director, known for his 2010 book Knocked Up.[1][2] 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 Lai Bhaari in the same year, which broke its record.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Shaiju Mathew born in Anchal a small town in Kollam district was brought up in Pune.[6] Like actor Kay Kay Menon and hockey legend Dhanraj Pillai, Mathew is also an alumini of St. Josephs Boys' High School Khadki, Pune. He studied human resource management at Pune University.[7]

Career

After working as a singer and a screenwriter Mathew, who moved to Bangalore after university, wrote Knocked Up, a coming of age novel.[2] The book took Mathew 20 days to write and the author drew inspiration from his childhood experiences with his friends.[8] The author also heavily utilized social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to design the book's artwork as well as publicize and market the book.[9] In an interview to a popular news paper Mathew said that he is influenced by the works of RK Narayan, Enid Blyton and Ruskin Bond. He prefers to write simpler stories that common man can identify with.[10] Mathew's next novel is a period drama titled A Pocketful Of Sunshine.[11] Mathew is also associated with Citadel Cinemas a Bangalore based production house that produced Bangles a malayalam feature film and a short film Oru Thundu Padam starring Aju Varghese. Mathew is also a well known movie critic and writes extensively for various newspapers and magazines apart from his blog www.chaiwithshai.com.

Bibliography

Scriptwriting

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Looking back with nostalgia". Previous.jagrancityplus.com. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  2. 1 2 Datta, Sravasti (January 17, 2011). "Writer in fast-forward mode". The Hindu. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ Pitale, Sonali J. (6 January 2014). "'Timepass' breaks a record at the box office". Mid-Day. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Kulkarni, Pooja (8 January 2014). "'Timepass' breaks records, earns Rs 10.25 crore at the BO within five days". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Jayaraman, Gayatri (31 January 2014). "Son of the Soil Rising". India Today. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Prabhu Chawla (2 November 2010). "A funny ride to the past". New Indian Express. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ "About Me".
  8. ↑ "These Growing Years". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "The social network helped him sell his book". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  10. ↑ Biswadip Mitra (11 October 2010). "Three friends and a story". Sakal Times. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "Chinwag with... shaiju mathew". Lite.epaper.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 2013-12-06.

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