Shaiju Mathew Explained

Shaiju Mathew
Birth Place:Anchal
Occupation:Novelist, screenplay writer, director
Nationality:Canadian
Alma Mater:St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Pune
Pune University
Genre:Fiction, romance, humour
Notableworks:Knocked Up, Alfie The Elf,A Pocketful Of Sunshine
Language:English

Shaiju Mathew is an Indian–Canadian author, screenplay writer, movie reviewer and director, known for his 2010 book Knocked Up.[1] 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.[2] [3] [4] Andhra Pori starring Puri Akash son of Puri Jagannadh is also based on Mathew's novel Knocked Up.[5]

Personal life

Like actor Kay Kay Menon, Mathew is also an alumnus of St. Josephs Boys' High School Khadki, Pune. He studied human resource management at Pune University.[6]

Career

After working as a singer and a screenplay writer Mathew, who moved to Bangalore after university, wrote Knocked Up, a coming of age novel.[7] 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 used 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, Jane Austen, 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's second book as an author, Alfie The Elf released in 2016. This Christmas release took Mathew 9 days to write.[12] 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 .

Bibliography

Scriptwriting

Filmography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Looking back with nostalgia . Previous.jagrancityplus.com . 2013-12-06 . https://archive.today/20131206102308/http://previous.jagrancityplus.com/genxdetail.aspx?cityid=9&articleid=32186&editionid=164&catgid=21 . 6 December 2013 . dead .
  2. News: Pitale. Sonali J.. 'Timepass' breaks a record at the box office. 17 January 2014. Mid-Day. 6 January 2014.
  3. News: Kulkarni. Pooja. 'Timepass' breaks records, earns Rs 10.25 crore at the BO within five days. https://web.archive.org/web/20140112182255/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-08/news-interviews/45989994_1_ravi-jadhav-10-25-crore-bo. dead. 12 January 2014. 17 January 2014. The Times of India. 8 January 2014.
  4. News: Jayaraman. Gayatri. Son of the Soil Rising. 13 February 2014. India Today. 31 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Puri Akash to act in a teenage love drama . Deccan Chronicle . SURESH KAVIRAYANI . 10 October 2014 . 10 October 2014.
  6. Web site: About Me. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104085216/http://shaijumathew.com/about.htm. 4 January 2014.
  7. News: Sravasti . Datta . Writer in fast-forward mode . . 17 January 2011. 26 November 2010.
  8. Web site: These Growing Years. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210181749/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=35&edlabel=BGMIR&mydateHid=02-11-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar03501&format=&publabel=MM. dead. 10 December 2013. The Times of India. 16 December 2013.
  9. News: The social network helped him sell his book. Daily News and Analysis. 2013-12-06.
  10. Web site: Three friends and a story . Sakal Times . Biswadip Mitra . 11 October 2010 . 13 January 2014.
  11. News: Chinwag with... shaiju mathew. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210020806/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=20&edlabel=BGMIR&mydateHid=25-04-2012&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar02001&format=&publabel=MM . dead . 10 December 2013 . Lite.epaper.timesofindia.com. 2013-12-06.
  12. Web site: Believe in your dreams . The Hindu . Mrigakshi Dixit . 31 December 2016 . 1 January 2017.

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