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Pradeep Kalipurayath is an Indian advertising director, cinematographer, filmmaker known for his work predominantly in south Indian advertisements and corporate films. His first taste of fame came with having produced and directed a music video featuring India’s first Malayalam rock band ‘Avial’ in 2005 who moved on to be quite the sensation across the world. It was one of the first YouTube videos that had become popular in India. Ad films, documentaries and television shows have been made under the banner of Poorman Productions since 2006.

Kalipurayath’s first directorial venture ‘Strange’ is an English short feature film in the Under 40-minute Category. The movie is presently getting ready for release at film festivals. In addition to directing the film, he also wrote the story and screenplay for the film. Pradeep Kalipurayath has set up Poorman Productions primarily to promote independent artistes and music bands and to help them reach limelight through music videos. Poorman Productions provides international production support with strategic tie-ups in the UAE, Oman, USA and Australia. Producing and directing documentaries, advertising films and line production for international productions are the prime business.

Poorman Productions’ corporate identity was conceptualized by Tribe 10 Advertising, which won them a Bronze Award at the Advertisement Club Awards of 2007 in Chennai.

Pradeep Kalipurayath’s production house is set up in Chennai and his agency clients range from Dentzu, Ogilvy & Mather, Tribe 10, to direct clients like Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Audio Media Inc., AAT and Rohit Jayakaran Productions.

Imagine Movies, a Dubai-based television channel’s maiden show, City Dil Se invited Pradeep Kalipurayath to direct 13 episodes on the lifestyle of Dubai. The RJ’s from City 1016 were the hosts on the show. The program was aired repeatedly for over a year and the RJ-turned-host won many awards and endorsements through the show.

His initial pieces of work as a cinematographer included Independent Indian English films like ‘I Just Don't Get It’, ‘That Four Letter Word’ and ‘Good Night, Good Morning. His first Tamil feature film as a cinematographer is ‘Saithan, a Vijay Antony Film Corporation Production, which was scheduled to be released in 2016.

Pradeep Kalipurayath has a notable career in the television industry. He has directed more than 50 television snippets for Doordarshan ‘Nalam Kaane’, a show featuring home remedies and tips by renowned doctors specializing in various types of medical practices. He has also worked at SS music as an Executive Producer.

His recent work includes a story through photographs made for a coffee-table book ‘Metamorphosis’ made in collaboration with contemporary dancer Aparna Nagesh and her all girls dance ensemble, High Kicks. The book brings out the life and journey of a contemporary female dancer in India with photographs presented in great print quality clicked over the span of five years. The photographs are clicked by Pradeep Kalipurayath and this is the first book to showcase him as a photographer.

2014 - Shastram Trailer (Cinematography & Line Producer)

2009 - Manchadikuru (Behind-the-scenes filmmaking)

2009 - Good Night, Good Morning (Additional Cinematography)

In 2008, Pradeep Kalipurayath met N. Thirumurugan from Media Magic. Their friendship and partnership has fetched innumerable projects from the manufacturing market in the form of corporate films. They went on to produce and directs corporate films for Henkel, ICICI, Salakorn, Taj Mahal Agro industries and many more. They have also collaborated to direct shows like ‘Sokkuthey Manam’, a musical show on Jaya TV, an external production that garnered a huge following at the time. Old soundtracks from Tamil films were recreated and sung on stage by renowned singer Priya Subramanyam.

Pradeep Kalipurayath has been Creative head at Kosmic Studios in 2007 where they independent music artists and bands and helped with a breakthrough into the entertainment industry.

2006 - Nada Nada - Malayalam rock single featuring Avial: John. P.Varky, Tony, Rex Vijayan Anand and Joffey