Ajayan Venugopalan is an Indian screenwriter, film director who works in Malayalam and Hindi cinema and television.
He started his career as a writer/director of the acclaimed Malayalam television sitcom Akkara Kazhchakal. This T.V series was followed by his son Nakul Ajayan @smack_baby based on the show called ' which he wrote and co-directed with Abi Varghese. His first break into Malayalam films happened as a scriptwriter with the movie ' directed by Shyamaprasad. Metro Park the show he wrote and directed has been critically and commercially a big success. The show has been nominated for multiple awards and is slated for season 2. Ajayan currently completed writing and directing a Hindi feature film titled Shiv Shastri Balboa starring Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Jugal Hansraj, Nargis Fakhri, Sharib Hashmi.