I want to tell stories that stay with people after the screen goes dark.
I’m a film director and writer from Kerala, working in Mumbai. My creative interests move between intimate human stories, crime drama and ambitious historical worlds. What connects them is my curiosity about people: what they carry quietly, what they fight for, and what happens when they finally have to choose.
My work includes directing Chekavar, a historical fiction film set against the Battle of Colachel. It builds a world around resistance and conflict.
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Through Chekavar, developed through IICT’s Create with AI programme with support from Google & YouTube, I have been exploring how AI-assisted filmmaking can work alongside practical observation and traditional craft. Our live Kalari shoot near Kochi, with real practitioners, was part of that process. I want the freedom of new tools and the discipline to make the result feel believable.
I founded Avium Studios in India and co-founded Avium Studios UK to build a home for that ambition. My work now includes both the creative decisions inside a film and the responsibility of helping a team bring it to completion.
In September 2026, Avium Studios and Garuda X Media opened our Mumbai office in Andheri West. It is a new chapter with Prriyankaa Bajpai and our collaborators: building the people, process and creative confidence to take on more ambitious work.
I want to keep growing as a filmmaker, develop original stories and build a studio whose work can travel across languages and borders. The ambition is large. The commitment has to show up in the work, every day.
Gijo Uthuppu