Vincent Vadakkan

Vincent Vadakkan is known as a writer and screenwriter, but his range of work varies with his love for cinema. Kerala-born Vincent grew up watching classic Hindi and Malayalam movies as a family tradition. This practice exposed him to the world of cinema at a very young age. Though born in Kerala, he was brought up in Kuwait and did his schooling at The Indian School. Vincent was quite creative by nature from his early days. In his childhood days, after every vacation, he would come home to write about all the happenings from his trip. He even graduated in fine arts from the College of Fine Arts, Chitrakala Parishath, making him skilled with the brushes and the canvas.

His career started with advertising and design at Leo Burnett Orchard, Ogilvy & Mather, and a few other agencies. After 15 years of experience in the advertising industry, he became the Creative Director at Maitri Advertising Works. Over the years, he realized that if he could tell a story within 30 seconds, then why not try writing a whole story too. Hence, he decided to try out his hand at a full-length movie script, which led to his debut as a screenwriter with the popular neo-noir psychological thriller Trance 2020.

Trance is a Malayalam movie that boldly highlights the darker side of religion and spirituality when commercialized. It talks about such businesses and miracle healers. Other than Trance, his works are Rajni and Ela Veezha Poonchira. Vadakkan, being a true artist, has even acted in his career. In college, he joined theater and played roles but did not pursue it further because of his lack of confidence. His debut in acting was an accidental one, with his friend and director Shahi Kabir Shahi K M, also known as Shahi Kabir, is a screenw >> Read More... casting him in the movie Ela Veezha Poonchira because of his English mixed Malayalam. He even acted in a short film, The Fish 2015, and Rajni too.