Praboo T. Arivananthan

Praboo T. Arivananthan (born 27 May in 1996), popularly known as Praboo or Praboo Ariva, is an amateur film actor, director, screenwriter, IT Technician and is also a photographer. He began his career by playing minor uncredited roles as a child artist in the Multimedia Super Corridor of Malaysia launch ad. He achieved recogniton for his work in The Patch (2011), which was written by him and later on got his friend, Jeremy Liu to assist him in directing his next projects , 16 and The Promise

Personal life
Praboo was born to Mr. T. Arivananthan and Ms. Sarita Mohan in 1996.

Debut as child artiste
Somewhere in the year 2004, Praboo had turned up in the Malaysia Multimedia Super Corridor launch ad and later had become a voice artist for an animation project which had not been revealed to us yet as of 2005.

2011
In 2011, Praboo had began his first film , Psychic or Psycho which now is still under progress and later decided to release his first debut , The Patch. That film had an okay response and had turned out to be a normal clip film.

2012
In 2012, Praboo had written the film , 16 which revolved around the life of a teenage student's first love. He later brought in his friend, Jeremy Liu to assist him in the film project. That film had received a massive amount of credits and praises. A few months later, the duo decided to release their next , The Promise which is the sequel to 16. That film was great but due to the mentality to certain people, the concept of the film couldn't have been accepted by majority. Still, it did receive credits and praises.

The Patch ( 2011 )
This film revolves around Praboo Ariva, a boy who discovered weird moving objects in his video footage at home and had decided to investigate the matter. He eventually ended up in surprise.

Starring :- Praboo Ariva

16 ( 2012 )
Praboo is just a regular 16 year old nerd kid who has this crush on his friend May. Just like most first love stories, his nerves get the better of him and he bottles it. Praboo gathers his nerves back and finally gets the guts to tell May about his feelings. However, things didn't turn out as expected and the rest of the flick is how Praboo's ordeal and how he deals with this "surprise" reaction by May.

Starring :- Praboo Ariva, Celine Lee , Jarrel Yeo , Keven Mahesan

Sources :- http://maweenkumar.weebly.com/1/post/2012/12/movie-review-16.html

The Promise ( 2012 )
In order to move on with life, we need to be strong. We should learn to let go and live for tomorrow as life has plenty to offer.

Starring :- Praboo Ariva, Shivani Shivanesan ( May's Replacement ) , Megumi Date

Other Work
Apart than making films, he also has other side skills such as photography , IT Tech Analysis and a philosopher to his fellow juniors.

Awards
Best A/V for School Competition

Best Creative Presentation Award

Best Camper

Special Service Award

Invitations
16 is going to be representing Malaysia for the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival