Anto Joseph

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Anto Joseph
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Born (1972-06-01) 1 June 1972 (age 49)
Kottayam
NationalityIndian
Occupation
Spouse(s)Neeta Pinto
ChildrenAndrea Neeta Anto
Avarachan Neeta Anto

Anto Joseph is an Indian film producer, distributor and cinema exhibitor, who works predominantly in Malayalam film industry. He began his career in Malayalam Cinema in the early 90s as a production associate.In 2007 he started his career as a film producer and served as one of the producers of the Mammootty starrer movie Big B. Later launched his own film production company named "Anto Joseph Film Company" and produced films like Malik, Take Off, The Priest etc.[1] He is currently serving as the general secretary of Kerala Film Producers Association.[2]

Early life and family[]

Anto Joseph was born on 1972 June 1, as the son of P M Joseph and Molly Joseph. He hails from Kottayam , Kerala and studied in SH Mount High School. While studying in Government College , Kottayam he also served as the district secretary of Kerala Students Union. Anto Joseph is married to Neeta Pinto and they have two children named Andrea Neeta Anto and Avarachan Neeta Anto.

Career[]

Anto began his career as a production executive in the early 90s. His served as the production controller in many hit Malayalam movies like (Black Film), Thommanum Makkalum, Rajamanikyam and Mayavi etc.[3][4] In 2007, he started as a film producer in association with other film production companies and made his debut as a producer with Mammootty-starrer crime thriller Big B (film), which despite having a lukewarm response in the theaters later went to be one of the biggest cult following movies in Malayalam Cinema. The movie also marked the debut of popular film director Amal Neerad. In 2009, Anto had his first major breakthrough as a producer with the film Annan Thambi. The movie was directed by Anwar Rasheed and had Mammooty on the double role. The movie turned out to be one of the highest grossers of that year.[5][6][7] In 2014, he produced his first Tamil film starring named Bramman starring Sasikumar.
Later launched his own film production company named "Anto Joseph Film Company" and produced films like Malik, Take Off, The Priest etc. In 2020, he produced Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal in association with Viacom18 Studios with Dulquer Salmaan on the lead. In 2017, he produced the film Take Off which was one of the most critically acclaimed films of that year. The movie was well received in the box office and went to earn many prestigious film awards including two national awards[8] and five Kerala state film awards.[9]
He is the general secretary of Kerala Film Producers Association, vice president of Kerala Film Distributors Association and executive committee member of Kerala Film Chamber.[10]

Filmography[]

As Producer[]

in association with other producers[]

No. Film Year Director Lead Other notes
1 Big B 2007 Amal Neerad Mammooty Debut as producer
2 Lollipop 2008 Shafi Prithviraj, Kunchako Boban, Bhavana, Roma
3 Roudram 2008 Renji Panicker Mammooty
4 Annan Thambi 2008 Anwar Rasheed Mammootty, Gopika
5 Chattambinadu 2009 Shafi Mammootty, Raai Laxmi
6 Bramman 2014 Socrates Sasikumar, Lavanya Tripathi First Tamil Film

via Anto Joseph Film Company[]

No. Film Year Director Lead Other notes
1 The King & the Commissioner 2012 Renji Panicker Mammootty, Suresh Gopi
2 Cobra 2012 Lal Mammootty, Lal, Padmapriya, Kaniha
3 Da Thadiya 2012 Aashiq Abu Sekhar Menon, Sreenath Bhasi, Nivin Pauly, Ann Augustine
4 Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath 2013 Thomson K. Thomson, Kanal Kannan Mammootty, Dileep, Rima Kallingal
5 Bharya Athra Pora 2013 Akku Akbar Jayaram, Gopika
6 Vishudhan 2013 Vysakh Kunchako Boban, Mia George
7 Salala Mobiles 2014 Sharath Haridassan Dulquer Salmaan, Nassriya
8 God's own Country 2014 Vasudev Sanal Fahadh Faasil, Mythili, Sreenivasan, Isha Talwar
9 Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla 2014 Akku Akbar Jayasurya, Bhama, Mukesh, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
10 Ivan Maryadaraman 2015 Suresh Divakar Dileep, Nikki Galrani Remake of Maryada Ramanna
11 Bhaskar The Rascal 2015 Siddiqque Mammootty, Nayanthara
12 Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare 2015 Kannan Thamarakulam Jayaram, Rimi Tomi
13 Take Off 2017 Mahesh Narayan Parvathy Thiruvothu, Kunchako Boban, Fahadh Faasil Winner of Two National Awards and Five Kerala State Film Awards
14 Ente Ummante Peru 2018 Jose Sebastian Tovino Thomas, Urvashi
15 Oru Yamandan Premakadha 2019 B.C. Noufal Dulquer Salmaan, Samyuktha Menon, Nikhila Vimal
16 Ganagandharvan 2019 Ramesh Pisharody Mammootty
17 Stand Up 2019 Vidhu Vincent Nimisha Sajayan, Rajisha Vijayan
18 Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal 2020 Desingh Periyasamy Dulquer Salmaan, Ritu Varma In association with Viacom18 Studios
19 Kilometers and Kilometers 2020 Jeo Baby Tovino Thomas, India Jarvis
20 The Priest 2021 Joffin T. Chacko Mammooty, Manju Warrier, Saniya Iyappan
21 Irul 2021 Naseef Yusuf Izuddin Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir, Darshana Rajendran
22 Nizhal 2021 Appu N. Bhattathiri Kunchako Boban, Nayanthara
23 Cold Case 2021 Tanu Balak Prithviraj, Aditi Balan
24 Malik 2021 Mahesh Narayan Fahadh Faasil, Nimisha Sajayan
25 19(1)(a) 2022 Indu VS Vijay Sethupathi, Nithya Menen

via Ann Mega Media[]

No. Film Year Director Lead Other notes
1 Kana Kanmani 2009 Akku Akbar Jayaram, Padmapriya Remake of Gauri: The Unborn
2 Kaaryasthan 2009 Thomson K. Thomas Dileep
3 Mallu Singh 2012 Vysakh Unni Mukundan, Kunchako Boban. Samvrutha Sunil
4 Puthiya Theerangal 2012 Sathyan Anthikad Nivin Pauly, Namitha Pramod

References[]

  1. ^ https://m3db.com/anto-joseph
  2. ^ "OTT release: We need to plan ahead as it is the matter of survival: Anto Joseph - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "'രക്തബന്ധത്തിനപ്പുറവും ചിലതുണ്ടെന്ന് പഠിപ്പിച്ച മമ്മൂക്ക'; ആന്‍റോ ജോസഫ് എഴുതുന്നു".
  4. ^ "ഉമ്മയുടെ ഹൃദയമിടിപ്പ് കൂടിയാല്‍ ഇടറുന്ന മമ്മൂട്ടി: ആന്‍റോയുടെ കുറിപ്പ്: ഹൃദ്യം".
  5. ^ "Fahadh Faasil's Malik, Prithviraj's Cold Case to release on OTT, confirms producer Anto Joseph". 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ "'We must take that risk '; Mammootty was the courage; Anto". 13 March 2021.
  7. ^ "'എന്റെ ചിങ്ങപ്പുലരി' എന്ന് ആന്റോ ജോസഫ്, സ്റ്റൈലിഷ് ലുക്കിൽ മമ്മൂക്ക: വൈറലായി പുതിയ ചിത്രം | anto joseph share mammootty new pic news".
  8. ^ "National film awards: Jury praises standard of Malayalam films and quality of acting". 13 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Kerala State Film Awards 2018: Parvathy, Indrans bag top honours; Take off emerges as the big winner-Entertainment News , Firstpost". 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Film associations issue guidelines to begin shooting in Kerala".

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