Jitin Puthenchery
Jitin Puthenchery | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2012 - Present |
Spouse(s) | Divya (m. 2020) |
Parent(s) |
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Relatives | Din Nath Puthenchery (Brother) |
Website | Jitin Puthenchery official |
Jitin Puthenchery (born 24 August 1989) is an Indian film actor and assistant director who work predominantly in the Malayalam film industry.[1] He is the son of popular Malayalam lyricist and poet Girish Puthenchery.[2]
Life and career[]
Jitin was born on 24 August 1989 to the eldest son of Gireesh Puthenchery and Beena in karaparamba near Eranhipalam in Kozhikode district of kerala. [3] He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's Boys' High School Calicut and graduation at Bangalore University. He is married to Divya Mohanan, a software engineer. His brother Din Nath is a lyricist and Assistant director[4]
Jitin made his debut in the Malayalam film industry as an assistant director in 2013 through Sudhir Ambalappad's movie Breaking News Live.[5] He later worked as an assistant director in Matini, Koothara and Mani Ratnam.in 2016, he joined Farhan Akhtar-Riteish Sidwani team's Excel Entertainment, a Mumbai-based film production company, and later worked as a director's assistant on Farhan's Rock-On 2.
In 2016 he starred in his friend Dominic Arun's short film Mrityunjaya. He later appeared in a small role in Dominic's Tovino movie Tharangam ,he also worked as a co-writer and assistant director for Tharangam . Later he was auditioned for Shankar Ramakrishnan's debut movie Pathinettam Padi in which he played the role of a state school student named giri and he was notable for portraying the character.[6]
He later starred in popular Malayalam director Kamal's movie Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal Tovino's Edakkad Battalion and the Mohalal-Priyadarshan team's Maraikar Arabikadalinte Simham. in 2021 he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the protagonist in Don Palathara's movie Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam .[7]
Filmography[]
Year | Movie | Assistant Director | Role | Director | Notes |
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2012 | Matinee | Aneesh Upasana | |||
2013 | Breaking News Live | Sudhir Ambalapadu | |||
2014 | Koothara | Srinath Rajendran | |||
Money Ratnam | Santhosh Nair | ||||
2016 | Rock on 2 | Shujaat Saudagar | |||
2017 | Tharangam | Cook | Dominic Arun | Co-writer | |
2019 | Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal | Koya Mon | Kamal | ||
Pathinettam Padi | Giri | Shankar | |||
Edakad Battalion 06 | Battalion
Boy |
Swapnesh K Nair | |||
2021 | The Priest | Manu | Jophin T Chako | ||
Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam | Jitin | Don Palathara | |||
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Young
Achuthan |
Priyadarshan |
References[]
- ^ "Jithin Puthenchery". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Jithin Puthenchery movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ honey. "18-ാം പടിയില് കലിപ്പ് കാട്ടി കയ്യടി നേടി കലിപ്പൻ ഗിരി; ആരാണെന്നറിയാമോ?". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "കവിയായ അച്ഛന്റെ മകൻ ആശിച്ചത് നടനാവാൻ; പതിനെട്ടാം പടിയിലെ ഗിരിയായ ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". News18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Jithin Puthenchery makes switch to acting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Jitin Puthenchery makes a mark with Rima Kallingal in IFFK-film, Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- Male actors from Kozhikode
- Male actors in Malayalam cinema
- Indian male film actors
- 1989 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Indian male actors