Jitin Puthenchery
Jitin Puthenchery in January 2021
Born (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989
Puthanchery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Assistant Director
  • Co-writer
Years active2012–present
Spouse
Divya
​
(m. 2020)​
Parents
RelativesDin Nath Puthenchery (Brother)
WebsiteJitin 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 as the elder 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 younger 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

YearMovieAssistant DirectorRoleDirectorNotes
2012MatineeYesNoAneesh Upasana
2013Breaking News LiveYesNoSudhir Ambalapadu
2014KootharaYesNoSrinath Rajendran
Money RatnamYesNoSanthosh Nair
2016Rock On 2YesNoShujaat Saudagar
2017TharangamYesCookDominic ArunCo-writer
2019Pranaya Meenukalude KadalNoKoya MonKamal
Pathinettam PadiNoGiriShanker Ramakrishnan
Edakkad Battalion 06NoBattalion BoySwapnesh K Nair
2021The PriestNoManuJophin T Chako
Santhoshathinte Onnam RahasyamNoJitinDon Palathara
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaNoYoung AchuthanPriyadarshan
2023NeelavelichamNoPodiyanAashiq Abu[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jithin Puthenchery". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jithin Puthenchery movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ↑ honey. "18-ാം പടിയില്‍ കലിപ്പ് കാട്ടി കയ്യടി നേടി കലിപ്പൻ ഗിരി; ആരാണെന്നറിയാമോ?". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "കവിയായ അച്ഛന്റെ മകൻ ആശിച്ചത് നടനാവാൻ; പതിനെട്ടാം പടിയിലെ ഗിരിയായ ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". News18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jithin Puthenchery makes switch to acting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jitin Puthenchery makes a mark with Rima Kallingal in IFFK-film, Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. ↑ ANI (7 April 2023). "Aashiq Abu directorial 'Neelavelicham': Official trailer gets launched". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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