Jenuse Mohamed (born 4 February 1984) is an Indian filmmaker and writer, known for his works in Malayalam Cinema. He made his directorial debut with ''

100 Days of Love ''100 Days of Love'' is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Jenuse Mohamed. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen in the lead roles. The film released worldwide on 20 March 2015. ...

'' starring

Dulquer Salmaan Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business managemen ...

and

Nithya Menen Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Fi ...

. The film was a commercial success and was dubbed into Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. His next venture, '' 9(Nine)'' starring

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of r ...

and

Wamiqa Gabbi Wamiqa Gabbi (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian actress, who works in Punjabi, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her screen debut in the Hindi film ''Jab We Met'' (2007) with a small role. But her major success came with ...

, was the first South Indian film to be produced by

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Early life

Jenuse Mohamed was born on 4 February 1984. His father Kamal is a veteran National Award winning filmmaker, known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. Jenuse holds a Master's degree in Film Studies from London Film School. He is also an MBA graduate.

Career

Jenuse started his career as an assistant director in the South Indian film industry. He worked on several ad films during his time at Nirvana Films, headed by Prakash Varma. He then went on to assist his father and many other renowned filmmakers like

Lal Jose Lal Jose is an Indian director, actor, producer and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as an Assistant director in the Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was with the 1998 film ''Oru Maravathoor K ...

and

Aashiq Abu Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), '' Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), ''22 Female Kottayam'' (20 ...

. In 2015, he debuted as writer and director with

. The film was a romantic comedy and it was well received not only in Malayalam but also several other languages including in Hindi. In 2019, he directed his second film 9(Nine) which was a science fiction horror film. It was jointly produced by Prithviraj Productions and Sony Pictures.

Filmography

* 9 (Nine)

References

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