Jitin Puthenchery (born 24 August 1989) is an

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actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

assistant director The role of an assistant director (AD) on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have ...

who works predominantly in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry a ...

. He is the son of popular

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

lyricist A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income derives ...

and

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Girish Puthenchery.

Life and career

Jitin was born on 24 August 1989 and is the elder son of Gireesh Puthenchery and Beena. Jitin was born in karaparamba near Eranhipalam in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

district of

kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's Boys' High School Kozhikode and graduation at

Bangalore University Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by University Gra ...

. He is married to Divya Mohanan, a

software engineer Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications. It involves applying engineering principles and computer programming expertise to develop ...

. His younger brother Din Nath is a

and

Assistant director The role of an assistant director (AD) on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have ...

Jitin made his debut in the

as an

in 2013 through Sudhir Ambalappad's movie ''Breaking'' ''News Live''. He later worked as an assistant director in ''Matini'', ''

Koothara ''Koothara'' () is a 2014 Malayalam-language coming of age mystery thriller film directed by Srinath Rajendran and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. It stars Bharath, Sunny Wayne and Tovino Thomas in lead roles. with Mohanlal in an extended cameo as ...

'' and ''

Mani Ratnam Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. H ...

''.in 2016, he joined

Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films. Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwa ...

- Riteish Sidwani team's

Excel Entertainment Excel Entertainment is an Indian production company, founded by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar in Mumbai in 1999. They mainly produce Hindi films. Their debut production, ''Dil Chahta Hai'', received critical acclaim and was a huge rage f ...

, a

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-based

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, 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 Shanker Ramakrishnan is an Indian film screenwriter, director, producer and actor, who works primarily in the Malayalam cinema. Career He is Law Graduate (LL.B) from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram and He started his career immedia ...

's debut movie ''

Pathinettam Padi ''Pathinettam Padi'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age drama film, written and directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan and produced by Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema.The film Stars Akshay Radhakrishnan, Ashwin Go ...

,'' in which he played the role of a state school student named Giri and he was notable for portraying the character. He later starred in popular Malayalam director Kamal's movie ''

Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal ''Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Kamal and produced by Johny Vattakuzhi under the banner of Dani Productions. The film stars Vinayakan, Dileesh Pothan, Saiju Ku ...

'' Tovino's Edakkad Battalion and the Mohalal-

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan Soman Nair (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Hindi cinema, Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, ...

team's ''Maraikar Arabikadalinte Simham''. in 2021 he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the protagonist in

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's movie ''Santhoshathinte'' ''Onnam'' ''Rahasyam'' .

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puthenchery, Jitin Male actors from Kozhikode Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 1989 births Living people 21st-century Indian male actors