Minon John (born 12 February 2000) is an Indian actor and artist, from

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, who works in

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. He won the

National Film Award for Best Child Artist The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards p ...

in 2012 for the Malayalam film ''

101 Chodyangal ''101 Chodyangal'' ('' en, 101 Questions'') is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Sidhartha Siva. At the 60th National Film Awards the film won the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Child Artist for ...

''. It was directed by

Sidhartha Siva Sidhartha Siva (born 5 May 1985) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. Early life His hometown is Kaviyoor in Kerala. He is the son of filmmaker Kaviyoor Sivaprasad. Film care ...

and produced by Thomas Kottackakom. Minon also received the

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and Kerala State Film Critics Award for the same role, in which he portrays a class five student. Minon has held more than 80 painting exhibitions so far, all across

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, and he has over 3,500 paintings to his credit.

Early life

Minon and his sister Mintu are trained painters by their artist parents, John Baby and Mini.

Filmography

Web Series

Awards

* 2012 -

for ''

'' * 2012 -

for ''101 Chodyangal'' * 2012 - Kerala State Film Critics Award for Best Child Artist for ''101 Chodyangal'' * 2012 - Harlem International Film Festival Awards for Best Actor for ''101 Chodyangal''Harlem Film Festival:2014 Awards
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References

External links

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