Joju George

Joju George
Joju George
Born	Joseph George; 22 October 1975 (age 49); Mala, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Other names	Mala Joju
Alma mater	Christ College, Irinjalakuda
Occupation	Actor; producer;
Years active	1995 – present
Spouse(s)	Abba
Children	3
Awards	National Award (1); Kerala State Film Awards (2)

Joseph George (born 22 October 1975) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Malayalam films. ^[1] He began his acting career as a junior artist in the 1995 film Mazhavilkoodaram and continued doing such roles until 2010s when he rose to supporting roles and attained recognition.^[2] In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his supporting roles in Oru Second Class Yathra and Lukka Chuppi. He also co-produced Charlie that year.^[3]

In 2018, he produced and played his first leading role in Joseph, a critical and commercial success, which became his breakthrough. It also won him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actor (along with his role in Chola) and the National Film Award – Special Mention. He played the lead in Joshiy-directed Porinju Mariam Jose in 2019, which became a commercial success.

He also owns a production company named Appu Pathu Pappu Production, notable films of which include Charlie, Porinju Mariam Jose, and Chola.^[4]^[5]^[6] He is currently producing Alli, the Tamil remake of Chola in association with Karthik Subbaraj.^[7]

Personal life[edit]

He was born in Mala, Trichur to George Parecattil and Rosy George. He did his schooling from GHS, Kuzhur. He studied at the Christ College, Irinjalakuda before commencing his career in the film industry as an assistant director (1997). He married Abba in 2008 and has three children Ian, Sarah and Ivan.^[8]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1995	Mazhavilkoodaram	Siby Jacob
1999	Friends
1999	Independence
2000	Dada Sahib	Zakir Ali	First dialogue delivery
2001	Rakshasa Rajavu
	Ravanaprabhu	Police Officer
	Praja
2003	Pattalam
	War and Love	Indian Soldier
	Manassinakkare	Politician
2004	Vajram
	Freedom
	Black
2005	Finger Print	C.I. Shekhar
2005	Chanthupottu
2006	Vaasthavam	Basheer
2007	Detective	Shekhar
	Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri	Selvan	Team mate of Sharafuddeen
	Rock & Roll	Gangster of Saidapet Giri
2008	Mulla
	Annan Thambi	Prakashan
	Sulthan
	Thirakkatha
	Twenty:20
2010	Cocktail	Anand	Ravi's colleague
2010	Best Actor
2011	RACE
	Doubles
	Sevenes	Rameshan
	Indian Rupee		Cameo appearances
	Beautiful
2012	Ordinary	Sebastian
	Outsider	Antony
	Mayamohini	Police Officer
	Mallu Singh	Anandan's Youngest brother
	Thattathin Marayathu	Viswan
	Run Baby Run	Shibu
	Trivandrum Lodge	Althas
	Jawan of Vellimala	Vinu
	I Love Me
2013	My Fan Ramu
	Kammath & Kammath	Malikapurakkal Tomichan
	David & Goliath
	Kili Poyi	Tony
	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Chicken Merchant
	Sound Thoma	Chacko
	Hotel California^[9]	Bharath Chandran IPS
	Neram	Mathew's Brother-in-law
	Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum^[10]	Suku Chakkattutharayil/ Chakka Suku
	D Company
	Vishudhan
	Escape from Uganda	Gautham
2014	1983	Cricket Coach
	Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal	Mathew P Mathew
	Angry Babies in Love	Alex Maliyekkal
	Vegam	George
	Manglish^[11]	luckochan
	Avatharam
	RajadhiRaja	Ayyappan
	Money Ratnam^[12]	Makudi Das
	Homely Meals	Music Director(Cameo)
	Odum Raja Adum Rani
	The Dolphins	Koniyac ("Cognac") Pappinu
	Karanavar
	Cousins	Tony
2015	Mili	Eby
	Onnam Loka Mahayudham	Anirudhan
	Oru Second Class Yathra	Jolly Kurien
	Lukka Chuppi^[13]	Rafeek
	Loham	Pallan Davis
2016	Action Hero Biju	Head Constable Minimon
	Hello Namasthe^[14]	JayaMohan
	IDI – Inspector Dawood Ibrahim	Vasu
	10 Kalpanakal	Vakkachan
2017	Fukri	Usman
	Kunju Daivam	Shibu
	Take Off	One Nurse's husband (cameo)
	Ramante Eden Thottam	Elvis
	Kadam Kadha
	Oru Visheshapetta BiriyaniKissa	Maimootty
	Udaharanam Sujatha	Head Master (Kuthira)
	Melle
	History of Joy^[15]	Police
2018	Kaly	C.I Thilakan.T
	Poomaram	Police inspector
	Njan Marykutty	Police Inspector
	Chalakkudikkaran Changathi	Raj Kumar
	Joseph	Joseph
	Ottakoru Kaamukan	Anantakrishnan
2019	Lonappante Mamodeesa	Babu
	June	Joy Kalarikkal
	Virus	Babu
	Porinju Mariam Jose	Kattalan Porinju
	Chola	Boss
	Valiyaperunnal	Perumbavoor Shivakumar
2020	Trance	Newsreader
2020	Halal Love Story	Director Siraj
2021
	Churuli
	One	Babychan
	Aanum Pennum
	Nayattu	Maniyan
	Jagame Thanthiram	Sivadoss	Tamil film, Netflix release
	Mālik	Anwar Ali I.A.S., Sub-Collector
	Thuramukham	Maimu
	Ottakkomban		Filming
	Peace	Carlos	Filming
	Oru Thathvika Avalokanam		Filming

Producer[edit]

Year	Title
2015	Charlie
2017	Udaharanam Sujatha
2018	Joseph
2019	Chola
2019	Porinju Mariam Jose
2020	Alli - Tamil dubbed version of Chola

Awards & Nominations[edit]

Award	Year	Category	Film	Result
National Film Awards	2019	Special Mention (feature film)	Joseph	Won^[16]
Kerala State Film Awards	2015	Special Mention	Oru Second Class Yathra Lukka Chuppi	Won^[17]
Kerala State Film Awards	2018	Best Character Actor	Chola Joseph	Won^[18]
Kerala Film Critics Award	2015	Most Popular Film	Charlie	Won
	2018	Second Best Actor	Joseph	Won
	2018	Second Best Film	Joseph	Won
Filmfare South Awards	2018	Best Actor (Malayalam)	Joseph	Won
South Indian International Movie Awards	2016	Best Actor in a Comedy Role (Malayalam)	Action Hero Biju	Won
	2017	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	Ramante Edanthottam	Nominated
	2018	Best Actor (Malayalam)	Joseph	Nominated
	2018	Best Actor in a Negative Role (Malayalam)	Njan Marykutty	Nominated
	2019	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	June	Nominated
	2020	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	Halal Love Story	Won^[19]
Asianet Film Awards	2017	Special Jury Award (Actor)	Udaharanam Sujatha	Won
Asianet Film Awards	2018	Special Jury Award (Actor)	Joseph	Won
Vanitha Film Awards	2017	Most popular movie	Udaharanam Sujatha	Won
Vanitha Film Awards	2018	Performer of the Year	Joseph	Won
CPC Cine Awards	2018	Best Actor	Joseph	Won
Asiavision Awards	2018	Best Character Actor	Joseph	Won
Flowers Indian Film Awards	2018	Best Character Actor	Udaharanam Sujatha Ramante Edanthottam	Won
Flowers Indian Film Awards	2018	Best Film on Social Commitment	Udaharanam Sujatha	Won
North American Film Awards (NAFA)	2017	Best Character Actor	Action Hero Biju	Won
North American Film Awards (NAFA)	2018	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Ramante Edanthottam	Won
Movie Street Film Awards	2019	Best Actor	Joseph	Won
Red FM Malayalam Music Awards	2019	Best Folk song	Pandu Paadavarambathiloode (Joseph)	Won

References[edit]

↑ "Joju George credits Anoop Menon and Mammootty" Archived 4 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. India Glitz (27 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
↑ "Review: Cousins" Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (19 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
↑ "'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look" Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. IBTimes (15 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-5-15.
↑ "'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look". International Business Times. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
↑ "Porinju Mariam Jose movie review and rating by audience: Live updates". International Business Times. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "'Chola' to release on Dec 6, Karthik Subbaraj joins as co-producer". Malayala Manorama. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "'Alli' deserves an audience here: Karthik Subbaraj on presenting 'Chola' in Tamil". The Hindu. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Joju George Filmography" Archived 19 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. cochintalkies.com Retrieved on 2015-6-19
↑ "Joju George Filmography" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. cinemascoop.in Retrieved on 2015-1-20
↑ "Joju George Filmography" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Filmibeat.com Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
↑ "Fahadh Faasil's Money Ratnam releases today" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
↑ "Joju turns villain!" Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Times of India (3 January 2015). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
↑ "When Bhavana and team bonded over food!" Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India (6 December 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.
↑ "Vinayan’s son Vishnu debuting as actor" Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Deccan Chronicle (19 November 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.
↑ "66th National Film Awards: Joju George receives special mention for 'Joseph'". The Times Of India. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
↑ "'Charlie' sweeps Kerala State film awards; 'Ozhivudivasathe Kali' adjudged Best film". The Hindu. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
↑ "'I dedicate the award to the directors': Joju George". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
↑ "SIIMA awards: Check out Malayalam winners of 2019 and 2020". Onmaorama. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

External links[edit]

Joju George on IMDb

[OView-1] "Joju George credits Anoop Menon and Mammootty" Archived 4 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. India Glitz (27 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[2] "Review: Cousins" Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (19 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[3] "'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look" Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. IBTimes (15 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-5-15.

[4] "'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look". International Business Times. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[5] "Porinju Mariam Jose movie review and rating by audience: Live updates". International Business Times. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[6] "'Chola' to release on Dec 6, Karthik Subbaraj joins as co-producer". Malayala Manorama. 20 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[7] "'Alli' deserves an audience here: Karthik Subbaraj on presenting 'Chola' in Tamil". The Hindu. 4 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Joju George Filmography" Archived 19 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. cochintalkies.com Retrieved on 2015-6-19

[10] "Joju George Filmography" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. cinemascoop.in Retrieved on 2015-1-20

[11] "Joju George Filmography" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Filmibeat.com Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[12] "Fahadh Faasil's Money Ratnam releases today" Archived 20 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[13] "Joju turns villain!" Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The Times of India (3 January 2015). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[14] "When Bhavana and team bonded over food!" Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India (6 December 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.

[15] "Vinayan’s son Vishnu debuting as actor" Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Deccan Chronicle (19 November 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.

[16] "66th National Film Awards: Joju George receives special mention for 'Joseph'". The Times Of India. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[17] "'Charlie' sweeps Kerala State film awards; 'Ozhivudivasathe Kali' adjudged Best film". The Hindu. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[18] "'I dedicate the award to the directors': Joju George". 27 February 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[19] "SIIMA awards: Check out Malayalam winners of 2019 and 2020". Onmaorama. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor
1972–1989	Madhu (1972) P. J. Antony (1973) Kamal Haasan (1974) Adoor Bhasi (1975) Madhu (1976) Madhu (1977) Kamal Haasan (1978) Prathap Pothan (1979) Prathap Pothan (1980) Nedumudi Venu (1981) Bharath Gopi (1982) Bharath Gopi (1983) Mammootty (1984) Mammootty (1985) Mohanlal (1986) Nedumudi Venu (1987) Mohanlal (1988) Premji (1989)
1990–2009	Mammootty (1990) Mammootty (1991) Murali (1992) Mohanlal (1993) Mohanlal (1994) Mohanlal (1995) Jayaram (1996) Mammootty (1997) Balachandra Menon (1998) Mohanlal (1999) Mammootty (2000) Jayaram (2001) Jishnu Raghavan (2002) Jayaram (2003) Mammootty (2004) Mohanlal (2005) Mammootty (2006) Mohanlal (2007) Lal (2008) Mammootty (2009)
2010–present	Mammootty (2010) Salim Kumar (2011) Fahadh Faasil (2012) Fahadh Faasil (2013) Mammootty (2014) Mammootty (2015) Nivin Pauly (2016) Fahadh Faasil (2017) Joju George (2018) Biju Menon (2020-2021)