Jitin Puthenchery | |
Birth Date: | 1989 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Puthanchery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
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Yearsactive: | 2012–present |
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Relatives: | Din Nath Puthenchery (Brother) |
Jitin Puthenchery (born 24 August 1989) is an Indian film actor and assistant director who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry.[1] He is the son of popular Malayalam lyricist and poet Girish Puthenchery.[2]
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 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]
As an Actor | + | Year | Movie | Assistant Director | Role | Director | Notes |
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2012 | Matinee | ||||||
2013 | Breaking News Live | Sudhir Ambalapadu | |||||
2014 | Koothara | Srinath Rajendran | |||||
Money Ratnam | Santhosh Nair | ||||||
2016 | Rock On 2 | Shujaat Saudagar | |||||
2017 | Tharangam | Cook | Dominic Arun | Co-writer | |||
2019 | Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal | Koya Mon | |||||
Pathinettam Padi | Giri | ||||||
Edakkad Battalion 06 | Battalion Boy | Swapnesh K Nair | |||||
2021 | The Priest | Manu | Jophin T Chako | ||||
Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam | Jitin | ||||||
Young Achuthan | |||||||
2023 | Neelavelicham | Podiyan | [8] | ||||