Jitin Puthenchery | |
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 Jitin Puthenchery in January 2021 | |
| Born | 24 August 1989 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Spouse | Divya (m. 2020) |
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| Relatives | Din Nath Puthenchery (Brother) |
| Website | Jitin Puthenchery official |
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 BreakingNews 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 SanthoshathinteOnnamRahasyam . [7]
| Year | Movie | Assistant Director | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2012 | Matinee |  |  | Aneesh Upasana | |
| 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 | Kamal | |
| Pathinettam Padi | | Giri | Shanker Ramakrishnan | ||
| Edakkad Battalion 06 | | Battalion Boy | Swapnesh K Nair | ||
| 2021 | The Priest | | Manu | Jophin T Chako | |
| Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam | | Jitin | Don Palathara | ||
| Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | | Young Achuthan | Priyadarshan | ||
| 2023 | Neelavelicham | | Podiyan | Aashiq Abu | [8] |
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