Jitin Puthenchery

Jitin Puthenchery
Jitin Puthenchery in January 2021
Born	(1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 35) Puthanchery, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor Assistant Director Co-writer
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Divya ​ (m. 2020)​
Parents	Girish Puthenchery Beena
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]

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 district of kerala.  ^[3] He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's Boys' High School Kozhikode 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]

Filmography

Year	Movie	Assistant Director	Role	Director	Notes
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]
2024	Ajayante Randam Moshanam		Felix	Jithin Laal	[9]

References

1. "Jithin Puthenchery". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
2. "Jithin Puthenchery movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
3. honey. "18-ാം പടിയില്‍ കലിപ്പ് കാട്ടി കയ്യടി നേടി കലിപ്പൻ ഗിരി; ആരാണെന്നറിയാമോ?". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
4. "കവിയായ അച്ഛന്റെ മകൻ ആശിച്ചത് നടനാവാൻ; പതിനെട്ടാം പടിയിലെ ഗിരിയായ ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". News18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
5. "ജിതിൻ പുത്തഞ്ചേരി". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
6. "Jithin Puthenchery makes switch to acting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
7. "Jitin Puthenchery makes a mark with Rima Kallingal in IFFK-film, Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
8. ANI (7 April 2023). "Aashiq Abu directorial 'Neelavelicham': Official trailer gets launched". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 20 April 2023.
9. "Ajayante Randam Moshanam: Tovino Thomas-Krithi Shetty's fantasy drama goes on floors". The Indian Express . 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.