Jo and the Boy

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Jo and the Boy
Jo and the Boy poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rojin Thomas
Written byRojin Thomas
Produced by
  • Alice George
  • Goodwill Entertainments
Starring
CinematographyNeil D'Cunha
Edited byRahman Muhammed Ali
Music byRahul Subrahmanian
Distributed by Anto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)(Kerala)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Jo and the Boy is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language musical children's drama film directed by Rojin Thomas. [1] [2] It stars Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Subramaniam. [3] The film won two awards at 2015 Kerala State Film Awards. [4] Upon release, the film received mixed reviews and failed at box-office.

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Plot

Joanne Mary a.k.a. Jo is interested in animation from childhood. Her dream is to become a well known animator and create an animation character that can interact with its fans. Her attempts to become successful in the animation field fails, but she doesn't give up. A boy named Criz shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Criz's mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship.

Cast

Reception and Box-office

Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Box-office. When all other releases got at least decent start at box-office, this film failed miserably. After 6 days of run in Kerala, it was able to collect 2.88 crore only. After 14 days of running it collected around ₹5.63 crore with net ₹4.15 crore and ₹1.15 crore share. [5]

Songs

Music released by Muzik247

SongSingerLyrics
"Ponveil Veezhave" Haricharan Santhosh Varma
"Do Do Do" Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh Santhosh Varma
"Adivaraam" Sayanora Philip Santhosh Varma
"Pinjomal" Arun Alat Santhosh Varma
"Neeyen Kaataai"Kavya AjithAnu Elizabath

Rights

Satellite Rights : Surya TV

Critical/Audience response

The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience. [6] [7]

Awards

2015 Kerala State Film Awards [4]

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