Joju George

Joju George
Joju George
Born	Joseph George; 22 October 1977; 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	Kerala State Film Awards (2)

Joseph George (born 22 October 1977), better known by his stage name Joju George, 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

Joju George in a function

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 Joju in 2008 and has three children Ian, Sarah and Ivan.[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1995	Mazhavilkoodaram
1999	Friends
1999	Independence
2000	Dada Sahib	Army Man	First dialogue delivery
2001	Rakshasa Rajavu
	Ravanaprabhu	Police Officer
	Praja
2003	Pattalam
	War and Love	Soldier
	Manassinakkare
2004	Vajram
	Freedom
	Black
2005	Finger Print
2005	Chanthupottu
2006	Vaasthavam
2007	Detective
	Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri
	Rock & Roll
2008	Mulla
	Annan Thambi
	Sulthan
	Thirakkatha
	Twenty:20
2010	Cocktail	Anand
2010	Best Actor
2011	RACE
	Doubles
	Sevenes
	Indian Rupee
	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
	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 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
	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
	Halal Love Story
	Jagame Thanthiram		Tamil film, filming
	One		Filming
	Thuramukham (2020 film)	Maimu
	Mālik		Filming
	Churuli		Filming
2021	SG 250		Filming
2021	Peace		Filming

Producer

Year	Title
2015	Charlie
2017	Udaharanam Sujatha
2018	Joseph
2019	Chola
2019	Porinju Mariam Jose
2020	Alli (Tamil)

Awards

National Film Award

2019: Special Mention (feature film)- (Joseph)

Kerala State Film Awards

2015: Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention - (Oru Second Class Yathra, Lukka Chuppi)
2018: Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actor - (Chola (Film), Joseph)

Filmfare Award 2019

2018: Best Actor (Malayalam) - Joseph

Vayalar Award

2016: South Indian International Movie Awards - Best Comedian - (Action Hero Biju)
2019: Vayalar Award - Best Actor - (Joseph) South Indian International Movie Awards

Movie Street Film Awards

2019: Movie Street Film Awards - Best Actor - (Joseph)

Asianet Film Awards

2018: Asianet Film Awards - Special mention "(Udaharanam Sujatha)
2019: Asianet Film Awards – Special Jury Award - (Joseph)

Vanitha Film Awards

2018: Vanitha Film Awards - Most popular movie (Udaharanam Sujatha)
2019; Vanitha Film Awards - Performer of the Year - (Joseph)

CPC Cine Awards

2019: CPC Cine Awards - Best Actor Award - (Joseph)

Asiavision Awards

2019: Asiavision Awards - Best Character Actor - (Joseph)

Kerala Film Critics Award

2015: Kerala Film Critics Award - Producer (Charlie)
2018: Kerala Film critics award - second best actor (Joseph)

Flowers Indian Film Award

2018: Flowers Indian Film Award - Best Character Actor Awards (Udaharanam Sujatha) ,(Ramante Edanthottam)
2018: Flowers Indian Film Award - Best Film on Social Commitment (Udaharanam Sujatha)

North American Film Awards (NAFA)

2017: North American Film Awards (NAFA) - Best Character Actor Award (Action Hero Biju)
2018: North American Film Awards (NAFA) - Best Negative Role (Ramante Edanthottam)

Red FM Malayalam Music awards

2019: Best Folk song - Joseph

References

"Joju George credits Anoop Menon and Mammootty". India Glitz (27 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
"Review: Cousins". Rediff.com (19 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
"'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look". 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.
"Porinju Mariam Jose movie review and rating by audience: Live updates". International Business Times. 23 August 2019.
"'Chola' to release on Dec 6, Karthik Subbaraj joins as co-producer". Malayala Manorama. 20 November 2019.
"'Alli' deserves an audience here: Karthik Subbaraj on presenting 'Chola' in Tamil". The Hindu. 4 January 2020.
http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/237/25
"Joju George Filmography". 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". Filmibeat.com Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
"Fahadh Faasil's Money Ratnam releases today". Rediff.com (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
"Joju turns villain!". The Times of India (3 January 2015). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.
"When Bhavana and team bonded over food!". Times of India (6 December 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.
"Vinayan’s son Vishnu debuting as actor". Deccan Chronicle (19 November 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.

External links

Joju George at IMDb

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[OView-1] "Joju George credits Anoop Menon and Mammootty". India Glitz (27 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[2] "Review: Cousins". Rediff.com (19 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[3] "'Charlie' First Poster: Dulquer Salmaan Spotted in Trendy New Look". 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.

[5] "Porinju Mariam Jose movie review and rating by audience: Live updates". International Business Times. 23 August 2019.

[6] "'Chola' to release on Dec 6, Karthik Subbaraj joins as co-producer". Malayala Manorama. 20 November 2019.

[7] "'Alli' deserves an audience here: Karthik Subbaraj on presenting 'Chola' in Tamil". The Hindu. 4 January 2020.

[8] ttp://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/237/25

[9] "Joju George Filmography". 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". Filmibeat.com Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

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

[13] "Joju turns villain!". The Times of India (3 January 2015). Retrieved on 2015-1-20.

[14] "When Bhavana and team bonded over food!". Times of India (6 December 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.

[15] "Vinayan’s son Vishnu debuting as actor". Deccan Chronicle (19 November 2015)Retrieved on 2016-1-27.

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) Dileep (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)