Jitin Puthenchery (born 24 August 1989) is an

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and

assistant director The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to tak ...

who work predominantly in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

. He is the son of popular

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

Girish Puthenchery Girish Puthenchery (1961–2010) was a noted Malayalam Lyricist, Poet, Scriptwriter and Screenwriter. He was always referred to as the aristocratic lyricist of Malayalam who had a distinctive writing style of his own. He also served as the dire ...

Life and career

Jitin was born on 24 August 1989 as the elder son of Gireesh Puthenchery and Beena in

karaparamba Karaparamba is a suburb included in Kozhikode Corporation in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. The first Graduate Homoeopathic medical college in Asia is situated here. The postal code for Karaparamba is 673010. Conolly Canal Conolly Can ...

near

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Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

district of

kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's Boys' High School Calicut and graduation at

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. He is married to Divya Mohanan, a

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. His younger brother Din Nath is a

and

Assistant director The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to tak ...

Jitin made his debut in the

as an

in 2013 through Sudhir Ambalappad's movie ''Breaking'' ''News Live''. He later worked as an assistant director in ''Matini'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.in 2016, he joined

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- Riteish Sidwani team's

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, a

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-based

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, 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

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movie ''Tharangam'' ,he also worked as a co-writer and assistant director for ''Tharangam'' . Later he was auditioned for

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's debut movie ''

Pathinettam Padi ''Pathinettam Padi'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age drama film, written and directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan and produced by Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema.The film features Chandunadh,Harisankar SG (main ...

'' in which he played the role of a state school student named giri and he was notable for portraying the character. He later starred in popular Malayalam director Kamal's movie ''

Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal ''Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Kamal and produced by Johny Vattakuzhi under the banner of Dani Productions. The film stars Vinayakan, Dileesh Pothan, Gabri J ...

's Edakkad Battalion and the Mohalal-

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team's ''Maraikar Arabikadalinte Simham''. in 2021 he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the protagonist in

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's movie ''Santhoshathinte'' ''Onnam'' ''Rahasyam'' .

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puthenchery, Jitin Male actors from Kozhikode Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 1989 births Living people 21st-century Indian male actors