''Jo and the Boy'' is a

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film directed by

Rojin Thomas Rojin Thomas is an Indian film director and script writer who works in the Malyalam film industry. He made his directional debut with ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013), directed along with Shanil Muhammed. His second film was ''Jo and the Bo ...

. It stars

Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...

and Master Sanoop or Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. Music is by Rahul Subramaniam. The film won two awards at 2015 Kerala State Film Awards. The movie failed at box-office.

Plot

Joanne Mary Jo is interested in

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from childhood. Her dream\aim 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 didn't give it up. A boy named Criz shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Crizs mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship.

Cast

as Joanne Mary AKA Jo *

Sanoop Santhosh Sanoop Santhosh (born 12 December 2003) is an Indian actor from the Malayalam film industry. Sanoop made his acting debut in ''Philips and the Monkey Pen'', a 2013 Malayalam language experimental & children's film. He played the role of Ryan Ph ...

as Criz * Kiran Aravindakshan as Appan (Jo's Friend) *

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

as John Lawrence *

Kalaranjini Kalaranjini is an Indian actress and classical dancer who started her career in the early 1980s. Personal life Kalaranjini was born to theatre artists Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. She is divorced and has a son, Prince. Partial film ...

as Mary John *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, ...

as Tiger Bangla *

Pearle Maaney Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show ''D 4 Dance''. In 2018, ...

as Neethu (Jo's Friend) *

Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more than 180 fil ...

as Catherine *

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as CEO * Rekha Menon as TV host

Reception & Box-office

Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Master Sanoop in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Boxoffice. When all other releases got at least decent start at boxoffice, 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 has collected around 5.63 Crore with Net 4.15 Crore and 1.15 Crore Share

Songs

Music released by

Muzik247 Muzik 247 based out of Chennai, acquires music rights for South Indian Cinema films, mainly Tamil, Malayalam and Tulu. The company was founded in 2012 by Naveen Bhandari, and has achieved a large market share of the Malayalam film music. About ...

Rights

Satellite Rights : Surya TV

Critical/Audience response

The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience.

Awards

; 2015 Kerala State Film Awards * Won,

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- Sreejith * Won,

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- Nissar

References

External links

* {{Rojin Thomas 2015 films 2010s Malayalam-language films