Biju Menon and Joju George shared the Best Actor award at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards, while veteran actor Revathy won the Best Actress award for her performance in Boothakaalam.
Five Kerala Congress leaders, who were arrested in connection with actor Joju George’s car vandalisation, were released on bail on Wednesday, reported The Hindu. The five, who were among those accused of damaging the actor’s car on November 1, were former Kochi mayor Tony Chammany, Manu Jacob, Jerjas Jacob, Shereef, and Joseph Maliyekkal.
Four Congress leaders, who were named as the accused in a case of allegedly vandalising Malayalam actor Joju George’s car during the party’s NH bypass blockade on November 1 in a protest against fuel price hike, surrendered before the police on Monday evening, The New Indian Express reported.
Irumukham is the title of actor Joju George’s upcoming Malayalam film which will be directed by debutant Sharafudheen. The actor made the announcement on Monday by releasing the title poster on social media. Several other Malayalam artists, including Dileesh Pothan and Dhyan Sreenivasan, shared the poster on their respective social media handles.
Oru Thathwika Avalokanam, the upcoming Malayalam film starring Joju George in the lead role, is a political satire that highlights all the major events that happened in Kerala in the last five years, writer and director Akhil Marar tells Silverscreen India.
Peace, the Malayalam film starring Joju George, will release in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, the makers announced on Sunday while releasing the film’s title poster. The poster was released by celebrities including Mohanlal, Vijay Sethupathi, Bharath and Rakshit Shetty on their social media handles.
Working Class Hero, the production banner of director-actor Dileesh Pothan and writer Syam Pushkaran, is teaming up with Fahadh Faasil’s production company again, for a crime drama titled Thankam.
Malayalam actor Joju George joined the set of director Karthik Subbaraj’s ongoing film with Dhanush in London on Friday. In a note posted on social media, Y Not Studios, the producer of the film, welcomed the actor onboard.
Rather than playing safe, Joju says he has only been trying to raise his own bar. “I consider myself a student of cinema. I still call my favourite filmmakers and ask for roles,” he admits.He played a string of lighter character roles after that, in Lal Jose’s Pullippulikalum Aattinkuttiyum, Bash Mohammed’s Lukka Chuppi and Abrid Shine’s Action Hero Biju. In 2017, he broke his on-screen image through a negative-shaded role in Ranjith Shankar’s Ramante Eden Thottam, a domestic drama.
While characters tending to a tragic past is a trope that Padmakumar has been dabbling with for quite sometime now (Shikkar, Kanal etc), it gets the most gratifying portrayal in Joseph. Joseph George (Joju George), a retired police constable living in an Idukki town, is the resident Sherlock Holmes whom the department still consults, albeit unofficially, to solve crimes.
The 2018 Malayalam crime thriller film Joseph will be remade in Hindi, the film’s director M Padmakumar confirmed to Silverscreen India.In June 2021, producer Boney Kapoor told Silverscreen India that the Malayalam film starring Mammootty will be remade in other Indian languages.The Malayalam thriller featuring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George and Nimisha Sajayan, is set to be remade in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, the film’s director and co-producer Martin Prakkat told Silverscreen India.
Pada, starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, Dileesh Pothan and Vinayakan, is a neo-noir Malayalam film set in the backdrop of the Adivasi Land Act, filmmaker Kamal KM tells Silverscreen India.
Mandela, the Tamil political satire starring Yogi Babu and Nayattu, the Malayalam political thriller starring actors Kunchako Boban, Joju George and Nimisha Sajayan, are among the 14 films that are shortlisted for India’s entry to the 2022 Oscars, The Cue reported.
Star, the upcoming Malayalam film starring Joju George, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sheelu Abraham and Gayathri Ashok, will be among the first few films to release as soon as the theatres reopen in Kerala, the film’s project designer Badusha NM announced on social media on Wednesday.
Nayattu, the Malayalam thriller starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George and Nimisha Sajayan, is set to be remade in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, the film’s director and co-producer Martin Prakkat told Silverscreen India.
The chief minister (Jaffer Idukki), the head of the police force and the members of a political party trying to capitalise on a friend’s accidental death sit in a place many miles away, designing an alternate truth that suits their reality.The movie opens with Praveen Michael (Kunchakko Boban), a police constable merely two months into the job, being assigned to drive sub-inspector Mani (Joju George) around.
Malayalam comedy-drama Halal Love Story, directed by Zakariya Mohammed and starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Joju George, Soubin Shahir, Grace Antony and Sharafudheen in pivotal roles will drop on Amazon Prime Video on October 15.
Mammootty will appear in a guest role in Pada, an upcoming film directed by Kamal KM, according to a source close to the film. The actor, reportedly, shot for four days. The film has Vinayakan, Joju George, Dileesh Pothan and Kunchacko Boban playing the lead roles.
Zakariya who directed one of the most acclaimed Malayalam films of 2018, Sudani From Nigeria, has announced his second film, titled ‘Halal Love Story’. The film features Joju George, Indrajith Sukumaran, Grace Antony and Sharaffuddeen in the lead roles.
“While working in Joseph, Joju insisted that I sing all the songs in the film, especially Poomuthole which I’d made a dummy version with my vocals.At one point, he considered including a guitar portion to lend the song a more ‘contemporary’ touch, but Joju George, the lead actor and co-producer of the film insisted that the earlier version was better.
Bhadran, best known for directing Mohanlal’s yesteryear hit Sphadikam makes a comeback with Joothan. The movie, featuring Soubin Shahir, Rima Kalingal and Joju George was announced by Mohanlal.
Actress Manju Warrier is all set for the release of her next movie, C/O Saira Banu. Post the release of the movie, the actress will be joining the sets of director Martin Prakat’s next production along with actor Joju George. This untitled project will have the same crew as that of the 2015 Dulquer Salman and Parvathi starrer, Charlie.
Actress Aparna Gopinath, who had worked in ABCD, will also be seen in a pivotal role in this film. Chemban Vinod Jose, Neeraj Madhav and Joju George will play key roles. R Unni, who created waves with film like Munnariyippu, 5 Sundarikal and Big B will pen screenplay and dialogues. Composer Gopi Sundar and lyricists Rafeeq Ahamed and Santhosh Varma are part of this project.
Malayalam Filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan was released on bail on Friday after being arrested on Thursday in a stalking case filed based on actor Manju Warrier’s complaint.
2022 has been a successful year for the film industry, owing to several theatrical releases that have gone on to become box-office successes. Films such as RRR, KGF Chapter 2, Beast, Bheemla Nayak, and Gangubai Kathiawadi premiered in theatres, this year and garnered positive reception and financial success.