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Joju George
Indian actor and film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas.
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In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his supporting roles in Oru Second Class Yathra and Lukka Chuppi. His film Joseph got special mention at 66th National Film Awards.
In 2015, he stepped into film production and produced films such as Charlie and Udaharanam Sujatha before successfully launching his own production house Appu Pathu Pappu Production, which has produced several of his films. He is a recipient of more than 20 awards, awarded for either his acting or production.
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Early life
Joju was born in Mala, Thrissur, Kerala on 22 October 1977 to George Parecattil and Rosy George. He completed his schooling from GHS, Kuzhur and then studied at the Christ College, Irinjalakuda before commencing his career in the film industry as a junior artist in 1995 and then as an assistant director in 1997.
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Joju debuted as an actor in the 1995 film Mazhavilkoodaram as a junior artist. This was followed by several minor roles in the late 1990s and 2000s. In the 2010s, he gradually shifted to playing supporting roles. In 2013 Joju got a major comic role as a Police commissioner in Hotel California directed by Aji John, gathered attention of bith industry insiders and audiance alike which was his first ever full length character role in a feature film. In 2015, he won his first Kerala State Film Award (Special Mention) for his supporting roles in the films Oru Second Class Yathra, Yathra Chodikkathe and Lukka Chuppi. His breakthrough came when he played the leading role in the 2018 film Joseph, directed by M. Padmakumar, in which he played a retired police officer investigating a personal case while fighting demons of his own. The film received a special mention in the National Film Awards that year and Joju received his second Kerala State Film Award, this time for Best Character Actor for Joseph and the film Chola. In 2021, he was awarded at the 3rd Diorama International Film Festival under the category of Best Actor for his performance in Nayattu.[1] He was the first Malayali to win the award. Since then, he has played several leading roles in films such Porinju Mariam Jose, Halal Love Story, Jagame Thanthiram, Pada, and Aviyal. He received praise for his performances in the films Nayattu, Madhuram and Freedom Fight for which he won the award for Best Actor that year at the Kerala State Film Awards. In the sam year, he debuted in Tamil cinema alongside Dhanush in the film Jagame Thandhiram, directed by Karthik Subbaraj, which was released on Netflix. His second Tamil release was the Anthology series Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa, an Amazon Original. In 2025, he starred in Subbaraj's Retro alongside Suriya and Pooja Hegde.[2]
In addition to acting, he has produced 6 films under his production house including Charlie (2015), Joseph (2018) (in which he also played the lead role in), Chola (2019), Porinju Mariam Jose (2019) and Madhuram (2021). He has been credited as a playback singer, having sung in his own film Joseph.
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Personal life
Joju married Abba in 2008, and they have three children: Ian, Sarah and Ivan.[3]
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