Jishnu (actor)

Jishnu
Jishnu
Native name	ജിഷ്ണു
Born	Jishnu Raghavan Alingkil (1979-04-23)23 April 1979 Kannur, Kerala, India
Residence	Kochi, India
Occupation	Film actor, engineer
Years active	2002 – present
Spouse(s)	Dhanya Rajan
Relatives	Raghavan (Father), Shobha

Jishnu Raghavan Alingkil (born 23 April 1979), known mononymously as Jishnu, is an Indian film actor who appears in Malayalam films. Having appeared as a child artist in the movie Kilipatt in the year 1984, Jishnu made his film debut in a leading role in the blockbuster movie Nammal in 2002.^[1] His performance in the film earned him Mathrubhumi Award and Kerala Film Critics Award for the Best Male Debut. He followed it with leading roles in Choonda, Freedom, Parayam and supporting part in Nerariyan CBI, Pauran and Chakkara Muthu.

Following through with some unnoticed movies he took a break from the film Industry to work for developing information technology in the rural areas. Then he returned to filmdom through the superhhit film Ordinary following which he did Nidra, Ustad Hotel, Banking Hours 10 to 4, Annum Innum Ennum and Rebbecca Uthup Kizhakemala.

He is the son of actor Raghavanwho also directed Jishnu's debut film Kilipatt which was selected for the Indian Panorama. He is also a mechanical engineer graduated from NIT Calicut.

Early and personal life

Jishnu was born in Kannur to Malayalam film actor Raghavan and Sobha. He did most of his schooling in Madras (now Chennai). He also studied in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Trivandrum. Jishnu had achieved best student award in his school days and joined NIT Calicut to do his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering.

Jishnu has a younger sister Jyothsna who is an archeologist. Jishnu is married to Dhanya who also graduated from NIT Calicut. Dhanya is now an architect in Chennai.

In one of his interview he revealed that he used to be very shy in his school days and it was after joining in Rotoract Club, a subsidiary of Rotary Club, he could overcome his shyness.

After completing his engineering he was selected in campus interview to TATA Liebert (now Emmerson) and was appointed in New Delhi as an Engineer. He had revealed in an interview that it was during this period he started to think about acting in films seriously and communicated the same to his father.

Career

Early career

Through his first film Kilippatt, Jishnu had this wonderful opportunity to act with leading actors of the time like Sukumaran, Adoor Bhasi, K. P. Ummar and Balan K. Nair. The film was directed by his father himself.

In Nammal, his first movie as a lead, he shared screen space with his childhood friend Siddharth, son of actress K. P. A. C. Lalitha and director Bharathan. His second movie Two Wheeler with Jayasurya was a much awaited movie but it is not yet released. Then he teamed up with Nammal writer Kalavoor Ravikumar and cinematographer P. Sukumar for the movie Choonda (2003). It was an offbeat movie and his performance in this movie was well received.^{[citation needed]} Then he tried his hand in comedy in a movie titled Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003) but it could not create any impact.^{[citation needed]} Then he teamed up with director Thampi Kananthanam for an action movie titled Freedom in which he did the character of Lallan, a gangster who wants to stop all antisocial activities and lead a normal life; his performance was well acclaimed in the film.^{[citation needed]} Then in the end of 2003 he did Parayam with Bhavana which did not match the hype.^{[citation needed]} He also did movies with superstar Mammootty in Nerariyan CBI (2004) and Yugapurushan (2008). Then he did a guest role in Pauran with Jayaram in the lead in 2004. He also did a movie with Dileep titled Chakkara Muthu (2007).

Break from the film industry

He took a break from the film industry to join a project which promotes and develops information technology into rural India. In all his interviews he describes this period of his life as the most fruitful and fulfilling. He says that these years he has been able to visit the whole country and understand its people and it has been a great case study for his film career.^{[citation needed]}

Return to films

He returned to the industry as a changed man with the superhit film Ordinary (2012) in which he played the role of a school teacher. He then acted in Nidra which was directed by his friend Siddharth. He did a cameo in Anwar Rasheed's Ustad Hotel. Although he was there for just one scene his performance as Mehroof, an arrogant rich Muslim could create tremendous impact.^{[citation needed]} Then he teamed up with thriller director K. Madhu for a thriller called Banking Hours 10 to 4 in which he appeared as a commando who helps in unfolding a bank heist. After a thriller he experimented with comedy working with debutant Rajesh Nair in Annum Innum Ennum. The movie opened to negative reviews despite its posters and trailers having created a great hype.^{[citation needed]} His next film Rebbecca Uthup Kizhakemala in which he donned the role of a Nasrani was also a dud.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared in the film Players alongside Jayasurya.

Filmography

References

External links

• Jishnu at the Internet Movie Database