Johny Antony

Johny Antony
Born Changanassery, Kerala, India
Occupation Film director
Years active 1991–present

Johny Antony is an Indian film director known for his comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He hails from Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He worked for about a decade as an associate to directors Thulasidas, Taha, Kamal and Jose Thomas.[1] Antony made his directorial debut with the slapstick comedy C.I.D. Moosa in 2003.[2]

Career

Johny Antony attended St. John's Baptist High School, Nedumkunnam and later the NSS College, Changanassery.

He started his film career as an assistant to directors like Thulasidas, Thaha, Sivasanker, Nissar and Jose Thomas. He met the actor Dileep in the sets of the movie Sudhinam, where he was assisting the director Nissar. Later in a few films where Dileep was in lead role Antony overlapped as the associate director. This friendship encouraged Dileep to produce C.I.D. Moosa, Antony's first film as a director.

His next movie was Kochi Rajavu with Dileep, Rambha and Kavya Madhavan in lead roles. This was followed by Thuruppu Gulan starring Mammootty and Sneha.

Inspector Garud, with Dileep and Kavya Madhavan in lead roles, followed next.[3] In 2008, he directed Cycle, a movie starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Vinu Mohan, Bhama and Sandhya. In 2009, he directed Ee Pattanathil Bhootham, a movie starring Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Jagathy, Innocent.

In 2012, he directed two films, one being Masters, a movie starring Prithviraj, Sasikumar, Pia Bajpai, Ananya, and the other being Thappana, a movie starring Mammootty, Murali Gopy, Charmy Kaur.[4]

Filmography

Direction

YearTitle
2016Thoppil Joppan
2014Bhaiyya Bhaiyya
2012Thappana
Masters
2009Ee Pattanathil Bhootham
2008Cycle
2007Inspector Garud
2006Thuruppu Gulan
2005Kochi Rajavu
2003CID Moosa

Assistant director

YearTitleDirector
2001SundarapurushanJose Thomas
2001Ee Parakkum ThalikaThaha
1999PanchapandavarK.K. Haridas
1999Udayapuram SulthanJose Thomas
1995Manikya ChempazhukkaThulasidas
1995ThirumanassuAswathi Gopinath
1994Poochakkaru Mani KettumThulasidas
1992Ezhara PonnanaThulasidas
1991ChanchattamThulasidas

Acting

References

  1. ↑ http://www.malayalamcinema.com/php/starPersonalProfile.php?star_id=574&prof_id=574&cur_page=1&pages=1&linkid=29%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Cycle Movie, Cycle Film, Cycle Malayalam Movie review-Cycle film review-Cycle review-Cycle review". Webindia123.com. Retrieved 2013-08-05.


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