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Jishnu is a Actor born on 23 april 1979 at Kannur (Inde)
Jishnu Raghavan Alingkil, 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 1987, Jishnu made his film debut in a leading role in the blockbuster movie Nammal in 2002. 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 Raghavan, who also directed Jishnu's debut film Kilipatt which was selected for the Indian Panorama. He is also a mechanical engineer graduated from NIT Calicut.
He is married to Dhanya Rajan who is an Architect by profession. She also graduated from NIT Calicut and studied a year junior to Jishnu.
He is a cancer survivor. As per a recent Twitter update, he posted that he just got recovered from cancer. "By God's grace and your prayers, the surgery I had to go through was successful. I am back home now and recovering. The cancerous tumor was completely removed. For complete recovery it will take another six months, I guess. Thanks a lot for your prayers and support." Not many were aware of this until he himself posted these statements on February 7, 2014.
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Jishnu
Birth name Jishnu Raghavan Alingkil
Birth 23 april 1979 at Kannur (Inde)
Death 25 march 2016 (at 36 years)
Birth 23 april 1979 at Kannur (Inde)
Death 25 march 2016 (at 36 years)
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 Raghavan, who also directed Jishnu's debut film Kilipatt which was selected for the Indian Panorama. He is also a mechanical engineer graduated from NIT Calicut.
Biography
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.He is married to Dhanya Rajan who is an Architect by profession. She also graduated from NIT Calicut and studied a year junior to Jishnu.
He is a cancer survivor. As per a recent Twitter update, he posted that he just got recovered from cancer. "By God's grace and your prayers, the surgery I had to go through was successful. I am back home now and recovering. The cancerous tumor was completely removed. For complete recovery it will take another six months, I guess. Thanks a lot for your prayers and support." Not many were aware of this until he himself posted these statements on February 7, 2014.
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Traffic (2016)
Directed by Rajesh Pillai
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Manoj Bajpayee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jimmy Shergill, Parambrata Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Nikita Thukral
Roles Dr. Abel's friend
Rating66%
Malini & Co. (2015)
Genres Action
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Poonam Pandey, Suman, Ajay Rathnam, Jishnu, Zakir Hussain, Ravi Kale
Rating47%
The film deals with the life of a woman Masseuse.
Njaan (2014)
Directed by Ranjith
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Dulquer Salmaan, Saiju Kurup, Suresh Krishna, Anumol, Jyothi Krishna, Irshad
Rating59%
Annum Innum Ennum (2013)
Actors Nishan, Jishnu, Siddique, Fareisa Joemmanbaks, Tashu Kaushik, Radhika
Roles Dr. Shridhar Krishna
Rating63%
The film revolves around a young married couple and their relationship in various levels. It illustrates the dry humour on how pretentious human relations can be and how there is a quid pro quo in all relations no matter how genuine they may seem. It deals with the irony of life.
Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala (2013)
Actors Ann Augustine, Kalabhavan Mani, Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu, K. N. Jagannatha Varma, Sukumari
Roles Kanjirapalli Kuruvilla Kaattinkal
Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala' tells the story of the athlete Rebecca whom her village Kizhakkemala is proud of. In an interesting way the movie plots family relationships through the life of Rebecca.
Banking Hours 10 to 4 (2012)
, 1h53Directed by K. Madhu
Genres Thriller
Actors Jishnu, Anoop Menon, Kaillash, Ashokan, Mithun Ramesh, Shankar Panicker
Roles Avinash Sekhar
Rating51%
Banking Hours 10 to 4 is a suspense thriller happening in a bank as a person is killed inside the bank premises and the suspense is revealed within the banking hours of 10 to 4. Anoop Menon plays the role of an investigation officer.
Nidra (2012)
, 1h44Directed by Sidharth Bharathan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rima Kallingal, Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sarayu Mohan, Thalaivaasal Vijay
Roles Vishwan
Rating63%
Raju (Siddharth Bharathan) is the younger son from a wealthy family. Raju, who was in Germany to do space research, was not informed of his mother's demise and has a nervous breakdown when he gets the news. He takes a couple of years to recover. After that he marries his childhood sweetheart Ashwathy (Rima Kallingal). She is the daughter of their former family chauffeur and the marriage took place much against her mother's wishes. Ashwathy barely has an idea as to what lies in store as Raju has had a history of mental unsteadiness. She has heard about his illness, that he has been mentally disturbed after his mother's death but now, she has to face the situation with virtually no support.
Ordinary (2012)
, 2h26Directed by Sugeeth
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Jishnu, Ann Augustine, Raghavan
Roles Jose Mash
Rating66%
Ordinary is a journey with common people set on the misty and mountainous village Gavi. It is a story about the KSRTC - Ordinary bus running from Pathanamthitta to Gavi, the bus conductor, the driver and their interactions with the innocent villagers who frequented the daily travel with them. The story unfolds through various humorous situations establishing the one to one relationship of villagers with the bus conductor/driver.
Ustad Hotel (2012)
, 2h31Directed by Anwar Rasheed
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dulquer Salmaan, Thilakan, Siddique, Nithya Menen, Mamukkoya, Praveena
Roles Mehroof
Rating81%
Abdul Razaq (Siddique) and Fareeda (Praveena), a Muslim couple in Kerala, are expecting their first child. Razaq wants the child to be a boy, and wants to name the child Faizal and call him Faizi, but to his disappointment, the child is a girl. Fareeda gives birth continuously to three more girls, which irritates Abdul Razaq, who migrates to Dubai. Finally, Fareeda gives birth to a boy, but because of her continuous deliveries, Fareeda becomes ill and dies. Abdul Razaq takes his five children to Dubai. Faizi is looked after by his sisters whom he affectionately calls "Ithathas & Company" (Sisters and Company).
Yugapurushan (2010)
Directed by R Sukumaran
Actors Thalaivaasal Vijay, Mammootty, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Kalabhavan Mani, Babu Antony, Siddique
Rating74%
The story revolves around the life and teachings of Sree Narayana Guru. Various events in his life like the Aruvikkara movement, Vaikom Satyagraha are detailed. The movie involves two major sub plots which highlights the relevance of the guru and his teachings as well as his love to his fellow beings one where an intercaste couple portrayed by Navya Nair and Kalabhavan Mani fights the caste establishment with the blessings of Gurudevan. Another sub plot involves a family where Jagathy Sreekumar plays a drunken abusive husband and his wife(Kalpana) who is at the receiving end seeks the Guru's help and finally with the Guru's blessing Jagathy Sreekumar returns to the path of righteousness. The movie consists of four songs penned by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and two poems by Kumaranasan.
Chakkara Muthu (2006)
Directed by A. K. Lohithadas
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Saikumar, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Cochin Haneefa, Raveendran (Ravindher)
Rating36%
Aravindan is a poor tailor who quit school at fifth standard. Later he falls in love with Anita, who is the daughter of his teacher Devayani, who thearted as her best friend. Actress Praveena gives voice to kavya in the movie.
Nerariyan CBI (2005)
Directed by K. Madhu
Genres Thriller
Actors Mammootty, Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Gopika, Thilakan, Jishnu
Roles Sai
Rating59%
Pauran (2005)
Actors Jayaram, Kalabhavan Mani, Geetu Mohandas, Saikumar, Riyaz Khan, Vijayaraghavan
Rating48%
Divakaran (Jayaram), son of martyr Karunakaran, is well accepted in his village. He takes part in an election and becomes an MLA under the panel of the Communist party. MLA Divakaran was sorrowful about some of his party tactics. He expressed his disdain and firmly opposed a move to stage strikes involving students. He started objecting against the party misdeeds which provoked the party leaders and soon he became an outcast.
Parayam (2004)
Actors Jishnu, Karthika Menon, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Lalu Alex, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Suja Karthika
Raju is a normal young teenager working in Dream world concentrating on his job. His dad, a mechanic however unlike other dads, is not normal, he wants his son Raju to actually fall in love because he wasn't able to marry the girl he liked. He even asks his friends to set him up with a girl. Raju is not interested. One day when dropping his sibling to school he encounters a slight accident with Sudha a girl. Both get incredibly frustrated at each other, blaming each other for the cost. Somehow they accidentally get each other's phones. Sudha's friend is in a critical condition when she rings Sudha it goes to Raju because he has her phone. Raju immediately rushes to help saving Sudha's friend. Sudha then likes Raju and invites him to a party. And they become great friends until Raju falls in love with Sudha he attempts to tell her but fails. When he was about to tell her she introduced her boyfriend to him. He becomes shattered but he doesn't know how to tell his family because they were very happy before. So he lies to them telling Sudha agreed, they arrange the wedding and Raju is in big trouble.
Freedom (2004)
Actors Jishnu, Vineeth Kumar, Sujitha, Nishanth Sagar, Joju George, Renuka Menon
Roles Lalan