Jo and the Boy

Jo and the Boy is a 2015 Malayalam film directed by Rojin Thomas.[1][2] It stars Manju Warrier and Master Sanoop or Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. Music is by Rahul Subramaniam.[3] The film won two awards at 2015 Kerala State Film Awards.[4] The movie failed at box-office.

Jo and the Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVishnu Govindhan
Produced byAlice George, Goodwill Entertainments
Written byRojin Thomas
StarringManju Warrier
Master Sanoop
Music byRahul Subrahmanian
CinematographyNeil D' Cunha
Edited byRahman Muhammed Ali
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24) (Kerala)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Joanne Mary Jo (Manju Warrier) is interested in animation from childhood. Her dream\aim is to become a well known animator and create an animation character that can interact with its fans. Her attempts to become successful in the animation field fails, but she didn't give it up. A boy named Criz (Sanoop Santhosh) shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Crizs mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship.

Cast

Reception & Box-office

Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Master Sanoop in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Boxoffice this Christmas. When all other Christmas releases got at least decent start at boxoffice, this film failed miserably. After 6 days of run in Kerala it was able to collect 1.88 Crore only. Both Charlie and Two Countries had excellent opening at boxoffice. After 14 days of running it has collected around 2.63 Crore with Net 2.15 Crore and 1.15 Crore Share [5]

Songs

Music released by Muzik247

SongSingerLyrics
"Ponveil Veezhave"HaricharanSanthosh Varma
"Do Do Do"Manju Warrier and Sanoop SanthoshSanthosh Varma
"Adivaraam"Sayanora PhilipSanthosh Varma
"Pinjomal"Arun AlatSanthosh Varma
"Neeyen Kaataai"Kavya AjithAnu Elizabath

Rights

Satellite Rights : Surya TV

Critical/Audience response

The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience.[6][7]

Awards
2015 Kerala State Film Awards[4]

References
  1. Nita Sathyendran. "Rojin Thomas on his new movie 'Jo and the Boy'". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. "Jo and the Boy Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. "Jo And The Boy Movie Review: A Dream Journey". www.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. "Kerala State Film Awards: Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy take top honours". dna. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. "Jo and The Boy review: Dreaming Frankenstein". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. "Review : Jo & the Boy". Sify. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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