Johny Antony is an Indian film director and actor, known for making comedy films in Malayalam cinema. He is 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][3] His other directorial ventures include Kochi Rajavu (2005), Thuruppu Gulan (2006), Cycle (2008), Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009), Masters (2012), Thappana (2012) and Thoppil Joppan (2016). Antony made his acting debut with a role in the film Shikkari Shambhu (2018). His acting credits include the films Drama (2018), Joseph (2018), Ganagandharvan (2019), Varane Avashyamund (2020), and Home (2021).[4]
Johny Antony | |
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Born | Changanassery, Kerala, India |
Occupation | Film director, Actor |
Years active | 1991–present |
He began his film career as an assistant director and assisted around ten leading directors in Malayalam film. Antony became an independent director in C.I.D. Moosa and became a blockbuster comedy movie.[5] Inspector Garud, with Dileep and Kavya Madhavan in lead roles, followed next.[6]
In 2012, he directed two films, one being Masters, a movie starring Prithviraj, Sasikumar, Pia Bajpai, and Ananya, and the other being Thappana, a movie starring Mammootty, Murali Gopy, Charmy Kaur.[7]
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Year | Title | Language |
2016 | Thoppil Joppan | Malayalam |
2014 | Bhaiyya Bhaiyya | Malayalam |
2012 | Thappana | Malayalam |
Masters | Malayalam | |
2009 | Ee Pattanathil Bhootham | Malayalam |
2008 | Cycle | Malayalam |
2007 | Inspector Garud | Malayalam |
2006 | Thuruppu Gulan | Malayalam |
2005 | Kochi Rajavu | Malayalam |
2003 | CID Moosa | Malayalam |
Year | Title | Director |
2001 | Sundarapurushan | Jose Thomas |
2001 | Ee Parakkum Thalika | Thaha |
1999 | Panchapandavar | K. K. Haridas |
1999 | Udayapuram Sulthan | Jose Thomas |
1995 | Manikya Chempazhukka | Thulasidas |
1995 | Thirumanassu | Aswathi Gopinath |
1994 | Poochakkaru Mani Kettum | Thulasidas |
1992 | Ezhara Ponnana | Thulasidas |
1991 | Chanchattam | Thulasidas |
Year | Film | Role | Director | Language |
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1999 | Udayapuram Sulthan[5] | Unni's friend | Jose Thomas | Malayalam |
2001 | Ee Parakkum Thalika[5] | Kabuliwalla at police station | Thaha | Malayalam |
2010 | Best of Luck | Himself | M.A. Nishad | Malayalam |
2013 | Lisammayude Veedu | Himself | Babu Janardhanan | Malayalam |
2013 | Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty | Himself | Ranjith | Malayalam |
2018 | Shikkari Shambhu[5] |
Parish Priest |
Sugeeth | Malayalam |
2018 | Drama |
Anto |
Ranjith | Malayalam |
2018 | Thattumpurath Achuthan |
Karate Master/ Political party worker |
Lal Jose | Malayalam |
2018 | Joseph | Parish Priest | M. Padmakumar | Malayalam |
2019 | Ittymaani: Made in China | Adv.Tharyan Kurian | Jibi–Joju | Malayalam |
2019 | Ganagandharvan | Prince | Ramesh Pisharody | Malayalam |
2019 | My Great Grandfather | Saddham Hussain | Aneesh Anwar | Malayalam |
2020 | Varane Aavashyamundu[5] | Dr. Bose | Anoop Sathyan | Malayalam |
2020 | Ayyappanum Koshiyum | Himself | Sachy | Malayalam |
2021 | Operation Java | Baburaj | Tharun Moorthy | Malayalam |
2021 | Home | Suryan | Rojin Thomas | Malayalam |
2021 | Sathyam Mathrame Bodhipikkoo | Venu | Sagar | Malayalam |
2022 | Hridayam | Balagopal | Vineeth Sreenivasan | Malayalam |
2022 | Jo and Jo | Baby Palathara | Arun D Jose | Malayalam |
2022 | Aarattu | Adv. Vettickal Sasi | Malayalam | |
2022 | Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan | Purushan | Malayalam | |
2022 | Member Rameshan 9am Ward | Jacob Moonjali | Malayalam | |
2022 | Pathrosinte Padappukal | Kuriakose | Malayalam | |
2022 | Meri Awas Suno | R.K.V. Moorthy | Malayalam | |
2022 | Thirimali | Alexander | Malayalam | |
2022 | Thallumaala | Abdhulla | Khalid Rahman | Malayalam |
2022 | Eesho | Advocate Sebastian Aduppukkunnel | Nadir Shah | Malayalam |
2022 | Palthu Janwar[8] | Devis | Sangeeth P Rajan[9] | Malayalam |
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Johny Antony Films | |
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