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Dileesh Philip (born 19 February 1980), also known as Dileesh Pothan is an Indian film director, actor and producer, who works in Malayalam cinema.[2] He made his directorial debut with the 2016 comedy drama film Maheshinte Prathikaaram, starring Fahadh Faasil. The film received the Best Feature Film in Malayalam Award at the 64th National Film Awards. Pothan also won the Best Director Award at the 64th Filmfare Awards South.[3][4][5]

Dileesh Pothan
Born	(1980-02-19) 19 February 1980 (age 42)[1] Kottayam, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (MPhil) Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (M.A)
Occupation	Actor Director Producer
Years active	2008–present
Organisation(s)	Working Class Hero Bhavana Studios
Known for	Maheshinte Prathikaaram Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Joji
Spouse	Jimsy ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2

Pothan began his career as an associate director to the 2010 film 9 KK Road. He served as an assistant director under Aashiq Abu, assisting in five of Aashiq's films. He made his acting debut as a film director in one scene in Aashiq Abu's 2011 film Salt N' Pepper. His second directional was Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017), which was also a critical and commercial hit.[6] Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam Award as well at the 65th National Film Awards. His third and latest film Joji, also starring Fahadh Faasil, released to highly positive reviews on the OTT platform of Amazon Prime Video in April 2021.[7][8] Joji won the best International Film Award at the Swedish International Film Festival (SIFF 2021).[9]

Personal life

Pothan was born in Omalloor of Manjoor panchayat-village in northern Kottayam district, Kerala. He did his schooling at Emmanuel's High School, Kothanalloor. After pre-degree from Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, he pursued a BSc degree at St. Philomena's College, Mysore. Due to his keen interest in drama and cinema, he followed up with an M.A. in Theatre Arts at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady and an M.Phil. in Theatre Arts from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Pothan married Jimsy in December 2012 at St. Thomas Church, Kuruppanthara. They have a daughter and a son.[10][11]

Film career

Pothan started his film career as an assistant director in the film 9 KK Road (2010). Later on he became an associate director to Aashiq Abu. He assisted Aashiq Abu in films like 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), and Gangster (2014).[12] He was the chief associate director in Dileesh Nair's 2014 film Tamaar Padaar.[13]

His first appearance in front of a movie camera was as a junior artist in the movie Chandranudikunna Dikkil (1999) directed by Lal Jose. Later his first proper role as an actor was in Salt N' Pepper. He has also acted in small roles mostly in Aashiq Abu's films, Salt N' Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Idukki Gold (2013), Gangster (2014), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), and Rani Padmini (2015). He has acted in several films since then.

Pothan ventured into film production by forming the film production company Working Class Hero in 2018, partnered by Syam Pushkaran. Their first movie was Kumbalangi Nights.[14]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

As director

Year	Title	Production company
2016	Maheshinte Prathikaaram	OPM Dream Mill Cinemas
2017	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Urvasi Theatres Release
2021	Joji[15][16]	Working Class Hero, Fahadh Faasil and Friends, Bhavana Studios

As producer

Year	Film	Director	Cast	Notes
2019	Kumbalangi Nights	Madhu C. Narayanan	Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Shane Nigam, Anna Ben, Mathew Thomas	Co-produced with Fahadh Faasil and Friends
2021	Joji[15][16]	Himself	Fahadh Faasil, Baburaj, Unnimaya Prasad, Shammi Thilakan, Basil Joseph	Produced by Bhavana Studios in association with Fahadh Faasil and Friends & Working Class Hero
2022	Palthu Janwar	Sangeeth P Rajan	Basil Joseph, Johny Antony, Indrans	Produced by Bhavana Studios in association with Fahadh Faasil and Friends & Working Class Hero
	Thankam [17]	Saheed Arafath	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Biju Menon, Aparna Balamurali, Girish Kulkarni[18]	Produced by Bhavana Studios in association with Fahadh Faasil and Friends & Working Class Hero

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Salt N' Pepper	Movie director
2012	22 Female Kottayam	Advocate	Uncredited
	Da Thadiya
2013	5 Sundarikal	Security	Segment: Kullante Bharya
	Idukki Gold	Employee at 'Mathrubhumi'
2014	Gangster	DYSP Vithura Chengalath
	Hangover	Krishna Kumar
	Tamaar Padaar	Sibi Karimannur
	Iyobinte Pusthakam	Tea shop owner
2015	Chandrettan Evideya	Naadi Jyothishi
	Ennum Eppozhum	Deepa's client's Son
	Rani Padmini	Ullas Menon
2016	Guppy	Krishnan
	Maheshinte Prathikaaram	Eldho	Also director
2017	Aby	CI George
	Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu	George	Cameo appearance
	Comrade in America	Hari
	Role Models	Gautam's boss
	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela	Varkichan
	Pullikkaran Staraa	Kuriachan / "Stephen"
	Tharangam	God
	Pokkiri Simon	CI Alex
	Honey Bee 2.5
2018	Carbon	Thamban
	Ee.Ma.Yau	Vikariyachan
	Rosapoo	Kuttan
	Kadha Paranja Kadha
	Neerali	Rajan
	Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal	Sony George
	Padayottam	Senan
	Varathan	Benny
	Drama	Dixon Lopez
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Dr. P. Suresh Babu
	Ladoo	Suresh
	Joseph	Peter
	Ente Ummante Peru	Shivankutty
	Ennalum Sarath	Doctor
	Samaksham
2019	Neeyum Njnanum
	Lonappante Mamodeesa	Kunjuoottan
	Kumbalangi Nights	Circle Inspector Raju Unni	Cameo appearance
	Vaarikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam	Joy
	Oru Yamandan Premakadha	Abhilash Karikkan
	Thottappan	Jonappan
	Virus	Prakashan
	Unda	C. I. K. Mathukutty
	Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal
	Moothon	Moosa	Bilingual (Hindi, Malayalam)
	Sidharthan Enna Njan
	Thakkol
	Kolaambi
2020	Trance	Avarachan
2021	JOJI	Dr Roy
	Malik	P. A. Aboobacker
	Djibouti	Thomachan
2022	Bheeshmaparvam	TV James
	Pada	Narayanankutty
	Prakashan Parakkatte	Prakashan
	Shalamon
	Kallan D'Souza
	Palthu Janwar	Priest
	9MM	TBA

As associate director

• 3 char sau bees(2010)
• 22 Female Kottayam (2012)
• Da Thadiya (2012)
• 5 Sundarikal (2013)
• Idukki Gold (2013)
• Gangster (2013)
• Tamaar Padaar (2014)

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Category	Notes
2016	Maheshinte Prathikaaram	64th National Film Awards[19]	Best Feature Film in Malayalam	Shared with Aashiq Abu
		47th Kerala State Film Awards[20]	Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value	Shared with Aashiq Abu
		64th Filmfare Awards South[21]	Best Director
			Best Film – Malayalam
		Padmarajan Award[22]
		CPC Cine Awards[23]	Best Director
		North American Film Awards[24]	Best Debut Director
			Best Movie
		Vanitha Film Awards[25]	Best Movie	Shared with Aashiq Abu
		Asianet Film Awards[26]	Critic's Awards for Best Film
2017	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	65th National Film Awards[27]	Best Feature Film in Malayalam	Shared with Sandip Senan and Anish M. Thomas
		International Film Festival of Kerala[28]	NETPAC Award
		65th Filmfare Awards South[29]	Best Director
			Best Film
		7th South Indian International Movie Awards[30]	Best Film
		Movie Street Film Awards[31]	Best Movie
		CPC Cine Awards[32]	Best Movie
		Kerala Film Critics Association Awards[33]	Best Director
		Vanitha Film Awards[34]	Best Director
		Asianet Film Awards[35]	Best Film
		Asiavision Awards[36]	Best Film
		North American Film Awards[37]	Best Film
2021	Joji	Kerala State Film Awards[38]	Best Director

Filmmaking style

Pothen's filmmaking style―flirting with molecule level details, imbuing vibrance; one of its kind and stamping touches of sensationalism, is from the KG George school^{[citation needed]}. But Pothen is also singularly distinctive in his approach, which is a delectable medley of native roots (classy old-school) and modern kerala^{[citation needed]}. In Maheshinte Prathikaram, Pothen charts a butterfly effect idiom through remarkable attention for detail and sensational film language, using every medium―song, sky, rain, space, place and drama with consummated precision.[39]

References

External links

• Dileesh Pothan at IMDb

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