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Jeo Baby is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry.[1] His family drama film The Great Indian Kitchen won 51st Kerala state film award for best film and he bagged best screenplay award.[2]

Jeo Baby
Born	Thalanad, Erattupetta
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film director Scriptwriter actor
Years active	2016 – present

Early life

Jeo Baby was born in a Christian family in Thalanad near Pala.^{[citation needed]} He studied cinema at St. Joseph College of Communication, Changanacherry. During his student days, he directed the short film Secret Minds which discussed same-sex relationship. The short film became controversial following which Jeo Baby and four other students were expelled from the college.[3]

Career

Jeo Baby started his career in the entertainment industry by writing for Television sitcoms in 2010.^{[citation needed]} He was involved in scripting the initial episodes of popular television sitcoms Marimayam, 'Uppum Mulakum' and 'M80 Moosa'.He made his directional movie debut through the Malayalam movie '2 Penkuttikal' which was released in 2016.[4] His second movie Kunju Daivam was released in 2017.[5] In 2020 he directed Kilometers and Kilometers which has Tovino Thomas playing the lead role. The movie skipped theatres due to COVID-19 pandemic & was premiered directly on Malayalam satellite channel Asianet followed by an OTT release in Netflix.[6] His fourth Malayalam film The Great Indian Kitchen which has Suraj Venjaramoodu & Nimisha Sajayan playing the lead roles was directly released over 'NeeStream ' OTT platform on 15 January 2021. The movie was officially released on Amazon Prime.[7]

His next film is with Jyothika and Mammootty, named Kaathal-The core.[8]

Short Film

^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Secret Minds	Script	1.Screened in Queer LGBT Film Festivals, Bangalore 2. Screened in International Queer Film Festival, Rice University, Houston

Television

Sitcoms

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2011	Marimayam	Scriptwriter	Mazhavil Manorama
2014	M80 Moosa	Scriptwriter	Media One
2015	Uppum Mulakum	Scriptwriter	Flowers TV

Filmography

Feature films

As director

Year	Title	Language	Cast	Notes
2016	2 Penkuttikal	Malayalam	Anna Fathima,Shyambhavi Suresh, Tovino Thomas, Amala Paul	Debut film as director
2017	Kunju Daivam	Malayalam	Adish Praveen, Joju George, Sidhartha Siva,Reina Maria	[9]
2020	Kilometers and Kilometers	Malayalam	Tovino Thomas, Joju George , Sidhartha Siva ,India Jarvis	[10]
2021	The Great Indian Kitchen	Malayalam	Suraj Venjaramoodu, Nimisha Sajayan	[11]
2022	Freedom Fight	Malayalam	Joju George, Rohini, Lali PM	Anthology Film Segment: Old Age Home
2023	Kaathal	Malayalam	Mammootty, Jyothika[12]

As Actor

Jeo baby has done short roles in various Malayalam feature films.

• Ain (2015)
• Kunju Daivam (2018)
• Edakkad Battalion 06 (2019)
• Kilometers and Kilometers (2020)
• Varthamanam(2021)
• Kho Kho (2021)
• Freedom Fight (2022)
• Chera (2022)

References

External links

• Jeo Baby at IMDb

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