Jo and the Boy

Jo and the Boy is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Rojin Thomas.[1][2] It stars Manju Warrier and 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 byRojin Thomas
Written byRojin Thomas
Produced by
  • Alice George
  • Goodwill Entertainments
Starring
CinematographyNeil D'Cunha
Edited byRahman Muhammed Ali
Music byRahul Subrahmanian
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company
Release date
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24) (Kerala)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Joanne Mary a.k.a. Jo is interested in animation from childhood. Her dream 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 doesn't give up. A boy named Criz shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Criz's mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship.

Cast

Reception and Box-office

Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Box-office. When all other releases got at least decent start at box-office, this film failed miserably. After 6 days of run in Kerala, it was able to collect ₹2.88 crore only. After 14 days of running it collected around ₹5.63 crore with net ₹4.15 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 (23 December 2015). "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. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. "Kerala State Film Awards: Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy take top honours". dna. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. "Jo and the Boy Malayalam Movie Boxoffice Collection Report".
  6. "Jo and The Boy review: Dreaming Frankenstein". ManoramaOnline. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. "Review : Jo & the Boy". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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