Jo and the Boy is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language musical children's drama film directed by Rojin Thomas. It stars Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Subramaniam. The film won two awards at 2015 Kerala State Film Awards. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews.
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 Manju Warrier as Joanne Mary a.k.a. Jo Sanoop Santhosh as Criz Kiran Aravindakshan as Appan, Jo's friend Lalu Alex as John Lawrence Kalaranjini as Mary John Sudheer Karamana as Tiger Bangla Pearle Maaney as Neethu, Jo's friend Rekha as Catherine Anil Narayan as CEO Rekha Menon as TV host
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 crore only. After 14 days of running it collected around crore with net crore and crore share.
Songs Music released by Muzik247 Song Singer Lyrics "Ponveil Veezhave" Haricharan Santhosh Varma "Do Do Do" Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh Santhosh Varma "Adivaraam" Sayanora Philip Santhosh Varma "Pinjomal" Arun Alat Santhosh Varma "Neeyen Kaataai" Kavya Ajith Anu Elizabath
Rights
Satellite Rights : Surya TV
Critical/Audience response
The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience.
Awards 2015 Kerala State Film Awards Won, Best Choreography - Sreejith Won, Best Costume Designer - Nisar Rahmath
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