Giju John is an Indian actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, and dancer who works in Malayalam and English films. Giju made his acting debut in the 2011 English film Love, Wrinkle-free before starring in the 2018 Malayalam film Ranam, later appearing in films such as Lucifer (2019) and Forensic (2020). He is also a film producer having produced films such as Love, Wrinkle-free (2011), and the television sitcom, Metro Park.
Early and personal life Giju John was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on 10 February 1975. Giju completed his secondary level education at St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram, and graduated from the Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering. He holds a Masters in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of South Florida. The actor currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Career Giju John is an accomplished salsa dancer and choreographer who has professionally performed across the USA, India, and UK. He is the founder of Beyond Dreamz Entertainment, which produces music and dance projects in the Latina-Indian genre. He received training in carnatic music and bharatanatyam and is a member of the professional dance troupe, Salsamania Dance Company, which is based in San Francisco.
In 2007, he released his first album as a singer-songwriter "Rang Rangeli Yeh Duniya" which was a Latina-Indian fusion.
In 2010, he ventured into film production and founded Tiranga Productions. His first production venture was Love, Wrinkle-free which released in 2011. His second production venture was Hola Venky! in 2014 in which he worked with writer-director Sandeep Mohan. His third production venture titled Shreelancer released in 2017 received critical acclaim from critics and audiences.
He made his acting debut in the 2018 film Ranam. He second film as an actor was the Prithviraj Sukumaran directorial, Lucifer in 2019. The following year, he portrayed the antagonist in the film Forensic. In 2022, he reunited with director Nirmal Sahadev to produce and act in the film Kumari. His next film role was in the sequel to Lucifer, L2 Empuraan.
Filmography
As actor Note, all films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted. Year Title Role Notes 2011 Love, Wrinkle-free Cleetus D'Cruz English film 2014 Hola Venky! Kurian English film 2018 Ranam Ahmed Siddique 2019 Lucifer Sanjeev Kumar 2020 Forensic Dr. Alphonse Kurien 2022 Kumari Kaanhirangat Achuthan 2023 Antony James 2025 Identity Rohan Rafael L2: EmpuraanSanjeev Kumar
As producer YearTitle LanguageNotes2014 Love, Wrinkle-freeEnglishHola! Venky2017Shreelancer HindiEnglish2019Nirmal Anand Ki PuppyHindi2019-2021Metro Park Television series2022 KumariMalayalam
Discography
Music albums YearTitle 2007"Rang Rangeeli Yeh Duniya"2014 "Mas Bhagraton"2017"Bachata Indu"
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