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Minon
Minon
Born (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2012 – present
Parents
  • John Baby
  • Mini John
RelativesMintu John (sister)
Awards

Minon John (born 12 February 2000) is an Indian actor and artist, from Kerala, who works in Malayalam films.

He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2012 for the Malayalam film 101 Chodyangal.[1] It was directed by Sidhartha Siva and produced by Thomas Kottackakom. Minon also received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist and Kerala State Film Critics Award for the same role, in which he portrays a class five student.[2][3]

Minon has held more than 80 painting exhibitions so far, all across India, and he has over 3,500 paintings to his credit.[2]

Early life

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Minon and his sister Mintu are trained painters by their artist parents, John Baby and Mini.[4][5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role
2012 101 Chodyangal Anilkumar Bokaro
2014 Munnariyippu K. P. Anil Kumar
Lal Bahadur Shastri Sreekuttan
2015 Mashithandu Shanku
Ennum Eppozhum Ganapathy
Jilebi
Urumbukal Urangarilla Room Boy
2016 Action Hero Biju Benitta's brother
Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor
School Bus Kannan
2017 Swarna Kaduva Tamil boy
2018 Pretham 2 Manav Mathew
2019 Naan Petta Makan Abhimanyu
2020 Maara Young Maara Tamil film
2021 Home Young Oliver Twist

Web series

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Year Title Role
2020 Scoot

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "National Film Awards: 'Paan Singh Tomar', 'Vicky Donor' big winners". mint. 18 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Talent that knows no bounds". The Hindu. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ J, DARSANA (7 June 2018). "I want to be a political artist: Minon John".
  5. ^ "An artistic actor". newindianexpress.com. 17 October 2019.
  6. ^ Harlem Film Festival:2014 Awards
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