Minon
Minon
Born (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000
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

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

Filmography

Year Title Role
2012101 ChodyangalAnilkumar Bokaro
2014MunnariyippuK. P. Anil Kumar
Lal Bahadur ShastriSreekuttan
2015MashithanduShanku
Ennum EppozhumGanapathy
Jilebi
Urumbukal UrangarillaRoom Boy
2016Action Hero BijuBenitta's brother
Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor
School BusKannan
2017 Swarna KaduvaTamil boy
2018 Pretham 2 Manav Mathew
2019 Naan Petta Makan Abhimanyu
2020MaaraYoung Maara Tamil film
2021HomeYoung Oliver Twist Malayalam film

Web series

Year Title Role
2020Scoot

Awards

References

  1. "National Film Awards: 'Paan Singh Tomar', 'Vicky Donor' big winners". mint. 18 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "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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