Joy John Antony

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Joy John Antony
Joy John Antony
Joy John Antony @ Sandhithen Unnai Location
Born Kollam, Kerala, India
Occupation Actor, TV Anchor, Mimicry Artist, Stage Performer
Years active 1998-present

Joy John Antony is an Indian Television presenter, Actor, Mimicry artist, Script writer, Stage actor and Stand up comedian. He made his debut through "Kursuthi Kuruppu", a show from Kochi’s City Channel and gained popularity though adventurous show Tenali raman and Vaalkannady. He was awarded as the best Television presenter in Minnalai Film and Television Awards 2014.[1][2] Recently he had done a supportive role in an upcoming Tamil Movie "Santhithen Unnai".

Early life and background

Joy was born at Chemmakkadu, Kollam, Kerala as the only son of John Antony and Victoria Powleena. He had his schooling from GHS Perinad and afterwards attained master's degree from Fatima Mata National College, Kollam in the year 1997. He then migrated to Kochi for doing degree in Law at Maharaja’s Law College, Ernakulam [1997-2000].

In his schooldays itself, Joy practiced mimicking and participated local programs. During his college days, he was a regular participant in the State Youth Festivals, where he gained many prizes. He was the winner for Mimicry in 1995 Kerala University Youth Festival and 1997-98 MG University Youth Festival.

Personal life

Joy John married Nishamol James, a Fashion Designer by profession, who also ails from Kollam and has a daughter Alfia N Joy. Now settled in Ernakulam, Joy is also practicing as an Advocate at Kerala High Court.

Career

He started his Television career as a host in shows "Kuruthikkuruppu" and "Campus Flash" [1998-2000] by City Channel, the local cable channel of Cochin. And this program gave him an entry to the Main Channels in Kerala.

He then hosted… "Tenali Raman" [2000-2001], an adventure based program aired by Kairali TV and "Vaalkannady" [2000-2005]… the first ever family reality show by Asianet. Joy had successfully done various programs in different channels like, "Crazy TV" (his appearance as Censor Board Kochunni was an acclaimed one in which he pointed out the mistakes in movies), "Catch Bethalam" (interactive game show in various make overs), "Campus Chillies", "Star Singer", etc., He is currently doing "Humorous Talk Show" in Asianet Plus. He had also been a part in various mega events like Asianet Film Awards and Asianet Plus Events

Joy John made his film debut through …. LollyPop. Later he acted in Malayalam many Malayalam movies. He has now entered Tamil film world through Santhithen Unnai.

He is also initiating a Stage Show named "Chilly's Super Show" which include interactive hilarious game performances where the spectators also become a part in the show, along with music, songs and stand-up comedies.

Filmography

Television
  • 1998-2000 Kuruthikkuruppu-Citi Channel as Presenter
  • 1998-2000 Campus Flash-Citi Channel as Presenter
  • 2000-2001 Tenali Raman–Kairali as Presenter
  • 2000-2005 Vaalkannady Season 1–Asianet as Presenter
  • 2006 Kalikkalam–Asianet as Presenter
  • 2006 Star Singer Season 1–Asianet as Presenter
  • 2006 Catch Bethalam–Asianet as Various Presenter
  • 2006-2008 Vaalkannady Season 2–Asianet as Presenter
  • 2006-2008 Crazy TV–Asianet Plus as Censor Board Kochunni
  • 2006-2007 ente cinema-asianet as preseneter
  • 2007 Smile Please as Presenter
  • 2008-2013 Campus Chillies–Kairali We as Presenter
  • 2014 Vaalkannady Season 3–Asianet as Presenter
  • 2014 Humorous Talk Show-Asianet Plus as Presenter
  • stage shows in abroad Singapore, UAE, sree lanka, maleshya
  • all over India
Short Film
  • 2011 Bad Smell[3]
Albums
  • 2006 Bucket Rap
  • 2009 Smriti
Films

Awards

No: Year Awards Category Refs
1 Kerala University Youth Festival 1995 Mimicry -
2 MG University Youth Festival 1998 Mimicry -
3 Drishya Television Awards 2011 Best Television presenter -
4 Minnalai Film & Television Awards 2014 Best Television presenter [4]
5 Malayalam television viewers Drisya award 2015 Best Video Jockey

References

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