Jitin Puthenchery

Jitin Puthenchery (born 24 August 1989) is an Indian film actor and assistant director who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He is the son of popular Malayalam lyricist and poet Girish Puthenchery.

Life and career
Jitin was born on 24 August 1989 and is the elder son of Gireesh Puthenchery and Beena. Jitin was born in karaparamba near Eranhipalam in Kozhikode district of kerala. He completed his primary education at St. Joseph's Boys' High School Calicut and graduation at Bangalore University. He is married to Divya Mohanan, a software engineer. His younger brother Din Nath is a lyricist and Assistant director

Jitin made his debut in the Malayalam film industry as an assistant director in 2013 through Sudhir Ambalappad's  movie Breaking News Live. He later worked as an assistant director in Matini, Koothara and Mani Ratnam.in 2016, he joined Farhan Akhtar-Riteish Sidwani team's Excel Entertainment, a Mumbai-based film production company, and later worked as a director's assistant on Farhan's Rock-On 2.

In 2016 he starred in his friend Dominic Arun's short film Mrityunjaya. He later appeared in a small role in Dominic's Tovino movie Tharangam, he also worked as a co-writer and assistant director for Tharangam. Later he was auditioned for Shankar Ramakrishnan's debut movie Pathinettam Padi, in which he played the role of a state school student named Giri and he was notable for portraying the character.

He later starred in popular Malayalam director Kamal's movie Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal  Tovino's  Edakkad Battalion and the Mohalal-Priyadarshan team's Maraikar Arabikadalinte Simham. in 2021 he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of the protagonist in Don Palathara's movie Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam.