Jo and the Boy

Jo and the Boy is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Rojin Thomas. It stars Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Subramaniam. The film won two awards at 2015 Kerala State Film Awards. The movie failed at box-office.

Plot
Joanne Mary a.k.a. Jo is interested in animation from childhood. Her dream is to become a well known animator and create an animation character that can interact with its fans. Her attempts to become successful in the animation field fails, but she doesn't give up. A boy named Criz shifts into the neighbourhood she stays in. She creates an animation character from Criz's mannerisms. The animation character that Joanne had created becomes popular worldwide. But problems start evolving in their friendship.

Cast

 * Manju Warrier as Joanne Mary a.k.a. Jo
 * Sanoop Santhosh as Criz
 * Kiran Aravindakshan as Appan, Jo's friend
 * Lalu Alex as John Lawrence
 * Kalaranjini as Mary John
 * Sudheer Karamana as Tiger Bangla
 * Pearle Maaney as Neethu, Jo's friend
 * Rekha as Catherine
 * Anil Narayan as CEO
 * Rekha Menon as TV host

Reception and Box-office
Jo and the Boy starring Manju Warrier and Sanoop Santhosh in lead roles did not get a strong opening in Kerala Box-office. When all other releases got at least decent start at box-office, this film failed miserably. After 6 days of run in Kerala, it was able to collect ₹2.88 crore only. After 14 days of running it collected around ₹5.63 crore with net ₹4.15 crore and ₹1.15 crore share.

Songs
Music released by Muzik247

Rights
Satellite Rights : Surya TV

Critical/Audience response
The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience.

Awards

 * 2015 Kerala State Film Awards
 * Won, Best Choreography - Sreejith
 * Won, Best Costume Designer - Nissar