Minon John born12 February 2000 is an Indian actor and artist from Kerala best known for his works in Malayalam films He won the National film award for the best child artist in 2012 for the Malayalam film 101 Chodyangal It was directed by Sidhartha Siva and produced by Thomas KottackakomMinon also received the Kerala State award and kerala state film critics award for the same role in which he portrays a class 5 student Minon has held more than 80 painting exhibitions so far all across India and he has over 3500 paintings to his credit