Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He directed three films, Kunjiramayanam (2015), Godha (2017) and Minnal Murali (2021). All three films were a huge success both commercially and critically. Besides direction, Basil is also an actor and has acted in numerous films.[1]

Basil Joseph
Basil in 2019
Born	(1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 32) Wayanad, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation	Actor Director
Years active	2013–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Samuel ​ (m. 2017)​

He started his career as an assistant director of Vineeth Sreenivasan in the 2013 film Thira. His acting debut was through the 2013 film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu directed by T.K. Rajeev Kumar.

Career

Basil Joseph began his career in 2012 as an actor in the short film CET Life during his engineering days at College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He has also scripted and directed the short films, with Albert S Oru Thundu Padam and Priyamvadha Katharayano during his stint at Infosys, Trivandrum.[2]

Basil started his career in the Malayalam film industry by assisting Vineeth Sreenivasan in his third directional venture, Thira in 2013. His directorial debut was in 2015 with Kunjiramayanam which had malayalam film actor brothers Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan acting together for the first time. The movie narrated the tale of people from a quaint imaginary village called 'Desom' where myths, legends and superstitions play an major part in their life.The film become a commercial success at the box office among 2015 malayalam film onam releases. Basil Joseph's second directorial venture Godha was a sports comedy movie pivoted around wrestling got released in 2017 which had Punjabi actress Wamiqa Gabbi acting debut in malayalam film.The movie was a commercial success and went on to become the highest grossing film of Tovino Thomas during that period.[3] His third film Minnal Murali has Tovino Thomas plays the role of a homegrown hero with superpowers. The movie, which was announced in 2020 and released on Netflix India on 24 December 2021, and should be noted that it is the first-ever superhero film of the malayalam film industry and had a simultaneous release in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.[4]

Basil Joseph made his acting debut in 2013 Malayalam film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu and has played various supporting actor roles around 18 Malayalam movies till date.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

On 17 August 2017, Basil married Elizabeth Samuel,[5] with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years.[6][7] He is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Trivandrum.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Feature films

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

As director

As assistant director

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu	Lift Technician	Cameo
2014	Homely Meals	Editor Basil
2015	Kunjiramayanam	Young Politician	Special appearance
2017	Mayanadhi	Director Jinu	Cameo
2018	Rosapoo	Bhanu
	Padayottam	Pinku
	Nithyaharitha Nayakan	Joby
2019	Virus	Dr. Mithun
	Kakshi: Amminippilla	Adv. Pilakul Shamsu	[11]
	Love Action Drama	DJ Brijesh
	Manoharam	Prabhu	[12]
	Kettyolannu Ente Malakha	Kunjaambi
	Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi
2020	Gauthamante Radham	Venkidi Iyer
	Kilometers and Kilometers	Kuttan
2021	Joji	Fr. Kevin
	Aanum Pennum
	Jan.E.Man	Joymon	[13]
	Minnal Murali	Young Politician same in Kunjiramayanam	Special appearance
	Jack and Jill	Ravi
	Ullasam	Asi
2022	Dear Friend	Sajith
	Nna Thaan Case Kodu	Judge	Special appearance
	Palthu Janwar	Prasoon Krishnakumar	[14]
	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Rajesh
	Cup	TBA	Announced
Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham	TBA	Filming
TBA	Ajayante Randam Moshanam	TBA	Filming

Short films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Basil Joseph at IMDb