Basil Joseph
Basil Joseph (born on 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. 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. 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.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. Basil Joseph made his acting debut in 2013 Malayalam film "" and has played various supporting actor roles around 18 Malayalam movies till date. Personal life. On 17 August 2017, Basil married Elizabeth Samuel, with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years. He is an alumnus of College of Engineering, Trivandrum.