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Basil Joseph
Indian film director and actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1989) is an Indian film actor and director who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career as an assistant director of Vineeth Sreenivasan in the 2013 film Thira. He has directed three films till date, Kunjiramayanam (2015), Godha (2017) and Minnal Murali (2021).
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Basil made his acting debut in the 2013 film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu. Basil has played supporting roles in numerous Malayalam films and is well appreciated for his role in Joji (2021). He has since received praise for his lead roles in films such as Jan. E. Man (2021), Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (2022), Palthu Janwar (2022), Falimy (2023), Nunakkuzhi (2024), Sookshmadarshini (2024), and Ponman (2025).
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Early life
Basil Joseph was born in Sultan Bathery in Wayanad district of Kerala, India. He is the son of Father Joseph Pallippatt, a Jacobite Syrian Orthodox priest. Basil attended College of Engineering, Trivandrum.[2]
Career
Basil Joseph acted in the short film CET Life whilst attending College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He also scripted and directed the short films, Oru Thundu Padam and Priyamvadha Katharayano during his stint at Infosys as a Systems Engineer, Thiruvananthapuram.[3]
Basil assisted Vineeth Sreenivasan in his third directional venture, Thira in 2013. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with Kunjiramayanam which featured brothers Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan. His second directorial venture was the sports comedy Godha starring Tovino Thomas. The film was a commercial success and went on to become the highest-grossing film of Tovino Thomas during that period.[citation needed] His third film Minnal Murali starring Tovino Thomas was released on Netflix in 2021 and had a simultaneous release in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.[4]
Basil made his acting debut in 2013 Malayalam film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu and has since played both leading and supporting roles. [citation needed]
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Personal life
On 17 August 2017, he married Elizabeth,[5] with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years.[6][7] They have one daughter,[8] named Hope Elizabeth Basil.
Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
As director
As assistant director
- Thira (2013)[citation needed]
As actor
Short films
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (March 2023) |
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Awards and nominations
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References
External links
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