Basil Joseph

In this Indian name, the name Joseph is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Basil.

Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) 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).

Basil Joseph
Basil in 2023
Born	(1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 34)[citation needed] Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad district, Kerala, India
Alma mater	College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (BTech)
Occupations	Actor Director
Years active	2013–present
Spouse	Elizabeth Samuel ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	1

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).

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Basil made his acting debut in 2013 Malayalam film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu and has since played both leading and supporting roles. ^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

On 17 August 2017, he married Elizabeth Samuel,^[4] with whom he was in a relationship with for over seven years.^[5][6] They have one daughter,^[7] named Hope Elizabeth Basil.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

As director

Year	Title	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2015	Kunjiramayanam	Deepu Pradeep	Debut film	[8]
2017	Godha	Rakesh Mantodi		[9]
2021	Minnal Murali	Arun Anirudhan, Justin Mathew	Netflix flim	[10]

As assistant director

• Thira (2013)^{[citation needed]}

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu	Lift Technician
	Silence	John
2014	Homely Meals	Editor Basil
2015	Kunjiramayanam	Vellakkundil Dinesan
2017	Mayanadhi	Director Jinu	Cameo appearance
	Godha	Villager
2018	Rosapoo	Bhanu
	Padayottam	Pinku
	Nithyaharitha Nayakan	Joby
2019	Virus	Dr. Mithun
	Kakshi: Amminippilla	Adv. Pilakul Shamsu		[11]
	Love Action Drama	DJ Brijesh
	Ormayil Oru Shishiram	Sanju
	Manoharam	Prabhu		[12]
	Kettyolannu Ente Malakha	Kunjaambi
	Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi	Pizza Delivery Boy
2020	Gauthamante Radham	Venkidi Iyer
	Kilometers and Kilometers	Kuttan
2021	Joji	Fr. Kevin
	Aanum Pennum	Thug Sabu
	Jan.E.Man	Joymon		[13]
	Minnal Murali	Young Politician	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		[15]
	No Way Out			[16]
	Mukundan Unni Associates	Himself	Voiceover
2023	Enkilum Chandrike	Kiran		[17]
	Pookkaalam	Advocate Jikkumon		[18]
	Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham	Bashiruddeen (Bachu)		[19]
	Falimy	Anoop Chandran		[20]
2024	Varshangalkku Shesham	Pradeep		[21]
	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	Kaitholapparambil Vinu Ramachandran		[22]
	Nunakkuzhi	Eby Zachariah Poozhikunnel		[23]
	Vaazha – Biopic of a Billion Boys	Police officer	Cameo appearance	[24]
	Ajayante Randam Moshanam	K.P. Suresh		[25]
	Cup	Raneesh		[26]
	Sookshmadarshini	Manuel		[27]
2025	Pravinkoodu Shappu	SI Santhosh C J		[28]
	Ponman	PP Ajesh		[29]
	Maranamass	Luke P P		[30]
2026	Parasakthi †	TBA	Tamil film ; Filming

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Director	Notes	Ref.
2012	CET Life	Actor	Malayalam	Arun & Sarath
	Shhh...	Script writer	Malayalam	Basil Joseph
	Priyamvadha Katharayano	Actor	Malayalam	Basil Joseph
2013	Pakalukalude Rani	Actor	Malayalam	Ritwik Baiju
	Oru Thundu Padam	Writer	Malayalam	Basil Joseph
2014	Happy Onam	Writer	Malayalam	Basil Joseph

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2019	SIIMA Award	Best Actor in a Comedy Role (Malayalam)	Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha	Won	[31]
2022	Mazhavil Manorama Entertainment Award	Special Mention	Minnal Murali	Won	[32]
	SIIMA Award	Best Director (Malayalam)		Nominated	[33]
	Asian Academy Creative Awards	Best Director (Fiction)		Won	[34]
2023	SIIMA Award	Special Jury Appreciation	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Won	[35]