Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is a true crime documentary directed by Christo Tomy, investigating six deaths in the same family and the woman at the center of the Koodathayi Cyanide killing case.^[1] It was released on Netflix on 22 December 2023.^[2]

Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case
The cover of the docuseries, depicting Jolly Joseph.
Genre	True crime docuseries
Based on	Koodathayi cyanide killings
Written by	Shalini Ushadevi
Directed by	Christo Tomy
Composer	Tushar Lall
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
Production
Cinematography	Shehnad Jalal Hari K. Vedantam
Editors	Sruthy Sukumaran Praveen Prabhakar
Production company	India Today Originals
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)

Background

The series is based on actual events in Koodathayi, a village in Kerala, India, between 2002 and 2016.^[3] Jolly Joseph, a mother and wife, was accused of poisoning six members of her family, including her first husband, with cyanide-laced food. She allegedly did this to inherit the family property and to marry her lover, who was her husband’s cousin.^[4] It is based on first-person testimonials of individuals involved in the case.^[5]