Basil Joseph


Basil Joseph 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, Godha and Minnal Murali.
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. He has since received praise for his lead roles in films such as Jan. E. Man, Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey, Palthu Janwar, Falimy, Nunakkuzhi, Sookshmadarshini, and Ponman.

Early life

Basil Joseph was born at Sultan Bathery in the Wayanad district of Kerala. He is the son of Fr. Joseph Pallippatt, a Jacobite priest. He studied at St. Joseph's [Higher Secondary School, Sulthan Bathery|St. Joseph's School, Sulthan Bathery], and at SKMJ Higher Secondary School in Kalpetta. He then did his B.Tech. degree at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He worked at Infosys in Technopark, Trivandrum for two years before starting his career in movies.

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 in Thiruvananthapuram.
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. 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.
Basil made his acting debut in 2013 Malayalam film Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu and has since played both leading and supporting roles.

Personal life

On 17 August 2017, he married Elizabeth, with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years. They have one daughter, named Hope Elizabeth Basil.

Filmography

As director

As assistant director

Short films

YearTitleRoleLanguageDirectorNotes
2012CET LifeActorMalayalamArun & Sarath
2012Shhh...Script writerMalayalamBasil Joseph
2012Priyamvadha KatharayanoActorMalayalamBasil Joseph
2013Pakalukalude RaniActorMalayalamRitwik Baiju
2013Oru Thundu PadamWriterMalayalamBasil Joseph
2014Happy OnamWriterMalayalamBasil Joseph