Joshiy

Joshiy
Born	Joshi Varkala, Attingal, Kerala
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1978 – present
Children	Abilash, Aishwarya[late]

Joshiy is an Indian film directorknown for his Malayalam films. He made his debut with Tiger Salim (1978) and has directed over 80 films.

Joshiy's popular films include Aa Raathri (1983), Sandarbham (1984), Nirakkoottu (1985), Shyama (1986), New Delhi (1987), Sangham (1988), Naduvazhikal (1989), Mahayanam (1989), No.20 Madras Mail (1990), Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu (1990), Kauravar (1992), Dhruvam (1993), Lelam (1997), Pathram (1999), Runway (2004), Naran (2005), Lion (2006), Twenty:20 (2008), Run Baby Run (2012)

Personal life

Joshiy is married to Sindhu. The couple have a son Abhilash and a daughter, Aishwarya who died on a car accident in Chennai in July 2011. Abhilash is married to Varsha.

Career

Born in Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district, Joshiy's relation with cinema began from the cinema theatre that his family owned. While doing his final year in degree, in 1969, Joshiy left to Chennai to try his luck in cinema. Joshi began his career by assisting people including M Krishnan Nair and Sasikumar. He made his debut as director through Tiger Salim, that got released in 1978. His next movie was Moorkhan which was followed by Raktham. Following this, Joshi directed many films including Kaahalam,Sharam, Karthavyam, Dheera and Arambham. In the year 1983, Aa Rathri, got released for which Joshi joined with Mammootty for the first time, and they continued to work together for the next two decades. Following Kodumkattu, came out and a series of films including Bhookambam, Kodathi, Alakadalinakkare, Muhurtham 11.30, Minimol Vathicanil. In the year 1985, Joshiy directed Nirakkoottu, based on the script by debutant Dennis Joseph. Joshi-Mammootty-Dennis Joseph continued working together with Nyayavidhi, Shyama, and Veendum.

The films Veendum, Nyayavidhi, Aayiram Kannukal, Sayamsandhya, Ksamichu Ennoru Vaakku followed. January Oru Orma with Mohanlal was released in 1987. In the same year, Joshi joined with Mammootty for New Delhi. In the year 1988, Joshiy directed three films, all scripted by Dennis Joseph and Mammootty in the lead role. Dhinarathrangal, Sangham and Thanthram. In the year 1989, Joshiy once again teamed with Mohanlal for Naduvazhikal. In the same year, Joshiy brought out a military film. Nair Saab, completely shot in Kashmir, with Mammootty in the title role. Mahayanam, his third film of the year won state award for best actor for Mammootty. No.20 Madras Mail was released in 1990 with Mohanlal in title role was followed by the investigation thriller Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu. Kuttettan was his third film of that year. Joshiy's next film was Kauravar in 1992, again with Mammootty in lead role. Joshiy in 1992, tried his hand in Tamil cinema, with Airport. In the year 1993, Dhruvam got released, followed by Sainyam in 1994. His debut into Telugu cinema was in the year 1994 through Angarakshugudu, starring Rajashekhar and Meena Durairaj in leading roles. In the year 1997 Joshiy brought out Bhoopathi. Joshi joined with Renji Panicker for Lelam and Pathram in 1999. In middle, Joshiy did Vazhunnor. Joshiy's next two films were Praja and Dubai in 2001 which bombed at the box office. Joshiy took a break after these flops. In the year 2004, Joshi made a comeback with Runway, this time Dileep in the leading role, it was the second highest grosser of the year (2004), was followed by Maambazhakkaalam. Naran released in 2005 starring Mohanlal was followed by Lion in 2006. His next films included Pothan Vava (2006) and July 4 (2007) followed by Nasrani (2007), next film, Janmam (2007). In 2008 he directed Twenty:20 bringing together many stars. It was followed by Robinhood in 2009. Christian Brothers released in 2011, a multi-star film with Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Sarath Kumar and Dileep in leading roles. In 2012 he directed Run Baby Run with Mohanlal in lead. It was followed by Lokpal in 2013. Salaam Kashmier 2014 with jayaram in lead.

Filmography

2010s

Year	Film	Cast	Script Writer
2015	Lailaa O Lailaa	Mohanlal, Amala Paul	Suresh Nair
2014	Avatharam	Dileep, Lakshmi Menon	Vyasann Edavanakatt
	Salaam Kashmier	Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Mia	Sethu
2013	Lokpal	Mohanlal, Kavya Madhavan, Meera Nandan, Manoj K. Jayan, Thambi Ramaiah	S. N. Swamy
2012	Run Babby Run	Mohanlal, Amala Paul, Biju Menon, Aparna Nair, Sai Kumar, Siddique	Sachi
2011	Sevenes	Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Nadia Moidu, Rima Kallingal, Bhama	Iqbal Kuttippuram
	Christian Brothers	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Sarath Kumar, Kavya Madhavan, Kaniha, Lakshmi Rai	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas

2000s

Year	Film	Cast	Script Writer
2009	Robinhood	Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Biju Menon, Bhavana, Narain	Sachi-Sethu
2008	Twenty:20	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Dileep, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
2007	Nasrani	Mammootty, Vimala Raman, Kalabhavan Mani, Jagathi Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan	Ranjith
2007	July 4	Dileep, Roma Asrani, Siddique, Devan, Cochin Haneefa, Innocent	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
2006	Pothan Vava	Mammootty, Usha Uthup, Gopika, Sai Kumar, Nedumudi Venu	Benny P Nayarambalam
2006	Lion	Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Kalashala Babu, Shammi Thilakan, Sai Kumar	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
2005	Naran	Mohanlal, Bhavana, Madhu, Siddique, Jagathi Sreekumar	Ranjan Pramod
2004	Mampazhakkalam	Mohanlal, Shobhana, Kalabhavan Mani, Innocent	T.A.Shahid
2004	Runway	Dileep, Indrajith Sukumaran, Shammi Thilakan, Kavya Madhavan, Kalashala Babu	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
2001	Praja	Mohanlal, N. F. Varghese, Vijayaraghavan, Cochin Haneefa, Aishwarya,	Renji Panicker
2001	Dubai	Mammootty, N. F. Varghese, Cochin Haneefa, Anjala Zaveri, Nedumudi Venu, Janardhanan	Renji Panicker

1990s

Year	Film	Cast	Script Writer
1998	Pathram	Suresh Gopi, Janardhanan, Manju Warrier, N. F. Varghese, Murali	Renji Panicker
1998	Vazhunnor	Suresh Gopi, Janardhanan, Sangeetha, N. F. Varghese	Benny P. Nayarambalam
1997	Lelam	Suresh Gopi, M. G. Soman, Siddique, N. F. Varghese, Maniyan Pillai Raju, Kollam Thulasi	Renji Panicker
1997	Bhoopathi	Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Kanaka, Priya Raman	Dennis Joseph
1995	Angarakshakudu	Rajasekhar, Meena	S. N. Swamy
1995	Anna	Arvind Swamy	S. N. Swamy
1994	Sainyam	Mammootty, Mukesh, Dileep, Vikram, Sukumaran, Mohini	S. N. Swamy
1993	Dhruvam	Mammootty, Jayaram, Gauthami, Suresh Gopi, Vikram Kennedy, Janardhanan, Vijayaraghavan	S. N. Swamy
1993	Airport	Sathyaraj, Gouthami	S. N. Swamy
1992	Kauravar	Mammootty, Vishnuvardhan, Murali, Thilakan	A. K. Lohithadas
1990	Kuttettan	Mammootty, Saritha, Urvashi, Murali Thilakan, Lizy	A. K. Lohithadas
1990	Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Sumalatha, Nedumudi Venu, M. G. Soman	P. Padmarajan
1990	No.20 Madras Mail	Mohanlal, Jagadeesh, M. G. Soman, Sumalatha, Ashokan	Dennis Joseph

1980s

Year	Film	Cast	Script Writer
1989	Mahayanam	Mammootty, Seema, Mukesh, Vijayaraghavan, Vineeth	A. K. Lohithadas
1989	Nair Saab	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Devan, Mukesh, Lizy	Dennis Joseph
1989	Naduvazhikal	Mohanlal, Madhu, Devan, Rupini, Murali, Thilakan	S. N. Swamy
1988	Sangham	Mammootty, Mukesh, Seema, Parvathy, Thilakan, Innocent	Dennis Joseph
1988	Thanthram	Mammootty, Urvashi, Ratheesh	Dennis Joseph
1988	New Delhi	Jeetendra, Thiagarajan, Raza Murad, Devan, Sumalatha	Dennis Joseph
1988	Dinarathrangal	Mammootty, Sumalatha, Parvathy	Dennis Joseph
1988	Antima Teerpu (Telugu film )	Krishnam Raju, Thiagarajan, Sumalatha, Suresh Gopi, Devan	Dennis Joseph
1987	New Delhi	Mammootty, Thiagarajan, Suresh Gopi, Devan, Sumalatha, Urvashi	Dennis Joseph
1987	Itihaas	Raaj Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Rati Agnihotri, Anil Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Mohnish Bahl, Danny Dengzongpa	Gyandev Agnihotri
1987	January Oru Orma	Mohanlal, Karthika, M. G. Soman, Suresh Gopi	Kaloor Dennis
1986	Veendum	Mammootty, Ratheesh	Dennis Joseph
1986	Nyayavidhi	Mammootty, Sukumaran, Innocent, Lalu Alex, Shobhana, Sulakshana	Dennis Joseph
1986	Sayam Sandhya	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Ashokan, Monisha, Geetha	Dennis Joseph
1986	Aayiram Kannukal	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Shobhana	Dennis Joseph
1986	Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku	Mammootty, Geetha, Mukesh	Kaloor Dennis
1986	Shyama	Mammootty, Nadia Moidu Mukesh, Sumalatha, Lalu Alex	Dennis Joseph
1985	Nirakkoottu	Mammootty, Urvashi, Lizy, Sumalatha, Babu Namboothri	Dennis Joseph
1985	Iniyum Kadha Thudarum	Mammootty	John Paul
1985	Oru Kudakeezhil	Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Madhavi (Kaloor Dennis)
1985	Onningu Vannengil	Mammootty, Lizy, Nadia Moidu, Lalu Alex, Shankar	Kaloor Dennis
1985	Katha Ithuvare	Mammootty, Suhasini, Madhu	Kaloor Dennis
1985	Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki	Shankar, Nadia Moidu, Lakshmi	Kaloor Dennis
1985	Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Saritha	Kaloor Dennis
1984	Kodathi	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Seema	Kaloor Dennis
1984	Minimol Veticanil	Ratheesh, Lalu Alex, Saritha	Kaloor Dennis)
1984	Sandarbham	Mammootty, Saritha	Kaloor Dennis
1984	Ivide Ingane	Ratheesh, Sukumaran, Seema	Pappanamkode Lakshmanan
1984	Alakadalinakkare	Madhu Mammootty, Shobhana, Prem Nazir	Kaloor Dennis
1984	Idavelakku Sesham	Madhu, Mammootty, Sumalatha, M. G. Soman	Kaloor Dennis
1984	Inakili	Prem Nazir, Sukumaran, Seema, Manju	John Paul
1984	Piriyilla Naam	Prem Nazir, Shankar, Lakshmi	Sheriff
1984	Umanilayam	Shankar, Shanavas, Radha	Cochin Haneefa
1984	Dharm Aur Qanoon
1983	Ankam	Prem Nazir, Madhu, Shankar	Pappanamkode Lakshmanan
1982	Bhookambam	Prem Nazir, Shankar, Mohanlal	Priyadarshan
1983	Aa Raathri	Mammootty, M. G. Soman, Ratheesh, Poornima Jayaram, Rohini	Kaloor Dennis
1982	Himam	Prem Nazir, Shankar, Sumalatha	T.Damodharan
1983	Kodumkattu	Madhu, Prem Nazir, K.P.Ummer, Mammootty, Sreevidya	Pappanamkode Lakshmanan
1982	Aadarsham	Prem Nazir, Balan K. Nair, Sumalatha	Pappanamkode lakshmanan
1982	Aarambham	Madhu, Prem Nazir, Sukumaran, M.G.Soman	Pappanamkode lakshmanan
1982	Dheera	Sukumaran, Soman, Ambika	Pappanamkode Lakshamanan
1982	Kartavyam	Madhu, Ravikumar, Sreepriya	Kaloor Dennis
1982	Sharam	Sukumaran, Sattar, Ambika	Pappanamkode Lakshmanan
1981	Ithihasam	Prem Nazir	Pappanamkode Lakshmanan
1981	Raktham	Madhu Prem Nazir, Sumalatha	Kaloor Dennis
1981	Kaahalam	Prem Nazir, Ravindran, Seema	Joshy
1980	Moorkhan	Jayan, Seema, Sumalatha	Kaloor Dennis

1970s

Year	Film	Cast	Script Writer
1978	Tiger Salim	Ravikumar,Sudheer,Vincent, Subha, Manjula	S.L.Puram

External links

• Joshi at the Internet Movie Database