Jeethu Joseph

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Jeethu Joseph
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Jeethu Joseph in 2021
Born (1972-11-10) 10 November 1972 (age 52)
Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active2007–present
SpouseLinta Jeethu
Children2

Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. [1] He has also worked in a few Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural, Detective . He is best known for creating the Drishyam franchise. [2] Drishyam became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, at its time of release. It was the first Malayalam film to cross the ₹50 crore mark, at the box office. [3] Drishyam 2 was released directly through Amazon Prime Video, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the prequel, it was highly acclaimed and appreciated, worldwide.

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His other works include Mummy & Me (2010), My Boss (2012), [4] Life of Josutty (2015), Memories (2013), [5] Oozham (2016), Aadhi (2018) and Neru (2023). Jeethu made his Tamil debut with Papanasam (2015) which is a remake of his 2013 film Drishyam , [6] [7] Hindi debut with The Body (2019), [8] and Telugu debut with Drushyam 2 (2021), which is a remake of his own directional Malayalam film of the same name .

Early life

Jeethu Joseph was born in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family in Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India to Leelamma and V. Joseph, a former MLA of Muvattupuzha. Jeethu wanted to attend the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) although his father wanted him to become an engineer. He attended Fathima Matha English Medium School and completed his pre degree from famous SB College Changanassery [9] and later graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha. [10]

Career

Early works

Jeethu Joseph started as an assistant director to Jayaraj in the film Bheebhathsam. After that, he got a chance to direct a film starring Dileep but it did not materialize and he was back where he started. [10] Meanwhile, Jeethu developed the one-line plot of Detective. But after failing to find any producers, his mother Leelamma Joseph offered to co-produce the film, which became his debut directorial. A month into the project, a producer evinced interest and took on the production. Detective was released in 2007. The film fared well at the box-office. [10]

His next film Mummy & Me was a success at the box-office. Mummy and Me, although it took close to three years in the making, marked a turning point in his career as director. "My first film was easy compared to the struggle I had to go through for my second, Mummy and Me." There were offers to make films like Detective, but Jeethu declined. "I wanted to do a different film" It was for this reason that, though he had one line scripts of Mummy and Me and Memories ready in 2008, he chose to make Mummy and Me. [10]

His third film My Boss was also a success in theatres. Jeethu's fourth movie Memories , a suspense thriller, was released in 2013 which did well in box office. [11] [12]

Post Drishyam

Towards the end of 2013, the drama-thriller Drishyam starring Mohanlal was released, which was well received critically and commercially. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film, until 2016, and the first Malayalam film to cross ₹50 crore mark at the box office. [3] [10] [13] [14] Drishyam was remade in Tamil by Jeethu with Kamal Haasan enacting Mohanlal's role. It was also remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi by other directors. [13] Jeethu then directed Dileep-starrer Life of Josutty .

Personal life

Jeethu married Linta and they have two children. Linta is a costume designer in Malayalam cinema.

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asLanguageNotes
DirectorWriterProducer
2007 Detective YesYesNoMalayalam
2010 Mummy & Me YesYesNo
2012 My Boss YesYesNo
2013 Memories YesYesNo
Drishyam YesYesNo
2015 Papanasam YesYesNoTamilRemake of Drishyam
Life of Josutty YesNoNoMalayalam
2016 Oozham YesYesNo
2017 Lakshyam NoYesYes
2018 Aadhi YesYesNo
2019 Mr. & Ms. Rowdy YesNoYes
The Body YesNoNoHindi
Thambi YesYesNoTamil
2021 Drishyam 2 YesYesNoMalayalam
Drushyam 2 YesYesNoTeluguRemake of Drishyam 2
2022 Anthakshari NoNoPresenterMalayalam
12th Man YesNoNoAlso as Merin's brother (voice only) [15]
Kooman YesNoNo
2023 Neru YesYesNo [16]
2024 Level Cross NoNoPresenter [17]
Nunakkuzhi YesNoNo [18]
TBA Ram: Part 1 †YesYesNoFilming

Awards and nominations

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