Jeethu Joseph

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In this Indian name, the name Joseph is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Jeethu.
Jeethu Joseph
Born (1972-11-10) 10 November 1972 (age 52)
Mutholapuram, Elanji, Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam, Kerala
Residence Thrippunithura
Nationality Indian
Alma mater S B College, Changanassery
Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 2007–present
Spouse(s) Linta Jeethu
Children 2

Jeethu Joseph (born 10 November 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.[1] He made his directional debut with the 2007 film Detective and later went on to direct five successful films Mummy & Me (2010), My Boss (2012), Memories (2013), Drishyam (2013) and Life of Josutty (2015).[2][3][4][5] Jeethu gained popularity after the release of Drishyam, produced by Aashirvad Cinemas, which is currently the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.[6] Jethu made his Tamil debut with Papanasam (2015), which was the remake of Drishyam.

Career

Jeethu Joseph started as an assistant director to Jayaraj in the film Bheebhatsam. After that, he got a chance to direct a film starring Dileep but it did not materialized and he was back where he started.[7] Meanwhile, Jeethu developed the one-line plot of Detective. But after failing to find any producers, his mother Leelamma Josesh 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.[7]

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.[7]

His third film My Boss was also a success in theatres. This film was criticised for being a copy of the Hollywood film The Proposal (2009). Jeethu's fourth movie Memories, a suspense thriller, was released in 2013 which did well in box office.[8][9]

Post-Drishyam (2013–present)

Later in 2013, drama-thriller Drishyam starring Mohanlal was released which was highly successful commercially and critically.[6][7][10][11] 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.[10] Jeethu then directed Dileep-starrer Life of Josutty. Jeethu has announced films with Prithviraj and Meera Jasmine.[12]

Personal life

Jeethu was born to V. V. Joseph, former Muvattupuzha MLA and Leelamma. His childhood was spent in Mutholapuram in Elanji panchayat, 10 kilometres from Piravom. Jeethu wanted to attend Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) although his father wanted him to become an engineer. He later graduated in economics from Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Language Cast Notes
2007 Detective Malayalam Suresh Gopi, Sindhu Menon
2010 Mummy & Me Malayalam Kunchako Boban , Archana Kavi, Urvashi
2012 My Boss Malayalam Dileep, Mamta Mohandas
2013 Memories Malayalam Prithviraj Sukumaran, Miya George, Rahul Madhav
Drishyam Malayalam Mohanlal, Meena
2014 Drishya Kannada V. Ravichandran, Navya Nair Remake of Drishyam
Writer only.
Drushyam Telugu Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya, Naresh Remake of Drishyam
Writer only.
2015 Papanasam Tamil Kamal Hasan, Kalabhavan Mani, Gauthami Remake of Drishyam.
Drishyam Hindi Ajay Devgan, Tabu Remake of Drishyam
Writer only.
Life of Josutty Malayalam Dileep, Jyothi Krishna, Rachana Narayanankutty
2016 Aarathu Sinam Tamil Arulnithi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Aishwarya Dutta Remake of Memories
Writer only.
Oozham Malayalam Prithviraj Sukumaran, Divya Pillai

Awards

References

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