Dennis Joseph
Dennis Joseph | |
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 Dennis Joseph | |
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| Alma mater | Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad (B.Sc.) |
| Occupation(s) | Scriptwriter, director, journalist |
| Years active | 1985 – present |
Dennis Joseph is an Indian scriptwriter and director known for his Malayalam films. Born in Ettumanoor, Kottayam in Kerala, India, Dennis Joseph has been a popular name during the 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for his associations with several top directors, including Joshi and Thambi Kannanthanam. He's known for scripting films such as Nirakkoottu (1985), Shyama (1986), Rajavinte Makan (1986), New Delhi (1987), Sangham (1988), Nair Saab (1989), No.20 Madras Mail (1990), Kottayam Kunjachan (1990), Indrajaalam (1990), Kizhakkan Pathrose (1992), Akashadoothu (1993), Gandharvam (1993), Palayam (1994), and F.I.R (1999). Dennis Joseph has also directed five films, including Manu Uncle (1988) and Adharvam (1989). Manu Uncle won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. He is the nephew of actor Jose Prakash.[1]
Career
Dennis Joseph started his career as a sub-editor in Cut Cut magazine. He made his debut into cinema in 1985, through Eeran Sandhya as a story writer followed by Nirakkoottu (screenplay) in 1985. Directed by Joshiy, Nirakkoottu had a strong cast line including Mammootty, Urvashi, Lizzy and Sumalatha. The film was a success, he wrote a series of films in the next couple of years. Dennis Joseph wrote the two breakthrough film of Mammootty and Mohanlal. Rajavinte Makan, loosely adapted over Rage of an Angels, a novel by Sidney Sheldon got released in 1986. Directed by Thampi Kannanthanam, this film was a huge success at the box office. Appearing as Vincent Gomas, an underworld don, Mohanlal successfully mesmerised the movie goers, the film raised his stardom. Similarly, after around two dozen huge flops, Mammootty was in his darkest days of his career in the period 1986–87, when Dennis Joseph scripted New Delhi. Directed by Joshiy, this film was also a loose adaptation of an English novel. Completely shot in and around Delhi, this film initially had no takers to buy it. Even theatre owners were not that relent to release it. But New Delhi became a commercial success, thus it became the comeback film of Mammootty who would have been field out otherwise.
Dennis Joseph was active throughout eighties and early nineties with several films of his becoming success. Joshiy directed most of his scripts in these years. T.S Suresh Babu was another director with whom, Dennis Joseph joined hands most frequently in those days.
Filmography
Direction
| Year | Title | Cast | Script |
| 1995 | Agrajan | Manoj K Jayan, Thilakan, Shammi Thilakan | Himself |
| 1991 | Thudar Katha | Saikumar, Sreenivasan, Mathu | Himself |
| 1990 | Appu | Mohanlal, Sunitha | Sreekumaran Thampi |
| 1989 | Adharvam | Mammootty, Silk Smitha | Shibu Chakravarthy |
| 1988 | Manu Uncle | Mammootty, Mohanlal, Lizzy | Himself |
References
External links
- Malayalam screenwriters
- Malayalam film directors
- Living people
- People from Kottayam district
- 20th-century Indian film directors
- Indian male screenwriters
- Film directors from Kerala
- Screenwriters from Kerala
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- 21st-century Indian male writers
- Directors who won the Best Children's Film National Film Award