Lal Jose

Lal Jose
Lal Jose
Born	Lal Jose Mechery; Valapad, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, distributor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Leena
Children	Irene; Catherine
Parent(s)	Jose; Lilly

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Lal Jose is an Indian film director and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.

Lal Jose started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal. Lal Jose worked on a slew of Kamal's films during the 1990s. His directional debut was the film Oru Maravathoor Kanavu (1998). His popular films include Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999), Meesa Madhavan (2002), Classmates (2006), Arabikkatha (2007), Neelathaamara (2009), Diamond Necklace (2012), Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Immanuel (2013), and Vikramadithyan (2014).^[1]

Biography

Born in Valapad in Thrissur, Kerala to Jose and Lilly, Lal Jose did his schooling at NSS KPT School and NSS College Ottapalam. He is married to Leena. The couple have two daughters, Irine and Catherine.^[2] After completing his degree, he left for Chennai, with an aim of getting into movies. He got into the world of cinema by assisting noted director Kamal. He worked with Kamal in 16 films, from Pradheshika Varthakkal to Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu. He worked as associate director to prominent filmmakers like Thampy Kannamthanam, Lohithadas, Harikumar, Vinayan, K. K. Haridas, and Nizar.^[3]

Film career

In 1998, he made his debut as an independent director with Oru Maravathoor Kanavu, which starred Mammootty and was scripted by Sreenivasan.^[4] Producer Siyad Koker asked Lal Jose to direct a film for him. The huge success Oru Maravathoor Kanavu earned him a positive reputation.^[5]

In 2002 Lal Jose, teaming up with screenwriter Ranjan Pramod, who had earlier scripted Randaam Bhavam, came up with Meesa Madhavan, which was a milestone in his career along with that of Dileep. Meesa Madhavan was a huge hit and established Dileep as a new superstar.^[6] But his next film Pattalam, starring Mammootty, make average in 2003. Rasikan, released in 2005 was a super hit. But Lal Jose proved his critics wrong in the same year with Chanthupottu, starring Dileep. The huge box-office success of Chanthupottu took Lal Jose's career to new heights.^[7] Dileep's performance in this film was highly appreciated. In 2006, Lal Jose directed Achanurangatha Veedu, a low-budget film, which failed to bring audiences to the movie halls, though it won critical appreciation.^[8]

Lal Jose created a mania in Kerala in 2006 with Classmates, which broke all the collection records in the Malayalam cinema industry. Released without much publicity, with no big stars, it became the highest-grossing film in Malayalam, until its record was broken by Twenty:20 two years later.^[9] In 2007, he did Arabikkatha, with Sreenivasan in a leading role. Arabikkatha was critically and commercially a big hit.^[10]^[11] His next movie was Mulla, starring Dileep. In 2009, Lal Jose directed Neelathamara, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, which was a remake of the 30-year-old movie with the same name.^[12] It was accepted well by the critics and the masses. He directed a story with Mammootty as lead in Kerala Cafe in 2010. He then directed the hit film Elsamma Enna Aankutty without multistars. In 2011, he became a judge on a reality show on Surya TV called Vivel Active Fair Big Break, where the winner would be the heroine in his next movie.

Awards

Kerala state film awards

2006: Best Popular Film – Classmates
2005: Kerala state film awards for Second Best Film – Achanurangatha Veedu
2012: Best Director- Ayalum Njanum Thammil
2012: Best Popular Film- Ayalum Njanum Thammil

South Indian International Movie Awards

2013: Best Director for Ayalum Njanum Thammil
2013: Nominated—Best Film for Diamond Necklace

Asianet Film Awards

2007: Best Director Award for Arabikkatha

Ramu Karyat Awards

2010: Best Director Award for Elsamma Enna Aankutty

Asiavision Awards

2013 – Asiavision Awards – Artistic Movie – Ayalum Njanum Thammil^[13]

Filmography

As director

Year	Film	Writer	Notes
1998	Oru Maravathoor Kanavu	Sreenivasan
1999	Chandranudikkunna Dikkil	Babu Janardhanan
2001	Randaam Bhavam	Ranjan Pramod
2002	Meesa Madhavan	Ranjan Pramod
2003	Pattalam	Reji Nair
2004	Rasikan	Murali Gopy
2005	Chanthupottu	Benny P Nayarambalam
2006	Achanurangatha Veedu	Babu Janardhanan
2006	Classmates	James Albert
2007	Arabikkatha	Iqbal Kuttippuram
2008	Mulla	M. Sindhuraj
2009	Neelathaamara	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2009	Kerala Cafe	C.V. Sreeraman	Segment: Puramkazchakal
2010	Elsamma Enna Aankutty	M. Sindhuraj
2012	Spanish Masala	Benny P Nayarambalam
	Diamond Necklace	Iqbal Kuttippuram
	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Bobby Sanjay
2013	Immanuel	A.C. Vijeesh
	Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum	M. Sindhuraj
	Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal	James Albert
2014	Vikramadithyan	Iqbal Kuttippuram
2015	Nee-Na	Venugopal Ramachandran
2017	Velipadinte Pustakam	Benny P Nayarambalam
2018	Thattinpurath Achuthan	M. Sindhuraj	Upcoming

As second unit or assistant director

Meenathil Thalikettu (1998) (story and associate director)
Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu (1997) (assistant director)
Manasam (1997) (assistant director)
Udyana Palakan (1996) (associate director)
Mazhayethum Munpe (1995) (assistant director)
Maanthrikam (1995) (assistant director)
Vadhu Doctoranu (1994) (assistant director)
Bhoomi Geetham (1993) (assistant director)
Champakulam Thachan (1992) (assistant director)
Ennodishtam Koodamo (1992) (assistant director)
Pookkalam Varavayi (1991) (assistant director)
Ulladakkam (1991) (assistant director)
Pradeshika Varthakal (1989) (assistant director)

As actor

Bhoomi Geetham (1993)as Journalist
Azhakiya Ravanan (1996) as Assistant Director
Rock & Roll(2007) as Himself
Best Actor (2010) as Himself
Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014) as Jacob Tharakan
Oru Muthassi Gadha (2016) as Himself
Sunday Holiday (2017) as David Paul
Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal (2018)

Television

2012 :Vivel Big Break (Surya tv) as Judge
2018 : Nayika Nayakan (Mazhavil Manorama) as Judge
2018 : Makkal (TV series) (Mazhavil Manorama) as Himself

Recurring collaborators

Music composer VidyaSagar has worked on 12 films out of Lal Jose's total 22 feature-length films. Sukumari had acted on 12 films, whereas Salim Kumar in 10 and Biju Menon in 8 and Indrajith, Jagathy Sreekumar and Suraj Venjaramoodu were appeared on 7 films.

Films	Dileep	Biju Menon	Indrajith	Samvrutha Sunil	Jagathy Sreekumar	Nedumudi Venu	Sukumari	Sreenivasan	Salim Kumar	Kunchako Boban	Vidyasagar	Suraj Venjaramoodu
Oru Maravathoor Kanavu (1998)		Y				Y	Y	Y			Y
Chandranudikkunna Dikhil (1999)	Y	Y					Y				Y
Randaam Bhavam (2001)		Y				Y	Y				Y
Meesa Madhavan (2002)	Y		Y		Y		Y		Y		Y
Pattalam (2003)		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y		Y
Rasikan (2004)	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y	Y
Chanthupottu (2005)	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y		Y
Achanurangatha Veedu (2006)			Y	Y	Y				Y
Classmates (2006)			Y		Y		Y					Y
Arabikkatha (2007)			Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y			Y
Mulla (2008)	Y	Y					Y		Y		Y	Y
Kerala Cafe (Puram Kazchakal) (2009)								Y
Neelathaamara (2009)				Y							Y
Elsamma Enna Aankutty (2010)			Y		Y	Y				Y		Y
Spanish Masala (2012)	Y	Y								Y	Y
Diamond Necklace (2012)				Y			Y	Y			Y
Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012)				Y			Y		Y
Immanuel (2013)						Y	Y		Y
Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum(2013)										Y	Y	Y
Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal(2013)	Y											Y
Vikramadithyan(2014)
Nee-Na(2015)
Velipadinte Pustakam(2017)									Y

References

^ നീലത്താമരയുടെ നിറവില്‍, Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Mathrubhumi.com (2010-03-13). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
^ ലാല്‍ ജോസും ജീവിതവും തമ്മില്‍. mangalam.com (2013-01-10). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
^ Manorama Online. Manorama Online. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
^ "Lal Jose teams with Mammootty and Sreenivasan". Oneindia.in. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Lal Jose – Biography". Metromatinee. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Meesa mints money". The Hindu. 25 July 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Sreedhar Pillai. (9 December 2009). Whither the heroine?. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
^ Vijay George. (6 January 2006). "Reflection of society". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
^ Sreedhar Pillai (29 September 2009). "'Classmates,' a trendsetter". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Arabikatha takes the cake". The Hindu. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
^ "'Arabikatha' turns out to be a success tale". The Hindu. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
^ P. M. (Undated). "‘Neelathamara' megahit again". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
^ Mammotty, Kavya Madhavan bag Asiavision awards – Emirates 24|7 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Emirates247.com (2013-11-05). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.

External links

Lal Jose at IMDb

[1] നീലത്താമരയുടെ നിറവില്‍, Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Mathrubhumi.com (2010-03-13). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.

[2] ലാല്‍ ജോസും ജീവിതവും തമ്മില്‍. mangalam.com (2013-01-10). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.

[3] Manorama Online. Manorama Online. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.

[4] "Lal Jose teams with Mammootty and Sreenivasan". Oneindia.in. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Lal Jose – Biography". Metromatinee. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Meesa mints money". The Hindu. 25 July 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[7] Sreedhar Pillai. (9 December 2009). Whither the heroine?. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

[8] Vijay George. (6 January 2006). "Reflection of society". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

[9] Sreedhar Pillai (29 September 2009). "'Classmates,' a trendsetter". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[10] "Arabikatha takes the cake". The Hindu. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.

[11] "'Arabikatha' turns out to be a success tale". The Hindu. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.

[12] P. M. (Undated). "‘Neelathamara' megahit again". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

[13] Mammotty, Kavya Madhavan bag Asiavision awards – Emirates 24|7 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Emirates247.com (2013-11-05). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.

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v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
1969–1980	A. Vincent (1969) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1970-1972) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1973) G. Aravindan (1974) P. A. Backer (1975) T. Rajeevnath (1976) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1977) G. Aravindan (1978-1979) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1980)
1981–2000	G. Aravindan (1981) Bharathan (1982) Fazil (1983) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) G. Aravindan (1985-1986) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987) K. P. Kumaran (1988) I. V. Sasi (1989) G. Aravindan (1990) Kamal (1991) Hariharan (1992) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1993) Shaji N. Karun (1994) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1995) Jayaraj (1996) T. V. Chandran (1997) Shyamaprasad (1998) Shaji N. Karun (1999) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2000)
2001–2020	T. V. Chandran (2001) Sibi Malayil (2003) Shyamaprasad (2004) Blessy (2005) Lenin Rajendran (2006) M. G. Sasi (2007) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2008) Hariharan (2009) Shyamaprasad (2010) Blessy (2011) Lal Jose (2012) Shyamaprasad (2013) Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (2014) Martin Prakkat (2015) Vidhu Vincent (2016) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2017) Shyamaprasad (2018) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2019) Sidhartha Siva (2020)
2021–present	Dileesh Pothan (2021) Mahesh Narayanan (2022)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Director
1972–1990	K. S. Sethumadhavan (1972) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1973) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1974) Bharathan (1975) Sreekumaran Thampi (1976) I. V. Sasi (1977) I. V. Sasi (1978) Bharathan (1979) Bharathan (1980) K. S. Sethumadhavan (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) Balachandra Menon (1983) Bharathan (1984) Balu Mahendra (1985) Hariharan (1986) Pratap Pothen (1987) Padmarajan (1988) (1989) Bhadran (1990)
1991–2010	Sibi Malayil (1991) Sibi Malayil (1992) Shaji Kailas (1993) Hariharan (1994) Bhadran (1995) Sathyan Anthikad (1996) Jayaraj (1997) Sreenivasan (1998) Shyamaprasad (1999) Jayaraj (2000) Vinayan (2001) Lal Jose (2002) Sathyan Anthikad (2003) Blessy (2004) Blessy (2005) Rosshan Andrrews (2006) Babu Thiruvalla (2007) Ranjith (2008) Hariharan (2009) Ranjith (2010)
2011–present	Blessy (2011) Lal Jose (2012) Shyamaprasad (2013) Anjali Menon (2014) R. S. Vimal (2015) Dileesh Pothan (2016) Dileesh Pothan (2017) Lijo Jose Pellissery (2018) Senna Hegde (2022)