Lal Jose

Lal Jose is an Indian film director and producer who works in Malayalam film industry.[1]

Lal Jose
Born	Lal Jose Mechery Valapad, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director, producer, distributor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Leena
Children	2
Parent(s)	Jose Lilly

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), Chanthupottu (2005), Classmates (2006), Arabikkatha (2007), Neelathaamara (2009), Diamond Necklace (2012), Ayalum Njanum Thammil (2012), Immanuel (2013), and Vikramadithyan (2014).[2]

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, Irene and Catherine.[3] 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.[4]

Film career

In 1998, he made his debut as an independent director with Oru Maravathoor Kanavu, which starred Mammootty and was scripted by Sreenivasan.[5] Producer Siyad Koker asked Lal Jose to direct a film for him. The film Oru Maravathoor Kanavu was a success for him.[6][7]

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 hit and established Dileep in the industry.[8] But Lal Jose proved his critics wrong in the year 2005 with Chanthupottu, starring Dileep. The box-office success of Chanthupottu took Lal Jose's career to new heights.[9] 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.[10]

In 2006, Jose's film Classmates was released without much publicity, with no big stars, but became the highest-grossing film in Malayalam, until its record was broken by Twenty:20 two years later.[11] In 2007, he did Arabikkatha, with Sreenivasan in a leading role. Arabikkatha was critically and commercially a big hit.[12][13] 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.[14] 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[15]

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
	Classmates	James Albert
2007	Arabikkatha	Iqbal Kuttippuram
2008	Mulla	M. Sindhuraj
2009	Neelathaamara	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
	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	Thattumpurath Achuthan	M. Sindhuraj
2019	Nalpathiyonnu (41)	P G Prageesh

As second unit or assistant director

• Meenathil Thalikettu (1998) (story and associate director)
• Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu (1997) (assistant director)
• Boothakannadi (1997) (associate director)
• Manasam (1997) (assistant director)
• Azhakiya Ravanan (1996) (associate director)
• Udyana Palakan (1996) (associate director)
• Mazhayethum Munpe (1995) (assistant director)
• Maanthrikam (1995) (Associate director)
• Sudinam (1994) (Associate director)
• Vadhu Doctoranu (1994) (Associate 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)
• . Bhoothakkannadi (assistant director)

Story

• Meenathil Thalikettu (1998)
• Chandranudikkunna Dikkil

(1999)

As producer

• Diamond Necklace (2012)
• Vikramadhithyan (2014)
• Nee-Na (2015)

As distributor

• Thattathin Marayathu (2012)
• Theevram (2012)
• Diamond Necklace (2012)
• Neram (2013)
• Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (2013)
• Thira (2013)
• Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal (2013)
• 1983 (2014)
• Homely meals (2014)
• Vikramadithyan (2014)
• KL.10 Pathu (2015)
• Action Hero Biju (2016)
• Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016)
• Lens (2016)
• Aanandam (2016)
• Veeram (2017)

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
• Kammara Sambhavam (2018) as Himself
• Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal (2018)
• Ennaalum Sarath..? (2018)
• Gypsy (2019) as Muthaleef
• Varane Avashyamund (2020) as Sivaprasad

Television

• 2012 :Vivel Big Break (Surya TV) as Judge
• 2018 : Nayika Nayakan (Mazhavil Manorama) as Judge
• 2018 : Makkal (TV series) (Mazhavil Manorama) as Himself
• 2019: Comedy Stars season 2 (asianet) as Judge

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 9 and Dileep, 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
Thattumpurath Achuthan (2018)										Y
Nalpathiyonnu (41) (2019)		Y

See also

• List of films directed by Lal Jose featuring Vidyasagar

References

1. "On a road less taken". Deccan Herald. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. നീലത്താമരയുടെ നിറവില്‍, Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Mathrubhumi.com (2010-03-13). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
3. ലാല്‍ ജോസും ജീവിതവും തമ്മില്‍. mangalam.com (2013-01-10). Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
4. Manorama Online. Manorama Online. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.
5. "Lal Jose teams with Mammootty and Sreenivasan". Oneindia.in. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
6. "The Hindu : A director and a hit-maker". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
7. "Lal Jose – Biography". Metromatinee. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
8. "Meesa mints money". The Hindu. 25 July 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
9. Sreedhar Pillai. (9 December 2009). Whither the heroine?. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
10. Vijay George. (6 January 2006). "Reflection of society". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
11. Sreedhar Pillai (29 September 2009). "'Classmates,' a trendsetter". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
12. "Arabikatha takes the cake". The Hindu. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
13. "'Arabikatha' turns out to be a success tale". The Hindu. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
14. P. M. (Undated). "‘Neelathamara' megahit again". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
15. 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 on IMDb