Dennis Joseph

Dennis Joseph
Born	Ettumanoor, Kottayam
Occupation	Scriptwriter, director
Years active	1985 – present

Dennis Joseph is a Malayalam scriptwriter and director. Born in Ettumanoor, Kottayam in Kerala, India, Dennis Joseph has been a popular name in the late 80's and early nineties. Though has associated with several top directors, his best films had been with Joshi and Thambi Kannanthanam. Dennis Joseph also has directed five films. He is the nephew of actor Jose Prakash.

Career

Dennis Joseph made his debut into cinema in 1985, through Nirakkoottu in 1985. Directed by Joshi, this film had a strong cast line including Mammootty, Urvashi, Lizzy and Sumalatha. The big success of Nirakkoottu made him an overnight success, which was followed by a series of films in the next couple of years. Dennis Joseph holds the rare credit of scripting two huge block busters that established the reign of both Mammootty and Mohanlal as superstars in Malayalam cinema. Rajavinte Makan, loosely adapted over Rage of Angels, a novel by Sidney Sheldon got released in 1986. Directed by Thampi Kannanthanam, this film was a huge success at box office. Appearing as Vincent Gomas, an underworld don, Mohanlal successfully mesmerised the movie goers, whereby was called as super star by his fans. 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 Joshi, 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 upon release New Delhi broke several collection records establishing Mammootty as megastar in 1987.

Dennis Joseph ruled the box office in the late eighties and early nineties with several films of his becoming super hits. Joshi directed most of his scripts in these years, including Sangham, Thanthram, Dinarathrangal, Nair Saab and No.20 Madras Mail, all big hits. T.S Suresh Babu was another director with whom, Dennis Joseph joined hands most frequently in those days.

Filmography

Year	Title	Cast	Director
2013	Geethanjali	Mohanlal, Innocent, Keerthy, Nishan	Priyadarshan
2010	Kanyakumari Express	Suresh Gopi, Lena, Babu Antony	T S Suresh Babu
2009	Patham Nilayile Theevandi	Jayasurya, Meera Nandan, Innocent, Anoop Menon	Joshi Mathew
2009	Kadha, Samvidhanam Kunchakko	Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Meena	Haridas Keshavan
2008	Ayur Rekha	Sreenivasan, Mukesh, Saikumar, Lakshmi Sharma, Urvashi, Indrajith Sukumaran	G.M. Manu
2006	Chirattakalippattangal	Mukesh, Salim Kumar	Jose Thomas
2005	Thaskara Veeran	Mammootty, Nayanthara, Madhu, Bheeman Raghu, Innocent	Pramod Pappan
2004	Vajram	Mammootty, Babu Antony, Manoj K Jayan, Nandini, Rajan P. Dev, Vasundhara Das	Pramod Pappan
2002	Phantom	Mammootty, Nedumudi Venu, Manoj K Jayan, Cochin Haneefa, Innocent, N. F. Varghese, Lalu Alex	Biju Varkey
1998	F.I.R	Suresh Gopi, Indraja, Biju Menon, Saikumar, Narendra Prasad, Janardanan	Shaji Kailas
1997	Bhoopathi	Suresh Gopi, Thilakan, Kanaka, Priya Raman	Joshi
1997	Shibiram	Manoj K Jayan, Vijayaraghavan, Sukumaran, Saikumar, Rajan P. Dev, Divya Unni	T.S.Suresh Babu
1996	Man of the Match	Biju Menon, Vani Viswanath, Mani C. Kappan, Shiju	Joshi Mathew
1995	Indian Military Intelligence	Murali, Ganeshan, Sukumaran, M. G. Soman, Manjula Vijayakumar, Babu Antony	T.S.Suresh Babu
1995	Agrajan	Manoj K. Jayan, Thilakan, Ganeshan, Nedumudi Venu, Rajan P. Dev, N. F. Varghese, Kasthuri	Dennis Joseph
1994	Palayam	Manoj K. Jayan, Urvashi, Ratheesh, Jagadeesh, Saikumar, Rajan P. Dev	T.S.Suresh Babu
1993	Ardhana	Murali, Radhika, Priya Raman, Vineeth	I.V.Sasi
1993	Sarovaram	Mammootty, Jayasudha, Thilakan, Narendra Prasad, Janardanan	Jaesey
1993	Gandharvam	Mohanlal, Kanchan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Devan, Subair, Kaviyoor Ponnamma	Sangeeth Sivan
1993	Akashadoothu	Murali, Madhavi, Nedumudi Venu, Subair, Jagathi Sreekumar, N. F. Varghese	Sibi Malayil
1992	Kizhakkan Patrose	Mammootty, Urvashi, Parvathy, Innocent, Rajan P. Dev	T.S.Suresh Babu
1992	Mahanagaram	Mammootty, Poonam Das Gupta, Thilakan, Murali	T.K Rajeev Kumar
1992	Maanyanmar	Mukesh, Sreenivasan, Ramya Krishnan, Jagadeesh, Jagathi Sreekumar	T.S.Suresh Babu
1990	Oliyambukal	Mammootty, Rekha, Saikumar, Aishwarya, Sukumaran, Jagathi Sreekumar, Thilakan	Hariharan
1990	Indrajaalam	Mohanlal, Geetha, Rajan P Dev, Balan K. Nair, Sreeja	Thambi Kannanthanam
1990	Kottayam Kunjachan	Mammootty, Ranjini, Babu Antony, Innocent, Sukumaran	T.S. Suresh Babu
1990	Koodikazhca	Jayaram, Babu Antony, Jagadeesh, Urvashi	T.S.Suresh Babu
1990	No.20 Madras Mail	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Ashokan, Suchitra, Jayabharathi, Sumalatha	Joshi
1989	Nair Saab	Mammootty, Geetha, Mukesh, Suresh Gopi, Lizzy, Devan, Sumalatha	Joshi
1988	Dinarathrangal	Mammootty, Mukesh, Sumalatha, Devan	Joshi
1988	Thanthram	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Urvashi, Jagannatha Varma	Joshi
1988	Sangham	Mammootty, Parvathy, Mukesh, Thilakan, Balan K. Nair	Joshi
1987	Vazhiyorakazchakal	Mohanlal, Ambika, Ratheesh, Suresh Gopi	Thambi Kannanthanam
1987	New Delhi	Mammootty, Urvashi, Sumalatha, Suresh Gopi, Devan	Joshi
1986	Pranamam	Mammootty, Suhasini, Nedumudi Venu, Babu Antony	Bharathan
1986	Sayam Sandhya	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Geetha, Monisha, Ashokan	Joshi
1986	Veendum	Mammootty, Ratheesh	Joshi
1986	Aayiram Kannukal	Mammootty, Shobhana, Ratheesh	Joshi
1986	Shyama	Mammootty, Mukesh, Sumalatha, Nadia Moidu, Lalu Alex	Joshi
1986	Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Nalini, Jagathi Sreekumar	Thambi Kannanthanam
1986	Rajavinte Makan	Mohanlal, Ratheesh, Suresh Gopi, Ambika	Thambi Kannanthanam
1986	Nyayavidhi	Mammootty, Sukumaran, Shobhana, Sulakshana, Lalu Alex	Joshi
1985	Nirakkoottu	Mammootty, Urvashi, Lizzy, Sumalatha	Joshi

Direction

Year	Title	Cast	Script
1995	Agrajan	Manoj K Jayan, Thilakan, Shammi Thilakan	Dennis Joseph
1990	Appu	Mohanlal, Sunitha	Sreekumaran Thambi
1990	Thudar Katha	Saikumar, Sreenivasan, Mathu	Dennis Joseph
1989	Adharvam	Mammootty, Silk Smitha	Shibu Chakravarthy
1988	Manu Uncle	Mammootty, Mohanlal, Lizzy	Shibu Chakravarthy

External links

• Dennis Joseph at the Internet Movie Database