Basil Joseph

Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and actor who works in the Malayalam film industry.

Personal life
On 17 August 2017, Joseph married Elizabeth Samuel, with whom he was in a relationship for over seven years. He is also an alumnus of College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

Career
Basil Joseph began his career in 2012 as an actor in the short film CET Life. That same year he directed the short films Shhh.. and Priyamvadha Katharayano.

Joseph started his career in the Malayalam film industry with Vineeth Sreenivasan assisting him in his third directional venture, Thira. He also performed a short role in the film Homely Meals by Anoop Kannan.

Vandalism of Church replica during Minnal Murali shooting
On 24 May 2020, a temporary church that had been built as part of the film's set near Kalady was vandalized by right-wing groups. The set was made at a cost of around ₹ 50 lakh. Several activists of Antharashtra Hindu Parishad (AHP) and Bajrang Dal took credit for destroying the Church-replica by posting on their social media pages about it. AHP's general secretary, Hari Palode, said in a Facebook post that members of his outfit, along with members of Bajrang Dal, had demolished the temporary church set as it was placed opposite to a temple. Palode also congratulated the district president of Bajrang Dal, Ernakulam for taking part in the "service work" of razing the church.

Six men, including the leader of Rashtriya Bajarang Dal, have been already arrested. All of the accused were levied with sections including seeking to create communal disharmony and robbery. The prime accused in the case, who was previously arrested, was accused in 3 murder cases and many murder attempts.

Many from the film industry in Malayalam had criticized the vandalism, and Kerala's chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, said that Kerala is no place for games of the communal forces.

Feature films

 * As director


 * As assistant director


 * As actor