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Jeethu Joseph

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Jeethu Joseph
Mohanlal talks to IMDb about his favorite scenes from 'Drishyam 2,' how he brought Georgekutty to life, and the challenges associated with creating a sequel.
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Jeethu Joseph is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil and Bollywood films. Jeethu made his directional debut with the 2007 police procedural film Detective and later went on to direct five successful films: the family drama Mummy & Me (2010), the comedy My Boss (2012), the thriller Memories (2013), the family-thriller Drishyam (2013), the revenge-drama Oozham (2016) and the action-thriller Aadhi (2018). Jeethu gained popularity after the release of Drishyam, which became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever. Jeethu made his Tamil debut with Papanasam (2015), Thambi (2019) and Hindi with The Body (2019).
BornNovember 10, 1972
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BornNovember 10, 1972
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, and Esther Anil in Drishyam (2013)
    Drishyam
    8.4
    • Writer
    • 2013
    Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, and Esther Anil in Drishyam 2 (2021)
    Drishyam 2
    8.4
    • Writer
    • 2021
    Papanasam (2015)
    Papanasam
    8.4
    • Writer
    • 2015
    Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, and Mrunal Jadhav in Drishyam (2015)
    Drishyam
    8.2
    • Writer
    • 2015

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    Writer



    • Mirage
      • Writer
      • Post-production
    • Drishyam 3
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
    • Untitled Ram second part
      • Writer
      • In Production
    • Drishyam 3
      • Writer
      • In Production
    • Ram
      • Writer
      • In Production



    • Jagadish, Mohanlal, Haritha G. Nair, Santhi Mayadevi, Siddique, Priyamani, Ganesh Kumar, Sreedhanya, and Anaswara Rajan in Neru (2023)
      Neru
      7.5
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, and Mrunal Jadhav in Drishyam 2 (2022)
      Drishyam 2
      8.2
      • original screenplay
      • original story
      • 2022
    • Venkatesh Daggubati in Drushyam 2 (2021)
      Drushyam 2
      8.1
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2021
    • Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, and Esther Anil in Drishyam 2 (2021)
      Drishyam 2
      8.4
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Jyotika, Sathyaraj, and Karthi in Thambi (2019)
      Thambi
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 2019
    • Joan Chen, Wenshan Xu, Xiran Zhang, Zhuo Tan, and Yang Xiao in Wu sha (2019)
      Wu sha
      6.8
      • based on the film by
      • 2019
    • Kalidas Jayaram, Shebin Benson, and Aparna Balamurali in Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019)
      Mr. & Ms. Rowdy
      4.4
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Pranav Mohanlal in Aadhi (2018)
      Aadhi
      6.4
      • story, screenplay, dialogue
      • 2018
    • Dharmayuddhaya (2017)
      Dharmayuddhaya
      7.7
      • story
      • 2017
    • Biju Menon and Indrajith Sukumaran in Lakshyam (2017)
      Lakshyam
      5.6
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Prithviraj Sukumaran in Oozham (2016)
      Oozham
      6.0
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Radha Ravi, Charlie, Aishwarya Dutta, Anupama Kumar, Arulnithi, Robo Shankar, Ramesh Thilak, and Aishwarya Rajesh in Aaradhu Sinam (2016)
      Aaradhu Sinam
      6.8
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, and Mrunal Jadhav in Drishyam (2015)
      Drishyam
      8.2
      • original story
      • 2015
    • Papanasam (2015)
      Papanasam
      8.4
      • story
      • 2015
    • Meena, Venkatesh Daggubati, Nadia Moidu, and Kruthika in Drushyam (2014)
      Drushyam
      8.2
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2014

    Director



    • Valathu Vashathe Kallan
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Mirage
      • Director
      • Post-production
    • Untitled Jeethu Joseph/Fahadh Faasil Project
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Untitled Junglee Pictures/Jeethu Joseph Project
      • Director
      • In Production
    • Drishyam 3
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Untitled Ram second part
      • Director
      • In Production
    • Drishyam 3
      • Director
      • In Production
    • Ram
      • Director
      • In Production



    • Nunakkuzhi (2024)
      Nunakkuzhi
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Jagadish, Mohanlal, Haritha G. Nair, Santhi Mayadevi, Siddique, Priyamani, Ganesh Kumar, Sreedhanya, and Anaswara Rajan in Neru (2023)
      Neru
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Asif Ali in Kooman (2022)
      Kooman
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Mohanlal in 12th Man (2022)
      12th Man
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Venkatesh Daggubati in Drushyam 2 (2021)
      Drushyam 2
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, and Esther Anil in Drishyam 2 (2021)
      Drishyam 2
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Jyotika, Sathyaraj, and Karthi in Thambi (2019)
      Thambi
      6.7
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2019
    • Rishi Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, and Sobhita Dhulipala in The Body (2019)
      The Body
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Kalidas Jayaram, Shebin Benson, and Aparna Balamurali in Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019)
      Mr. & Ms. Rowdy
      4.4
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Pranav Mohanlal in Aadhi (2018)
      Aadhi
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Prithviraj Sukumaran in Oozham (2016)
      Oozham
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dileep in Life of Josutty (2015)
      Life of Josutty
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Papanasam (2015)
      Papanasam
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba, and Esther Anil in Drishyam (2013)
      Drishyam
      8.4
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Prithviraj Sukumaran in Memories (2013)
      Memories
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2013

    Producer



    • Untitled Shane Nigam/Martin Joseph Project
      • Presenter
      • Pre-production



    • For Alice
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Saiju Kurup, Priyanka Nair, Vijay Babu, and Sudhi Koppa in Antakshari (2022)
      Antakshari
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Kalidas Jayaram, Shebin Benson, and Aparna Balamurali in Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019)
      Mr. & Ms. Rowdy
      4.4
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Biju Menon and Indrajith Sukumaran in Lakshyam (2017)
      Lakshyam
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2017

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    Veteran Actor Mohanlal Shares How He Created Georgekutty
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    • Born
      • November 10, 1972
      • Mutholapuram, Kerala, India
    • Spouse
      • Linta Jeethu(2 children)
    • Children
        Katina Jeethu

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