
Joy Mathew
Acting
Biography
Joy Mathew is an Indian film director, film and theatre actor, playwright, and political activist. He is best known for playing the lead role in John Abraham's 1986 film Amma Ariyan which was voted one of the Top 10 Indian films by British Film Institute. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the film Shutter which portrays unexpected incidents happening in two days and a night in the city of Kozhikode. The film had its Indian premiere at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala and international premiere at the 9th Dubai International Film Festival. It won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala. He has written more than 20 plays in Malayalam including Athirthikkal (1989), Sankadal (1996), Pretoria – 18 Oct (1996) and Chille 73 (1997). He was honoured by Kerala Sahitya Academy and kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy for two of his plays in 1995 and 1996. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the play Madhya Dharanazhi (1996).
Known For

Ravi, a critic, comes across the writings of K T N Kottoor. Highly inspired by what he reads, he travels to a village in Kerala in search of the author.
Njaan

Eight legendary filmmakers collaborate with 9 superstars, breathing life into the timeless stories of author M.T. Vasudevan Nair. Based in Kerala, these stories explore the nuances of human nature.
Manorathangal

Seven years after the events of the first film, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Georgekutty be able to protect his family this time?
Drishyam 2

Circle Inspector of Police, Peter Kurishinkal is a stoic and taciturn officer, who prefers brain over brawn to solve his cases. His world is brought upside down when he is assigned a sensational case of a homicide.
Heaven

Enter a cradle of mysteries where a man with a dark past manipulates multiple lives through a series of cryptic letters and deadly games.
1000 Babies

Two young lovers from opposing social classes navigate prejudice and family expectations in modern-day society, as their forbidden romance challenges deep-rooted traditions.
Haal

A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.
2018

A taxi driver, Rasool and a salesgirl, Anna fall in love with each other. But soon their union is put to question when Anna persuades Rasool to convert to Christianity.
Annayum Rasoolum

A gold-smuggle deal goes awry, and an array of characters becomes involved.
Loham

Kasi and Suni are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi, who comes to Kerala to study engineering under the North East quota falls in love with Kasi. Certain incidents that follow set Kasi and Suni on a road trip to Nagaland on two motorcycles. The incidents that happen during this road adventure forms the film.
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi

Sathyanarayanan, who has an uncanny talent to deceive people, falls in love with Anjali, an aspiring model. He convinces her that he will help her enter the fashion world using his expertise.
King Liar

A young rubber farmer becomes bitter rivals with a high ranking police officer in Kottayam.
Kaduva

Madhavan, a grocery shop owner, witnesses the murder of Thomas, the son of an influential man in the city. He is hell-bent on getting the murderer behind bars.
Kaanchi

The film revolves around an eight-year old called Ryan Philip and his adventures with a magical pen called the Monkey Pen.
Philips and the Monkey Pen

The films narrates the story of a sound designer who strives hard to realize his dream of recording all the sounds of the Thrissur Pooram.
The Sound Story

The film narrates the story of a few high-school friends getting back together after a long time.
Idukki Gold

Alvy (Shine Tom) and Vikku (Balu) are two petty thieves. Their lives turn upside down when a pair of ancient rings swaps Alvy's body with that of a female software engineer Janaki (Anushree). This leads to several hilarious situations while both of them work out a plan to reverse the effects.
Ithihasa

Even though crime branch officer David Abraham is on suspension, he engages himself in the investigation of a case on Christmas night which is not yet recorded in the crime records.
7th Day

A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.
Charlie

An immensely rich farmer lives peacefully with his family in Pala and has no idea about the hectic metro life. He gets introduced to it when he hides a love-stricken couple in his house.