Joshi (director)

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Joshi (sometimes credited as Joshiy, Joshy) is a film director in Malayalam. His most recent work is the 2005 film, Naran.

Joshi hails from Varkala, where his family ran movie-houses. He has done 60 films so far, starting with Tiger Salim (1978). Joshi has a successful track record and is a top-ranking director today. His real skill lies in directing action movies (like New Delhi) and non-brainy thrillers (like Sangham). The action cuts in some of his movies are so crafty, that these can be comparable even to Hollywood movies.

Virtually all of his movies are entertainers with little artistry value. Almost all of his movies are made with whopping budgets - the costliest movie ever made in Malayalam, Dubai, was a Joshi film. This factor makes him a risky director for producers - his movies can either be huge hits or huge flops.

Joshi is a man without any fuss, very calm and composed. One can't find him involved in any controversies, and he grants interviews very rarely. A superstitious man, the cars he own are all painted maroon. Though most of his movies are entertainers, Joshi never misses any film festivals. He was also the Chairman of MACTA(Malayalam Cine Technicians Association).

His name is not to be confused with Joshiy Mathew, a talented but yet-to-taste-success Malayalam movie director and son of Professor Pala K M Mathew - a former member of Indian Parliament.