Malayalam screenwriter and director Dennis Joseph took last breath on Monday evening. He was admitted at a private hospital in Kottayam following a heart attack.

Dennis Joseph worked as a journalist with a magazine before making his remarkable career in Malayalam film industry. In late 90s, he made his debut as a screenwriter with Eeran Sandhya. The movie cast included Mammootty, Shobhana, Rahman and his uncle Jose Prakash in the lead roles. Dennis wrote some really great box office hits of Malayalam cinema, including New Delhi. The 1987 film had an ensemble cast, including Mammootty, Sumalatha, Suresh Gopi, Urvashi, B. Thiagarajan, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Mohan Jose, Devan, and Jagannatha Varma. It was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of that year. And it even inspired remakes in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Joseph also wrote critically and commercially successful films in Mammootty’s career. Dennis’ Nirakkoottu, Shyama, Nyayavidhi, Veendum, Thanthram were among the movies that were instrumental in establishing Mammootty’s stardom in the industry.

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