
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).
P.T.R. Bhattathiri
Thathamangalam Narayana Ayyengar
Pothuval Sir
Bishop
MLA
Pious Mathew
Father Varghese Punyaalan
Ahmed Shah
Hajyar
G. Krishnakumar
Maya's father
Thomas
Joseph
Gopi Aashaan
Joseph
Simon Mundakal
Jose Sebastian
Chandy
Vijayan
Self
Arif Bhai
Special Appearance
Hajiyar
Mahin Haji
Chandran
The Librarian
Actor
Basheer
Vayalil Satheesan
Varghese
Dr Jayan
Vivekanandan
Anuradha's husband
John
Dr. Aravind Menon
Prakashettan
Raghavan Mama
Nelson Christo
Sayip
Kunjutty
Bishop
Damodaran Namboothiri
D.G.P
Public Prosecutor
Samuel K Sam
Abdul Haji
Umer
Joe's Father
Aloshi
Cleetus
Richard Philip
Purushan
Chandraji
Self
Sebastian
Markos
Ulahannan's Friend
Surgeon
Dr.Ramanath Pai
D. Gopi Prasad (DGP)
Balachandran
Shankaran Mesthiri
Father Abraham Ottaplakal
Kurup sir
Father of Sumathi
John Adakkakaran
Gayathri's Professor (Malayalam Version)
Unnikrishnan Namboothiri
R.K
Karimban John
Cleetus
Bank Manager
Lopez
Ustad
Chembakasseri Parameshwaran Pillai
Doctor
Baby Samuel
Mukundan
Ummerkoya
John Samuel