Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is a true crime documentary directed by Christopher Tomy, investigating six deaths in the same family and the woman at the center of the Koodathayi Cyanide killing case.
[2] The series is based on actual events in Koodathayi, a village in Kerala, India, between 2002 and 2016.
[3] Jolly Joseph, a mother and wife, was accused of poisoning six members of her family, including her first husband, with cyanide-laced food.
She allegedly did this to inherit the family property and to marry her lover, who was her husband’s cousin.
[4] It is based on first-person testimonials of individuals involved in the case.