Joseph is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by M. Padmakumar and written by Shahi Kabir.

[1] It stars Joju George, Dileesh Pothan, Irshad, Athmiya Rajan, Johny Antony, Sudhi Koppa, Malavika Menon, and Madhuri Braganza.

Joseph, a retired detective with sharp investigating skills, lives a lonely life, and is separated from his wife Stella, who is now married to another person named Peter.

Upon questioning the people present at the crime scene, it is revealed that a person named Manu was the first to witness the incident when he came to supply milk to their house and was also the one who informed the police.

After questioning the members present at the crime scene, Joseph deduces that Manu is the culprit and arrests him using his skills and experience .

Joseph and his friends reach the spot where Stella met with the accident, and receives the car number from the tea shop owner, who also describe the incident as seen by him.

Joseph travels on his bike, mimicking the accident happened to Stella, is hit down and picked up by the couple in the black used car.

Joseph conducted a trial suicide previously by cutting his vein and getting admitted in the hospital for listing himself as a possible donor of the rare group.

[6] In an interview to The Hindu, the writer Shahi Kabir responded that he didn't intend to create a scare about Mrithasanjeevani (Kerala Network for Organ Sharing), a project of the State Government, but an attempt to prevent a crime.

[7] Anna M. M. Vetticad, of FirstPost, found Joju George "dominate(d) an atmospheric, poignant, but over-stretched cop saga.