• Comment: See source analysis made by JavaHurricane below as well. Tails Wx 15:12, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Source analysis, reference by reference:
    1) The Times of India is not considered to be a reliable source. See WP:TOI for further details and the relevant discussions among Wikipedia editors.
    2) Written by Joseph himself, and therefore does not count towards notability. Interviews, press releases, content written by the subject of the article or someone closely related to them does not count towards notability.
    3) Per ref 2
    4) Opinion piece written by the subject. Again, per ref 2, does not count towards notability.
    5) Countercurrents seems to be a blog, which generally, as self-published sources, don't count towards notability; and their usage in articles, especially on living people, is normally not allowed.
    6) A review of a book on the works of Joseph - does not count as in-depth coverage of Joseph himself.
    7) Per ref 5
    8) Per ref 2
    9) Not 100% convinced GetBengal is a reliable source (by Wikipedia standards), but assuming it is, it would contribute towards notability.
    10) Largely passing mentions of Joseph - not in-depth coverage.
    11) Per ref 5
    12) Looks like a blog service, and in any case of questionable reliability
    13) Per ref 5
    14) Per ref 5
    15) Source seems to be reliable, but focuses on a film of Joseph's, not on the man himself - thus not in-depth coverage about Joseph. This may contribute towards the notability of the film, though.
    16) Similar to 15
    A good thumb of rule for the minimum number of reliable sources offering in-depth, significant coverage of the subject is three. By my count, there's not more than a couple of such sources at most; and thus the subject is not shown to pass the notability test for people (see WP:BIO). On the other hand, I do see good potential for Joseph to be notable enough to get an article, and I would recommend you to do further research for sources, especially in other languages than English - there may be more than sufficient material available. JavaHurricane 13:58, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Joshy Joseph
Born (1962-04-29) April 29, 1962 (age 62)
Occupation(s)Documentary filmmaker, Writer, Director, Cinematographer

Joshy Joseph (born April 29, 1962) is an independent filmmaker, who had won six National Awards[1] for making films and one National Award for writing on Cinema from the President of India. He has written numerous articles on Cinema.[2]

Veteran Critic Vidyarthy Chatterjee wrote his Chidananda Dasgupta Centenary Award-winning book "Calcutta Films- a Joshy Joseph Trilogy."[3][4] His latest work is "Walking Over Water"[5], which is an auto-fiction feature where he taped his son Ozu for 16 long years.[6]

Filmography edit

[7] [8]

Year Title Notes
1998 Sarang: Symphony in Cacophony Documentary Short
1999 Sentence of Silence Documentary Short
1999 And the Bamboo Blooms Documentary short
2000 Wearing the Face [9] Documentary short
2000 Mobile Experimental Film
2001 Imaginary Line Fictional Feature
2004 Journey of an Indian Farmer Documentary short
2005 One Day from a Hangman's Life[10][11] Documentary Feature
2007 Walking Dead Documentary Feature
2009 Journeying with Mahasweta Devi[12][13][14] Documentary Feature
2015 A Poet a City and a Footballer[15] Documentary Feature
2015 With Quietude to Nirad Documentary Feature
2016 Tree of Tongues in Tripura [16] Documentary Feature
2020 Echo from the Pukpui Skies [17] [18] Documentary Short
2022 Manipur Mindscapes [19] [20] Experimental Film
2022 Mizo Soundscapes Experimental Film
2023 Aribam Syam Sharma Laparoscopic Cinemascapes[21] Experimental Film

There are movies of Experimental shorts like " Manipur Mosaic", " Bonafide Bonfires", " Interpretations", " Serendipity Cinema", " Masterstroke", "Old Man and Swan", "Mahasweta Devi Close-up"

References edit

  1. ^ "Joshy Joseph Awards". The Times of India.
  2. ^ "NFDC merger: In unified National Film Corporation, a theatre of the absurd".
  3. ^ "The Chidananda Dasgupta Best Book Award to Vidyarthy Chatterjee's book on Calcutta and the Joshy Joseph Trilogy- A critical review". 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ Venkiteswaran, C. S. (July 24, 2022). "A cinephile, a city, and a film-maker". Frontline.
  5. ^ "Parables, flying scrolls and fiction: What is evil?". 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ Joseph, Joshy (February 12, 2022). "Walking Over Water: An 'Autofiction' Manifesto » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics". imphalreviews.in.
  7. ^ "Joshy Joseph, the Malayali with a Kolkata trilogy". Get Bengal.
  8. ^ "Mahasweta Devi, Who Penned Hundreds Of Stories, Couldn't Finish Writing Her Autobiography". 28 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Wearing the Face". 22 August 2020.
  10. ^ "HANG DEMOCRACY!".
  11. ^ "One Day from a Hangman's Life: Documentary on hangman Nata Mullick's life".
  12. ^ "Journeying with Mahasweta Devi – a film that captured the writer's essence". 31 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Mahasweta's last glance was all about life: Film-maker Joshy Joseph".
  14. ^ "Through the looking glass". 19 November 2016.
  15. ^ "'A Poet, A City & A Footballer' is a documentary on a film that never got made". 15 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Confusion of Tongues, and a Film". 5 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Echo From Pukpui Skies: Documentary Uncovers Unknown Mizo History". 13 February 2020.
  18. ^ "'Echo from the Pukpui Skies'-that which is not mainstream is handled like a bomb-scare!". 7 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Manipur Mindscapes: A film by Joshy Joseph". 3 June 2022.
  20. ^ ""Manipur Mindscapes": A Films Division Film With a Difference by Joshy Joseph". 4 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Celebrating Aribam as a "Rishi" of Our Times". 23 July 2022.