Akbar Jose is an Indian director who shot to fame with the 2009 blockbuster film Veruthe Oru Bharya. The film tells the story of a mother and a child, and shows how the mother deals with her infertility issues and the effect of her husband's infidelity on her. Akbar Jose later remade his Bollywood film Gauri: The Unborn as Kana Kanmani (2009) in Malayalam.
