S. Anil Kumar, also known as Douthyam Anil and Anil Vakkam, is an Indian film director who works in

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...

s. He is known for his action films. He is best known for directing the action-adventure film ''

Douthyam ''Douthyam'' () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller spy film directed by P. Anil and written by Gayathri Ashokan. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Parvathy, and Babu Antony. The film attracted media attention for the actio ...

'' (1989).

Career

He made his debut as a director in 1986 with ''Adiverukal'', starring

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

. His other films with

are ''Douthyam'' and ''Sooryagayathri''. Another of Anil's Mohanlal films, ''Brahmaa'', was dropped after the first schedule. The same film was later remade by

I. V. Sasi Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1948 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian film director who made over 110 films predominantly in Malayalam, in addition to Tamil and Hindi languages. In 2015, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest a ...

as '' The City'' with

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician who is currently serving as the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Minister of Tourism since June 2024. He was ele ...

Filmography

As director

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anil, P. Living people Film directors from Kerala Malayalam film directors 20th-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people)