Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who predominantly works in

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. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 50 films, been the lyricist for 12 films and been the scriptwriter for 6 films. He is the recipient of several accolades including a

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, five

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

and three

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. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour in

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for his book, ''Eeswaran Mathram Sakshi.''

Personal life

Sathyan Anthikad was born to M. V. Krishnan and M. K. Kalyani at Anthikad in the

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. He is married to Nimmy Sathyan. He has 3 sons: Arun Sathyan, Anoop Sathyan, and Akhil Sathyan. Like their father, both Anoop and Akhil are film directors as well. Anoop debuted as a director with '' Varane Avashyamund'' (2020), while Akhil debuted as a director with '' Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum'' (2023).

Career

In 1973, Sathyan debuted as an assistant director to Dr. Balakrishnan in Rekha Cine Arts. He was the associate director of P Chandrakumar and also assisted director

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in a few films. Sathyan kickstarted his film direction with ''Kurukkante Kalyanam'' in 1982. He teamed up with

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

and made some

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s, with Sreenivasan as the screenwriter. '' Thalayanamanthram'', ''

Nadodikkattu ''Nadodikkattu'' () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan based on a story by the Siddique–Lal duo. It stars Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in the lead roles, along with an ...

'' and '' Sandesam'' are some of the films born from this team. Sathyan made two novels into films: ''Appunni'' starring

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(a film adaptation of a V. K. N. novel) and ''Irattakkuttikalude Achan'' starring

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and

Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978/1979) is an Indian actress, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. She is the recipient of a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards South. Warrier made her actin ...

(an adaptation of C. V. Balakrishnan's novel). Films like '' Pingami,'' though a commercial failure at the time of release, have over the years gained a

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Books

Sathyan Anthikad has authored ''Eeswaran Mathram Sakshi'', ''Shesham Vellithirayil'' and ''Aathmaavinte Adikkurippukal''. ''Eeswaran Mathram Sakshi'' received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour in

."Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships for P. Valsala, N.V.P. Unithiri"
''The Hindu''. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

Sathyan Anthikkad in MMDb
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