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Sathyan Anthikad | |
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Born | Anthicad, Thrissur, Kerala, India |
January 3, 1955
Occupation | Film director, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Farmer |
Years active | 1982–present |
Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director and screenwriter known primarily for his family based Malayalam films.
He has created many critical and commercially successful films, especially when working with Sreenivasan as the scriptwriter. His popular films include T. P. Balagopalan M.A. (1986), Nadodikkattu (1987), Varavelpu (1989), Mazhavilkavadi (1989), Sasneham (1990), Sandesam (1991), Thooval Kottaram (1996), Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal (1999), Manassinakkare (2003), and Rasatanthram (2006). Mohanlal and Jayaram embodied the typical Sathyan Anthikkad lead character in most of his films. On the other hand, Sathyan Anthikad had tried making movies in different genres as well but because of their lower success rate at the box-office he hasn't pursued to make more of them. Some of his such films include Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986), Artham (1989), and Pingami (1994).
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Satyan was born to M.V. Krishnan and M.K. Kalyani. He is married to Nimmi Sathyan and has three sons.
In 1973, Sathyan debuted as an assistant director to Dr. Balakrishnan in Rekha Cine Arts. Sathyan kickstarted his film direction with Kurukkante Kalyanam in 1982.[1] He teamed up with Sreenivasan and made some of the most memorable films in Malayalam film history, with Sreenivasan as the screenwriter. Thalayanamanthram, Nadodikkattu and Sandesam are some of the films born from this team, covering socially relevant matters with a comic touch. Sathyan made two novels into films: Appunni starring Mohanlal (a film adaptation of V. K. N.'s novel) and Irattakkuttikalude Achan starring Jayaram and Manju Warrier (an adaptation of C. V. Balakrishnan's novel).[2] Of late, he has ventured into screenwriting and made films like Rasathanthram, Vinodayathra, Innathe Chintha Vishayam and Bhagyadevatha, with credits of story, dialogues and screenplay.
He is a favorite of family filmgoers because of his selection of plots in family-life backgrounds with social relevance and because of his comedic tastes.[1]
Sathyan Anthikad often includes certain actors and technicians more than once in his films. Innocent, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Mamukkoya, Nedumudi Venu and K. P. A. C. Lalitha are common cast in his films. His association with screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan's is one of the most successful combinations in Malayalam cinema. Among the lead actors, Jayaram and Mohanlal have collaborated with him the most.
Either Vipin Mohan or Venu has served as cinematographer for almost all of Anthikkad's films. Johnson has provided music for all his films till Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal. Their combination is said to be one of the most successful combo in Malayalam film history. Many memorable songs and film scores of nineties emerged from this combo. In Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Anthikkad roped in one of his favourite composers Ilaiyaraja to compose music. However, he returned to Johnson himself for his next films Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka and Yathrakarude Sradhakku. He again brought back Ilaiyaraja in Manassinakkare, as Johnson took a sabattical from film scoring. Ilaiyaraja composed the music for all of Anthikkad's films thereafter.
As a lyricist, Sathyan has penned about 100 popular Malayalam film songs, including the following: