Sathish Kalathil

Sathish Kalathil is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Malayalam. He is also story writer, and lyricist. His experimental works are well known and appropriately discussed in Malayalam Cinema industry and his debut movie Jalachhayam (2010) was well discussed according to its experimental approach. His first film was Veenavaadanam (2008), an experimental documentary about art (painting). In 2012, he directed Laloorinu Parayanullathu, a social committed documentary film about municipal solid waste. Sathish was born to K. P. Sankaran and K. M. Komalam at Sankarayya Road, Poothole P.O in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. He completed his primary education from Namboodiri Vidyalayam UP school and Vivekodayam Boys Higher Secondary School nearby Thrissur town. In teenage, he was a Newspaper agent of Mangalam daily, when it was launched.Years later, he became an auto rickshaw driver. During his movie Jalachhayam, he was a fast food business man. Now, he is also a political leader of Nationalist Congress Party with the post secretary of Nationalist Labour Congress, Kerala, a Labour wing of N.C.P and state organizing secretary of Kerala Vazhi Vanibha Sabha (H.M.S) union. He is married to Rema K.P and he has three children. Niveda, Navin Krishna, Akhil Krishna. His elder son Navin Krishna played the character of 'Kannan' in Jalachhayam. Sathish penned lyrics for his documentaries, Veenavaadanam and Jnana Saradhi. He has also written Ghazals for a musical documentary film, Arabikadalinte Ghazal Nilavu as the tribute for Umbayee and its audio album, Sithaye Suthanuve was released on 1st August 2022 by Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, received by MLA K. K. Shailaja at Cochin. Sathish has published many poems since his teenage under the Pen Name 'Surya'.