Sathyan Anthikkad - Profile

Sathyan Anthikkad

Sathyan was born in 1954 January 3 in Anthikkad, Thrissur, Kerala. He was born to M.V. Krishnan and M.K. Kalyani.Sathyan made his Maiden appearance in Malayalam film industry in 1973 as Assistant Director in Rekha Cine Arts. He turned to writing lyrics and penned about 100 popular malayalam film songs.
Though he was successful as a lyricist, his wish was to become a director. To fulfil that, he became the Assistant director to Dr. Balakrishnan. Sathyan kickstarted his film direction with Kurukkante Kalyanam in 1982 and there was no turning back. 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 the team, with socially relevant matters in a comic touch. Sathyan made two novels into films:Appu starring Mohanlal which was a film adaptation of V. K. N.'s novel and Irattakkuttikalude Achan starring Jayaram and Manju Warrier, which was an adaptation of C. V. Balakrishnan's novel. Off late, he has ventured into screnwriting also and made films like Rasathanthram and Vinodayathara with credits of story, dialogues, screenplay and direction. He is a pet of family filmgoers because of his selection of plots in family-life background having social relevance and because of his comedic tastes. He has often made maestro Ilayaraja to set scores for his films. They teamed-up in films like Achuvinte Amma, Rasathanthram and Vinodayathara, and many of the tracks from the albums were chartbusters. Sathyan has used Jayaram or Mohanlal to play protagonists in most of his films.

FILMOGRAPHY
Year  Title
1982 Kurukkante Kalyaanam (Fox's Marriage)
1983 Kinnaaram (Small Talk)
1983 Mandanmaar Londonil (Fools in London)
1984 Veruthe Oru Pinakkam (Silly Quarrel)
1984 Appuni
1984 Kaliyil Alpam Kaaryam (Some Seriousness in Game)
1984 Aduthaduthu (Nearby)
1985 Adhyaayam Onnu Muthal (From Chapter One)
1985 Gayathri Devi Ente Amma (Gayathri Devi, My Mother)
1986 Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (Pappan, Dear Pappan)
1986 T. P. Balagopalan M.A.
1986 Gandhinagar 2nd Street
1986 Sanmanasullavarkku Samaadhaanam (Peace for Good Minded)
1987 Sreedharante Onnam Thirumurivu (Sreedharan's First Blessed Wound)
1987 Nadodikattu (Nomadic Wind)
1988 Kudumbapuranam (Family History)
1988 Pattanapravesham (Coming to Town)
1988 Ponmuttayidunna Thaaraavu ( The Goose That Lays Golden Eggs)
1989 Lal Americayil (Lal in America)
1989 Varavelpu (Welcoming)
1989 Artham (Meaning)
1989 Mazhavilkkavadi (Rainbow Festival)
1990 Sasneham (With Love)
1990 Kalikkalam (Play Ground)
1990 Thalayanamanthram (Pillow Talk)
1991 Ennum Nanmakal (Good Wishes Always)
1991 Kanalkkaattu (Wind from Embers)
1991 Sandhesam (Message)
1992 My Dear Muthachan (My Dear Grandpa)
1992 Snehasagaram (Ocean of Love)
1993 Samooham (Society)
1993 Golaanthara Vaartha (Global News)
1994 Pingami (Successor)
1994 Santhanagopalam
1995 No. 1 Snehatheeram Banglore North
1996 Thoovalkottaram (The Feather Palace)
1997 Irattakuttikalude Achan (Father of Twins)
1997 Oraal Maathram (The Only One)
1999 Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal (Again Some Family Matters)
2000 Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal (Small Happiness)
2001 Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (Of Jayakaanthan, Narendran's Son)
2002 Yathrakarude Sradhakku (Passengers Attention Please)
2003 Manassinakkare (Across the Mind)
2005 Achuvinte Amma (Achu's Mother)
2006 Rasathanthram (Chemistry)
2007 Vinodayathra (The Tour)
2008 Innathe Chintha Vishayam (Thought for the day)
2009 Bhagyadevatha (Goddess of Fortune)
2010 Katha Thudarunnu (The Story Continues)