Sathish Kalathil

Sathish Kalathil is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Malayalam. He is also a story writer, and lyricist. His experimental works are well known and appropriately discussed in Malayalam Cinema industry and his debut movie Jalachhayam (2010)^[1][2] was well discussed according to its experimental approach.^[3][4][5] His first film was Veenavaadanam (2008),^[6] an experimental documentary about art (painting). In 2012, he directed Laloorinu Parayanullathu, a socially committed documentary film about municipal solid waste.

Sathish Kalathil
Born	(1971-08-30) 30 August 1971 (age 52) Sankarayya Road, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)	Director, lyricist, story writer
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Rema K. P
Children	Niveda, Navin Krishna, Akhil Krishna Niveda-Akhil Krishna-Navin Krishna
Parent	Sankaran-Komalam
Website	Official Website

Personal life

Sathish was born to K. P. Sankaran and K. M. Komalam at Sankarayya Road, Poothole P.O in Thrissur district of Kerala, India.^[7] 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^[8].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.^[9][10] He is married to Rema K.P and he has three children. Niveda, Navin Krishna, Akhil Krishna.^[11] His elder son Navin Krishna played the character of 'Kannan' in Jalachhayam.^[12]

Filmography

Direction

Year	Title	Writer	Script	Cinematography	Notes
2008	Veenavaadanam	Yes	Yes	Sunil.A.D	Documentary Film
2010	Jalachhayam	Sujith Aalungal	Sujith Aalungal	Pramod Vadakara	Feature Film
2012	Laloorinu Parayanullathu	Yes	Bhasi Pangil	Saju Pukikkottil, Sunil.A.D	Documentary Film
2022	Jnana Saradhi.^[13]	Yes	Bhasi Pangil	Navin Krishna	Documentary Film

Lyrics

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 1 August 2022 by Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, received by MLA K. K. Shailaja at Cochin.^[14][15][16] Sathish has published many poems since his teenage under the Pen Name 'Surya'.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Song	Film (Documentary)	Year	Singer	Composer
"Varakal Vaachaala Kadhakal"	Veenavaadanam	2008	Dr.B. Jayakrishnan	Baburaj Puthur
"Priyamullavane Nee Vida Chollave"^[22]	Jnana Saradhi	2022	Vineetha Joshi	Adv PK Sajeev, Vineetha Joshi
"Sithaye Suthanuve"^[23]	Arabikadalinte Ghazal Nilavu	2022	Sivadev Unnikumar	Adv. P.K Sajeev

Book

 

Script of Laloorinu Parayanullathu

 

Dr.P.V. Krishnan Nair, Secretary, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi release the book 'Laloorinu Parayanullathu' and R.Gopalakrishnan, SSecretary, Kerala Sahitya Akademi receives the book.

After some research about the sufferings and various problems faced by people of Laloor due to the heavy dumping of Municipal Garbage of Thrissur Municipal Corporation at their premises and the associated protest manifested through various forms of strikes, Sathish Kalathil wrote the Principal Story for his documentary Laloorinu Parayanullathu^[24][8] Bhasi Pangil made a Script out of this Story about Laloor.

The Book, 'Laloorinu Parayanullathu (What has Laloor To Say)' Published by Vidyaposhini Publications, Thrissur. And, the book released on 29 August 2013 by Dr.P.V. Krishnan Nair, secretary, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and copy received by R. Gopalakrishnan, secretary, Kerala Sahithya Akademi at Prof. Joseph Mundassery Memorial Auditorium, Thissur, associated with D.F.M.F Short Film Festival-2013 contested by Digital Film Makers' Forum Trust.^[25] [1]D.F.M.F. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Book	Year	Publisher
"Laloorinu Parayanullathu (What has Laloor To Say)"	2012	Vidyaposhini

Career

Sathish started the news magazine Prathibhavam in 2000.^[26][2],[3] He established a trust in 2010, Digital Film Makers Forum (D.F.M.F.),^[27] to help amateur digital filmmakers make and promote digital films.^[28] He and his trust also involved socially and conducted many programs. The trust intervened against the termination of Sree Rama Varma Music School in 2013 and made many protests for the survival of the school.^[29][30][31] Through Digital Film Makers Forum, Sathish Kalathil and his associates organised a digital short film festival, called the D.F.M.F Short Film Festival.^[25] He took advantage of various opportunities opened up by the digital era through mobile phone camera and he was one of the first people around the world to experiment with filmmaking using first generation mobile phones.^[3][4][5]

References

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13. "നമ്പൂതിരി വിദ്യാലയത്തിന്റെ ആത്മകഥയ്ക്ക് ദൃശ്യഭാഷ്യം". Kerala Kaumudi Daily.
14. "ഉമ്പായി ഇന്നും പാടുന്നു" (in Malayalam). mathrubhumi daily. 2 August 2022.
15. "ഉമ്പായി ഇന്നും പാടുന്നു" (in Malayalam). madhyamam daily. August 2022.
16. "ആ ഗസൽമഴ തോർന്ന് നാലാണ്ട്, ഉമ്പായിക്ക് സമർപ്പണമായി ഡോക്യുമെന്ററി" (in Malayalam). keralakaumudi daily.
17. "ഗുലാബ് ജാമുന്‍". mathrubhumi. 17 October 2022.
18. "ആരാണവള്‍; അയാള്‍?". asianetnews.
19. . Malayalimanasu. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021.
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22. "Priyamullavane Nee Vida Chollave". Msidb.
23. "ഉമ്പായിക്ക് സമർപ്പണമായി 'സിതയേ സുതനുവേ'" (in Malayalam). malayalam daily news. 19 July 2022.
24. (in Malayalam). ജന്മഭൂമി. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017.
25. "'വില് യു ബി മി' നല്ല സിനിമ, 'മൗനനൊമ്പരം' മികച്ച ഡോക്യുമെന്ററി". kvartha.com. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
26. "ഒരു ഗീതകം പോലെ, മലയാളികളുടെ പ്രിയങ്കരിയായ സാഹിത്യകാരിയുടെ ഓർമ്മയ്ക്ക്". Keralakaumudi.
27. "INAUGURATION OF DIGITAL FILM MAKERS' FORUM".
28. . Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
29. . keralakaumudi. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
30. . sathyamonline. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
31. . keralakaumudi. Archived from the original on 9 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

 

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