Sudhi Anna

Sudhi was born in Padiyoor, a small town in Kannur district in the south Indian state of Kerala, in a family which nurtured art;^[4] his elder brother, S. Sunil is a known filmmaker who has directed three films viz. Kaliyorukkam,^[5] Marubhagham^[6] and Visudha Rathrikal.^[7] His debut film was Song of Solomon in 2012,^[8] which had Sam Jeevan and Divya Das in the lead roles; Mohanlal provided the voice over for the film.^[9][10] He wrote the story and screenplay for the film while Ragesh Narayanan did the cinematography and editing.^[11] His next project was Khadolkhachan, a bilingual film in Malayalam and Tamil, starring Vidharth^[12] and Shine Tom Chacko, but the film did not materialize.^[13][14] Subsequently, he made Hallelooya, a love story featuring Narain and Meghana Raj and the film was released in May 2016,^[15][16] and was a comeback vehicle for Narain.^[17][18] The screenplay was written by Abhimaan and Suniraj, who were also associated with another Nivin Pauly starrer, Neram.^[19] The film, which featured a poem by the Indian Police Service officer, B. Sandhya,^[20] fetched him the J. C. Foundation Award for the young director.^[4] His latest film, Poyyamozhi, had its premiere at Cannes Film Market on 19 May 2024.^[21][22][23] The film has Jaffar Idukki in the lead.^[24][25]

Sudhi, who has also conducted several exhibitions of his photographs,^[26] drawings^[27][28][29] and paintings,^[4] lives at his riverside house on the banks of Vembuzha River in Kannur with his wife and daughter.^[30]