Rathish Ambat is an Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

, adfilm director, and producer who works predominantly in the

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

. He is well known for his debut film ''

Kammara Sambhavam ''Kammara Sambhavam'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language genre-bending satirical-thriller film written by Murali Gopy and directed by Rathish Ambat. The film was produced by Gokulam Gopalan and stars Dileep, Siddharth, Murali Gopy, Bobby ...

'' which was released on 14 April 2018.

Career

Rathish started his career as an ad filmmaker. In 2013 Ratish Ambat co-produced the film

Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal ''Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal'' () is a 2013 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Lal Jose and starring Dileep, Parvathy Nambiar, Rima Kallingal and Murali Gopy. The film follows a sequence of events that unfolds during a course of se ...

directed by

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. In 2015, Rathish's most popular project ‘The Great Backwaters' campaign for the

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board to promote the backwaters of Kerala went on to fetch the Silver at the Golden Gate awards at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin). He made his directional movie debut through the Malayalam movie ''

'' which has won the National Film Award for Best Production Design and the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Costume Designer and Best Art Director. He called the film "a satire that has politics, history and cinema". The film won an award at the

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. He was the co-producer of the film

. His second film Theerppu as a director and co-producer starring Prithviraj,

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, and Indrajith and is scheduled to release in January 2022. In late 2021, he was reported to be working on an anthology called 'Mindscapes' written by

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. It is also the first project in

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to be produced by

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Filmography

Awards

ITB Berlin The ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) is the world's largest tourism trade fair. The companies represented at the fair include hotels, tourist boards, tour operators, system providers, airlines and car rental companies. The ITB ...

Golden Gate Award, Kerala Tourism Ad film - 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambat, Ratheesh Living people Malayalam film directors Year of birth missing (living people)