Sudhi Anna is an Indian film director and painter, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is known for
Hallelooya
''Hallelooya'' (or ''Hallelujah'') is a 2016 Malayalam-language film, directed by Sudhi Anna in his feature film debut and starring Narain and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. It also features Sudheer Karamana, Sunil Sukhada, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, ...
, a film featuring
Naren and
Meghana Raj
Meghana Sunder Raj Sarja (born 3 May 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam and Kannada films along with a few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Bendu Apparao R.M.P''. She has won ...
in the lead roles. He is a recipient of
J. C. Foundation Award for young director.
Biography
Anna was born in
Padiyoor
Padiyoor is a small town in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. Padiyoor village is part of Padiyoor-Kalliad Grama Panchayat in Iritty taluk.
Location
Padiyoor is located on SH 36 between Iritty and Irikkur towns. It is about 7 km ...
, a small town in
Kannur district in the south Indian state of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, in a family which nurtured art;
his elder brother,
S. Sunil is a known filmmaker who has directed three films viz. ''
Kaliyorukkam'',
''Marubhagham''
and ''Visudha Rathrikal''.
His debut film was ''Song of Solomon'' in 2012,
which had Sam Jeevan and Divya Das in the lead roles;
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...
provided the voice over for the film.
He wrote the story and screenplay for the film while Ragesh Narayanan did the cinematography and editing.
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/> His next project was ''Khadolkhachan'', a bilingual film in Malayalam and Tamil, starring
, but the film did not materialize.
and was a comeback vehicle for Narain.
The screenplay was written by Abhimaan and Suniraj, who were also associated with another Nivin Pauly starrer,
.
for young director.
lives at his riverside house on the banks of Vembuzha River in Kannur with his wife and daughter.