Suhas and Sharfu are an

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duo working in

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. They wrote a total of five films, beginning with ''

Varathan ''Varathan'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Amal Neerad. It is an adaptation of '' Straw Dogs''. It was jointly produced by Nazriya Nazim and Amal Neerad under the banners of Fahadh Faasil and Friends and ...

'' in 2018.

Career

They were both engineers before their film careers and met through the short film network and social media. Suhas is from

Thripunithura Thrippunithura or Tripunithura (), is a prominent historical and residential region in the City of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located about 7 km (4 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin ...

and Sharfu from

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

. Suhas and Sharfu were assistant director and associate director respectively for the 2018 film '' Sudani From Nigeria''. Through

Sameer Thahir Sameer C. Thahir ISC (born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director and producer who works mainly in the Malayalam cinema while also having worked in a few Tamil films. He is a graduate of Maharajas ...

, one of the producers of the movie, they met

Amal Neerad Amal Neerad (born on 7 October 1976) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and Film producer, producer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (first batch). He was awarded ...

. Suhas said in an interview about their first movie, "We had approached Amal Neerad with another script, that didn’t work out instead ''Varathan'' came to be." The movie was well received. ''

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'' wrote, "The screenplay by the Suhas–Sharfu duo is solid. They vividly etch different shades of misogyny, voyeurism and ensuing paranoia and drama, something every woman can relate to." After the commercial success of ''Varathan'', the director

Aashiq Abu Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), ''Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (201 ...

invited them to co-write the screenplay of ''

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'' with

Muhsin Parari Muhsin Parari is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist, who works in Malayalam films. Career He started his career by directing the music album ''Native Bapa'' (2012), in which actor Mamukkoya played the lead. He worked as assistant di ...

. The movie was set against the backdrop of the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. The movie received critical acclaim and was a box office success. ''

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'' praised the screenplay as "A Screenwriting Miracle". In March 2020, Suhas and Sharfu joined as co-writers in

Karthick Naren Karthick Naren (born 23 July 1994) is an Indian filmmaker who works in Tamil cinema. Naren broke into the Tamil film industry having had directed several award-winning short films like ''Pradhi'' and ''Nirangal Moondru'' before his feature film ...

's '' Maaran'', starrinf

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...

. The film was released on 11 March 2022 to mixed reviews. Their next release was ''Puzhu'', starring

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and

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. It was the first film directed by Ratheena P. T., from a story by Harshad, writer of the movie '' Unda''. Suhas and Sharfu co-wrote the screenplay with Harshad. A

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release, the movie gained critical acclaim. Their third release in 2022 was '' Dear Friend'', directed by

Vineeth Kumar Vineeth Kumar is an Indian actor and director in Malayalam cinema. He came into the industry as child artist in the 1988 movie ''Padippura''. His directorial debut ''Ayal Njanalla'' was released in 2015. Early life Vineeth Kumar was born in P ...

and starring

Tovino Thomas Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...

. Sharfu and Suhas joined the actor Arjun Lal in his first screenwriting role. The movie was a

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, but critics praised its unusual theme and out-of-the-box narrative. Sharfu is also a lyricist. He wrote the song "'Thonnal'" for a music video directed by

Ahaana Krishna Ahaana Krishna (born 13 October 1995) is an Indian actress, who appears primarily in Malayalam films and in ad films. She made her cinematic debut as lead heroine in Rajeev Ravi's ''Njan Steve Lopez'' in 2014 opposite to Farhaan Faasil. Ear ...

in 2021. He also wrote one song for the 2021 movie ''

Madhuram ''Madhuram'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy -drama film written and directed by Ahammed Khabeer. The film stars Joju George, Shruti Ramachandran, Arjun Ashokan, Nikhila Vimal and Indrans in important roles. The film was pr ...

''. In 2022, he wrote the song "'Aalum Thee'" for the movie ''

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''. He is the lyricist of the upcoming movie ''Jackson Bazaar Youth'', produced by Zakariya Mohammed.

Filmography

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