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| birth_place             = [[Anthikad]], [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]

| occupation             = Director, screenwriter, lyricist, farmer

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| children               = 3 including Anoop Sathyan

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| years active           = 1982–present

'''Sathyan Anthikad''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist best known for his family dramas in [[Malayalam cinema]].

Sathyan has created many critical and commercially successful films, especially when working with [[Sreenivasan (actor)|Sreenivasan]] as the scriptwriter. Sathyan made his debut with the 1982 film ''[[Kurukkante Kalyanam]]''.  His popular films include ''[[T. P. Balagopalan M.A.]]'' (1986), '' [[Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam]] '' (1986), ''[[Gandhinagar 2nd Street]]'' (1986), ''[[Nadodikkattu]]'' (1987), '' [[Pattanapravesham]]'' (1988), ''[[Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu]]'' (1988), ''[[Varavelpu]]'' (1989), ''[[Artham]]'' (1989), ''[[Mazhavilkavadi]]'' (1989),  ''[[Kalikkalam]]'' (1990), ''[[Sasneham]]'' (1990), ''[[Sandesam]]'' (1991), ''[[Ennum Nanmakal]]'' (1991), ''[[My Dear Muthachan]]'' (1992), ''[[Santhanagopalam]]'' (1994), ''[[No. 1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North]]'' (1995), ''[[Thooval Kottaram]]'' (1996), ''[[Irattakuttikalude Achan]]'' (1997), ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' (1999), ''[[Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal]]'' (2000), ''[[Yathrakarude Sradhakku]]'' (2002), ''[[Manassinakkare]]'' (2003), ''[[Achuvinte Amma]]'' (2005), ''[[Rasathanthram|Rasatanthram]]'' (2006), ''[[Oru Indian Pranayakadha]]'' (2013), and ''[[Njan Prakashan]]'' (2018). Sathyan's films have won 5 [[Kerala State Film Awards]], and ''Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]] at the [[48th National Film Awards]]. He also won 2 [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam|Filmfare Awards for Best Director]] for ''Thooval Kottaram'' and ''Manassinakkare''.

Actors [[Mohanlal]], Sreenivasan and [[Jayaram]] embodied the typical Sathyan Anthikkad protagonist in most of the films. On the other hand, Sathyan Anthikad had tried making movies in different genres as well but because of their moderate success rate at the box-office he hasn't pursued to make more of them. Some of his such films include ''[[Pappan Priyappetta Pappan]]'' (1986), ''[[Samooham]]'' (1993), ''[[Pingami]]'' (1994) and ''[[Oral Mathram]]'' (1997) with the exception being ''[[Artham]]'' (1989) which was a commercial success at the box-office.<ref name="mathrubhumi">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/294250/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812003534/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/294250/ |archive-date=2012-08-12 |url-status=dead |title=സ്‌നേഹ സാന്ത്വനം പോലെ, Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref>

Sathyan Anthikad was born to M. V. Krishnan and M. K. Kalyani at [[Anthikad]] in [[Thrissur]] district of [[Kerala]] state.<ref name="mathrubhumi2">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/101486/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711214958/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/101486/ |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead |title=കഥ തുടരുകയാണ്.., Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> He is married to Nimmi Sathyan and has three sons, Arun, Anoop and Akhil.<ref name="Nanmayude Puthiya Theerangal">{{cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/print-edition/sunday-mangalam/2530 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105053732/http://www.mangalam.com/print-edition/sunday-mangalam/2530 |archive-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |title=നന്മയുടെ പുതിയ തീരങ്ങള് |access-date=1 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Anoop and Akhil have been assistant directors at Malayalam film industry and have also directed independent documentaries. Anoop debuted as an independent director with [[Varane Avashyamund]] (2020 Malayalam movie) starring [[Shobana|Shobhana]], [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Dulquer Salmaan]] & [[Kalyani Priyadarshan]].

In 1973, Sathyan debuted as an assistant director to [[Dr. Balakrishnan]] in Rekha Cine Arts. He was the Associate Director of director [[P. Chandrakumar]] for more than twenty films till 1982. He also assisted director [[Jeassy]] in few films. Sathyan kickstarted his film direction with ''Kurukkante Kalyanam'' in 1982.<ref name="Weblokam profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/profiles/0611/02/1061102041_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119071605/http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/profiles/0611/02/1061102041_2.htm |archive-date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Weblokam : Sathyan Anthikkad Birthday &#124; Weblokam profile |access-date=1 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The legend has it that he started shooting his first film in 1981, named Chamayam.<ref name="msidb">{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/m.php?4|title=Chamayam (1981)|publisher=en.msidb.org|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> Due to some unfortunate series of events this movie was never completed. He teamed up with [[Sreenivasan (actor)|Sreenivasan]] and made some of the most memorable films in [[Malayalam film]] history, with Sreenivasan as the screenwriter. ''[[Thalayanamanthram]]'', ''[[Nadodikkattu]]'' and ''[[Sandesam]]'' are some of the films born from this team, covering socially relevant matters with a comic touch. Sathyan made two novels into films: ''Appunni'' starring [[Mohanlal]] (a film adaptation of [[V. K. N.]]'s novel) and ''Irattakkuttikalude Achan'' starring [[Jayaram]] and [[Manju Warrier]] (an adaptation of [[C. V. Balakrishnan]]'s novel).<ref name="weblokam.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/profiles/0611/02/1061102041_4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119071622/http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/profiles/0611/02/1061102041_4.htm |archive-date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Weblokam : Sathyan Anthikkad Birthday |access-date=1 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Of late, he has ventured into screenwriting and made films like ''[[Rasathanthram]]'', ''[[Vinodayathra]]'', ''[[Innathe Chintha Vishayam]]'' and ''[[Bhagyadevatha]]'', with credits of [[narrative|story]], [[dialogues]] and screenplay.

Sathyan Anthikad often includes certain actors and technicians more than once in his films. [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] holds the record of working in maximum films with Sathyan Anthikad. He rarely makes movies without Innocent in the cast. [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]], [[Mamukkoya]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] are common cast in his films. His association with screenwriter and actor [[Sreenivasan (actor)|Sreenivasan]]'s is one of the most successful combinations in Malayalam cinema which has given evergreen movies such as Nadodikakattu, Gandhi Nagar Second Street etc. Among the lead actors, he has worked with [[Mohanlal]] the most, 19 films, closely followed by [[Jayaram]].The trio of Sathyan, [[Mohanlal]] and [[Sreenivasan (actor)|Sreenivasan]] have produced some of the most memorable hits in Malayalam cinema. He has teamed up with Mammootty for 8 films. . He has also cast Urvashi in his seven films , [[Shobana|Shobhana]] in five films , [[Meera Jasmine]] in four films

and [[Manju Warrier]] teamed up with him in three films

Either Vipin Mohan or [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]] has served as cinematographer for almost all of Anthikkad's films. Editor K Rajagopal has edited all Sathyan Anthikad movies since the 80's. [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] has provided music for most all his films till ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]''. Their combination is said to be one of the most successful in Malayalam film history. Many memorable songs and film scores of nineties emerged from this combo. In ''[[Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal]]'', Anthikkad roped in one of his favourite composers [[Ilaiyaraaja]] to compose music. However, he returned to [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] himself for his next films ''[[Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka]]'' and ''[[Yathrakarude Sradhakku]]''. He again brought back Ilaiyaraja in ''[[Manassinakkare]]'', as [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] took a sabbatical from film scoring. For the film ''[[Oru Indian Pranayakatha]]''(2013) he roped  [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] for composing the music. It was followed by ''[[Ennum Eppozhum]]'' and ''[[Jomonte Suvisheshangal]]''.In 2018 Sathyan Anthikad collaborated with music director [[Shaan Rahman]] for the film ''[[Njan Prakashan]]'',the film also remarks the reunion of  Sathyan Anthikad and [[Sreenivasan]] combo after 16 years.

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