Sathish Kalathil is an Indian film and documentary director and producer in Malayalam. His debut movie Jalachhayam (2010) was well discussed His first film was Veenavaadanam (2008), an experimental documentary about art (painting). He is also a story writer, poet, lyricist and journalist.
Sathish was born to K. P. Sankaran and K. M. Komalam in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. He is the editor at Prathibhavam online periodical and associate editor at Utthareeyam Magazine. He is also a political leader of Nationalist Congress Party with the post secretary of Nationalist Labour Congress, Kerala, a Labour wing of N.C.P and state working president of Kerala Vazhi Vanibha Sabha (H.M.S) union.
Sathish penned lyrics for his documentaries, Veenavaadanam and Jnana Saradhi. He has also written Ghazals for a musical documentary film, Arabikadalinte Ghazal Nilavu and Sithaye Suthanuve. He has experimented in song creation using Artificial intelligence and released an audio collection, Kannin Chirakiloru Mazhatthulli. He also released two video albums in the same year, Kadathanadan Thathamma and Pranayathinte neerazhiyil using various AI video generated websites. Sathish has published poems under the Pen Name 'Surya'.
He wrote the book, 'Laloorinu Parayanullathu (What has Laloor To Say)' Published by Vidyaposhini Publications, Thrissur.
Sathish started the news magazine Prathibhavam in 2000.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1BNF7V2OxO8/TT_GxE8D6hI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/I5mbADAElsw/s1600/gulf.jpg,http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1BNF7V2OxO8/TT_Ih7L0fBI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Z3KgQLOShUI/s1600/varandhyamadhyamam.jpg He established a trust in 2010, Digital Film Makers Forum (D.F.M.F.), to help amateur digital filmmakers make and promote digital films. The trust intervened against the termination of Sree Rama Varma Music School in 2013 and made many protests for the survival of the school.