{{short description|Indian film director in Malayalam movies}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Sunil Karanthur | image = SUNIL, Malayalam Movie director.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Kozhikode | occupation = Director | years_active = 1992 – present | parents = | spouse = | children = | relatives= }} '''Sunil''' is an Indian film director in Malayalam movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/lucky-jokers-review-malayalam-14968762.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407225520/http://www.sify.com/movies/lucky-jokers-review-malayalam-14968762.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2014|title=Movie Review : Lucky Jokers|work=Sify|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=1501|title=Sunil|publisher=Malayalachalachithram.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref> He has directed more than 15 Malayalam movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/12957.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223142735/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/12957.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2011|title=Lucky Jokers Malayalam Movie Preview cinema review stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes|work=IndiaGlitz|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=director&artist=Sunil|title=Sunil : Director|publisher=En.msidb.org|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref> His most popular movies are ''Maanathe Kottaram'', ''Priyappetta Kukku'', ''Vridhanmaare Sookshikkuka'', and ''Alancherry Thambrakkal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/sunil-back-as-director-malayalam-news-47100|title=Sunil, back as director|date=21 May 2009|work=Indiaglitz.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metromatinee.com/news-articles/katha-parayum-theruvoram-891|title=Katha Parayum Theruvoram|publisher=Metromatinee.com|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/jhajharia/55th-national-awards-jury-and-nomnees|title=55th National Awards Jury And Nomnees|author=Dr Naresh Jhajharia|date=8 September 2009|publisher=Slideshare.net|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>
Sunil attended a film institute in Trivandrum in the early 1980s, where Adam Ayub was one of his professors.<ref>{{cite web | title=ലക്ഷദ്വീപിൽ നിന്ന് എന്റെ ആദ്യത്തെ ലൈവ് ന്യൂസ് റിപ്പോർട്ടിങ് | date=8 July 2025 | url=https://www.mediaoneonline.com/mediaone-shelf/my-first-live-news-reporting-from-lakshadweep-adam-ayub-293765 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {{BLP unreferenced section|date= September 2022}}
===Direction=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Film !! Year |- |Priyapetta Kukku ||1992 |- |Gandhari ||1993 |- |Manathe Kottaram ||1994 |- |Bharanakoodam ||1994 |- |Alancheri Thamprakkal ||1995 |- |Chantha ||1995 |- |Vrudhanmare Sookshikkuka ||1995 |- |Poonilamazha||1997 |- |Red Indians ||1999 |- |Korappan The Great ||2001 |- |Grand Mother||2002 |- |Sahodaran Sahadevan ||2003 |- |Katha Parayum Theruvoram||2009 |- |Thathwamasi||2010 |- |Lucky Jokers||2011 |- |Arakkirukkan||2018 |- |Cake Story||2025 |}
===Screenplay=== * Vanarasena (1996) * Red Indians (1999)
===Story === * Priyappetta Kukku (1992) * Gaandhaari (1993) * Vanarasena (1996) * Red Indians (1999) * Lucky Jokers (2011)
===Dialogue=== * Vanarasena (1996) * Red Indians (1999)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1154422}}
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