Binu Sadanandan

Binu Sadanandan Biography

Binu Sadanandan is a film director and screenwriter associated with Malayalam cinema. Binu made his directional debut with the 2014 fantasy film Ithihasa which was a box office hit. His second release Style (2016) fared average at box office. In 2017 he came up with the third film, Kamuki. Romance remains one of the common flavours in all the three releases till now. He dreams to be a common man’s director. He is a photographer turned motion picture direction.

Binu Sadanandan was born on 1 June 1980 in Kalady of Ernakulam district. K. Sadanandan and Radhamani are his parents. His childhood days were spent in Kalady, his hometown where he completed his schooling and college studies. Binu is married to Geethu, and the couple is blessed with two children.

Sadanandan started as a Photographer. By that time, he started weaving the fantasy plot of Itihaasa in his mind. He developed his one-line plot to a beautiful fantasy-comedy film, which fared well at box office. The movie starred Anusree and Shine Tom Chacko in lead roles, and it tells the story of body swapping between a male and female, a story never explored on Malayalam screen before. The film received positive reviews from critics and turned out to be a sleeper hit. Its music was composed by Deepak dev.

When he approached many actors and actresses with his debut script, most of them rejected stating that the idea won’t work. But he proved it false. His second release Style released in 2016 also had some comic elements and was an action film starring Unni Mukundan, Tovino Thomas, Priyanka Kandwal and Balu Varghese. Mumbai based model Priyanka Kandwal was given the first break by this director.

Published: September 01, 2018

Updated: September 01, 2018