Sanal Kumar Sasidharan is an Indian poet, filmmaker and lawyer who is known for directing the film Sexy Durga in 2017 which has received many international awards.In an interview, he revealed that when he was a child, he was aware of all the verses from the Sunderkanda of the Ramayana and used to recite them. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan with his father as a child.His father wanted him to become a doctor which is why he studied Zoology. When he told his father that he wanted to study filmmaking, his father denied him, and later, he took admission to law. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan while he was studying law.When he was in college, he was the unit secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), that is a student organization associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, he left the party due to some differences and became a critic of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan during his college days.In 2001, he came up with the idea of a film society that could make independent movies through crowd funding. He formed a society, Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi, with his colleagues. He has directed three short films and one feature film through crowdfunding.He started his film career as an art assistant in the Malayalam film Mankolangal in 2000. In an interview, he said that when he started his career as a filmmaker, he used to follow John Abrahams style of filmmaking. He further said, I had no idea how to make a film and how to find a producer. I was keenly watching these kinds of film society movements, the Odessa film movement. I read books about John Abraham, about his parallel way of filmmaking and his philosophy of the peoples cinema. But I wasnt following all this practically. Then I tried to make a film on my own and approached a lot of people, but no one was willing to produce it..His film Sexy Durga became the first Indian film to win the Hivos Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017.He directed other short films including Parole (2008), Frog (2012), Ozhivudivasathe Kali (2015), Chola (2019), and Vazhakku (2021). Poster of the film Vazhakku.In an interview, he said that the scripts he wrote were just fifteen to twenty pages. He further added, A location gives a lot of inputs. My scripts are usually just 10-15 pages. Ahr Kayattams script itself isnt more than 25 pages. So, there is a lot of space for the location and artistes to contribute. Its basically because I am someone who likes to view cinema in a spiritual plane. Thats something that I have understood from experience. I have always felt that cinema gives you more energy than you put in. My style is to observe and record that..In 2016, Sanal tweeted about P.V Sindhu winning a second silver medal at Olympics 2016. The tweet that he made in Malayalam was criticized by many people. He wrote, Everyone is celebrating Sindhus achievement now. What if I spit on this? What is there to celebrate much about it? Sanal Kumar Sasidharans post about P.V. Sindhu.