Santhosh Ananddram

Santhosh Ananddram is an Indian film lyric writer, screenwriter, director who works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame with his debut directional venture 2014 film "Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari". He later went on and directed Kannada Star Puneeth Rajkumar in "Raajakumara", which was considered to be an all time industry hit in Kannada cinema.
Career.
He started his film career as a lyric writer through "Rocky". He then assisted Harsha in script, dialogues and direction departments for "Chingari". He also worked as a dialogue writer for "Agraja" and "Gajakesari". He made his directional debut in 2014 with Industry hit "Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari" starring Yash (actor) and Radhika Pandit. His next movie "Raajakumara" with Puneeth Rajkumar was released on 24 March 2017 and received huge applause from critics and audience. After humongous success of "Raajakumara" and two straight industry hits, he rose to fame as "Star Director" of Kannada cinema.
Ananddram's upcoming film is again with Kannada Star Puneeth Rajkumar titled "YuvaRathnaa" under Hombale Films. It was launched on 1 November 2018 on account of Kannada Rajyotsava. It was noted that two impaired kids from Chamarajanagar district came down to release the title of the movie. Ananddram was honoured with Zee Kannada's Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Proud Director of Karnataka) for "Raajakumara". He made his Tollywood debut with the film "Yuvarathnaa" in 2021.
Personal life.
Santhosh Ananddram hail from Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka though he was born in an Iyengar family and brought up in Bangalore. He has a Brother Sagar Ananddram, who assists him in his Cine Career. He did his schooling (primary & high school) in Bangalore Education Society. He obtained a degree from Seshadripuram college, Bangalore. He was also recruited to Infosys where he worked for close to a year and resigned because of his desire for cinema.
He married Surabhi (Hail from Bellary) on 21 February 2018 in Bangalore in a star studded event where whole Kannada Film Industry Stars, Technicians, Journalists, Politicians came and wished the couple. It was covered in all Media and became one of the high standard marriages in the Kannada Cinema History.