P. Anil is a Malayalam film director. He is known for his action films. He is also known as Douthyam Anil.He made his debut as a director in 1986withAdiverukal,starringMohan Lal. His other films with Mohan Lal are Douthyam and Sooryagayathri. Another of Anil's Mohanlal films,Brahmaa,wasdropped after the first schedule. The same film was later remade by I. V. Sasi as The City adavilo abhimanyudu, post box no 27, gangothri, etc are the films.his other name is douthyam anil.