Ani is the son of Malayalam filmmaker
I. V. Sasi and actress
Seema. Growing up, anime, Tamil films (including
Crazy Mohan and
Suresh Krissna's works) and Malayalam films influenced his way of thinking. Ani studied in Chennai and worked on his father's
Vellathooval (2009) as part of his college practical. He worked as an associate director under
Priyadarshan for ten Malayalam and Hindi films starting with
Aakrosh (2010) and later for
Oppam (2016). ==Career==