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 was honoured with Zee Kannada's Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Proud Director of Karnataka) for Raajakumara.
Santhosh Ananddram is from Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka though he was born in and brought up in Bangalore.