Born in the village of Ramanthali near Payyanur in Kannur district, Sudhakaran completed his primary education in a government Malayalam medium school in his native place.

[1] After his higher education in Mysore, he joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bangalore.

Sudhakaran has worked as the coordinator and editor at Kanaka Dasa Study research center at Bangalore and was member of several projects of the English Regional Institute.

[6] Before starting translations, Sudhakaran Ramanthali has authored three novels, one screenplay and a collection of short stories.

At the end of an interview with Chandrasekhara Kampara, Sudhakaran was given five books by him and asked if he could translate them into Malayalam.