Thasil Suhara Backer is a theatre-maker based in Kodungallur, near the erstwhile Muziris region, in the Thrissur District of Kerala. He was trained in theatre with a Master of Performing Arts (MPA) from the University of Hyderabad in 2016, and he completed two years of theatre training at the Intercultural Theatre Institute in Singapore in 2018. He was awarded the first rank for MPA at the University of Hyderabad in 2016 and the Young Artist Fellowship by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India in 2013.