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Sohanlal
Sohanlal
Born	Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation(s)	Writer, director
Website	http://www.sohanlal.com

Sohanlal is an Indian film director and writer, based in Kerala.

Career

Sohanlal started his career as a production assistant and script writer with Doordarshan in 1996–2000 and later worked with the television channels - Indiavision in 2000–2002, Middle East Television in 2002–2004, Jeevan TV in 2004 and Amrita TV in 2004-2011 as Director-Programs.

Director

Sohanlal's first notable work was the 2006 TV film Neermaathalathinte pookkal adapted from a short story by Malayalam writer Madhavikutty / Kamala Surayya. The film was telecast on Amrita TV and received several awards including Kerala State Film Awards for Best TV Film, Director, Script Writer, Music and Audiography.

Sohanlal's first feature film, Orkkuka Vallappozhum in 2009 starred mainstream Malayalam actors. It won him the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Debut Director and the movie screened in various film festivals worldwide. His second movie Kadhaveedu (House of Stories) was released in November 2013. His third movie The Great Indian Road Movie was released in May 2019. His fourth movie is Appuvinte Sathyanweshanam and the latest film he directed is in 2022, Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu which is also the last part of his children's film trilogy.

Sohanlal is the director of the first children's film trilogy in Malayalam. He is also a lyricist advertisement film maker and Event Director.

Lyrics written

• 2022 Swapnangal Pookkunna Kaadu
• 2014 Konthayum Poonoolum
• 2013 Kadhaveedu
• 2013 Teens
• 2012 Mazhanritham
• 2009 Thaalolam

Books authored

• 2012 Limelight . Novel. DC Books
• 2015 Park Street. Novel DC Books
• 2020 Ammamaram. Novel Green Books
• 2011 London lights, Travelogue. Sign Books

Filmography - Director

References

1. Manmadhan, Prema (21 December 2006). "Abstract and like a haiku". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

• Road to dream realisation
• Two sides of the stray dog menace
• melange of a movie
• Abstract and like a haiku
• Sohanlal to helm Mollywood’s first children’s film trilogy

External links

• Sohanlal at IMDb
• Official website

• Living people
• Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram
• 21st-century Indian people
• Indian documentary filmmakers
• Indian television producers
• Malayalam film directors
• Malayalam screenwriters
• Malayalam-language novelists
• Screenwriters from Thiruvananthapuram
• Novelists from Kerala